Group Table
This is essentially a great place to have students work together on group assignments or study groups. You can upload and share documents, collaborate, etc. Group Table gives you a tab called Binder to organize this portion. As a teacher you can create several different classes and groups and then organize the students’ work all in one place. This allows students to come together in one place to discuss and collaborate on a given topic or assignment. The ‘classes’ portion of this tool refers to the school that you write in when you register, so if this is a tool you would be using for your school, you would probably want to register your school so that the students could easily access your classes and/or groups. As a teacher, you can create surveys or tests and quizzes, which you can post to the group.
As with most of these tools, you enter in your profile information, which is shared with your groups and classes. You then have the ability to track and follow several groups, which you are a part of. There is also an agenda feature, which allows you to plan together and create a working agenda so that each member can be responsible and accountable.
I can definitely see myself using this, as I will be putting more emphasis on group work and collaboration in the upcoming year and was concerned with how to organize and promote good team-work skills.
Hey Danielle, I think this Group Table tool looks great! It's an interesting idea to be able to allow students to do "group work" from their own homes. I've been trying to think of a way for my students to do something similar to that with their projects as well. They meet fairly often outside of school to film, but I like that with this tool, they would be able to still "meet" and share ideas without having to physically meet in person.
ReplyDeleteI also like the idea of being able to communicate announcements and topics to all of your students at any time!
This tool would be great for class organization and especially for being able to look back on the work that students have done. My only personal concern is how I could motivate my students to use the web for useful tools like this instead of just facebook!