Cooperative+Learning

=Provide students with opportunities to interact with each other in groups in ways that enhance their learning.= 

Generalizations From Research

 * 1) Organizing groups based on ability levels should be done sparingly.
 * 2) Cooperative learning groups should be rather small in size.
 * 3) Cooperative learning should be used consistently and systematically, but should not be overused.

Example Activities

 * Project-Based Learning
 * Wikis
 * Collaborative Writing
 * Special Note:** Cooperative Learning IS NOT only "collaborative groups." Collaborative Groups are one form of Cooperative Learning, and Cooperative Learning is anything that involves students interacting with one another in a learning process.

Recommendations & Ideas

 * 1) Use a variety of criteria to group students
 * 2) Use informal, formal, and base groups
 * 3) Keep groups to a manageable size
 * 4) Combine cooperative learning with other classroom structures

//Information presented above in the definition is from [|McREL], and generalizations from research, and recommendations & ideas is from// //Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement (ASCD)(Robert J. Marzano, Debra J. Pickering, Jane E. Pollock).//

=Listed below are suggested uses of technology that will enhance a students' learning of cooperative learning.=

[|www.jigsaw.org] [|www.civ3.com/ptw_features.cfm] [|www.globalschoolnet.org/GSH] Linking kids around the world

Digital Storytelling Applications
[|www.flickr.com] [|www.webshots.com] [|http://zoto.com] [|www.bubbleshare.com] [|www.scrapblog.com] [|www.shutterfly.com] [|www.fliptrack.com]

Calendars
[|www.calendars.net] [|www.K5n.us/webcalendar.php] [|http://calendar.google.com]

Cheryl Lykowski's Global Explorer's Project
http://globalexplorers.wikispaces.com/Resources

1001 Flat World Tales Project
http://ms1001tales.wikispaces.com Middle School Students

Shared Bookmarking
[|http://del.icio.us]

George Lucas Foundation Instructional Module
[|www.edutopia.org]

Community of Collaborative Classrooms
[|www.epals.com]

Think, connect, create and share
[|www.thinkquest.org]

Creative Projects for Pre-K-6 Classroom
[|www.technospudprojects.com]

1001 Writing Projects all around the world
http://es1001tales.wikispaces.com

Web 2.0 Collaboration Tools
[|www.backpackit.com] [|www.coolcatteacher.blogspot.com] [|www.airset.com] [|http://classblogmeister.com] [|www.gaggle.net] [|www.pbwiki.com] www.wikispaces.com [|http://docs.google.com] [|www.zohowriter.com] [|http://edublogs.org] http://www.ning.com