by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Collaboration Fluency
The act of giving shy learners confidence is about more than just achieving classroom participation. When teachers bring a shy pupil out of their shell, they help them in overcoming a barrier that could otherwise have seriously affected that child’s way of life.... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Collaboration Fluency
A child may sometimes forget what they’ve learned, but they will never forget how you made them feel. About you, about themselves, and about life. That’s why, as a teacher, reaching learners emotionally matters above all else. Think back for a minute to... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Collaboration Fluency
When we choose to begin improving classroom discussions, the reasoning is usually clear: for better learning. Classroom discussions are meant to be lively and collaborative, after all. They should be times where authentic learning happens through sharing healthy... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Collaboration Fluency
How do we achieve equal engagement within a collaborative classroom? The secret to success is tolerance, drawing on individual strengths, safety in community, properly working instruments (tools), and above all, passion. True engagement need not look the same for... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Collaboration Fluency
On the surface, introverted students don’t have much to offer, but if you know the reason behind this you’ll see it’s far from true. When creating a collaborative classroom, one of the biggest complaints about collaboration is that some members don’t “carry... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Collaboration Fluency
Nothing is more frustrating to a teacher than lack of attention from students. You have spent several weeks or even months working on some project that you thought would be a breakthrough, but nothing happens. Situations like this are very common in modern learning... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Collaboration Fluency
Collaborative classrooms are the learning environments of the future. Schools around the world are saying goodbye to the conventional lecture-based learning space where the students remain inert in their respective seats and the teacher remains at the head of the... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Collaboration Fluency
Throughout the school year, projects and wishes will come up that require a little bit of the green stuff to get off the ground. Sports teams, theatre productions, student council services, field trips, renovations, community projects: sometimes they need a financial... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Collaboration Fluency
Team-building activities can serve any educator well in their career. If you yourself are a teacher, you’re a part of a unique group of people that truly have a vital job in society. You are teaching our young people, the hope of the future, to be all they can... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Collaboration Fluency
A compassionate classroom is one where students feel that they belong. Every teacher wants their students to be happy at school because happy learners are productive learners. So what happens when a child starts to feel unsafe and anxious about coming to classes?...