Collaboration

Collaboration:


 * How will you facilitate an authentic collaborative learning experience to promote deeper student engagement with content skills and concepts?

Throughout this unit on 'how it feels to have a disability in PE class', the students will be creating a PowerPoint presentation through team collaboration. The students are responsible for researching a disability using the internet and any other means to do research-, digital media, books, articles, etc.The information gathered will be stored in their digital journals using Google Docs as a group [|https://groups.google.com/a/waldenu.edu/forum/?hl=en#!forum/7106]. Also included in the PowerPoint presentation will be a video using moviemaker to edit. The students will be videoing themselves while participating in a PE activity simulating the disability they researched. The idea behind this PBL is to 'put yourselves in their shoes' in a PE class. The students will understand how it feels like to participate in PE class with specific disabilities-to understand the frustrations of what The students will adapt a skill appropriate for a special needs student to feel and be successful in PE class. The group is responsible for videoing a demonstrating of a skill/activity using available props (specific disability group chose) and modifying activity/skill for 100% participation level. Collaboration will be the students sharing information they researched on a certain disability through Google Docs, developing a PowerPoint presentation using Google Slides and finally inserting the video of simulation describing the activity. []

The efforts of the groups collaboration work will be presented at the end of the unit to their peers demonstrating knowledge of content and technology usage.


 * As members of collaborative groups, how will you support students’ efforts to identify solutions to the problem you are using as the framework for your PBL instructional unit?

While the students work in their collaborative groups, I will support the students with appropriate resources, tools, and equipment. I will also guide them in the process of creating a PowerPoint and using moviemaker. I will continue to provide support throughout their creation of their presentation through guidance and directing them to necessary data information. I will provide a list of websites regarding research on different disabilities.
 * What criteria will you use to assign learners to collaborative groups, including a rationale? What will be the size of the collaborative groups you will include in your unit?

In developing collaborative groups for this project for 6th graders, a few things I will consider are knowledge base of computer programs, experiences with disabilities and genders. I will place at least one student in every group who has some knowledge of PowerPoint or navigating around computers/tools. Groups will consist of 4 members so it is even amount of participation using the buddy system when filming. I will also consider feelings for this unit project and place students who will have a comfort zone with a peer.


 * Which digital tools and websites are you considering for collaboration in your unit?

====Google Docs will be used to record all the information on the disability and activities they choose to present (digital journal). The student’s presentation will be presented using a PowerPoint presentation through Google Slides. Included in the PowerPoint will be a video they make and edited through Microsoft Moviemaker. Cameras with movie potential will be used by students to video themselves as they participate in an activity simulating a disability. After videoing they will be able to connect camera to computer to download videos. Videos then will be edited by moviemaker and inserted into presentation.====


 * How will you assess participation of the students in their collaborative groups?

As the project progresses within the collaboration groups, I will monitor digital journals through Google Docs. I will make sure that all students in the group are taking notes towards final presentation. All students will contribute at least 2 slides to PowerPoint(Google slides) and address those slides when presenting. One slide will state information on disability and another slide will play video of that particular student participating in activity with disability. These two slides will be voiced by that specific person. The total number of slides in the PowerPoint should consist of no less than 8 slides. Assessment will be based on a rubrics and with one section where peers give points to fellow collaborators.