Collaborative Group Essential Questions

•How can collaborative group work support students with diverse strengths and needs?

•How can group work increase rigor and support?

•What are some key strategies to consider when implementing group work?

Benefits of Group WorkBenefits of Group Work

• Academic Benefits

• Cultural Benefits

• Personal Benefits

• Increases engagement with learning• Deepens understanding• Allows flexible understanding• Provides support for learning

• Reveals strengths and weaknesses

• Provides a means for remediation

• Evaluates progress

• Allows teachers to find misconceptions

• Generates group solutions for

difficult questions

• Cultivates mutual responsibility

• Promotes positive academic

behavior

Personal BenefitsStudents are able to:Gender a Commitment for Success

Experiment with new understandings

Value mistakes as rich opportunities for learning

Teacher StrategiesRefer to article: http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/collaborative.html

Teach students how to work in groups Favorite Strategies Tricks for shaping effective groups Suggestions for enough structure Accountability measure Methods for differentiating group workFormative Assessment tool Noise Comfort level Reflections

Please watch each of the 1.5-2.0 minute videoshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv08Yq-SZWo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09g7im3Ag10&feature=PlayList&p=109927F01CF3F60F&index=0&playnext=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whTwjG4ZIJg&feature=pyv&ad=2137790359

Rigor RedefinedRigor RedefinedThe Road to 21The Road to 21stst Century LearningCentury Learning

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/oct08/vol66/num02/Rigor_Redefined.aspx

Please refer to the article below

The Road to 21The Road to 21stst Century Learning Century Learning

How We Teach

What We Teach

Where We Teach

How We Learn

How We Think

How We Collaborate

How We TeachHow We Teach

•We don’t cover material, we uncover solutions.

What We TeachWhat We Teach• Our students know what to do, when they don’t

know what do.

Where We TeachWhere We Teach• Our school is a network. Everybody is

a part of the network. Every connection is vital.

• Our network is both flexible and supportive, and extends beyond our campus into our homes and communities.

How We LeadHow We Lead

• We treat our students as partners and not subordinates.

How We ThinkHow We Think• Questions are more important

than answers .• Our Students interpret, and

connect, evaluate and justify, and learn to think on their own.

How We CollaborateHow We Collaborate• Working together sets up apart.

• Our size and emphasis on teamwork and collaboration help foster a safe and supportive environment.

Where do we begin with 21st Century Skills?

There are seven survival skills students need to thrive in the new world of work.

Seven Survival Skills1. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

2. Collaboration and Leadership

3. Agility and Adaptability

4. Initiative and Entrepreneurialism

5. Effective Oral and Written Communication

6. Accessing and Analyzing Information

7. Curiosity and Imagination

Exit Ticket

1. Write a paragraph about another set of standards or strategies from your school or district that could correlate with the instructional strategies.

2. Correlate the instructional strategies with the 21st century skills (outcomes).

3. Submit an individual response to “Exit Ticket” and an individual lesson plan that incorporates group work. Can be a lesson you have done.

4. Responses to slides 22-23 can be a large group (staff) effort. mdgreen77@embarqmail.com

Correlate the strategies with 21st century skills (outcomes).

Instructional Strategies

21st Century Skills (outcomes)

1. Critical Thinking

2. Problem Solving

3. Ability to apply Knowledge

4. Mastery of Content Knowledge

5. Innovative/Creative Thinking

6. Communication Skills

Correlate the strategies with 21st century skills (outcomes).Instructional Strategies

21st Century Skills (outcomes)

7. Ability to Learn in and Work in Teams8. Relationship Building

9. Interpersonal/Social Skills

10. Work Ethic

11. Flexibility/Adaptability

12. Global Awareness

13. Cultural Competency