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Let’s play a really quick game of $25,000 Pyramid. EXAMPLE. “Don’t boys ever wash their hands.” “I can’t believe he/she just picked his/her nose and now…OMG now they’re going to touch me and they didn’t even use a kleenex .” “Seriously…like the Swine Flu epidemic is MY fault...”
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EXAMPLE • “Don’t boys ever wash their hands.” • “I can’t believe he/she just picked his/her nose and now…OMG now they’re going to touch me and they didn’t even use a kleenex .” • “Seriously…like the Swine Flu epidemic is MY fault...” • “Are the antibacterial wipedowns really necessary.”
Category is…. Things a keyboard in a school computer lab might say.
#1 • “I can’t make it because I have __ practice.” • “___ needed my car so I couldn’t get there.” • “____ forgot to tell me where we were meeting.” • “I didn’t know that was my part.” • “___ never did any of his/her part.” • “We can’t work on this in class because ___ isn’t here and he/she has that part of our assignment.”
Category #1 is…. Reasons/Excuses students give for not being able to participate in a group project.
#2 • “It’s hard to tell exactly who did what.” • “They’re too hard to organize.” • “I know the kids aren’t always honest when they tell me who did what.” • “I hate to give everyone the same grade/penalize everyone in the group because I know they didn’t all contribute equally.”
Category #2 is…. Reasons/Excuses teachers don’t like to use group projects.
#3 • Collective knowledge can allow students to teach each other/learn from each other. • An increasing number of college courses require it. • Industry in general says it’s an important skill to have and it’s value is increasing. • In an increasingly global society/economy it’s going to become even more important.
Category #3 is…. Reasons you should consider using (more) group projects in your classes.
#4 • Ways to help keep them organized. • Ways to help you document who did what. • Tools that can be used in an asynchronous fashion. • Ways to cut down on the excuses.
Category #4 is…. Things we’re gonna talk about today.
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Wallwisher http://www.wallwisher.com/
Wikispaces for Educators http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
Web 2.0 for Secondary Teachers http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_shared_binder?id=4482