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Think/Pair/Share could be a good tool for getting students to collaborate on overlapping exercise interests.

My question would be about implementation in the virtual setting. Standing in the middle of a physical classroom makes so many collaboration tools doable to participate in as well as to manage. Jumping from viewing one table then the next is not really set up in that same format.

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I found the "Think, Pair, and Share", as well as the "Table Station/Rotations" strategies, really interested and find that it is a really great way to keep up attention spans preventing cognitive fatigue, but as well as being able to collaborate and share different ideas amongst other peers. A question I have is, if there are other ideas on how to utilize the "Collaborative/Problem-Solving" strategy?

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I like the rotation timing system as steps. It helps to have a slide so students that come in late or finish a step have the full process laid out visually. This model works well with a google maps exploration activity. By including more share time in structured way I am hoping to get students to start sharing what they found not just with me but their peers.

One Question I have is the best method for paring or grouping for the sharing. With some inactive students and low participation ones it can be a challenge. I am thinking bigger groups to facilitate more sharing?

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I am curious about the implementation of the Mission US project into history class? (grading, timing, rubrics) Looks like a very engaging program that covers interesting events

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By having students make a map of a city plan for PBL, after students create their city you could also have prepared questions for a part 2, such as what is the distance between the post office and the police station in a straight line? This gives a nice diversity of questions among students and you could maybe even have them swap city plans with each other.

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For Choice boards, would it be more effective to implement them as individual assignments or group projects? As an individual assignment, I could see students getting too overwhelmed; but vice versa, in a group setting, students may not get involved and participate.

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How much of an "expert" does the guest speaker need to be on the subject?

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Rotation #2 Slides 25-43

1. For ELA: PBL would be more focused on longer term projects: for example: Creative Writing for a Cause:

1. Students write a series of short stories, poems, or essays to explore a specific social or political issue, then compile them into a collection to be shared with the community.  This would work for ENG 208A regarding Genocide.

2. Question: How are we to try and do this in an accelerated semester? I would love to do this with another subject area as well.

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I would love to use the virtual field trips as a collaborative activity.

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Gage Rotation #2

1. One Strategy to Try

I really like the idea on Slide 43. By having the students go a explore through virtual field trip this can build a deep connection of the topic at hand. Afterwards we can then transfer this into synthesizing the information a creating something (ex: take a tour of James Town, and then doing something similar like on slide 34, in creation of a colony town).

2. One Question to Explore

I would like to explore more TED talks as a whole as a way to engage the students through a different modality.

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I've done Project Based Learning with Guest Speakers and Community Involvement. I forget the book, but it involved baking, we visited a bakery and the students got to bake in class. (I was teaching preschoolers.)

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I am new to online teaching, and haven't tried collaborative learning yet. I would really like to see it in action before trying it.

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Rotation 2

1. This rotation resonated with me the most. PBL would be such a fun thing to do in math, love the ideas that were presented.

2. How could I find more PBL ideas for math that are centered around my content.

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I loved PBL's/real world connections for Science. As such, I am going to try to implement virtual tours of the amazing science centers and museums around the globe in my classes.

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Rotation 2

I love the idea of bringing in guest speakers. I was interested in the slide on Ted Talks as an option. I'm not sure yet where I would fit it in, but I will be exploring the Ted Talk playlists to see what's available.

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Think pair share, or some version of it, would be practical to use in Homeroom. Since we talk a lot about the 7-mindsets, splitting students into smaller groups might encourage more of them to answer, compared to full class discussion.

Guest speakers would be great, my question would be what is the process of getting them approved?

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1. I liked the jigsaw puzzle strategy; it allows students break down resources and learn how to isolate/focus on a topic/aspect and then bring it all together in a collaborative way. I would use this for breaking down a primary source that aligns with our lecture.

2. What is the most advantageous method for grouping students virtually where everyone gets appropriate rigor/support?

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I loved doing Jigsaw activities when I taught at a brick-and-mortar school, but I have not had success in the virtual setting due to a lack of participation. PBL is something I still love to do, but it's definitely challenging in a virtual setting as well.

1. I would love to try out choice boards, but I don't know if it would fit within our curriculum for next week. I can see using it for the upcoming Research project though!

2. My #1 challenge in a virtual classroom is participation. I love group work, but students find it frustrating when their group doesn't help out.

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1. I really liked the virtual tours/museums and simulation games that I can include in my lessons. I also like the choice boards in which I can use to engage students to complete projects or as an alternative to regular daily attendance activity.

2. If we wanted to get guest speakers into the classroom, what is the process for that?

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Career connections can definitely make any class feel more tangible for students.

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Appreciated the examples on the choice board that included writing "letter to the President" about a particular issue, or even having the choice to make their own political cartoon about a specific historical time period.

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The guest speaker would be awesome for history. Do we need to get an okay for guest speakers?

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How to engage unresponsive students during TEAM table roles during the live session?

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Rotation #1 (Slides 7-24)

1. I want to do the Table Share in terms of Revision and focusing on different areas (thesis statement, textual evidence, topic sentences...)

2. How can we automatically "move" from table to table? Would we have a slide deck that would change per table? How do you set up differentiation groups in Engageli to allow for peer coaching?

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Something that always scares me about think pair share is that some students won't participate, or even a whole group. Maybe that's just my short coming, but what are some expert strategies to remedy that?

