Collaborize Classroom - Discussion Forum
Collaborize Classroom is an online discussion forum that teachers can quickly and easily set up for online class discussions. The service is free and students do not need an email address to participate in the forums. Teachers can manage multiple classes or groups with this discussion tool.
Research supports teachers offering students ample, regular opportunities to participate in open-ended conversations about literature and other texts. Selecting rich literature, articles, or concepts will generate these conversations.
When students engage in conversations:
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Research supports teachers offering students ample, regular opportunities to participate in open-ended conversations about literature and other texts. Selecting rich literature, articles, or concepts will generate these conversations.
When students engage in conversations:
- comprehension of the concept is increased by stretching their habits of thinking
- engagement in the reading is increased
- improve their sense of culture and identity
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How ToPlease visit the Sparking Online Discussions website for full program details.
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Resources to Support
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Additional Considerations
- Set up regular times to post discussion questions
- Allow for "flipped classroom" where discussions are started as homework so the research and collaboration can be richer in the classroom space.
- Consider allowing students to take on different "voices"
- Allow for discussions related to collaborative projects - planning in online spaces
- Design assignments to facilitate the collaborative discussion process...a group of students compose an essay together in an online space
- Click here for a topic library with many quality sample lessons that utilize the discussion and collaboration process.
Sample Outcomes
Click below to find a list of possible indicators and outcomes that would fit well with this type of inquiry activity.
Sample Project
RW 5.2 Explain the importance of sustainable management of the environment to
Canada’s future.
http://recyclesaskatchewan.ca/school-units/Gr5-health-effects/health-effects.html
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