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Using Think.com in Using Think.com in Collaborative Collaborative

Student ProjectsStudent Projects

Steven CaringellaSteven Caringella

Presenter BioPresenter Bio

Steven CaringellaSteven [email protected]@musd.orgFourth Grade Teacher and Tech Fourth Grade Teacher and Tech

Coordinator at Zanker, Milpitas Coordinator at Zanker, Milpitas UnifiedUnified

Part-time instructor, Krause Center Part-time instructor, Krause Center for Innovation at Foothill Collegefor Innovation at Foothill College

Want to learn more?Want to learn more?

Krause Center for Innovation at Krause Center for Innovation at Foothill College in Los Altos, CA Foothill College in Los Altos, CA (Northern Cal)(Northern Cal)

Inexpensive, hands-on Inexpensive, hands-on technology courses.technology courses.

$29 reg., $13 per unit.$29 reg., $13 per unit.Face to face and onlineFace to face and online

Classes I teach at KCIClasses I teach at KCI

April 26 Internet Projects for April 26 Internet Projects for EducatorsEducators

May 17 Blogs and Wikis in May 17 Blogs and Wikis in the Classroomthe Classroom

June 21 Think.comJune 21 Think.com

Krause Center for InnovationKrause Center for Innovation

Krause CenterKrause Centerhttp://www.krauseinnovationcehttp://www.krauseinnovationce

nter.org/kci/nter.org/kci/To register, go to:To register, go to:http://www.foothill.edu/cfi/http://www.foothill.edu/cfi/

linc/preregister.phplinc/preregister.php

Presentation OverviewPresentation Overview

What is Think.com?What is Think.com?Live web demoLive web demo

How can Think.com be used How can Think.com be used to support and enhance to support and enhance inquiry-based cross-curricular inquiry-based cross-curricular projects?projects?

What is Think.com?What is Think.com?

Think.com is a password-Think.com is a password-protected, student-safe online protected, student-safe online learning community.learning community.

https://https://www.think.com/en_uswww.think.com/en_us

What is Think.com?What is Think.com?

Allows students to publish, Allows students to publish, blog, share documents, blog, share documents, communicate, and collaborate.communicate, and collaborate.

Free access provided to Free access provided to schools by the Oracle schools by the Oracle Education Foundation.Education Foundation.

How to Access Think.comHow to Access Think.com

Teachers at accredited Teachers at accredited primary and secondary primary and secondary schools can apply.schools can apply.

Oracle Education Foundation Oracle Education Foundation requires site principal’s requires site principal’s approval.approval.

How to Access Think.comHow to Access Think.com

If you are the first at your site If you are the first at your site to use Think.com, you become to use Think.com, you become the site administrator.the site administrator.

You can then add other You can then add other teachers at your site.teachers at your site.

Online safetyOnline safety

Teachers who use Think.com Teachers who use Think.com with their students must with their students must monitor student content.monitor student content.

Teachers must teach students Teachers must teach students how to stay safe online.how to stay safe online.

Must have parental consent.Must have parental consent.

Think.com and Student ProjectsThink.com and Student Projects

Think.com is ideal for use in Think.com is ideal for use in inquiry-based, cross-curricular inquiry-based, cross-curricular student projects.student projects.

Environmental Concerns in Environmental Concerns in the Communitythe Community

What Makes Me Unique?What Makes Me Unique?

Think.com and StandardsThink.com and Standards

Think.com can be used to help Think.com can be used to help students meet California content students meet California content standards.standards.

Think.com meets ISTE National Think.com meets ISTE National Technology Standards.Technology Standards.

http://http://cnets.iste.orgcnets.iste.org/students//students/

Inquiry-Based LearningInquiry-Based Learning

A learner-centered process that A learner-centered process that begins with questioning and begins with questioning and investigating.investigating.

Children have a desire to Children have a desire to discover and finds things out.discover and finds things out.

Exploring, asking questions, Exploring, asking questions, searching for new searching for new understandings.understandings.

