Collaboration

Collaboration


 * How will you facilitate an authentic collaborative learning experience to promote deeper student engagement with content skills and concepts?

An authentic collaborative learning experience to promote deeper student engagement with content skills and concepts will be provided in this lesson. The lesson will provide a real life problem for students to solve. They will be researching and technology skills along with their keyboarding skills. I will facilitate their learning by being a guide on the side promoting their thinking and collaborative learning experience. Students will be instructed in whole group instruction as well as cooperative and individual assignments.


 * As members of collaborative groups, how will you support students’ efforts to identify solutions to the problem you are using as the framework for your PBL instructional unit?

Students in their groups students will discusses and document progress on their PBL using a group blog. Along with their group blog they will be asked to connect with other students thru their blogs.


 * What criteria will you use to assign learners to collaborative groups, including a rationale? What will be the size of the collaborative groups you will include in your unit?

Student collaborative groups with be formed of three to four students. When forming student groups I will take several criteria into consideration. Students academic and personality levels with be considered. The goal is to form groups that involve all students. Every students will have a role and responsibility.


 * Which digital tools and websites are you considering for collaboration in your unit?

Several digital tools and websites are being considered for collaboration in the unit. Students will use their gaggle accounts for blogging. Edmodo will be used for class management. Students will research cities in Arkansas using arkansas.com. The Mac computers as long as the class i Pads will be available for students to create i movies to help promote their city to the Board of Directors. If a group prefers to make a animated video they my use GoAnnimate.com


 * How will you assess participation of the students in their collaborative groups?(In Module 4, you will create assessment rubrics in which you will include this element.)

Participation of the students in their collaborative groups will be assessed using a participation rubric as well as each group member will fill out a survey on their group and how well they worked together. Survey monkey will be used for this activity. Individually group members will be assessed on their contribution to the finished presentation. Students will be assessed on their personal business letter based on a rubric. Presentation skills will also be assessed based on a rubric as well.