Newcomers Introduction to the Collaboratory

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Newcomers Introduction to the Collaboratory

• Bonnie Thurber
• The Collaboratory Project
• b-thurber_at_northwestern.edu
• Linda Smentek
• Stephen K. Hayt School
• lsmentek_at_ameritech.net

Collaboratory Project Symposium
Northwestern University, Evanston IL May
4, 2007
07/12/99
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Northwestern University
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http//collaboratory.nunet.net
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Technology in Our Lives

• Think of electricity or the automobile. They
  roused enormous hopes and disappointed many
  people, then more quietly transformed just about
  everything. The same is true of the technology
  revolution (evolution) now underway.
• --John Benditt, MITs Technology Review

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6th Grade Parent, April 03

• Bonnie -
• I meant to send you an email right after we met
  in Springfield regarding the Brainy Matters
  project my son worked on. He learned a lot from
  the experience but what I found most interesting
  is that he now uses a multitude of WEB based
  resources for long term assignments. He now has
  developed better skills for research and
  investigates facts and ideas in more depth. I
  think that this is because of the success and
  positive (ie. 'fun') experience he had with you
  and your team.
• Well done.
• Jim McNeela
• 2501 Ardmore Ave.
• Palatine, IL. 60067

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http//collaboratory.nunet.net
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Communication Services

• Headlines
• Alerts
• Messages
• Invitations
• Calendars
• Interests
• Forums
• Conferences

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Messages and Chat
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Project Calendars Forums
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Project List
The Project List displays the projects students
have access to.
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Project Page
The Project Page describes the project and lists
the activities and resources used.
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Activities Linked to ILS
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Collaboratory Resources

• The Cybrary
• MediaSpace
• The Internet Book Club
• The Survey Studio
• ePortfolios
• Nexus Communities

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Collaboratory Resources
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Students and the Survey Studio
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Nexus Communities
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ePortfolio
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Student Work in the ePortfolio
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Student Work with Comment
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How I Use The Collaboratory

• Lynne Zielinski
• Glenbrook North High School
• Northbrook, Illinois

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Uses

• (You introduced me as teaching reading and
  writing. I thought I was a science teacher)
• Astronomy Space Science Class
• GADGET Club
• Science Projects Class
• Physics Great America
• Amusement Park Field Trip

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Astronomy Space Science Class

• Cybrary
• Example

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Cybrary

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Astronomy Space Science Class

• Cybrary
• Example
• MediaSpace
• Current Events
• in the News
• Example

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MediaSpace Current News Events
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Forums

• Communicate between
• Project groups
• Alumni and current students
• Mentors and students
• Monitor student project progress
• Keeps an historical record
• Ideas
• Project papers
• Mentor Communications

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GADGET Forums
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Forums Communication
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Nexus

• Work on a paper as a group
• Example Orbital Colony
• Document Projects
• Example Postcards
• Pros
• Cons
• Conclusion

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Nexus Orbital Colony
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Nexus Orbital Colony

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Nexus

• Work on a paper as a group
• Example Orbital Colony
• Document Projects
• Example Postcards
• Pros
• Cons
• Conclusion

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Nexus Postcards

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Nexus Postcards

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Nexus Postcards

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THANK YOU !!!

• From Lynn Zielinski

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A Project in DetailArt Music using the Nexus
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Collaboratory Introduces A.R.T. to Hayt

• Hayt had lost funding for Art teacher during
  2003-2004 school year
• Meeting at Hayt in Spring, 2004 Principal,
  Collaboratory, 5th Grade Teacher, Tech
  Coordinator, A.R.T. staff

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http//collaboratory.nunet.net
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Headlines Page

• From the headlines page students move to
  activities by going to the project list or
  calendar with activities or events.

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Teamwork Helps Develop the Project
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Collaboratory Project Template Helps Us Organize
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Process Involves Activities and Resources
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Journaling Our Work in the NEXUS
NEXUS Stores Directions, Samples, Student Work,
Pictures
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Meeting Artist, Mr. Delgado

• May 12
• Introduces concept of self-portrait
• Writing cards about themselves
• Drawing without looking at the paper

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Starting the Process Art
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Creating Self Portraits Art
Guillermo encourages students as they begin their
personal drawings. Alice creates her own portrait.
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Self Portraits Art Mixes with Writing

• Guillermo guides students as they finish their
  drawings.

The same day, Alice leads students in their first
brain-storming session based on their portraits.
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The First Draft Due 5/25/04
Personal Collaboratory accounts allow students to
monitor their own progress!
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Alice Helps Students Edit
At Hayt and Online
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Comments in the NEXUS
Only Managers the Documents Author May Add Or
View Comments
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Discussions in the NEXUS
Only Community Participants May Use Document
Discussions
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Students Post Final Drafts Art Work Poems
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Adding the Final Touch Sound

• For those who could not be present at the poetry
  reading

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Supporting a Variety of Media
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Student Exhibition Pride in Sharing
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Arts Integration

• There is a growing body of evidence that supports
  the power and value of the arts in education. But
  we should also look at the contributions of the
  arts to school reform. The arts-integrated school
  could advance the effort to raise the standards,
  expectations, and levels of performance of our
  students. Indeed, education in and through the
  arts may be one of the best ways to make progress
  toward the national education goals and other,
  more sophisticated goals of reformers.

R. CRAIG SAUTTER teaches at the School for New
Learning at DePaul University
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Project Benefits

• Hayt staff students form partnership with Fine
  Arts professionals
• Information, ideas, and resources can be pooled
• The Arts are great motivators in the instruction
  of students
• Students received one-on-one educational help
  beyond the school day
• Students were able to reflect upon themselves
  through art and poetry

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Benefits of the Collaboratory

• Students are engaged and motivated to learn when
  using Collaboratory tools
• Projects activities in the Collaboratory are
  linked to ILS
• A study has shown the Collaboratory is a best
  practice for improving K-12 education through
  technology integration and teacher collaboration

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Value-added benefits of using the Internet for
instruction

• Using the Internet to create a learning
  environment allows students, their peers,
  teachers and coaches to collaborate and gives
  them opportunities to communicate and learn
  together.
• Walls and clocks no longer define the space and
  moment in which learning takes place.

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Next Steps

• Create an account and login
• Search for and at projects
• Take an eCourse
• Contact the Collaboratory Staff
• Review Symposium Slide Shows and Video
• Join a Sponsored Project

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THANK YOU !!!

• Any Questions?

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The Collaboratory ProjectNorthwestern University

• The Collaboratory Project
• 1800 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL 60201
• Bonnie Thurber
• 847.467.6734 b-thurber_at_northwestern.edu
• http//collaboratory.nunet.net/
  collaboratory_at_northwestern.edu