Collaboration

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As the facilitator I will make sure that the students understand the basic concepts to be used in the collaborative assignment. I will have each student make a graphic organizer over the concepts that they have learned to help assist with the project. I will also explain some roles that each group member could play so that the work would not fall on one person, such note taker and time keeper. There is one computer that the students may use; I will have each team sign up for times to use the computer as well as provide websites and programs that may be used to help with assignment.

There will be 3-4 students in each group (average class size is 6-8). Before presenting the assignment I would have each student make up their own groups to see who they would prefer to work with. They are pretty much grouped already based on skill and behavior. The groups will have one student who easily gets concepts and one who doesn’t, the third person is usually in the middle. Since I have lot behavioral problems I tend not to group the rowdier students together.

The digital tools to be used will be PowerPoint, Excel, video. Each team will be responsible to create a wiki to post their final presentation.

To assess group participation, I will have the group grade each member confidentially. I will also stress that I will be watching to see how the group interacts with each other. I will make a contract for each member to sign for accountability.