2018 STARTALK Spring Conference TECHNOLOGY FOR

COLLABORATION AND DIFFERENTIATION

StartalkNYUTeacherTraining

TashaDarbesShilpaParnami

SESSION OUTCOMES

•  Icanimplementstrategiesfordifferentiationinonlineteachertrainingprograms

•  IcanusetechnologysuchasGoogleClassroomandDoctopustoincreasecollaborationanddifferentiateinstruction

•  Icanimplementstrategiestopromotecollaborationinonlinelearning

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•  FacilitatingaLearner-CenteredClassroom•  TeachertrainingprogramsneedtoMODELthepriniciplesthatwewantourteacherstoimplementintheirlanguageclassrooms.

•  Manyteachertrainingprogramsareonlineorincludeandonlinecomponent

•  Howcanweeffectivelymodelalearner-centeredclassroominouronlineteachingtrainingprograms?

WHY THIS SESSION?

Close your eyes…

•  Whatdoesalearner-centeredclassroomlooklike?

•  Whatdoesonlinelearninglooklike?

What differences do you see?

Howcanwemakeonlinelearninglookmorelikethis

picture?

Startalk NYU

•  ProvidesprofessionaldevelopmenttoteachersofHindiandUrdu

•  Participantsworkinavarietyofcontexts:community-basedprograms,Startalksummercamps,universitycourses,privateclasses(earlychildhood–adult)

•  Participantshaveawiderangeofteachingexperience(novicetomanyyears)andcomfortwithtechnology

•  Beganin2008asanonsiteprogram–Changedto2weeksonlineand1weekresidentialin2014

Technology Platforms to Promote Collaboration and Differentiation •  NYUCLASSES(Blackboard):Setupforcollegeclassrooms/DfYiculttoaccess/Noaccessforparticipantsafterprogramends

•  WIKISPACES:Freeandeasytouse/Accessafterprogramends/DifYiculttocollaborateandturninwork

•  GOOGLECLASSROOM:Easytouse/Promotescollaboration/Integrateswithothergoogleproducts

•  DOCTOPUS:Googletoolthatmanagesdocumentsandgroupworkonline

USING GOOGLE CLASSROOM

Strategy: Online “Icebreaker”

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•  Useofpictures•  Gettoknoweachother•  Findotherswithsimilarexperiences

•  Learntousetheplatform

•  CREATESACOMMUNITY

USING DOCTOPUS

Doctopus for Differentiation

•  Doctopusisan‘addon’extensionforusewithGoogleDocs•  CanalsobeintegratedwithGoogleClassrooms,butisnotarequirement

•  Doctopushasmanyuses–let’slookathowDoctopuscanbeusedtoDIFFERENTIATEINSTRUCTION

•  ParticipantsreviewmaterialsaboutproYiciencylevels

•  Toshowthattheyunderstand,participantsaregivenalistofCan-DoStatements

•  ParticipantshavetoidentifytheproYiciencylevelofthestatements

•  PostonestatementwithajustiYicationandexampleinHindi/Urdu/respondtoothers

•  Differentiation:–  Handoutsaredifferent–cangive‘easier’or‘harder’examplesforlevelofteacherexperience

–  Handoutsare‘jigsawed’andparticipantscommentonstatementstheydidnotseethemselves,orseewhatotherssaidaboutthesamestatement

Assignment: Identify Level of

Can-Do Statements

View of Spreadsheet used

by Doctopus

View of Google Drive and Posting

on Google Classroom

Using Doctopus for Collaboration

•  Googletools,suchasGoogleDocs,aredesignedtoencouragecollaboration

•  Inonlineclassrooms,makingdifferentdocsfordifferentgroupsandorganizingtheactivitycantakealotoftime

•  Doctopusstreamlinesthisbygivingyoutheabilitytocreatesharedgoogledocsandfolderstoencourageonlinecollaborationamongparticipants.It’sonlinegroupwork!

•  Participantssubmittedideasforalessononfood–anyproYiciencylevelorcontext.

•  Iselectedsomeoftheseideasandassignedparticipantstogroups.Eachgroupwilldeveloptheideaandcreatealessontemplate.Iusuallyuseheterogeneousgroupingsothatmoreexperiencedteacherscanguideandmodel.

•  DoctopuscreatesaGooglethataresharedwithgroupmembers.Icandecideifothergroupsareabletoseeeachother’swork.Icanseeancommentonthedocumentsforfeedbackandtoanswerquestions.

Assignment: Work together to plan a lesson using the

Startalk template

View from my Google Drive

Unit Plans

•  Wealsohaveaweekonlinepost-program,whenparticipantsworkingroupsonunitplans

•  Doctopuscanalsocreatefolderswheregroupscanuploadavarietyofmaterialsandcollaborateonline.Icancontrolwhengroupscanseeeachother’swork.Aftertheworkiscompleted,participantscanseeandcommentontheworkofothergroups.Theycanalsousethistooltocontinuetoshareresourcesandmaterialspostprogram.

LESSONS LEARNED •  Step1:SendaneedsassessmentsothatyoucandesigndifferentiatedinstructionandbeabletogroupparticipantsforspeciYicpurposes

•  Step2:IfthereareparticipantswhoareunfamiliarwithGoogleoronlinelearning,structuretheactivitiestoscaffoldandbuildtheircomfort

•  Step3:ThinkofactivitiesthatencourageCOMMUNITYBUILDING

•  Step4:DesignactivitiesthatareDIFFERENTorJIGSAWonline

•  Step5:DesignactivitesthatencourageCOLLABORATIONthroughonlinegroupwork

POTENTIAL PROBLEMS

•  Tip1:Practiceusingtheplatform.Createtestruns!•  Tip2:RememberthatyoushouldmakesurethatanydocumentthatneedstobesharedshouldbeputintheformofaGoogleDoc–otherwise,participantscannotinteractwithit‘live’andwillonlybeabletodownloadit

•  Tip3:Providesupplementalmaterials,suchashandoutsortrainingvideos,toparticipantswithlesscomfortorexperienceusingGoogleplatforms

CHALLENGES

•  Someparticipantsneededmoretimetofullytakeadvantageoftheplatform.Theytookmoretimetocompletetheonlinemoduletasksandhadlessinteraction.

•  ItcanbedifYiculttomonitorcontributionstoshareddocuments/folders.Besuretohavewayssothatyoucanseewhodidwhat.

•  SometimestheDoctopusplatformcanbefrustratingtouseatYirst.Practiceusingitbeforeyouimplementit.

BENEFITS FOR PARTICIPANTS

•  Participantswereabletocreateanonlinecommunity,notjustdownloadinformation.Whentheyarrivedforthein-personsegment,theyalreadykneweachotherandmadeconnectionsmorequickly.

•  IwasabletodifferentiateinstructionmoreeasilywithDoctopus–itwaseasiertokeeptrackofdifferenthandoutsandmonitorparticipantwork.

•  Collaborationwaseasierandmodeledthegroupworkthatwewantteacherstouseintheirownclassrooms.

TEST RUN FOR DOCTOPUS

•  RunthroughthestepsofaddingtheDoctopusextension•  Formoreinformation:Watchtutorials•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksKZfrBlC8E•  Downloadpdfs:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m4Lq6x66Th3O5kCBDlB8KuzN0zMATbqH3fgIPVqIs4U/edit

CONCLUSION

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