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Are Your Students REALLY <br />Collaborating?<br />Jon Orech<br />Instructional Technology Coordinator<br />Cooperative Learning Trainer<br />South High School,<br />Downers Grove, IL<br />jorech@csd99.org<br />

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Web Presence<br />Email: jorech@csd99.org<br />Blog: jonorech.blogspot.com<br />Twitter, Delicious, etc, “jorech”<br />Delicious tag: “collaboration”<br />Digital Storytelling resource: http://jonorech.wikispaces.com<br />

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The Paperless <br />Classroom<br />

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What have you heard here atBlackboard Worldthat will transform student learning?<br />

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How do you make your classroom a “collaborative learning space”?<br />Purpose<br />Design<br />

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What about here?<br />

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Or here?<br />

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Or <br />even here?<br />

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Tool<br />Purpose<br />(Design)<br />

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Are you <br />over the <br />Web 2.0<br />Frenzy…<br />

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and ready to focus (again) on learning? <br />Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning<br />(Siemens and Titterberger, 2009)<br />http://tinyurl.com/handbookemerging <br />

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“Collaboration”<br />and <br />tech literacy<br />are NOT<br />the goals.<br />

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Purpose<br />Design<br />Tools<br />

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BLOGS Discussion boardsWikis <br />Where do I want to go?<br />

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The final<br /> product…<br />MUST be valuable to others.<br />

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Darren Kuropatwa<br />

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Why Discussion Boards?<br />”Anytime, Anywhere” learning<br />Increased process time<br /> Permanence <br />Empowers “quiet” students<br />Deeper meaning, richer discussions<br />

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Duration<br />Frequency<br />Audience<br />Assessment<br />Instructor involvement<br />

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A “quality” post looks like…”<br />

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Discussion boards must lead to <br />a purpose.<br />

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The Digital Citizenship Project<br />

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Wikis in the Classroom:Theory…<br />

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Wikis in the Classroom:Reality…<br />

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“Wiki” is a tool<br />“Collaborative writing” is a process.<br />

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Positive Interdependence<br /><ul><li> Goal

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Identity</li></ul>Individual<br />Accountability<br /><ul><li>Small Groups

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Frequent Assessment

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Random questioning

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History (Careful)</li></li></ul><li>Draft: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3<br />Revise: Part 2 Part 3 Part 1<br />Proofread: Part 3 Part 1 Part 2<br />Support Graphics Presentation<br />and andand<br />org. links documentation <br />

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Group Processing<br /><ul><li>Peer reflection

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Teacher interaction</li></ul>Social Skills<br /><ul><li>Netiquette

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Negotiate revision

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Recognizing strengths</li></ul>Face to Face Interaction<br /><ul><li>Preparation

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Revision</li></li></ul><li>Is face-to-face interaction still essential?<br />Face to Face Interaction<br /><ul><li>Preparation

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Revision</li></li></ul><li>Research<br />“Asynchronous writing results in richer communication” (Mabrito, 2006).<br />“Online collaborative writing produces higher quality writing than face-to-face collaboration” (Passig and Schwartz, 2007).<br />Why?<br />

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Successful teaching today requires:<br /> Experimentation.<br /> Co-creation of content.<br /> Relinquishing control.<br /> Tolerance [encouragement] of failure.<br />Siemens and Titterberger<br />

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Resources<br />http://www.delicious.com/Jorech/collaboration<br />