Technology+Inservice+Resources

= = = **Technology Resources for Collaborative Learning** =

**Please take a short survey [|here]**

[|Google Docs]

 * *If you have a gmail account you will only need to log in to get started. If you do not, you will need to create a new account. **

**Google Docs gives your students the ability to work collaboratively, both in assigned groups or as a whole class, from the classroom and at home. This tool is a great way to extend classroom activities to the home environment. Some advantages of using Google Docs include the ability for multiple students to be working on one document at the same time, the ability for teachers to give feedback in real time, and the ease in which templates and quizzes can be created.**

**Google Docs: Small Group Projects**

 * [|Literature Circles]
 * [|Analyzing Characterization]

**Google Docs: Whole Class Assignments**

 * [|Analyzing Characterization]

**Google Docs: Formative "Quizzes"**

 * [|Short Story Interest Quiz]
 * [|Short Story Interest Results]


 * [|Lit Circle Group Member Evaluations Survey]
 * [|Lit Circle Group Member Evaluations Results]

= Wikispaces Discussion Boards and Project Pages =

**A Wikispaces discussion board is a tool which allows all learners to communicate their ideas to the teacher and to their peers. Anyone who is part of the discussion board is able to pose and answer questions, read the responses of others, and elaborate on the ideas of their peers. Some advantages of using discussion boards are that they encourage 100% participation, they give a "voice" to quite students, and that they increase the time for discussion as results are not limited to a particular time and place.**


 * Political Advertisement Discussion Board (Homework assignment)

**Wikispaces project pages give teachers the ability to separate students into small group for collaborative assignments. One advantage of using project pages is the ability to first have students work on group students privately(only the members of that particular group can view and edit the material on the page), then change the settings so that all members of the wiki can view the page. This allows students to work in their individual groups to create a project that can then be easily shared with the whole class.**

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 * [|Project Pages Overview]
 * Into The Wild Team 1 Project Page

=[|Digital Cork board Tools]=

*** Corkboard Me does not require teacher registration, and students only need access to a link to post responses. The other two services require registration.**

**Digital cork boards are a great way to allow students to share ideas and answers in a digital environment. They function just like a traditional cork board or post-it note would; students are able to select a "pos- it note" of the size and color they prefer, then digitally pin it to a cork board. The main advantages of using the digital cork board are that it allows all students to view answers at the same time, and that it allows the teacher to quickly and easily assess a class' understanding of the assigned topic.**


 * [|Group Literary Elements Analysis 1]
 * [|Group Literary Analysis 2]

**Other Cork Board Tools:**
 * [|Corkboard Me]
 * [|Online Stickies]
 * [|Online Brainstorming]

= Resources =

**Getting Started with Google Docs**



**Getting Started with Wiki Discussion Boards and Project Pages**