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I would start with the think-pair-share and try to get students talking. I would love to do a jigsaw in my classroom. One question would be: What do I do if students do not talk to each other?

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Rotation 1

I like the idea of using the jigsaw strategy; I can see using this during table discussions. I like the idea of students learning from each other!

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Jigsaw can be nice for math because you can (typically) do it on the micro level, with students doing different steps of a problem or on the macro level where students work on a group project and present parts of a new section, maybe for that extra chapter at the end.

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Rotation 1

1. Collaborative Problem solving would be a nice one to try in a math class, especially with real world problems.

2. I wonder how I would facilitate this. I could try assigning students to tables and popping in to each one to see how they are doing.

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I love the Periodic Table example for Chemistry! I would have loved to do this as a student :)

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(Gage) Rotation #1 (7-24)

1. One Strategy to Try

On slide 16, I am really interested in the jigsaw ideas as this connects to direct ideas that I wish for students to learn (ex: What is the main idea) but in small chunks.

2. One Question to explore

I would really like to look into the collaborative problem solving through virtual simulations. This could be really interesting and fun to get deep into the assignment and I would like to try this (slide 20)

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A Career choice board for students to fill out before creating their Resume would be a great task in Homeroom!

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An idea for implementing choice boards in Homeroom with our SEL themes- students can pick one behavior to implement that day based on our current 7-Mindsets focus. Their boxes can have actions like "I will do something nice to help a stranger today" or "I will give 2 people kind compliments today"

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Jigsaw Method sounds familiar, I have been considering incorporating this method in my ENG303 courses when we have to read large text. -Jimmy H.

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Choice boards appear great for allowing students some autonomy. My question is surrounding how to create options that can align with one rubric that is not too vague but also manageable for grading.

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I love the Mitosis Jigsaw but think I would change it a bit... Right now each group becomes an expert on one of the phases. It is more important for students to understand the process from beginning to end rather than the details of each phase. BUT I could tweak it to include one station on the process, another station for the why, and a third station for regulatio of the cell division.

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Choice boards seem fitting for TGA's. Students can select a topic or final product that is an area of strength. (Strength based learning)

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So many ways to use choice boards for ELA: currently would like to make one for students to explore theme in Night, then create presentations to share with their tables.

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1. I really like the idea of doing a gallery walk with the virtual field trips with my students.

2. A question I had was whether students could do internships in their communities as a connection.

Marsha L.

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PBL in History class - enjoyed the PBL examples of discovering the background of each student's "town." This could be an effective intro activity for us to also get to know students and their communities. Would like to combine this with a different PBL, where students identify a specific problem in their community that they would like to address, explore, and come up with ideas to resolve. - Patrick B

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It's exciting to find out that Magic Schools have tools to help build the choice boards. Increases the motivation to implement!

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Choice boards are good for helping students not feel like they have to know it all. I would also like to try a choice board, but with easy, medium, and hard choices to give some more direction.

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(Gage) Choice Boards

1. One Strategy to Try

One strategy I would like to try from slide 48 as it has great ideas (ex: the option for making a trading card). This could really create some great ideas and designs from our students with their creativity.

2. One Question I would Like to Explore

On slide 57, I would like to try and find ways to connect the real life of career to English and use this to support authentic buy in from the students on what we are working on, but also give them ideas for their future.

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Should the choice board left to right, up/down, or diagonally? -Jimmy H.

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Rotation 1

Strategy: Jigsaw Method

Question: What might this method look like being employed for potential assignments both in and out of class (such as a collaborative study guide)?

Rotation 2

Strategy: Bringing the World into Your Classroom

Question: How might this strategy improve engagement and how might assessments be altered to further promote the forming of real world connections?

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Rotation 3

Strategy

I really like the choice boards for both fiction and nonfiction! I am also excited about the option to use Magic Schools to generate others! I could see trying this in class soon as a discussion activity. I think I would start with fewer choices so as not to overwhelm with option.

Question

Need to check this out in Magic Schools!

Linda Reimer

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The think pair share would work great in homeroom as it will build confidence and lower anxiety.

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I definitely like the idea of bringing career speakers to the homeroom, as well as virtual mini-field-trips.

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Collaborative problem solving seems like a no-brainer strategy to implement in science. Can give students the opportunity to demonstrate higher level thinking in various applications.

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Love choice boards! Never thought about a virtual choice board ... Think this is would be a great activity for some of the fundamental concepts in science that encourages student inquiry as well as ownership that comes with personal choice.

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This is my first time seeing a Choice Board for any subject. It looks easy to follow from the student side. -Jimmy H.

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1. I would like to try the math choice board, this would be a really useful tool when preparing for a CGA or TGA.

2. I wonder how I could utilize this for students with different skill sets? One idea would be to have levels, easy, medium and challenging.

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One strategy to try would be a think pair share within homeroom to have students connect with one another about SEL experiences and strategies (related to mindsets). I could also see utilizing table rotations to facilitate different discussions in breakout rooms.

One question I have about the practicality of this is simply how best to encourage students to participate. When doing this sort of thing before, I inevitably had one or two successful rooms where the "talkative" students would be. Others would be silent.

-Jen B.

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Authentic PBL often requires collaboration. Suggestions for groupings that solve for absences and non-responsive participants?

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Developing a driving question that authentically engages and inspires student curiosity.

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I have never used a choice board for SCI before. It is an interesting concept that I would like to explore further.