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Collaboration, working with others, is an integral part of learning.  It is very important for students to learn how to work together in the classroom so that they are prepared to work with others out in the real world.  It is amazing what students can learn from each other.  Any simple, lower order thinking task can easily become a higher order thinking task when collaboration is integrated.  Reasoning through communication with others is a complex skill that needs to be cultivated in school.

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10 Characteristics of Effective Collaboration | Grassroots Solutions

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10 Characteristics of Effective Collaboration | Grassroots Solutions

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Movements, campaigns, causes and adventures: however people aim to create just and equitable communities, Grassroots Solutions is in. People make great things happen and we help turn their passion into action. We believe in the power of collective action to drive social change and achieve great wins.

Engagement strategy and evaluation: that's what we do. We create strategies that advance progressive change and we evaluate programs so you can keep learning. Our team helps you find the right people, increase participation, inspire new leadership, collaborate more effectively and measure your impact.

Founded in 1999, Grassroots Solutions was one of the first engagement consulting firms in the country. We are an experienced team of strategists, evaluators, innovators, campaigners and organizers (who also love animals, karaoke and fried foods on a stick) and we have dedicated our lives to social change work. We would love to get to know you.

April 04, 2018

Today we pay tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. on the 50th anniversary of his assassination. #MLK50 https://t.co/vDKquDJSuH

November 28, 2017

RT @lindsayhan: Happy Monday! @christina_kuo and I shared some nuggets from #Eval17 that really hit home: https://t.co/1fwk0wUc5y cc @GRSol...

November 21, 2017

Hey our very own @christina_kuo and @lindsayhan attended the recent American Evaluation Association conference and... https://t.co/grXaHTyIV5

Reflections on the AEA Conference
We were excited to attend the American Evaluation Association's annual conference in Washington, DC, which we jokingly-and affectionately-referred to as Eval-Con. A week later we are still processing. But here are some nuggets that really hit home. Don't worry, we'll spare you the super technical and methodological stuff! Maybe that'll be our next post...or not.

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Movements, campaigns, causes and adventures: however people aim to create just and equitable communities, Grassroots Solutions is in. People make great things happen and we help turn their passion into action. We believe in the power of collective action to drive social change and achieve great wins.

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▶ Remake Your Class Part 1: Planning for a Collaborative Learning Environment - YouTube

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▶ Remake Your Class Part 1: Planning for a Collaborative Learning Environment - YouTube

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Remake Your Class Part 1: Planning for a Collaborative Learning Environment

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▶ Remake Your Class Part 3: Exploring a Collaborative Learning Environment - YouTube

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▶ Remake Your Class Part 3: Exploring a Collaborative Learning Environment - YouTube

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Remake Your Class Part 3: Exploring a Collaborative Learning Environment

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▶ Remake Your Class Part 2: Building a Collaborative Learning Environment - YouTube

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▶ Remake Your Class Part 2: Building a Collaborative Learning Environment - YouTube

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Remake Your Class Part 2: Building a Collaborative Learning Environment

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Technology Support with Collaborative Projects

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Technology Support with Collaborative Projects

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Google Docs: It lets students work with groups members from anywhere in real time. It also lets members contribute their sections at a convient time.

Muut.com: Adding some kind of discussion forum to your website would allow students/group members to post questions for everyone to comment on.  It could be a public access Q&A for things like homework help! Students can help each other!

PowToons: This is an excellent animated presentation program that allows for collaboration by students to create fun, animated presentations.

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http://www.ciese.org/materials/k12/technology/online-collaboration/
http://www.talentculture.com/leadership/6-fundamentals-of-effective-collaboration/
http://www.embercarriers.com/blog/2012/11/26/effective-collaboration/

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Best Practices for Creating Collaborative Projects

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Best Practices for Creating Collaborative Projects

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1. Keep open lines of communication with all group members.

2. Be respectful of other group members time

3. Set deadlines for group members to follow

4. Set group members roles

5. Provide both positive AND constructive feedback

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Not all group members giving the same effort

Lack of communication

Different approaches to the project

Too many leaders and not enough people in supportive roles

Groups that are very large or too small (less than 3 more than 5)

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Using team members strengths so that the group is successful

Members bring different experiences to the project

The opportunity to learn from one another

Someone else to help review your work

Evenly distributed work load to accomplish larger tasks

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How collaboration supports teaching and learning:

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How collaboration supports teaching and learning: