- Jan 2021
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www.iste.org www.iste.org
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Encourage students to collaborate before guessing
Through the act of collaboration, students will learn about new perspectives, ideas, and opinions from their classmates.
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Stand back and let the students do their jobs, communicate and work as a team. Teamwork is going to get them to the right questions.
Giving students the freedom to explore what it is like to work as a team is an effective method that can be used to teach students about the concept of collaboration. In order for the students to successfully determine who is on the Mystery Skype call, they will need to work together and piece together the information that they do have.
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Runners. They run from group to group relaying information.
Students will learn how to work together as they all fulfill their assigned role to complete during Mystery Skype. This activity is great for teaching students how to work together effectively and appropriately in order to achieve a common goal.
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list of jobs
This list of jobs will provide every student with a role, and will help to keep Mystery Skype organized and structured. This list of jobs provides a wide array of opportunities for students to collaborate with one another.
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Connect with another classroom. Just search for "Mystery Skype" on the internet or check out Skype in the Classroom and you'll find plenty of eager participants.
This activity sounds like a great way to provide opportunities for students to collaborate with other learners from a different school. Through this experience, students will learn how to effectively communicate with others as they work on their ability to connect with others through Skype.
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Mystery Skype
"Mystery Skype" immediately grabs my attention as I want to learn more about what this entails. I think students would also love the name of this activity.
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files.eric.ed.gov files.eric.ed.gov
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Teachers focused less on hiding concerns and more on seeking viable solutions for on-going challenges.
In order to overcome challenges, it is important to have open and honest discussions that allow others to provide their perspective and ideas of possible solutions.
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This theme of recognizing small successes and meeting students where they are echoed throughout many of the IC debriefs.
Not only can peer collaboration help teachers to improve upon their own practice, but it will allow teachers to celebrate one another as they accomplish various goals and tasks at hand. Feeling supported and validated is a critical component of the teaching profession.
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By using the IC debrief discussions as opportunities to problem solve without judgment or evaluation
This statement correlates with the idea of creating a safe work environment that will allow you to feel comfortable to share your thoughts and opinions with your peers.
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You might know something is a great idea but to see it in action refreshes your energy about it
This statement emphasizes the importance of observing your peers as a way to gain new ideas and perspectives on how you can teach information to students in an engaging way.
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teachers often only reflect informally.
It is so common for teachers to get so caught up in their day-to-day routine that they don't take the necessary time needed to reflect on their instructional choices. A program such as the Instruction Cadres provides opportunities for teachers to take the necessary time needed to reflect on their work in a meaningful way.
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The debrief conversations consisted of rich discussion about what the participants had seen in each other’s classrooms and how specific teaching practices can and do influence students’ academic work.
This statement provides evidence to support the fact that teachers are able to improve their practice by working with their colleagues to reflect on lessons.
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the partners observed each other and engaged in one-on-one debriefs about what they had seen
In order for educators to continue improving their skills, it is so important that they engage in critical reflection practices and are provided with feedback by their peers as a way to determine what areas they can improve upon.
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Their plan for working toward this goal was to create groups of teachers who observed each other while teaching and then discussed those observations in a formalized setting using a structured conversation format.
This plan really stood out to me as I believe this would be an effective practice to implement into any school. Teachers should be given opportunities to observe other teachers as a way to gain new ideas and perspectives that they can bring into their own classroom.
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In short, the researchers wanted to understand whether collaboration and peer observation could positively influence teachers’ practice and attitude.
Collaboration works best when you are working with colleagues who you deem to be trustworthy, capable, and reflective in their practice.
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creating environments supportive of analytic reflection and collaboration positively influenced teachers’ attitudes toward their practice.
Creating a safe environment is an essential element for effective collaboration to take place. In order for teachers to reflect in a meaningful way, it is important that they feel comfortable to do so.
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h.readthedocs.io h.readthedocs.io
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we have found it to be valuable to have a unit develop from collaborative work to independent or small group work.
Providing students with the opportunity to practice annotating with a small group of peers is an effective way to ensure that learners are gaining the necessary tools needed to develop meaningful annotations.
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Or you can provoke student responses to the text through annotating with questions to be answered
Students can develop their higher order thinking skills as they respond to questions posted on a specific reading.
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