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Students will be able to express their feelings about personal dreams and aspirations using appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures in English.

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Students will identify and articulate emotions related to pursuing dreams, including excitement, fear, determination, and uncertainty.

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Students will demonstrate the ability to ask others about their feelings regarding their future goals and respond appropriately to similar questions.

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How do our feelings influence the pursuit of our dreams? Students will watch a short motivational video and reflect on this question to activate prior knowledge.

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Inspiration, the leap to follow your dreams | Yvonne Botchey | TEDxAccraWomen

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Direct instruction on key vocabulary: excited, nervous, determined, confident, worried, hopeful, passionate, uncertain. Teacher models pronunciation and usage in context of dreams and aspirations.

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286 Feelings and emotions English ESL worksheets pdf & doc

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A selection of English ESL feelings and emotions printables

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Teacher demonstrates how to ask about feelings: 'How do you feel about...?', 'What emotions do you experience when...?', 'Are you excited about...?' Students practice in pairs.

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Students sit in small groups of 4-5. Each student shares one dream and asks group members how they feel about similar goals. Groups use a digital collaboration tool like Padlet to record responses.

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It's no secret that I love Google tools, but Google is not the only option for your classroom. There are hundreds of fantastic collaborative learning tools!

Collaboration is a critical twenty-first-century skill for our students. Finding ways to facilitate and support collaboration in the classroom is not always easy.

Keep in mind that digital tools are not inherently collaborative, it is how you use them to facilitate collaboration in your classroom.

All of the tools below have the capability but may support collaboration in different ways.

I've included an overview video for each of the fifteen tools listed below.

Many of these tools also tap into other C's like creativity, critical thinking, and communication! (Looking for other ideas to support the 4 C's, check out the 4 C's Learning Menu.)

Another important thing to note is that many of these tools work together, like InsertLearning and Flip, as well as offer integration with Google tools.

Did your favorites make the list? If not, leave a comment and share your top collaboration!

This post contains 20 collaborative tools for your classroom that are NOT Google.

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Pear Deck is an active learning and formative assessment tool that makes your presentations completely interactive! Pear Deck is fully loaded with templates for each stage of the assessment process, vocabulary games, Google tool integration, and helps teachers engage students and create collaborative conversations.

Pear Deck also offers ISTE Aligned, digital citizenship curriculum in partnership with Google's, " Be Internet Awesome," program. And Pear Deck has also introduced critical thinking slides!

Pear Deck is a freemium tool, meaning that some features are completely free, but premium features require a paid account.
Related: 27 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom Learn more about Pear Deck.
Flip (formerly Flipgrid) is a video discussion tool that allows teachers to create "grids," of discussion topics. Students share their responses through recorded videos. Flip is a great way to encourage student voice and engage students. You can also connect and collaborate globally through their #GridPals program.

Flip is jam-packed with a ton of other features like video downloads, stickers & drawings, custom assessment rubrics, video feedback, MixTapes, Topic invites, private share links, Vibes, and more! There is also an amazing community to support you!

Flipgrid is owned by Microsoft and is completely free!
Learn more about Flipgrid. Related: Flipgrid: The Go-To Remote Learning Tool Related: 10 Awesome Ways to Use Flipgrid in the Classroom
Padlet is a digital tool that allows you to create collaborative "walls." I like to think of it like a digital bulletin board with digital sticky notes, but way better. Students can post just about anything-images, videos, documents, and text-from anywhere, and from any device (pcs, tablets, phones).

I have used Padlet for many years and it is a great way to get students (and teachers) sharing, collaborating, and creating. Padlet is no longer a free tool, but it is still used and recommended by many teachers.
Learn more about Padlet.
Nearpod is an interactive presentation and assessment tool. Teachers can use it to create interactive lessons that contain quizzes, polls, videos, images, drawing-boards, web content and more, as well as use their "Nearpod Collaborate!" tool.

Nearpod is free for a class size up to 30.
Learn more about Nearpod.
5. Microsoft Teams

Get Classes, Meetings, Assignments, Files And Collaboration All In One Place With Teams.

Engage students with virtual face-to-face connections and activities, or set up a remote lunch to keep classrooms connected and having fun and it's free for students and teachers with a valid school email address.
Learn more about Microsoft Teams.
Seesaw is a student-driven digital portfolio tool. Teachers can empower students to create, reflect, share, and collaborate. Students "show what they know" using photos, videos, drawings, text, PDFs, and links.

Seesaw is a freemium tool, meaning that some features are completely free, but premium features require a paid account.
Learn more about Seesaw.
Kahoot! is a game-based learning and trivia platform for your classroom. Teachers can create Kahoots, or collaboratively create with students.

Kahoot is free for teachers.
Learn more about Kahoot.
Book Creator is the simple way to make ebooks using the Chrome App or iOS App. Book Creator has real-time collaboration and is ideal for making all kinds of books, portfolios, comic books, photo books, journals, textbooks and more.

Book Creator is free for up to 40 books.
Learn more about Book Creator.
CoSpaces Edu is an application that allows students and teachers to easily build their own 3D creations, animate them with code and explore them in Virtual or Augmented Reality.

CoSpaces is free for up to 30 seats.
Learn more about CoSpaces.
Buncee allows students and teachers to create engaging multimedia projects and presentations.

