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=//COMPUTER-SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING //=


//**District**: **Beaumont ** //

//Members: //

 * ======//**Hema Mavileti - Chemical Graduate Student **// ======
 * ======//**Suswetha Rao Jalgam - Chemistry Graduate Student **// ======
 * ======//**Sravanthi Kothuri - Chemistry Graduate Student **// ======
 * ======//**Sravanthi Guddati - Graduate Student **// ======
 * ======//**Sindhura Nekkanti - Graduate Student **// ======
 * ======//**Chaitanya Chintalapudi - <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Graduate Student **// ======
 * ======**//<span style="color: #0f1f0f; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Sravanthi vanga- <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Electrical graduate //**======

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">//Purpose of Computer-Supported collaborative learning://
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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) is an emerging branch of the learning sciences with respect to studying how people can learn together with the help of computers .Various web-based applications which allow groups of students to work together on common documents in various formats either synchronously or asynchronously. Many applications include to-do lists, calendars, and ample storage space. These spaces are not always secure, however. Some applications include blogs and wikis for group work, as well. Online Collaboration tools are the means and mediums of working together on the Internet that facilitates collaboration by individuals who may be far apart. // ======

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'msoFareastFontFamily;">Some specific benefits of the utilization of web-based applications for collaborative learning include <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Saves time. Students can work either together or independently, either way contributing to the success of their group overall. //
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Share ideas. //
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Increases student motivation. //
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Encourages different perspectives views. //
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Aids in met cognitive and evaluative thinking skill development. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastlanguage: EN-US;"> //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastlanguage: EN-US;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Develops higher level, critical-thinking skills thanks to use of problem-solving approaches. //
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Encourages student responsibility for learning. //
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Establishes a sense of learning community. //
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Creates a more positive attitude about learning. //
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Promotes innovation in teaching and classroom techniques. //
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Enhances self management skills. //
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Develops skill building and practice. Common skills which often require a great deal of practice can be developed through these tools, and made less tedious through these collaborative learning activities in and out of class. //
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">Develops social skills <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">. //

**//<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">A variety of tools are available via the Internet to assist in online collaboration efforts. //**<span style="color: #943634; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Wikis //**<span style="color: #943634; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arabic Typesetting'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Wikis are a type of website in which users, such as students, can easily add, remove, or edit the content. Teachers can engage students by using wikis to create a space for collaborative essays. Students can posts their reflections and share information. Students working collaboratively on research projects can use wiki spaces as a depot for note taking, or to learn from other student research projects. Wikis can serve as teacher or classroom webpage, with the added benefit that students themselves can edit the content. <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Arabic Typesetting'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';"> // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Blogs are interactive, online journals. Teachers may write a blog for students in their classrooms with links to Internet sites which aide in learning and/or research tasks. Teachers may have students use blogs as learning reflections, story writing, etc. Viewers can leave comments which aide the writer in his/her writing development. // //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">These are various applications which allow students from around the world to engage in synchronous conferencing through live video feeds, video replays, chatting, and/or voice. Teachers can create online working spaces for student groups within their classrooms, across classrooms, grade levels, school, states, the nation, and even the world. Students can work collaboratively on group assignments, and keep active communications ongoing with e-pals. // <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">
 * //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Blogs //**
 * //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 11pt;">Video-conferencing/chat/file sharing application //**

//<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">QUESTION: //
//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What evidence can be provided to demonstrate progress in meeting the goals of the Long Range Plan for // //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Technology? //

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