2. How do we define collaboration? Collaboration 1.0 Partner reading, playing nicely together,telephone calls, AOL and MSN Collaboration is not just cooperation Collaboration 2.0 Learning is SOCIAL and learning is EVERYWHERE Not my knowledge or your knowledge, but OUR knowledge Networking-relationships, ideas, knowledge
4. The Future of Teaching and Learning with Collaboration Web 2.0 allows us to interact in ways we haven’t been able to interact in before Discover new relationship, ideas, and subjects Social networking-allows students to “learn more about specific subjects, to test out ideas and theories, to learn facts, and to gauge each other’s opinions” (http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/02/three-trends-that-define-the-future-of-teaching-and-learning/) Focus on what we gain as a result of our collaborations
5. 21 Things That Will Be Obsolete by 2020 1.Desks 4. Homework 6. Differentiated Instruction 7. Fear of Wikipedia 12. Centralized Institutions 15. Paid/Outsourced Professional Development 16. Current curricular norms 17. Parent-teacher conference night From http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/03/21-things-that-will-be-obsolete-by-2020/
6. Collaboration keeps businesses alive Collaboration, Innovation, Education “Collaboration encourages the transcending of traditional boundaries used to atomise and separate teams, departments, business units and organisations; it interconnects artificial separations in business, encouraging sharing, creativity, empowerment and innovation.” --Giles Hutchins, global director for sustainability solutions at Atos From http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/blog/biomimicry-business-transformation-collaboration
7. Collaboration in our schools Collaboration as a skill Must be taught, must be modeled Reflect post secondary plans and include real world examples Collaboration as a cultural norm Creating a collaboration conducive environment Collaboration on a variety of levels Start small, think big Relationships and networking Collaborative experiences
9. Google Apps Google Docs Groups can edit documents together, commenting to one another Easy to embed Privacy Works with any operating system Document, Presentation, Form, Drawing, Table Uses in K-12 education? Uses in higher ed? Uses in business world?
10. Google Apps Google Sites Team managed web sites Use as e-portfolios Easy way to create and manage web pages in the education environment
11. Google Apps Google Groups Set mailing lists, share documents, web pages and calendars Each group has a common e-mail address for sharing/editing purposes
12. More on collaboration http://del.icio.us/kmorrow/collaboration?&page=2 http://www.edutopia.org/collaboration-age http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Collaborative+Tools