Buncee is a freemium tool, meaning that some features are completely free, but premium features require a paid account.
Learn more about Buncee.
OneNote is a Microsoft Office product that is like a digital version of a physical notebook. This means you can capture digital notes and keep them organized, as well as collaborate and share. It also means you can add images, diagrams, audio, video, and more.

Access to OneNote requires an Office 365 subscription.
Learn more about OneNote.
WeVideo is an online and collaborative video editing tool. Students can easily edit and collaborate on videos on desktops, iOS, and Android. And, it's Chromebook compatible!

WeVideo is a freemium tool, meaning that some features are completely free, but premium features require a paid account.
Learn more about WeVideo.
Classcraft is a game-based approach to teaching and behavior management. It's designed to encourage participation, good behavior, and 21st-century skills like collaboration.
Learn more about Classcraft.
InsertLearning is a Chrome extension that lets you turn any website into an interactive lesson. You can highlight text, add sticky notes, insert questions, videos, or even a discussion all inside the webpage!

Learn more by reading 4 Ways to Blend Learning with InsertLearning.

This tool was also part of the 18 Challenges for Teachers in 2018 FREE ebook.

Teachers can create up to 5 lessons with a FREE account.
Learn more about InsertLearning.
Soundtrap Edu is an online music studio where students can create together by recording and using loops.
Learn more about Soundtrap Edu.
Lumio is a digital learning tool that will transform your lessons into active, collaborative learning experiences. Every day more schools and districts are switching to Lumio - it's truly a flexible, time-saving tool that makes it easy to turn your PDFs, Google Slides, PowerPoint, and Notebook files into engaging lessons with interactive activities, games, group workspaces, and formative assessment ALL built right in.
*Related: Engaging Lessons for Next-Gen Connected Creators
Canva for Education is 100% free for K-12 (primary and secondary) teachers and their students, powering creation and collaboration in every classroom.

You and your students can create and personalize your own designs from scratch, or choose from thousands of high-quality, educational templates. From presentations to posters, and infographics, to worksheets, project-based learning, and lesson plans, the possibilities are endless.
*Related: 4+ Things You Didn't Know Canva Could Do!
Transform your old worksheets into interactive quizzes and assignments rich with multimedia. With BookWidgets, all teachers from all courses can create interactive exercises and auto-graded assignments with over 30 different question types. Teachers can easily integrate BookWidgets inside their trusted learning environment (Google Classroom, Teams, Canvas, Schoology, and more). The integration allows you to follow student progress in realtime when student are working on a BookWidgets assignment. This way, you can quickly guide your students in the right direction when they need help.
*Related: Google Classroom + BookWidgets = Superpowered Digital Classroom
Save, organize and share content from across the web with Wakelet. Save articles, videos, images, Tweets and more, organize them into stunning collections.

Your notes, research, tasks, and more - all in one place. Free for students and teachers, with discounts for teams and schools.

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20 Collaborative Tools for Your Classroom That Are Not Google

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It's no secret that I love Google tools, but Google is not the only option for your classroom. There are hundreds of fantastic collaborative learning tools! Here are 20 Collaborative Tools That Are NOT Google.

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Students work in pairs to create dialogues where one person shares a dream (becoming a doctor, traveling the world, starting a business) and the other asks follow-up questions about feelings and emotions.

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Students create a digital dream journal entry describing one personal goal and the emotions they associate with it. They must use at least 5 feeling words from today's lesson.

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Advanced students create a short video presentation about their dreams, incorporating feeling vocabulary and inviting classmates to share their emotional responses.

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Best Interactive Video Apps and Websites | Common Sense Education

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Students needing extra support use picture cards matching emotions to dream scenarios. They practice basic question-answer patterns with teacher guidance.

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Teacher circulates during pair and group work, using a checklist to assess students' use of feeling vocabulary and question formation. Notes areas needing reinforcement.

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Students evaluate their partners' use of emotion words and question asking skills using a simple rubric. They provide constructive feedback on clarity and appropriateness.

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Teacher reviews students' dream journal entries for correct use of feeling vocabulary, grammar, and personal reflection depth. Provides written feedback.

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5-minute quiz where students match feeling words to scenarios about pursuing dreams and write 3 questions they would ask someone about their aspirations.

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Wordwall - Create better lessons quicker

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Quiz - A series of multiple choice questions. Tap the correct answer to proceed.

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Students share one new feeling word they learned and how it relates to their own dreams. Class discusses how understanding emotions helps in pursuing goals.

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Students complete a Padlet board answering: 'What feeling best describes how you feel about your biggest dream right now?' and 'What question would you ask a friend about their dreams?'

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Teacher summarizes how expressing feelings about dreams helps build emotional intelligence and stronger communication skills for future success.

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Students interview a family member about their childhood dreams and current feelings about those aspirations. They prepare 5 questions using today's vocabulary and record responses.

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Students complete an interactive online game matching emotions to dream-related scenarios. Recommended time: 15 minutes.

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Feelings: Emoji Quiz - feelings - FEELINGS (KS) - Feelings Cards - zone quiz - Feelings - Feelings Matchup - Feelings wheel - school wordsearch

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Students create a digital or physical vision board representing one personal dream, including words describing their feelings about pursuing this goal. Due next class.

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Students write a 100-word paragraph answering: 'How have your feelings about your dreams changed after today's lesson?' Use at least 3 emotion words from class.