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Better Lesson: Speaking and Listening: Collaborative Conversations
Young scholars will partner read The Kite, by Alma Flor Ada. Then work together in small collaborative groups to describe the character of the mother, the children, or the kitten. Included in this lesson are video demonstrations,...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Using Collaborative Strategic Reading
In this article, the Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) technique is explained, along with research to support the use. The technique teaches students to use comprehension strategies, while working cooperatively, as they engage in the...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Collaborative Exploration of the Gettysburg Address
This lesson plan engages students in a study of the collaborative elements of Lincoln's famous speech. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Unboxed: Collaboration, Critique and Classroom Culture
Create a classroom where students collaborate with others, recognize improvement in their work, and help each other strive to work harder.
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Bit Tech Labs: Student Collaboration: What, Why and Tools!
This article discusses the importance of digital collaboration and provides a list of collaboration tools and explains how they can be used.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sl.3.1: Engage Effectively in a Range of Collaborative Discussions
Links to 175 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard SL.3.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts,...
Curated OER
Google for Education: Children and Technology: Collaborative Illustrated Story
Learners collaboratively create an illustrated story as a team by using Google Presentation.
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Center for the Collaborative Classroom: Integrating Speaking and Listening Ccss
Integrating speaking and listening builds a positive classroom community with less bullying, increased self-confidence, and greater independence, along with the ability to work with all students. This article gives ideas for projects or...
Virginia Tech
Collaborative Learning Enhances Critical Thinking
Included here is a study of collaborative learning versus individual learning. This study provides details of its methodology and its findings.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Collaborative Booktalk: Sharing and Writing Development
Are dark themes in young adult novels harmful or helpful to teens? Students will explore this question and will create an argumentative writing piece based on textual evidence. Videos of the lesson in action, examples of student work,...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Searching for Gold: A Collaborative Inquiry Project
Contains plans for six lessons that ask students to research the Gold Rush before teaching each other about it. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
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Awesome Library: Collaboration Across Cultures
This site from the Awesome Library is designed to benefit those working in public service agencies, this page is nevertheless useful for older students as it addresses some assumptions that many people have about working with those whose...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Research Project: American Heroes
This lesson is designed to help students of all backgrounds learn to work together in groups to complete a research paper assignment. This is a collaborative based lesson plan that challenges students to work together to complete the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Shakespeare/romeo & Juliet Wiki
Students will self-select a teacher-supplied topic and work collaboratively with group members from their class, as well as group members from other classes (or schools) to create a wiki demonstrating their knowledge of Shakespeare, his...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Challenges of the Great Plains Farmer
Students will work in groups of four to create presentations using their research on a particular farming invention that was created from (1837-1867) and also research specific elements about life on the Great Plains. Each group's...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Beyond the Earth Part Ii
A continuation of Beyond the Earth Part I. As part of a unit on the solar system, students will choose a component of the solar system to research. Students may use a variety of resources such as the Internet, books, and reference...
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Texas Collaborative: To Be or Not to Be a Linear Equation: That Is the Question
A PDF containing examples and practice problems with linear equations.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese Collaborative Projects: The Global Water Sampling Project
By testing your local water quality, you will be able to compare your results with students around the world. Register your class, and follow the project instructions. Additional teacher resources, references, and Ask-an-Expert sources...
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The Dream Flag Project
This creative and collaborative project is centered around the poetry of Langston Hughes, and incorporates art, multi-cultural ideas, and student performance. The site is full of examples, information, lessons and explanation.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: All About Us: Writing and Presenting Poetry
In this lesson students write a poem about their class and classmates. Students then transfer their poems to individual presentation slides which are combined with their classmates' slides to create a class slideshow presentation. This...
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Lives in the Balance: Walking Tour for Parents
A description of the steps in Dr. Greene's Collaborative & Proactive Solution model to help manage a child's behavior.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: The in Between Years
Comprehensive AP European History learning module on the "Inbetween Years" following WWI, traces the years from the Treaty of Versailles to the rise of Nazi and Fascist regimes in Europe. Includes individual as well as collaborative...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap European History: The Cold War
Learning module for AP European History on the Cold War provides comprehensive course materials including text, photos, assignments and assessment as well as nteractive features and collaborative art project.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities: Metric System Conversions
Using inquiry-based learning, students work in groups to devise metric conversion factors after analyzing example calculations. By finding inaccuracies in the problems given, students zero in on the correct methods of doing conversions.