by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Student Engagement
At the heart of every collaborative learning experience you’ll find lively and passionate discussions on the topics at hand. What kind of real-world discussion topics for learners will engage and inspire them to have such conversations?In our work with schools,...
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
One of the Essential Fluencies of learning, Collaboration Fluency, is the essence of the modern classroom and the modern workforce. Building collaborative student groups in the best ways is something you and your learners can benefit from together. It’s about much...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Collaboration Fluency
How would you help students to enhance their collaborative studying strategies? Research shows that, on average, college students have more experience meeting in groups. We know that their expertise can help younger students, however. Further, we can take a page from...
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Writing
via eLearning Infographics Staying organized is the key to managing your workload and optimizing your time, and these easy, actionable tips are sure to help you do just that. So if you’re a fan of collaborative editing, then these 24 Google Docs hacks are just what...
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
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...