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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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Finding A Partner

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Similarity = Professional Attraction

Zone of Proximal Development Collab

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 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

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Constructivist 

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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

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