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I appreciate every single one of you and how you share your ideas and thoughts. We all have different opinions and it is just great that we can respect those opinions without turning to a negative state! :')

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coop: more individuals bringing topics to the table-still group effort, but problem. pulling your own weight.
collab: group effort, everyone searching for a meaning/answer to a question or

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I appreciated all the different ideas from everyone in group 3. There were a few ideas I did not pick up on while watching the video so I wrote them down afterwards!

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I appreciated Nicole's input with regard to technology in the classroom. It helped me to see technology as an intregral part of student learning.

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I appreciated Cal's analysis of the video we watched. He noticed techniques and strategies the teacher was using that I may not have noticed, and then in return had a better understanding of what was going on in the video.

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I really liked the behavior management strategy where Nicole talked about the bouncy balls to control noise volume. It's a wonderful visual for kids.

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I appreciated Amy and Nicole and Sarah's thoughts about the different quotes and how they viewed the video.

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I appreciated Liz sharing her idea on how to use the clock

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I appreciated the idea of using the clocks to set up conferences!!!! 

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I appreciated the idea of using the clocks to set up conferences!!!! 

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I appreciated Amy's ideas of using grouping cards to ensure her centers have a variety of students at them.

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Students along with the guidance of the instructor are able to enhance their own ideas from what the others offer through  discussions.

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I appreciated how Savannah picked up a difference between collaboration and cooperation being that the former focuses on sharing ideas and the latter focuses on coming to a consensus.

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I appreciated Nicole because we both had the same process when we were watching the video about how the teacher asked students how they were feeling.

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I really appreciated the unique observations that stephanie made regarding our readings today it gave me an extra view of the way collaborative learning can be used.

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I appreciated Liz sharing her idea on how to use the clock to schedule individualized time for teacher/ students.

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I appreciated Sara's description of of cooperative work as being product based on Padlet. That's a description that really clarified the term with me and will be easy to remember.

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I appreciated hearing how other people viewed the video when they had a different quote than mine. It was interesting to hear all of the different viewpoints based on the prompts we each had.

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I appreciated seeing the video through Amy's eyes. She talked about technology and how it was not around when she first started teaching. She discussed a personal experience of a child being on their phone in class and how she thought it was disrespectful but he was really taking notes on her talking. It is very interesting how technology has changed over the years!
Growing up with it my whole life, I never take notice.

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Thank you Nicole for showing me the bouncyballs website! It is a fun and effective way to get students to quiet down when it gets too loud :)

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I appreciated seeing the video through Brooke's lense of tech i wouldn't have though about it that way...

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I appreciated seeing my conversation roundtables  observations of the article concerning cooperative learning and collaboration it helped me formulate my summary more clearly.

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add an appreciation for something you learned from a friend

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add an appreciation for something you learned from a friend

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They both require teamwork. Collaborative gives students more opportunities to work with other students on all aspects of the project. Cooperative lets students "pull their own weight" on specific portions of a project and come together at the end.

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Cooperative learning seems to focus more on individual strengths for success as well as being more teacher structured.
Collaborative learning relinquishes more responsibility to the student groups to work together to solve the problem.

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Cooperative Work = Works towards the consensus.
Collaborative Work = Works towards the idea.
Value is placed on how students work together as a team.

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Learning is ENHANCED by peer interaction.
Cooperative learning is students are working together as a team using their individual skills. Every student has a specific part.
Collaborative learning is students working together to solve a problem or explore a question or issue.

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Cooperative work is product based. It is driven by the teacher to determine a purpose.
Collaborative work is the search for understanding. It has many different perspectives. It leads to more upper level thinking between students.

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Cooperative: Individual stated skills working together equally. Team approach to arrive at the answer.

Collaborative: Everyone offers up ideas, with some offer more or less than others.  Finding the research for the answers independently instead of the information already given to them.

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Both collaboration and cooperation work to help students engage in conversation, but cooperative learning works toward a concenses of the ideas. Where as, collaboration works toward the individual ideas. Each process helps the students engage in meaningful conversation that exams and idea, strengthens the idea, and then creates a belief in the idea.

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Collaborative grouping focuses on processing information, while using communication skills; while cooperative grouping is more based on the outcome of the product being taught.

