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Constructing Collaboration

Constructing Collaboration. Heather Heeter. Heather Heeter. Secondary English PDS Intern South Building at State High Dana Zuhlke Advanced English 10 English 9 CTI Justine Kononov World History II CTI. Genesis. Past experience Why do I use group work? A shift in mindset

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Constructing Collaboration

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  1. Constructing Collaboration Heather Heeter

  2. Heather Heeter • Secondary English PDS Intern • South Building at State High • Dana Zuhlke • Advanced English 10 • English 9 CTI • Justine Kononov • World History II CTI

  3. Genesis • Past experience • Why do I use group work? • A shift in mindset • Student to teacher • Student survey

  4. Constructing Collaboration • Formation of groups • Student-selected • Teacher-selected • Randomly assigned • Task delegation • Grading group work • One group, one grade • Individual scores • Next time . . .

  5. Group Formation:Student-selected • “I like to work with my friends because we can get work done and still have fun together.” • “You can do too much socializing and not enough work.” • “If you’re working with friends, you don’t mind yelling at them to do some work.” • “Sometimes friends try to slack off and mooch off the rest of the group.” • “You can pick people that actually work and avoid the freeloaders.”

  6. Group Formation:Teacher-selected • “If the teacher picks, I might actually do some work.” • “The teachers know how to even it out better.” • “If a teacher chooses our groups it gives us a chance to get to know other people better.” • “I don’t like to pick our own groups because kids don’t usually want to sit with me.” • “I might get stuck with someone I don’t like.”

  7. Group Formation:Random Selection • Pros • Removes blame • Creates truly unique combinations • Cons • Avoidable conflicts • Creating random pairings • Count off • Alphabetically • Pulling names/numbers • Playing cards

  8. Student Task Delegation • Here is your task. Go. • “We know ourownstrengths andweaknesses, so we should be allowed to choose what we are best at to make the project successful.”

  9. Teacher Task Creation • Teacher creates distinct roles and/or tasks within the assignment • Fahrenheit 451 teaching groups • Advanced English 10 • Teacher establishes roles for individual students • Students assign roles within the group

  10. Teacher Task Creation • All individuals are responsible for the group portion • Googledocs: a blessing and a curse • Individual tasks take over

  11. Teacher Task Creation • Teacher outlines the assignment as a whole and students delegate tasks and roles with in their groups • Speak Research Projects • English 9

  12. Grading Group Work • One group, one grade • “It is a group effort, so we should all be putting in the same amount of work and effort. If that isn’t the case, it is the group members’ responsibility to address that problem.” • “If you work together, then you should pass or fail together.”

  13. Grading Group Work • Individual grades • “The slacker and the hard worker don’t deserve the same grade.” • “We shouldn’t all be punished if someone is a slacker.” • “Some people don’t do their part because they know someone else will do it to avoid getting a bad grade, and that isn’t fair.”

  14. Student Suggestions • “Explain the project very clearly with an assignment sheet.” • “Give students reminders to get on task.” • “I think giving individual grades will help motivate all members to do the work.” • “I think it is mostly up to the students how well the group work goes.” • “Let students do their thing.”

  15. Next Time . . . • What is the best way to approach group work? • What would I do differently in my next classroom? • Consider: • Assignment • Why should this be a group project? • Learning goals • What will they learn from this collaboration? • Length of collaboration • Time of year

  16. Works Cited • Heller, Paul. Blog Art. 2011. www.palheller.com. imgfxdesign.com, 2011. Web. 28 Apr. 2011. <http://paulrheller.com/>. • Banville, Sean. Writing. 27 Apr. 2010. Sean Banville's Blog. WordPress Entries & RSS, 27 Apr. 2010. Web. 28 Apr. 2011. <http://seanbanville.com/tag/group-work/>. • Elanco. Speak. N.d. Photobucket. Photobucket Corporation, 2011. Web. 28 Apr. 2011. <http://s376.photobucket.com/albums/ oo205/elanco/Blog%20Images/?action=view¤t=speak-laurie- halse-anderson2.jpg&newest=1>. • Peterson, Karl. Farenheit 451 Poster. 21 May 2009. Sidearm. Sidearm Design, n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2011. <http://sidearmdesign.com/post/ 2009/05/21/fahrenheit-451-poster/>. • Team Work. 2011. Custom Corporate Puzzles. N.p., 2011. Web. 28 Apr. 2011. <http://www.mgcpuzzles.com/4/corporate/>.

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