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Every child needs communication to help promote their learning and development. Every child needs a good listener and eye contact when talking.

Effective communication with children is important to make sure that they understand the language of learning so that they can grasp concepts and ideas, actively take part in problem solving and successfully develop their own ideas and opinions. It is important for children to be able to feel welcome in the classroom environment and valued within the school. Encouraging children to ask questions, give their own answers and contribute to class activities will help to develop a positive working relationship with the children. It is

Effective communication is important in developing positive relationships with children, young people and adults alike. It is the central key to establishing and maintaining such positive relationships. It means listening, questioning, understanding and responding to match each individual’s stage of development, their age, personal circumstances and their needs. It is important for the communication to be on the same level as the person you are speaking to so that neither person seems to have more power than the other. Good communication is not just about listening and speaking, it is also about watching and feeling. Excellent communication builds trust in relationships with all.

Collaboration: In a community of learners, students work together in teams, partners, or groups. This allows students to gain social skills and increases students’ motivation for the project. Students share ideas and gain a new understanding of the content.

Communication, literacy and language: You need to assist the children in confidence building with positive praise. Also making sure they can communicate in a proper manner via

When communicating with children and young people a number of skills are necessary. These skills are inbuilt and we use them naturally without realising. Children learn to communicate through the responses and reactions of others.

Good listening skills are equally important in the communication process as getting your message across. Showing respect and being courteous to others will also be of benefit. With children it is important that they feel valued and important. By getting down to their level (eg, sitting down with them instead of talking down to them) and talking in a friendly way that they understand will be effective.

* Communication and Language – a child who can effectively use the large movements, gestures and fine movements involved in speech is able to convey messages to others.

People can motivate you to get started or keep you motivated to write. It can be an effective tool when writing because you can get frustrated with yourself or not know where to go with an idea. Not only does it help create ideas, collaborative learning teaches you real world skills. These skills include how to properly communicate with others and teach you how to work with people you don’t necessarily get along with. Most likely your future will involve working with others in some form or another. Ms. Olson agrees, saying, “Yes, every student needs to be able to work well together with others and I think working together in a classroom is the closest experience to the real world job collaboration you will get while in school.” Researchers have looked at the benefits of collaboration and the ways it can help you. In the study the researchers discovered or identified two important benefits of collaborative learning. Xiao Han T. Zeng, the research scientist, shares with us that “Collaboration plays an increasingly important role in promoting research productivity and impact” (Zeng par. 1). These are just two of the identified benefits of collaborative learning.

Intelligence. A key component in the success for students. From an early age, parents attempt to influence their child in hopes of increasing their score/percentage on the growth curve (IQ). This includes the ability to talk. Producing words is an important milestone in

Being able to communicate through speech and language, but more importantly understand and use communication effectively is critical in supporting and developing the behavioural, emotional and social needs of a child or young person.

First, learning to work, as a team, can be difficult if the person you’re working with always has to have the right answer or nobody wants to agree on something. It takes everyone in the group or on the team to work together to be successful in whatever it is they are trying to accomplish. The term

“Through collaboration, ideas can be shared, new and better strategies can be developed, problems can be solved, students’ progresses can be better monitored, and their outcomes are evaluated effectively.”¬ (Lee, 1996).

Teaching and learning in the 21st century develop skills beyond listening, watching and remembering. Education in the 21st century incorporates advanced learning tools, development of skills, while actively involved in your own learning and environment. Also, education today is motivating while inspiring and preparing students for today’s world. Students gain the ability to adapt when needed for the changing world of tomorrow. Twenty-first century education is understanding how students learn with a more hands-on approach while building skills. However, the ‘4C’s creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration’ (Kolk, 2011) are skills that are important for students learning. Therefore, they can actively consume and create data and knowledge in ways that deliver substance and relevance to them (Bolstad, Gilbert, McDowall, Bull, Boyd & Hipkins, 2012; Watson, 2012). Clearly, the classroom in the 21st century is a modern environment. This modern environment consisting of little groups of tables placed together for students to sit and learn together as well as discuss what they are doing. Meanwhile, displaying student’s art to decorate the classroom has a sense of pride. Above all, the classroom has visible items as an interactive whiteboard, Internet access, projector and computers, accessible for student and teachers daily.

My vision of collaborative learning is a learning strategy that affords the students enormous opportunities and advantages not available through traditional learning processes. I believe that students in a collaborative team tend to attain