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The Art of Collaboration: Designing Assignments That Work

Faculty Focus

Aside from promoting positive interdependence and individual accountability, students participate equally through simultaneous interactions. Purposefully, I provide opportunities for students to connect and practice the social skills necessary to participate in rigorous critical thinking and problem-solving tasks.

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The Art of Collaboration: Designing Assignments That Work

Faculty Focus

Aside from promoting positive interdependence and individual accountability, students participate equally through simultaneous interactions. Purposefully, I provide opportunities for students to connect and practice the social skills necessary to participate in rigorous critical thinking and problem-solving tasks.

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Easy and Effective ELA Activities for Middle School

Teachers Pay Teachers

Set up clues and puzzles that come from the novel your class is reading, and let small groups work together to figure them out. Create your own nonsense words (or better yet, let them create a list of crazy words), and have individuals or groups work together to craft the most creative and entertaining definitions.

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3 Tips for Building Community Online

Catlin Tucker

We also discussed the challenges of building community when learning is happening in part, or exclusively, online. This work developing the social presence in our courses and helping students feel valued as members of a learning community must be ongoing. 3 Go Deeper with a Dialogic Interview Format.

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How controversial topics inspire deeper learning

eSchool News

Getting them to practice that, however, can be a harrowing experience, particularly when the issues up for discussion are controversial. PIES stands for: Positive interdependence : everyone in the group depends on each other for a positive outcome. Equal participation : everyone must participate somewhat close to equally.

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6 ways to support multilingual learners in STEM

eSchool News

Students from different backgrounds often have their own ways of participating and learning. Create activities that allow MLs to participate without the pressure of speaking in front of the whole class. Group work, projects, and activities allow students to interact with and learn from each other.

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Groundbreaking Educational Video Conferencing Platform InSpace Raises $6M in Seed Funding

eSchool News

Our goal is to provide a uniquely collaborative online environment that complements, rather than disrupts, educators’ exceptional work.”. It allows participants to break free of static squares to create a fun, engaging environment that fosters collaboration. We’ve noticed increased excitement and involvement from participants.”.

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