Collaborative Art in Learning Groups

Today we found out who is in our new learning groups. We had a challenge to create a collaborative piece of artwork unpacking the learner attribute of "I am Connected."

We have been getting familiar with the Collaboration Matrix and using this to reflect on our group work.

Co-operative Learners

We've been practising our co-operative skills in our learning groups by creating a game with two balloons. There were some varied and creative games that the groups came up with, ranging from: can you find the nose on a moving balloon while blindfolded?, guess who's holding the balloon, and whose balloon will zoom out of air the fastest? We had to practice talking and listening to each other's ideas and communicating our ideas to others.

We Are Collaborators

We Are Collaborators!

We have been thinking about the attributes of effective learners when we work in groups.  Are this group doing all of the things you would expect to see when people are cooperating, using all their strengths and helping each other with learning?

They are:

• Talking to each other
• With their heads together
• All contributing
• Taking turns

What do you think would be a good goal for collaboration?