eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Collaborative Software

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how some apps and programs allow for real-time or asynchronous collaboration.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Collaborative Prewriting and Drafting

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A very useful lesson plan that incorporates the process of collaboration to elementary students. Students brainstorm and use prewriting strategies to write a group story.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Co Vis: Learning Through Collaborative Visualization

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A community of students, teachers, and researchers working to improve science education. Rather than depend on the teaching of facts, they seek to reproduce the question-centered, collaborative practices of scientists, using advanced...
Rubric
Buck Institute

Buck Institute for Education: 6 12 Collaboration Rubric (Non Ccss)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 6-12 in being effective collaborators in a project, and it can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS is not noted. It is clear,...
Activity
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Collaborative Projects

For Students 9th - 10th
Using a variety of science topics, these projects link your class with classes around the world in data collection and analysis. There are projects recommended for all grade levels. Begin dates and end dates are listed to help in...
Rubric
Buck Institute

Pbl Works: Collaboration Rubric (Ccss Aligned)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 3-5 in being effective collaborators in a project, and it can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS is noted. It is clear,...
Rubric
Buck Institute

Buck Institute for Education: Collaboration Rubric (Ccss Aligned)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This rubric helps teachers guide students in grades 6-12 in being effective collaborators in a project, and it can be used to assess their performance. Alignment with CCSS is noted. It is clear,...
Website
Brown University

Brown University: Electronic Collaboration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This comprehensive guide provides an 11-step process for planning and implementing successful online collaborative projects as well as explanations of various types of online collaborations, useful tools and resources, and more.
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Collaborative Strategic Reading Learning Logs

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) is a technique that teaches students to work cooperatively on a reading assignment to promote better comprehension. CSR learning logs are used to help students keep track of learning during the...
Professional Doc
Other

Gdrc: Collaborative Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides a thorough introduction to collaborative learning including terms and definitions, benefits of collaborative learning, strategies, tools, methods and making collaborative learning work.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Collaborative Conferences

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this video two teachers collaborate to support one another through observation and feedback. This clip is excerpted from Stenhouse Publishers' "Collaborative Conferences."
Lesson Plan
University of Washington

University of Washington: The Senses Working Together

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This website is dedicated to the "Senses working together." Learn how to play the sensory concentration game at this website and create a sense chart.
Website
Other

One Million Masterpiece: The World's Largest Collaborative Arts Project

For Students 9th - 10th
One Million Masterpieces (OMM) is a collaborative project collecting one million digital drawings (rendered using the software on the site) from artists and non-artists around the world, with the goal of raising $5 million for charitable...
Professional Doc
Other

Collaboration and Practice Center: Emotional Disturbance

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice works to improve the adjustment of children with serious emotional disturbance. This page from their large site deals with characteristics and eligibility for services, educational...
Handout
University of Wisconsin

National Institute for Science Education: Doing Cl

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How do you start building collaborative learning structures into your coursework? Authors provide some practical considerations to make this learning style work for you.
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Collaborative Discussions: Ela Mr. Bolton

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This website gives the definitions and strategies for effective collaborative communication.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Collaborative Law: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that collaborative law is one of many conflict resolution methods, and is commonly used in divorce and family conflicts.
Website
Other

Urban Collaborative: Leading Equitable and Inclusive Education

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The website is for an organization that works to improve outcomes for learning disabled students in urban schools. Networking, training, reporting on latest developments in the field, are just some of the services offered.
Activity
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Collaborative Projects: International Boiling Point Project

For Students 9th - 10th
An Internet project designed to determine the greatest influence on the boiling point. After reading the project instructions and performing the experiment, submit your data and compare your results to other classes from around the world.
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Collaborative Projects: Down the Drain: How Much Water Do You Use?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Meet another classroom and study how much water your class uses compared to another class that may be in another part of the world. Through a variety of activities and gather data be able to collaborate with others via the internet to...
Professional Doc
Colorado State University

Csu Writing Guides: Working in Groups

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Resource includes helpful advice and information about working together and writing in groups (collaborative writing). Provides nodes on such topics as purpose, ideas, decision-making, and more.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Incredible Collaboration Behind the International Space Station

For Students 9th - 10th
The International Space Station is roughly the size of a six-bedroom house and weighs more than 320 cars- it's so large that no single rocket could have lifted it into orbit. Instead, it was assembled piece by piece while hurtling...
Activity
Other

Tom Wujec: The Marshmallow Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
Collaborative exercise involving marshmallows, spaghetti, tape, and string can start events and classes off in a creative frame of mind.
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Oregon State University

Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program

For Students 9th - 10th
Official site for the Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program which aims to "improve human nutrition through pond aquaculture research." Offers downloadable publications, data tools, and links.