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Picture this: a classroom buzzing with excitement, as students team up, working together to tackle challenges, share ideas, and create something extraordinary.
Collaboration in the classroom is the secret ingredient that transforms learning into a dynamic, interactive, and oh-so-fun experience! 🎉🤝
It's like having a brainstorming party where everyone's invited. Students gain new perspectives, and develop essential skills like communication, problem-solving, and teamwork. However, getting a bunch of enthusiastic young minds in one place and getting them to collaborate can feel like a challenge at times.
But fear not, for we bring you a collection of ingenious tools that will make bringing your students together as easy as pie. These tools will transform the classroom into a hub of connection, innovation, and camaraderie.
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It is a fun and interactive assessment and presentation tool. Nearpod allows its users to design interactive lessons filled with images, videos, drawing boards, puzzles and quizzes. This platform also has a “Nearpod Collaborate Tool” that takes collaboration to the next level making it more fun and engaging. Nearpod is free for up to 30 users.
Classcraft is an excellent tool for fostering positive behaviour and other valuable qualities. It uses motivational principles of games to promote creativity, collaboration, motivation and engagement. Teachers can get insightful data through the platform to analyse growth progress in students and identify those who need some extra support. The basic version of Classcraft is free of cost.
Soundtrap Edu is an online studio for music where students and teachers can come together to create music for assignments and projects. It is an excellent platform that can amp up projects and promote creativity and collaboration among students. Soundtrap Edu has a free 30 day trial where you and your students can try all its features.
Canva for Education is another very popular platform for students and teachers. You can find everything here, from worksheets and lesson planning templates to infographics and posters. Students can use it to work on projects and give them a fun touch through animation, and other interesting features. Canva for Education is free of cost for K-12 (primary and secondary) educators, their students.
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Q: Are there any tools for collaboration among teachers?
Ans: Yes, there are several user-friendly collaboration tools for teachers. Some popular ones include Google Doc, Notion, Slack, and Trello.
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