by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Collaboration Fluency
The importance of building safe learning environments for your learners is something that cannot be overstated. While it’s true that every student learns a bit differently from the next, the environment itself plays a significant role in their development. Safe... 
by GDC Team | Collaboration Fluency
Building a self-organizing classroom means less focus on the hassles of organization and more focus on what truly matters—meaningful learning. A classroom’s goal is to benefit its students first and foremost. Yet, it doesn’t hurt if it helps the teacher do a... ![22 Ways of Instantly Improving Communication Skills [Infographic]](https://gdcf-0916001bcltd.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/whisper.jpg)
by GDC Team | Collaboration Fluency
Improving communication skills is a constant pursuit that can serve us well in the classroom and beyond. The quality and harmony of our relationships and how we share and utilize knowledge depend on how well we communicate with each other. When we’re fostering... 
by GDC Team | Collaboration Fluency
The characteristics of a productive teaching environment are many and diverse. Some of them can be dependent on budgetary constraints and tech levels, while others can be specific to the kaleidoscope of world regions whose schools are working to build exceptional... 
by GDC Team | Collaboration Fluency
When collaborating in teams, creating solutions to real-world problems becomes an adventure and boundaries become limitless. It’s no secret that today’s students love working together. Teachers do as well, and as one you’re in the perfect position to... 
by GDC Team | 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
Online collaboration tools make working with others easy, no matter if they’re across the room or across the world. Businesses today thrive on their teams’ use of collaborative skills. The same can be said of the student groups in our classrooms. But with... 
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
Working collaboratively is a hallmark of today’s digital age. Our marketplace has expanded into global parameters, and many organizations work remotely with people all over the world as an established norm. This culture of collaboration is no less evident in our... 
by Lee Watanabe Crockett | Collaboration Fluency
Many people think that independence is the main goal of education. “Teach students so that they don’t need the teacher.” But what if that wasn’t the case? What if there were something higher than independence? Stephen Covey reminds us: Independent thinking alone is... 