Project-Based LearningProject-Based Learning

Students investigate a real-Students investigate a real-world problem, working world problem, working collaboratively.collaboratively.

They use technology tools, They use technology tools, gain skills and knowledge, and gain skills and knowledge, and end with a learning product.end with a learning product.

Environmental ConcernsEnvironmental Concerns

Students used Think.com Students used Think.com during research, for reflection, during research, for reflection, to communite and collaborate, to communite and collaborate, and as an eportfolio.and as an eportfolio.

ECIC OverviewECIC Overview

Multi-classroom: Students from Multi-classroom: Students from three Northern California schools three Northern California schools collaborated using Think.com.collaborated using Think.com.

Cross-curricular: One school Cross-curricular: One school focused on science and two focused on science and two schools focused on language schools focused on language arts.arts.

Essential QuestionEssential Question

How do we How do we become aware of become aware of environmental environmental concerns and concerns and how can we make how can we make a difference?a difference?

Communicating With Think.comCommunicating With Think.com

Students from all three schools Students from all three schools wrote bios about themselves, wrote bios about themselves, then “met” each other online.then “met” each other online.

Throughout the project, Throughout the project, students read, reviewed, and students read, reviewed, and evaluated each others’ work.evaluated each others’ work.

Collaborating With Think.comCollaborating With Think.com

Almaden Fourth graders wrote Almaden Fourth graders wrote letters and posters in response to letters and posters in response to the River Glen newsletters that the River Glen newsletters that they viewed and discussed.they viewed and discussed.

http://ourenvironmentproject.org/http://ourenvironmentproject.org/almadenschool/FellowsStudentalmadenschool/FellowsStudentWork2.htmWork2.htm

Collaborating With Think.comCollaborating With Think.com

Fifth and Seventh grade Fifth and Seventh grade students included the Fourth students included the Fourth graders’ water quality data in graders’ water quality data in their research.their research.

Collaborating With Think.comCollaborating With Think.com

Zanker Fifth graders created Zanker Fifth graders created web resource lists during web resource lists during research that were shared by research that were shared by team members for the essays team members for the essays and the PSAs.and the PSAs.

Reflective BloggingReflective Blogging

Throughout the stages of the Throughout the stages of the project, students reflected on their project, students reflected on their learning process by writing learning process by writing reflective blog entries.reflective blog entries.

Think.com as eportfolioThink.com as eportfolio

Throughout the project, Throughout the project, students uploaded finished students uploaded finished learning products, reflected on learning products, reflected on them, and received teacher them, and received teacher and peer review and feedback.and peer review and feedback.

What Makes Me Unique?What Makes Me Unique?

Multi-classroom collaborative Multi-classroom collaborative project.project.

Participants include teachers and Participants include teachers and students from two middle schools students from two middle schools and two elementary schools.and two elementary schools.

http://my-http://my-ecoach.com/project.php?idecoach.com/project.php?id=10446=10446

What Makes Me Unique?What Makes Me Unique?

Students explore their Students explore their dominant learning styles, using dominant learning styles, using the Multiple Intelligences the Multiple Intelligences theory, and apply this theory, and apply this knowledge to how they knowledge to how they approach learning.approach learning.

What Makes Me Unique?What Makes Me Unique?

Cross-classroom partners Cross-classroom partners were formed, and the project were formed, and the project organized in the Think.com organized in the Think.com project pages. project pages.

What Makes Me Unique?What Makes Me Unique?

Students use Think.com to Students use Think.com to post learning and reflections, post learning and reflections, and respond to their project and respond to their project partners at each stage of the partners at each stage of the project, including group audio project, including group audio podcasts as a culminating podcasts as a culminating activty.activty.

Think.com Project IdeasThink.com Project Ideas

Think.com provides project Think.com provides project ideas that can be used in the ideas that can be used in the K-8 classroom, that meet ISTE K-8 classroom, that meet ISTE standards.standards.

http://www.think.com/istehttp://www.think.com/iste