Nt1310 Unit 5 Lesson 1

To make learning collaborative, students must take responsibility for their learning. Therefore, students must watch assigned videos or do assigned readings on a topic before class to maximize time for discussion or collaborative work. In class, the first thirty minutes will be a mini-lecture on the concept they learned and a classroom discussion. This will also be time for the students to ask questions and discuss the material with other students in a constructive manner.

As outlined in the scoring rubric the with a score of nine points are greater with a minimum of three points per scoring component. Therefore, Student B and Student D with scores of 7 and 6 points respectively, and minimum score less than three points in a least one component need to be retaught the math content.

Groups are expected to share their thoughts and are expected to work together the analysis sheets in class.

The teacher asks a question, students are paired together and partners share answers with each other. This allows all students to have frequent opportunities to share ideas, receive feedback and take part in the lesson.

Collaborating helps people to problem solve that could not be done as effectively by yourself. I find that it’s helpful to share ideas and strategies to help the problem solve. In the six stages, the one that stood out to me was: four the design a feasible plan. In this section, it talked about exploring the options and that everyone that is part of the team should take part in exploring

Students will participate in discussions with their group to answer the lesson questions to develop key understanding

For this specific situation, I believe I would choose to coach Sam like anybody else but pay a little more attention to him and make sure he is understanding what is going on at all times. It might be a lot harder then anticipated, but I believe that coaches should make a difference, and that’s for whoever is willing to work. If Sam is willing to learn and is excited to have a chance to do something he doesn’t normally do, I would be happy to take the responsibility on. In addition to letting Sam be on the team, I would first talk to his parents and let them know the situation and possibly get some insight on how Sam learns and how he would respond to different situations. I would also add an extra team member to my staff so one of us can always be attentive to him, so he can always know what’s going on. For training purposes, I would give him some basic drills to see how he would respond, and then go from there. To find

Answers are checked as a whole group before students are asked to apply the same framework and discuss the situation in their own countries.

I will bring in community business members for further instruction, and students will be able to communicate with those members in a professional learning relationship. In respects to my rules and procedures, I will plan from bell to bell, inhibiting large chunks of time for misbehavior (Smith 2012) and setting the expectation that learning is paramount in my classroom. Upon entering my classroom students will begin work immediately by logging on to their computers, opening their journals and responding to a quote picked by one of their classmates. This activity helps the students with their typing, their writing, and critical thinking. Throughout the coursework students will fill out self-assessments regarding their level of cooperation and effort, and they will also evaluate their team members for effectiveness and cooperation. These reflective strategies will help students realize their worth, that effort matters, and help them develop cooperation and responsibility within

Throughout this exercise, I believe we worked together more as a group rather than a team. A group is two or more individuals who interact and share common goals. Working together as a group allowed for us to complex interdependent tasks. Without knowing what was on other slips of paper, the task could not have been completed. After understanding the tasks, we generated ideas on how to complete the task. Working together as a group while assigning people to different roles, helps in effective decision making.

Toseland and Rivas (2012) describes group work as a goal directed process, where planned and orderly worker activities are carried out in the context of professional practice with people. These authors also describe a dual focus of group work, both on the individual tasks and on the group tasks. In my experience, group work is collaborating with others to create something meaningful. It is necessary in group work, in my opinion, to utilize your strengths in a purposeful way to best complete the task at hand. Thus far in our group work project, it has been invaluable to witness these processes unfold first hand; it has also been just as easy to see the confusion and difficulties that accompany such endeavours both on an individual level and on a group level.

During the course of working together, each of the team members will have specific roles that they must follow. This is because every individual has different strengths they can provide during the process. Once this takes place, is when everyone will be more focused (which will result in an increase in productivity). (Bigelow, 2012) (Kazi, 2011)

How do students work together to reach consensus to complete an assignment? A few brave professors and scholars give an outline of how they use collaborative writing in their classrooms, but always with the caveat that the process must be modified to fit specific classrooms and that the teacher must be open-minded and able to change what isn’t working (Howard 1). As Kenneth Bruffee writes, “Sometimes collaborative learning works beyond my highest expectations. Sometimes it doesn’t work at all” (394). Each class has its own dynamic, pace, and ability. A teacher must be willing to adapt.

Team work involves the actions undertaken by a group of individuals in order to achieve a common goal.They work together in a cooperative environment to achieve the common goal through sharing ideas,knowledge and skills. The goal is the target or common objective and it is greater than the personal aspirations of each member of the team.It is a cooperative process that enables target oriented individuals to achieve great results(Scarnati 2001).A team has a common objective and the team members work together and ultimately develop effective and mutual relationships to achieve the set goals(Harris and Harris,1996).

After they have completed copying the statements and reactions on the notecards, the students will form in small groups to discuss what they wrote down on the cards and they will decide on the most important ideas.