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$50,000 grand prize by June 30. Share collaboration w/ IT and 2 other departments written plus 90 second video.

Great, great, great short article on thinking about collaboration in education.

Group collaboration website for private sharing. Must be 13 or older as part of the terms of service.

"The K-12 OER Collaborative is creating comprehensive, high-quality, open educational resources (OER) supporting Mathematics and English Language Arts aligned with state standards."

This could be useful when working on skill statements for our Communication and Collaboration strand.

Explore free downloadable rubrics organized by the digital age skill you are looking to assess: Communication (Presentation), Collaboration, Creativity & Critical Thinking. Each digital age skill rubric is also broken down into different grade spans, providing a complete set of 4C rubrics for Grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-12.

Interesting rubrics from K-12 for presentations, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking. Areas that we need to extend in the curriculum map for technology.

"A hands-on platform for kids to build, collaborate, and tell stories through video game creation."

Week 6 recommended resources video "District and school leaders emphasize the importance of collaborative leadership, the role of the principals, and the challenges of educators keeping up with the students" from MOOC-Ed

Week 6 Recommended Video "Video (2:37) District and school leaders share their strategies for leading their digital learning transition, with a focus on building collaboration. Also available is a recent Transformation Talk by Superintendent Mark Edwards at the Discovery Future@Now conference that provides a good example of communicating about changes in schools required to take advantage of the potential of digital learning" From MOOC-Ed

Week 6 recommended reading "Ken Kay, the former president of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and now CEO of EdLeader21, provides a series of seven blogs describing a framework for leadership actions to implement the 4Cs (critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity) in schools" from MOOC-Ed

This website lists webinars, onsite and online training opportunities for technology. Most are free or low cost.

Provides links to free webinars, online courses, and free/inexpensive off-site training. Sweepstakes and grant opportunity links as well as student opportunities for collaborative projects.

"International Dot Day, a global celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration, began when teacher Terry Shay introduced his classroom to Peter H. Reynolds' book The Dot on September 15, 2009. The Dot is the story of a caring teacher who dares a doubting student to trust in her own abilities by being brave enough to "make her mark". What begins with a small dot on a piece of paper becomes a breakthrough in confidence and courage, igniting a journey of self-discovery and sharing, which has gone on to inspire countless children and adults around the globe. And each year on International Dot Day - with the help of people just like you -the inspiration continues. What started as a story in the pages of a book is transforming teaching and learning around the world as people of all ages re-discover the power and potential of creativity in all they do. "

The outline for the EdTech Challenge. It is a way for teachers to think about collaboration tools, content management systems, personal learning networks, formative response tools, open educational tools, and electronic portfolios.

"This excerpt appears in the Buck Institute for Education's book, "PBL for 21st Century Success: Teaching Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication, Creativity." Rubrics for each of the "4 C's" are in the book, and we offer guidance below on how to use them in a PBL context."

Some background on the rubrics I shared.

"The groundbreaking game that makes learning to read fun Covers everything from letters and sounds to reading full sentences. Designed in collaboration with leading academics. Complements all synthetic phonics programmes used in schools. Computer version is 100% free."

"Our unique curriculums stimulate unforgettable 1-to-1 interactions between US students and their Global Partner students - interactions that teach STEAM and design thinking through collaborative, real-life problem solving on an international scale."

Create your own classroom textbooks, evidence documentation, ePortfolios, and more. Make it easy for your students to find and use resources in a visual context they understand. LiveBinders opens up new opportunities for collaborating, organizing, and sharing resources.

Create your own classroom textbooks, evidence documentation, ePortfolios, and more.

I liked this approach. It is a pedagogical approach with a technology layer.

Maybe your students would like to try these students challenges and post their results to these students' blogs.

Clickable briefs in PDF format.