COOPERATIVE LEARNING

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PRESENTERS

• MADAME PAMELA HUNTER
• DR. QUINN ROLLINS
• PROFESSOR LENNY SPRING
• MASTER JIM SALTAS

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COOPERATIVE LEARNING

• LORD HAVE MERCY
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• COOPERATIVE LEARNING IS NOT SO MUCH LEARNING TO
  COOPERATE AS IT IS COOPERATING TO LEARN.

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• Cooperative learning focuses on having students
  interact with each other in groups in ways that
  enhance their learning.

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GENERALIZATIONS(McRel)

• Organizing groups based on ability levels should
  be done sparingly.
• Cooperative learning groups should be rather
  small in size.
• Cooperative learning should be used consistently
  and systematically but should not be overused.

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Recommendations

• Use a variety of criteria to group students.
• Use informal, formal, and base groups.
• Keep the groups to a manageable size.
• Combine cooperative learning with classroom
  structures.

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BASE GROUP SETTING

• Girlfriend math

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MULTIMEDIA

• Student-created multimedia is a natural
  environment for cooperative learning.
• These activities require many roles and
  responsibilities.
• Have a detailed plan in place to avoid any
  mishaps.
• Rubric for cooperative multimedia projects (pgs.
  142-143)

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WEB RESOURCES

• It is a simple way for students to look up
  information together on web sites.
• The web gives students access to experts in
  nearly any subject area, from Nobel Prize winners
  to best-selling authors to athletes.

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• One such web-site is the Jason Project.
• (www.jasonproject.org)
• It is an organization focused on engaging
  students with hands-on scientific discovery.
• There are many Ask an Expert
• web-sites devoted specifically to answering
  student questions.

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KEY PALS

• Communications with students in other cities,
  states, and countries.
• Broadens the perspective of students and
  challenges them to learn about other cultures,
  languages, and issues throughout the world.
• (pg. 145 list some of the best sites.)

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WEBQUESTS

• Designed to use learners time well, to focus on
  using information rather than looking for it, and
  to support the learners thinking at the level of
  analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
• (pg. 146 listing of sites.)

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WEB SITE CREATION

• Building a Web site can be very enriching
  collaborative experience for students.
• (pgs. 148-149 list the web sites.)

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COLLABORATIVE ORGANINIZING

• Shared calendars students can work from home
  and still organize activities within the group.
• Shared book marking students can use the
  teacher site from home or at school without
  having to remember a lot of URLs.
• (pgs. 150151)

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COURSE MANAGMENT

• Teachers can create online learning communities
  for their students through web-enabled course
  management system programs. These services allow
  teachers to securely share resources, facilitate
  online discussions and post information. Students
  share ideas, communicate as a group, and learn
  collectively.
• (pg. 151)

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WEB-ENABLED MULTIPLAYER SIMULATION GAMES

• Allows only human to human interaction.
• Gaming simulation is an interactive learning
  environment that makes it possible to cope with
  complex authentic situations that are close to
  reality.
• (pgs. 152-153)

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COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE

• Instant messaging and Voice IP over, expand
  formal cooperative learning experiences.
• A new wave of innovation for teaching and
  learning?...