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Groupwork Strategies for Heterogeneous Classrooms

Posted in Active Learning, Blog Posts, Elementary & Middle Years, Learning Design & Planning, Secondary | Tagged with collaboration, group work, lesson planning, planning

Teachers can feel overwhelmed trying to support the different needs of their students. A group work activity can be a perfect strategy to make students work together and support each other, improving the skills of all students. What is groupwork? Cohen & Lotan (2014, p. 1) define groupwork as “students working together in a group […]

Jamboard

Posted in 4-7, 8-12, English, Free, K-3, Not Subject Specific, Resource | Tagged with apps, collaboration, digital whiteboard, interactivity

Jamboard is a digital whiteboard app developed by Google that can be used to create visual presentations and projects. It is a great tool for group work as students can log in from their own devices anywhere and work on the same project. With its interactive features, Jamboard offers a collaborative platform for brainstorming, note-taking, […]

Digital Whiteboards

Posted in 4-7, 8-12, app, K-3, Not Subject Specific, Open Educational Resources, Presentation, Resource, Teacher Use | Tagged with annotate, brainstorm, collaborate, collaboration, collaborative, digital, digital whiteboard, draw, explain, inclusive, interactive, multimodal, present, Presentation, whiteboard, whiteboards

Digital whiteboards are also known as Interactive online whiteboards. They are a blank canvas and depending on the application, you can add images, hyperlinks, draw or annotate them, upload videos, and some allow voice recording. Several allow real-time collaborative co-creation while some are more for individual use with sharing options. There are a plethora of options […]