Standard 3b:
Collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation.
The storybirds were a great collaborative tool. The younger class not only got to use their imagination to create their own story, but also witness older students wanting to collaborate, hear their ideas, and create alongside them. This allowed the students to view (for the most part) correct spelling and grammar from the older students, that is some form of learning. The students were able to begin their own story, so they created a scenario (sometimes bizarre) to share with their peer. One thing that I saw while reading student stories that really caught my eye was the use of morality that made it into stories. They wrote of eavesdropping, being kind to friends, accepting one another as they are, and one even wrote of manners and kindness (such as saying please and thank you). I felt very confident in the students' writing that they would be successful.
"Learning is sometimes defined as a process of growing in the ability to participate in the culture of their community. With this definition, it seems that collaboration and learning to collaborate is (or should be) an essential activity for schools."
The modern age workforce is all teamwork. From office to labor, very few jobs require that you work individually. Some business jobs even work over email, phone calls, video chats, etc and rarely in the office. The ability to work alongside a team is essential in our new world. Schools today fail at preparing students for collaborative jobs because almost all work is done individually and the project that do require groups, are often unfair. One or two students get stuck with doing the work while the others take credit. As i mentioned previously, many jobs are travel-based and require video chats.
"Technology can add flexibility of time and space as students collaborate with anyone at any time and place."
Because many businesses have become so universal, it is difficult for everyone to meet at one time and place. This is where using video chat tools such as facetime, skype, tango, etc. becomes a necessary skill to have in life. It is very difficult for most people to pick up and learn a technological skill in a short period of time and most employers will not allow step-ins or assistants to help with such tasks, which is why it is essential to start children early and prepare them for a digital world.
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