Collaboration

Chapter 6: Step 4 Collaboration

Collaborative contribution has been identified as a "first class collaborative element" by Meta Collab's collaborative research. It is also one of the ISTE NET.S standards for students and a C21 standard. How is it different from cooperation?

"Don't be a nonresponder! In a professional learning community, responses are the glue that hold relationships together." p 136

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Student Handshake Videos

These videos help students realize the commonalities between classrooms and cultures.

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"The 3 R's of global collaboration are: receive, read, and respond. Become a visible participant in educational spaces." p. 128

Participate

PD Toolkit

The PD Toolkit is a special code that you receive with the book for downloads and other extras. This chapter includes:

Preproject blog post examples
Sounding Board Case Study by Kim Cofino and Lisa Durff
Reflection and Evaluation Post project blog entry by Yara

Places

Flat Classroom Database of Global Projects
Horizon Project
New Media Consortium
Educause

Posts

Sadie M. Digiteen. Will technology be the key to the future or the end?
Terry Freedman What is Digital Literacy?

People

Dr. Leigh Zeitz @zeitz http://www.drzreflects.com
Phil Macoun @pmacoun
http://macoun.edublogs.org

David Warlick, Flat Classroom 10-3 Keynote