cross classroom collaboration projects
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CrossClassroom Collaboration
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Objectives:Finding the right partner based on your professional comforts
Matching your comforts to project ideas
Tools that enable a collaboration project with the right partnership
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Inclusion:
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One group / partnership that was positive?
One group / partnership that was negative?
What was your comfort level
(with people, content, etc.)?
What was your comfort level
(with people, content, etc.)?
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What do you want to learn?
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Similarity = Professional Attraction
Zone of Proximal Development Collab
oration
Frequ
encyCOMFORTS
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Connectivity ComfortConnectivity Comfort
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Low do not use basic communication technology (e.g., do not use email).
Some use basic communication technology (e.g., email, internet pages).
Medium use most communication technology (e.g., comfortable with VOIP, commenting on webpages, instant messaging).
Advanced creates opportunities for communicating online (e.g., blogs, webpages, podcasts, video conferencing).
How much comfort do you feel with technology?
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Connectivism
Stephen Downes George Siemens
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Constructivist
Com
fort
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Low delivers information from teacher to student.
Some uses some active learning strategies to engage students within delivered information.
Medium provides frequent opportunities for students to explore predetermined frameworks.
High creates inquiry and discovery based classroom.
How much comfort do you feel with active learning?
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ConstructivismPractitioner Understanding
Theoretical Understanding
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Collaborative Comfort
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Low first cross classroom collaboration.
Some collaborated 13 times with other classrooms.
Medium collaborated 46 times with other classrooms in different schools.
Advanced collaborated 7+ times with other classrooms in different schools.
How often have you collaborated with other classrooms?
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CollaborationExperiences Vary
BUTFrequency Matters
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Matching Partners and Projects
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Similarity = Professional Attraction
Zone of Proximal Development Collab
oration FrequencyCOMFORTS
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Lower Constructivism Lower Collaboration
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Higher Constructivism Lower Collaboration
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Lower Constructivism Higher Collaboration
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Higher Constructivism Higher Collaboration
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Reflections:What did we want to learn?
How might you use crossclassroom collaboration?
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Objectives:Finding the right partner based on your professional comforts
Matching your comforts to project ideas
Tools that enable a collaboration project with the right partnership
