Teresa Facilitating Collaboration in the Classroom

Facilitating Collaboration in the Classroom:: 

Facilitating Collaboration in the Classroom: Interaction, Task and Structure

Collaborative learning in the classroom is both planned and responsive. The planned aspects include…..: 

Collaborative learning in the classroom is both planned and responsive. The planned aspects include….. Promoting collaborative interaction Designing collaborative tasks Building collaborative structures - reciprocal

Think Peer Share – PMS Activity!: 

Think Peer Share – PMS Activity! What are the pluses and minuses of peer sharing? In the suggestion column list ways you could improve this activity. Create a new answer that incorporates the best of the ideas. Be prepared to present your answer if called upon.

Promoting Collaborative Interaction: 

Promoting Collaborative Interaction What sort of interaction do you encourage? A joint task is not necessarily collaborative. It’s important to encourage the right kind of interacting. This would be connected/reciprocal interactions.

What can I do to encourage collaborate interaction? : 

What can I do to encourage collaborate interaction? Encourage skills of discussing Encourage skills of helping Encourage skills of thinking together Use tasks prompts and social prompts

Let’s look at prompts: 

Let’s look at prompts We could use learners prompts which help the children generate the appropriate interaction and learn the skill in the process. These could be put on cards. Prompts like… W hy is … important? What would happen if…? What do you think of my idea? So do you reckon that…? It might be that…. It seems… From this point of view… I’m confused about…

Designing collaborative tasks : 

Designing collaborative tasks Tasks need to be completed together Tasks include an intellectual dimension and a social dimension Pupils learn to communicate and agree Pupils teach each Mutual interchange is necessary for problem solving

Building Collaborative Structures: 

Building Collaborative Structures Pair work form the bridge between private thoughts and public discussion http:// www.literacysolutions.com.au/downloads/resources/reciprocal-teaching-prompt-card.pdf Look at page 94 and 95 for examples. Reciprocal reading is an awesome activity for collaborative learning. Now you are ready to go for it!

Caution : 

Caution Sharing can be reporting back views. What we want is contribution to a whole class or group product. Maybe create something new!