december 2009 collaboration
DESCRIPTION
This is a presentation I gave to pre-service teachers at Lake Forest College, December, 2009. The focus was on the "What, Why and How of Collaboration" in the classroom.TRANSCRIPT
The Death of Ms. Gallagher
Please read the
following aloud...
The Death of Ms. Gallagher
Please read the
following aloud...
Scene 1
Upon arriving at Lake Forest College today, you are shocked and saddened to discover that Joan Gallagher, the mysterious guest speaker, has kicked the proverbial bucket.
Scene II
At first you are secretly excited. You assume that class will be canceled.
Scene III
WRONG! A substitute presenter, Ms. Solob, walks in with bins filled with artifacts from Joan’s home and office.
Scene IV “Your task is to help me write a eulogy for Ms.
Gallagher’s school memorial service. Our first job requires us to gather information. We’ll do this exercise in three steps.”
Initial Task:Six Statements
Responsibilities
• Researcher & Recorder
• Artifact organizer
• Pacer
• Clarifier
Guidelines
• Your group ONLY
• Careful!
• Seven Minutes...GO!
Report out...
Clarifier
Task #2:
Same roles• Researcher &
Recorder
• Artifact organizer
• Pacer
• Clarifier
Guidelines
• Your group ONLY
• Careful!
• Rotate Bins
• Four Minutes...GO!
Four statements, modifications
Report out...
Pacer
Final Tasks:
1.What is an observation?
Final Tasks:
2. What is an
interpretation?
?
My thoughts...
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Collaboration
Collaboration
Why?
What?
How?
What?
What?
What?
What?
Why?
Why not?
“In the long history of humankind (and animal
kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most
effectively have prevailed”
~Charles Darwin
“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the
shoulders of giants.”~Sir Isaac Newton
“Those that know, do.Those that understand,
teach.”~Aristotle
Why?
Why?
How?
Mechanics
Formation
Formation
• Who?
• How many?
• Assign Roles
Mechanics
Formation
Assessment
Assessment Choices
Individualv.
Groupv.
Whole Class Inquiry
Mechanics
Formation
Assessment
Management
Management
•Timing
•Task
•Layers
•Responsibilities
•FEEDBACK
Mechanics
Formation
Assessment
Management
Type
Types
•Jigsaw
o Home base division
o Expert groups work
o Home base group reconvenes
o Report out
o (feedback)
Types
•Round Robin
o Home base groups
o One piece paper
o 4 different color pens
o Report out
o (feedback)
Types
•Pair Share
o A to B, B to A
o Report out
o (feedback)
Types
•Workshop
o Researcher and Recordero Readero Pacero Travelero Clarifiero Report outo (feedback)
Types
•Other...
o Numbered Heads Togethero Small Group Projectso Whole Class Inquiry Projectso Whole Class Inquiry Assessmentso (feedback)
(Tech Piece...)
(Transformation of traditional...)
(Transformation of traditional...)
Chemistry Wiki
Google Docs
Class Blogs
Department Blog
Professional Blog
Website
Foundation
But really...how?
Some ideas...•Task
•Objectives
•Student Roles
•Teacher Role
•Product
•FEEDBACK!
Foundation
Images
• Juggling puzzle pieces:http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/Enlargement.aspx?id=42-17660117&ext=1
• Kicked the Bucket:http://www.flickr.com/photos/8865295@N02/598745457/
• Thumbs Up:http://www.hoglundtransportation.com/Students.html
• Artifacts:http://www.beijing-international-hotels.com/Pottery-Ceramics-18.html
• Tornado Siren:http://www.flickr.com/photos/crash-candy/1703525585/
• Sears Tower Observationhttp://jaybot7.com/blog/sears-tower-gets-glass-observation-deck-still-shorter-than-cn-tower
• Optical Illusion:http://www.boncherry.com/blog/2009/09/17/optical-illusions/
Images• All Other Images:http://comons.wikimedia.org/wiki/jigsaw_puzzle#various_puzzles