Tools for Student Collaboration

Abstract:  Learning is fun when it is social. In this session, participants will learn how to engage students in collaborative team-based learning in and out of the classroom using their computers and/or smart phones. The focus will be on Google drive and Audio (OTT-O-Matic and Kaizena ) Add-ons (Text, Spreadsheet, Forms, Slides, Jamboards), curation tools (Miro, Ideaboardz, Mural, Conceptboard, Padlet, Wakelet, Popplet), VoiceThread, Nearpod, Edpuzzle, Quizlet, Kahoot, Voki, Screen recorders (Flipgrid, Vimeo, Screencast-o-matic, LOOM, Edpuzzle), Canva, Notion, Book Creator, Video Ant, Amanote, and other tools that enhance student collaboration. 

Weekly digital badges and a final certificate will be available for participants who complete the tasks.  

Target audience:

• English language teachers of every age group
• Faculty and teacher training staff 

Session objectives:

• By the end of this session, participants will have learned about and practiced using audio, video, images, and text tools for student collaboration.
• By the end of the session, participants will have used Screen recorders (Flipgrid, Vimeo, Screencast-o-matic, LOOM, Edpuzzle), Google Drive and Audio (Kaizena and Otto-o-matic) Add-Ons (text, slides, forms, and sheets), curation tools (Wakelet, Miro, Ideaboardz, Mural, Conceptboard, Popplet, and Padlet),  and other tools such as Nearpod, Voki, Kahoot, Canva, Book Creator, Video Ant, Amanote, and Quizlet.
• By the end of the session, participants will have created collaborative learning activities for their English language learners (ELL) in and out of the classroom. 

Collaborative Tools 

1. Flipgrid https://flipgrid.com/d312bb5f
2. Vimeo https://vimeo.com
3. Screencast-o-matic https://screencast-o-matic.com
4. Voki https://www.voki.com
5. Voicethread https://voicethread.com
6. Canva  https://www.canva.com
7. Wakelet https://wakelet.com
8. Miro https://miro.com
9. Padlet https://padlet.com
10. Popplet https://app.popplet.com 
11. Mural https://www.mural.co
12. Ideaboardz https://ideaboardz.com
13. Google Jamboards https://jamboard.google.com
14. Conceptboard https://app.conceptboard.com
15. Quizlet https://quizlet.com
16. Kahoot https://kahoot.com
17. Nearpod  https://nearpod.com/
18. Edpuzzle https://edpuzzle.com
19. Google (docs, slides, forms) https://drive.google.com
20. Add-Ons Kaizena (Google Word doc ) https://www.kaizena.com and OTT (Google Slides) https://ott-o-matic.com
21. Google Jamboards https://jamboard.google.com/
22. Google Meet https://meet.google.com/
23. Jitsi (on and off Moodle) https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet/ 
24. ZOOM https://zoom.us
25. Answergarden  https://answergarden.ch
26. Notion https://www.notion.so
    
27. Book Creator https://bookcreator.com
28. Video Ant https://ant.umn.edu/welcome ;