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Both cooperative learning and collaborative learning engage students in meaningful learning by working together. However, cooperative learning focuses on completing a goal designated by the teacher. Dissimilarly, collaborative learning focuses on exploring topics and sharing individual ideas about a topic.

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Cooperative learning: individual contribution to the group
Collaborative learning: everyone works together as a whole group - searching for meaning

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Collaborative work embraces different perspectives and typically will not result in a consensus, but rather a reconfigured version of all the information examined following discussion of each student's opinion and takeaways.

Cooperative work involves all group members working towards a specified outcome or "right answer." This type of work does not aim to highlight each student's different perspective, but rather to come to a single consensus.

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Both cooperative and collaborative focus on peer interaction, but the teacher has more responsibility in cooperative learning. Collaborative learning is more student led.

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Cooperative learning is a more teacher-student based idea. Collaborative learning takes it to student-student based. Collaborative learning deepens thinking which is what we want our students to do! :)

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Cooperative is teacher led and focuses on an end product

Collaborative is student led and focuses on process

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Collaboration- Process Based
*Stress-less
*Explore!

Cooperative- Product Based
*Stressful
*Get-it-done and be noticed!

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Cooperative learning reflects a teacher structured team approach where students are required to work together and pull their weight to find one agreed solution.

Collaborative on the other hand is more student structured and ran. The students all share indivisual thoughts and ideas and build off of one another. This is more about forming new understandings and ideas through exploration.

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The benefits of working together are fairly obvious and this concept, for the purpose of learning, has been utilized for as long as we can remember; think Socratic Circles . It is reportedly founded on Socrates' belief that lecture was not an effective method of teaching all students. This skill has been deemed an integral 21st-century necessity and that shouldn't surprise anyone. Now, more than ever, children need to learn how to work together. Team work is more the norm in any work environment, and therefore should be used as often as possible in the learning environment. More work for the teacher? Initially yes, but once the process has been modeled and routines established, it can not only enhance learning two-fold, it can absolutely expedite learning. Cooperative vs. collaborative learning often causes a conundrum for teachers, the chart below was designed to help explain the difference in cooperative learning & collaborative learning from a visual standpoint.

There has been much written to help teachers differentiate between cooperative learning and collaborative learning. Deciding which approach suits the purpose and the final goal of a lesson is not always obvious. First, defining collaborative learning and cooperative learning and how they both contribute to pivotal knowledge building and critical thinking skills can be confusing. The purpose of both approaches is the same; to provide students opportunities to engage with each other in thoughtful learning. The underlying premise of these techniques is that learning is enhanced by peer interaction. The differences in cooperative learning & collaborative learning are outlined below:

Cooperative Learning is an instructional strategy that simultaneously addresses academic and social skill learning by students. It is an instructional strategy and has been reported to be highly successful in the classroom because of its increasing need for interdependence in all levels, providing students with the tools to effectively learn from each other. Students work towards fulfilling academic and social skill goals that are clearly stated. It is a team approach where the success of the group depends upon everyone pulling his or her weight.

Collaborative learning is commonly illustrated when groups of students work together to search for understanding, meaning, or solutions or to create an artifact or product of their learning. Further, collaborative learning redefines traditional student-teacher relationship in the classroom because activities can include collaborative writing, group projects, joint problem solving, debates, study teams, and other activities in which students team together to explore a significant question or create a meaningful project.

There has been a shift from individual competencies to group competencies and a shift in both learning institutions and the workplace. Value is placed on how individuals can work as part of a team and this emphasis on team building should be an integral part of any learning environment.

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The Difference in Cooperative Learning & Collaborative Learning

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The benefits of working together are fairly obvious and this concept, for the purpose of learning, has been utilized for as long as we can remember; think Socratic Circles . It is reportedly founded on Socrates' belief that lecture was not an effective method of teaching all students.

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Thought starters

1. What are the key differences between collaboration and cooperative learning?

2. How does Mr. Olio help students develop their own ideas while learning from others?

3. What can you learn from Mr. Olio about creating a collaborative learning environment?

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South Windsor High School
161 Nevers Road
South Windsor CT 06074

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High School teacher David Olio explains how he creates a collaborative learning environment. He points out the main differences between collaboration and cooperative learning, particularly stressing that collaboration requires students to develop their own ideas and doesn't work towards consensus.