Wednesday

=Collaborative Projects: Triumphs and Tribulations=
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=What's the best way to organize group projects?=


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 * ==Assignment Calculator - U of Minnesota==
 * ==Google Docs - Collaborative documents ==
 * ==Google Groups - Collaborative workspace ==
 * ==Wikis - Collaborative web sites==
 * ===Wikispaces===
 * ===PB Wiki===
 * ==Nexty Project Manager ==
 * ==Lino It to do's==
 * ==Course Management Systems==
 * ===Moodle===
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 * ===Blackboard===
 * ===Hot Chalk===
 * ===Haiku===
 * ==Nings - Social Networks ==
 * ==Flickr - Collaborative photos and images==
 * ==Mixbook - Picture books ==
 * ==Slide - Share Presentations ==
 * ==Slideshare - Share Presentations ==
 * ===Example 1 - Bad Homework===
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 * ===Example 2 - Collaborative Projects===
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 * ==Annotate Web Pages - Sidewiki==
 * ==Animoto - share video pieces==
 * ==Facebook?==
 * ==At a distance - Skype?==

=Academic Honesty=


 * ==How do we know if all the kids in the group have made an appropriate contribution to the project?==
 * ===the issue of freeloaders===
 * ===the issue of kids who want to do everything===
 * ===dealing with the "noisy idiot"===
 * ==Is there an ideal way to group students for collaborative projects?==
 * ===yes, to avoid the temptation of cheating===
 * ===taking skills into consideration===
 * ===familiarity breeds contempt===
 * ==What can a teacher do during the project to ensure that kids are doing his or her portion of the work, and are not borrowing from the peers?==
 * ===use of checkpoints===
 * ===informal individual student meetings===
 * ===inspect progress when class time is provided for project work===
 * ==Is academic honesty a larger issue in group projects?==
 * ===some say it is self-policing===
 * ===watching out for "group think"===

=Assessment=
 * ==Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - grading rubrics for collaborative projects==
 * ===Importance of the Rubric - Kids need to know exactly what is expected in group project work - roles clearly defined.===
 * ==Weighting group and individual work.==
 * ===A gradual progression===
 * ==Penalties for situations specific to group projects:==
 * ===I didn't do my share of the work.===
 * ===A dominant group member led us astray.===
 * ===My individual contribution was good, but we had difficulty pulling the entire project together.===

=Sample Projects (displayed using ISSUU)=

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