group work

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 […]

Dotstorming

Posted in 4-7, 8-12, Active Learning, K-3, Not Subject Specific, Resource | Tagged with apps, brainstorm, brainstorming, collaboration, collaboration tool, digital resources, Dotstorming, Free, group work, resources, Teacher Use

Dotstorming is a free tool for collaborative brainstorming and for voting on ideas that people share on a board. You can place cards on the topics board with ideas or options that people can vote on. Also, there are various types of boards (a collage, a voting board, and a wall). The different kinds of […]

Jamboard

Posted in 4-7, 8-12, English, K-3, Not Subject Specific, Resource | Tagged with apps, brainstorm, brainstorming, collaboration, digital whiteboard, Free, group work, interactivity, mind map, mind mapping

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, […]

Scrumblr – OpenEd App

Posted in 8-12, English, Not Subject Specific, Open Educational Resources, Resource | Tagged with all class response, brainstorm, co-creation, collaboration, collaboration tool, Free, group work, OER, OER; open educational resource, open access

Scrumblr is a visual note board. It is one of a suite of browser based apps available through the Open Ed Project. All apps in this project are open source. The instance of the app we use is within ‘Sandcats’ a Canadian housed server that is part of the Open Ed Project. All class response […]

Popplet

Posted in 4-7, 8-12, K-3, Not Subject Specific, Resource | Tagged with app, brainstorm, CMap, collaborate, concept map, concept maps, group work, mindmap, organize, planning

Popplet is a digital tool that can be used to capture ideas and then organize them in a mindmap format. It can be accessed freely on an iPad, smartphone, or computer. Popplet is a collaborative mind mapping software. It allows students to manipulate their thoughts more easily than on paper. They can prepare essays, timelines, and […]