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NEIT 2015 Open Space 1G - Parlor C Fostering Collaboration

William Castell bcastell@millbrook.org

Fostering Collaboration Google drive seems predominant Schoology used for sharing. Login requried. When people get used to it more easy to run with Issues with dropbox and sharing, viruses into dropbox 2 out of 5 using gafe where has been the resistance outlook job security due to local systems issues people felt the cloud for services for students there is no hesitancy for sharing issues with ms outlook and sharing How to foster cross curricular sharing. For example, Library and Biology Junior English class example - databases, web, primary sources. Conducted information audit with various faculty. Learning specifics about class and seeking for ways to partner. Showcasing student work in the library. Middle school (students) very open. Upper school faculty often feel they can’t sacrifice contact time with students for new tech. Scheduling key. Allow for common planning time to foster collaboration. WHAT IS COLLABORATION? Departamental containerization is an issue. How do we make departments share more? Can we use faculty meetings for more sharing? Come and see what we are doing! Ask classroom teachers to report back on collaborative successes after partnering with library. How are learning outcomes impacted? Use library to supplement intra departmental collaboration. For a bio class that uses excel to track data, can we send them to the library to get the just in time training? Scavenging printers for lost documents to see whats happening in the classroom. How to foster collaboration at home? Peer editing student papers? Show casing a process portfolio to show how students got to their final project. Documentation of the process is key Using google sites to reflect on your work over the entire highschool career. How do they access this after they graduate? If money was not an issue, how would you build the best collaboration system? Project based, totally constructivist. Seek out renaissance men and women to learn lots of things - this is a support of the liberal arts education Have faculty be required to sit in other faculties classes - you would then get a better idea of what the student is experiencing. What is the experience of the student with all these different departmental issues? Can we turn faculty file shares and make them public? Fear of not getting recognition for all the hard work the faculty have done. Giving librarians access to all faculty folders to better understand. Library as meeting place for students Fostering learning pods - white boards, laptop stations etc. Use of library lab.Humanites Innovation Hub. Amazon reviews with students live on the web Monster Body Part Project - need more detail Skype for Classroom. Content experts on the fly, and live. Bringing the world in LIVE. Importance of mindfulness. Listen to others. Downside to collaboration time consuming learning how to learn something new How do you put accountability into the projects It can be scary. Fear of failure is an issue. Need to learn how to deal with fear.