2. Benefits Share resources Comment on other’s work Work as a team to create/synthesize content and product Communicate with classmates outside of the classroom Communicate with experts or other classes Extend the school day
3. Blogs Support discussion Small groups discussing various topics Discussion takes place outside of classroom Multiple classes work together to complete a project Communicate which actions have been completed Describe steps that remain to be accomplished Students who hesitate to take part in classroom discussions may feel comfortable discussing through a blog
4. Collaborative Authoring Students work together to create one product Website Presentation Document Spreadsheet Time efficient Students learn from each other’s work
5. Social Bookmarking Cut down on time spent searching Enables sharing of bookmarks with Teacher Experts Other classes Students work together to evaluate credibility of resource
