2. Collaboration
Collaborative
Group
Success
Needs to occur with
peers, experts, and
students
Requires active
participation of ALL
members of the group
If truly collaborative, ALL
parties benefit
Members of the group
bring bring various
strengths and interest to
collaboration
3. Collaboration and Controversy
In today’s classroom, the controversial issues we want our students to
contribute in collaboratively need an atmosphere that is free of judgement.
Barrell (2007) referenced this as an invitational environment. In order to
do this, the following are essential to incorporate in the classroom.
Teacher Modeling
Questioning
Quality Responding
Peer Interactions and Discussion
Reflective Journals
4. Planning Together
ISTE Standard 4a requires “dedicated
planning time to collaborate with
colleagues to create authentic
learning experiences that leverage
technology.”
Many schools have created
professional learning communities
(PLC’s) to allow educators to
collaborate helping students in a
specific group or grade level.
5. Collaboration with Students
EXPLORE
Teachers are expected to
collaborate and co-learn
with students to discover
and use new digital
resources
TROUBLESHOOT
Technology troubleshooting
is another area teachers are
expected to collaborate
with students when they
arise.
6. Troubleshooting Technology Guidelines
1. Isolate the Problem
● What are the symptoms?
● Where do they occur?
● When do they occur? What
circumstances do they occur?
● How often do they occur?
● Can you make them disapper?
2. Best Possible Solutions
● Explore software and hardware
manuals, online support sites, and
discussion forms to find potential
solutions.
● Talk to colleagues and students
● Call troubleshooting hotline
3. Apply Solution and Check Results
● Select solution and make one
logical change at a time
● If it works - Great!
● It not, revert the changes.
● Is there another propsed
solution?
4. Repeat
● If solution is not found after
trying all possibilities, seek
outside assistance.
7. Technology as a
Collaborative
Learning Tool
Engaging with experts,
teams and students,
locally and globally. This
can be achieved with web
conferencing tools such as
Skype, Zoom, and Google
Hangouts to name a few.
8. Individuals of today’s generation
are connecting across the globe
to communicate. Teachers and
students technology to video and
web conference, go on virtual
field trips, and communicate with
electronic pen pals.
Culturally
Responsive
Communications
9. Culturally Responsive Teacher
A culturally responsive teacher is one that understands and uses the students
cultural diversity, experiences, and knowledge to promote academic excellence in
the classroom.
There are six common behaviors that a culturally responsive teachers share.
1. They are socially conscious
2. View diversity as assess rather than limitations
3. Feel personally responsible for preparing the school to provide for the students
4. Understand how students build knowledge
5. Know about the lives of their students
6. Designs lessons that stretches students to go beyond their current knowledge
and experiences.
10. Understanding Cultures
Self Examination
Understand you and
your families cultural
history. What
differences do you
bring to the
classroom?
School
Examination
Does your school
engage in
topic-centered learning
or is communal
communication
acceptable?
Culture
Examination
As a culture, do we
promote
individualist or
collectivist ideas?
11. -Kathryn Roots Lewis
“As librarians, we’re the people who see
every student in the school, so we’re in a
pretty unique and important position as far
as being advocates for kids”
Zalaznick, M. (2019). How school librarians make space for LGBTQ+
students. District Administration, 55(7), 14–15.
