First collaborations - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T13:07:14Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/649749:Topic:21901?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A385939&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noYour observations are spot on…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-09-27:649749:Comment:3859392009-09-27T11:14:53.953ZTerisa Kinghttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/TerisaKing
Your observations are spot on. When using Web 2.0 tools, student personas are challenged . A smart student fears looking dumb and the opposite is also true. Rather than look dumb or smart, students opt for appearing lazy. In kidthink, your collaborative assignment challenges who they are as learners. Inadvertently, you hit on an excellent solution. Collaboration outside of the class. This allows for individual class hierarchy to continue but offers an opportunity to modify self perception. The…
Your observations are spot on. When using Web 2.0 tools, student personas are challenged . A smart student fears looking dumb and the opposite is also true. Rather than look dumb or smart, students opt for appearing lazy. In kidthink, your collaborative assignment challenges who they are as learners. Inadvertently, you hit on an excellent solution. Collaboration outside of the class. This allows for individual class hierarchy to continue but offers an opportunity to modify self perception. The concern is still present with a less immediate impact.<br />
I teach in an alternative high school, students may not have a place to sleep or food to eat yet they are connected through cell phones. Their social power comes from the cell phone. Computers, technological knowledge and interfacing with digital applications represent the need for depth and a certain knowledge of outcome. My students rarely demonstrate the confidence to search for depth in learning.