- difference between group work / collaboration / co-construction
- group work can be high stake for some students - e.g. carrying loafers
- strategy: perhaps give a check mark for group bit of work (e.g. researching the function of the heart), then assess individually (e.g. through a test)
Some tools for collaboration through technology (Yay!)
1. TitanPad
- e.g. T writes down categories beforehand - can save beforehand if T has account, Ss brainstorm vocabs under each category) Warning: allow silliness for the first 10 minutes
- e.g. T can write first half of the conversation, and have students come up with the second half
- After all, can export as a document in the end
- I don't really find this app useful.
- It's used in conferences for a real time discussion
3. Board800
- play charade
- how is this necessarily better than using a whiteboard?
- create "rooms" for different groups
- arrange words into verbs, nouns, adjectives
- can save if have account
- cannot export. To save = take screenshot
- embeddable
