Morgan Brooks TLED 530

Collaborative Digital Tools

Study the collaborative digital tool wiki that you created with the rest of the class. Complete this sheet to match the grade/s you teach. You need at least four tool entries on the list. They can be four tools from the class wiki, or other collaborative digital tools that you have found. To begin this page, here include a short statement ( !" paragraphs# about what this list is, who it is for (grade, sub$ect#, and how it will help you effectively teach using collaborative techni%ues. This is a list of collaborative digital tools that I could use to teach 7th grade mathematics students !o"ever# these tools "ould be great for an$ level middle school mathematics class or even high school class Each of these collaborative tools "ould allo" the students to "ork together to solve a %roblem# set of %roblems# or demonstrate to their classmates ho" to do so These tools focus on allo"ing students to teach each other more so than the teacher &hen the students teach each other and "ork together# the$ sho" a higher level of understanding and "ill likel$ have an easier time remembering the material These tools allo" seamless collaboration among the students and "ill make it eas$ to give the students assignments that re'uire collaboration Name of the digital tool Flockdraw Special Features of the tool (lockdra" is a free digital "hiteboard that allo"s an unlimited number of users to dra" or "rite on the same board simultaneousl$ How this tool can support collaborative learning in your classroom This tool "ould be great in a math class )tudents could use it to collaborativel$ com%lete home"ork %roblems or teach each other ho" to solve different %roblems The teacher could also hel% students com%lete home"ork %roblems the$ are having trouble understanding In the 7th grade# such %roblems might involve solving for the volume or surface area of a c$linder In order to su%%ort collaborative learning in m$ classroom I "ould use *anvas to give the students grou% assignments The students could record their "ork via audio and video to sho" ho" the$ solved the %roblems Then# "hen a grou% of students makes an e-em%lar video I could %ost it to the

Canvas

*anvas is a "eb + 0 classroom management s$stem )tudents can record audio and video of the "ork the$ do on canvas# comment on each other,s "ork# and "ork together to turn in an

Morgan Brooks TLED 530 assignment in real time Teachers are able to %ost readings and assignments on canvas as "ell class "ebsite so other students "ho might not understand the material as "ell could learn from that grou% In the 7th grade the students might be "orking on a grou% assignment that involves solving %ractical one and t"o.ste% linear e'uations /adlet "ould be a great "a$ for students to share ideas on a %ro0ect 1lso# it "ould be a great "a$ for a teacher to %rovide real time feedback about the track the students are on in their %ro0ect In m$ math class I might assign students a %ro0ect "here the$ create a video or comic stri% e-%laining ho" to solve a certain t$%e of %roblem The students could use /adlet to e-change ideas and build off of each other,s ideas for the %ro0ect In the 7th grade the students could be "orking on a %ro0ect that sho"s ho" to %reform different transformations of %ol$gons on a coordinate %lane )k$%e "ould be a great "a$ for students to hel% each other learn material in m$ mathematics class The students could be assigned chat %artners either in the same class# or in another class across the countr$ "orking on the same material Each student could stud$ the %ro%er "a$ to solve a s%ecific t$%e of %roblem and e-%lain it to the other student In the 7th grade the students might be teaching each other ho" to determine a s'uare root or "rite numbers in scientific notation This tool "ould be useful for a more e-tensive mathematics %ro0ect "here multi%le things need to be created# like ma$be a video# document# and %resentation Each student could contribute different information and the$ could use the information that the$ all collected individuall$ to com%lete the %ro0ect together In the 7th grade this "ould be great for a

Padlet

/adlet is a sim%le# but %o"erful tool It allo"s multi%le %eo%le to "rite on a "all at the same time and has ad0ustable securit$ settings It also allo"s $ou to u%load different t$%es of media from $our com%uter# like a video# %icture# or document 1 /adalet "all can also be embedded on a "ebsite

Skype

)k$%e allo"s users to make video and voice calls to an$one else "ith )k$%e for free It also allo"s users to send instant messages and share files It "orks on man$ different devices

LiveBinders

LiveBinders is 0ust like a virtual binder that multi%le %eo%le can contribute to in order to collaborate on a %ro0ect and share ideas

Morgan Brooks TLED 530 %ro0ect on the a%%lications of statistics and %robabilit$ (or e-am%le# the$ could collect data# create and anal$2e histograms for the data# and com%are and contrast the histograms "ith other t$%es of gra%hs re%resenting the same data

&rite a paragraph here to e'plain how the use of these tools can connect with ()TS!Students. LiveBinders and /adlet connect to the first 3ET).)tudents standard# 4*reativit$ and Innovation 5 These tools allo" the students to create something original in order to better understand and e-%lain certain material 1ll of these tools connect to the second 3ET). )tudents standard# 4*ommunication and *ollaboration#5 since the$ are all indeed being used for the %ur%ose of students collaborating and communicating "ith their %eers The third standard# 46esearch and Information (luenc$#5 relates to students a%%l$ing# 47digital tools to gather# evaluate# and use information 5 I "ould sa$ that LiveBinders and /adlet connect "ith this standard the most because those collaborative tools involve the students gathering and using information on their o"n 1ll of the collaborative tools listed involve evaluating information though The fourth standard relates to students using# 47critical thinking skills to %lan and conduct research# manage %ro0ects# solve %roblems# and make informed decisions using a%%ro%riate digital tools and resources 5 1gain# LiveBinders and /adlet %robabl$ connect to this standard the most# because the$ are used to manage %ro0ects and give students the freedom to choose "hat other digital tools and resources the$ "ould like to use The other tools# (lockdra"# )k$%e# and *anvas also allo" students to think criticall$ to solve %roblems though The students "ould need to e-ercise good digital citi2enshi% in LiveBinders and /adlet as "ell 8fifth standard9 because the students are given the freedom to gather information from other locations and share them on these sites and the$ must be careful "hat sites the$ go to and "ho the$ give credit to (inall$# all of these tools connect to the last standard# 4Technolog$ :%erations and *once%ts#5 because the students "ill be re'uired to use and understand the different tools and transfer their kno"ledge among the different s$stems htt%;<<""" iste org<standards<standards.for.students<nets.student.standards.+007