FOSTERING COLLABORATIVE CLASSROOMS

Tracie Weisz, Alaska Gateway School District

Strategies

Learning Styles Inventory

One Size Does Not Fit All

Differentiation

•Content

• Interest

•Ability

Subtle meanings of differentiation

Blogs, Wikis Google Tools

Google Tools

Collaborative Writing

Google Forms

Google Chat

My Class Blog

Planning (Backwards)

Having Fun = Engagement!

Post varied links

Mock Interviews

Tools to enhance the work and extend interest

G-Docs for timely feedback

Wiki scrapbooks for web tools

Students Choose

See (and hear) things differently

Flexible and Varied Groups

Make use of video

Hollywood Baby!

Too much at once

My PLC - Blogging

My PLC - Twitter

My PLC - Social Bookmarking

My PLC - RSS Reader

My PLC - joining the conversation

Students think, collaborate, create

Tools reduce my workload

Tools personalize learning

VIVE LE DIFFERENCE!