collaboration
The 5 Dysfunctions That Stifle Student Collaboration: Part 1
5 Student Team Dysfunctions that impacts 21st-Century skills in classrooms and generates group work drama.
Read MoreYour Formula For Igniting Student Empowerment
Intro In today’s ever-changing world, educators are no longer mere purveyors of knowledge. We are shepherds, guiding our students toward becoming thinkers, creators, and innovators. Today, we’re unveiling a path-breaking formula for igniting student empowerment. We’ll explore the 5C’s and offer questions to help you kindle self-guided learning in your classrooms. Student Empowerment = Context…
Read MoreAgile Student Teams: The Secret To Make Groupwork Work
Developing effective teaming skills is a critical requirement for future readiness. In the world of complex challenges, real teams are the key to success, not just groups. Thus, one of the central objectives of an Agile Classroom is to enhance students’ ability to learn and work in real teams. When it comes to working collaboratively,…
Read MoreCoffee On The Brain Podcast Interviews John Miller
John Miller, the founder of Agile Classrooms, recently joined Aaron Maurer on the “Coffee For The Brain” podcast to discuss the benefits of using Agile principles in education. TOPICS WE EXPLORE TAKEAWAYS One of the key takeaways from the podcast was the power of the word “permission” in creating a culture of learning and growth.…
Read MoreThe Review Routine – A Feedback Protocol
An Agile Classroom encourages a frequent tempo and structure to demonstrate progress and receive feedback on small increments of learning. This is called the Review Routine. The Review Routine occurs at the end of each Learning Sprint.
Read MoreScaffolding Student Collaboration in an Agile Classroom
Agile learners hone their ability to solve increasingly complex challenges. The more complex the challenge, the more collaboration with a cognitively diverse group is required. An objective of Agile Education is to build students’ capacity for collaboration. In order to do so, the following principles of collaboration are held: The Spectrum of Collaboration is also…
Read MoreElement 3: Collaboration
There are 5 Elements to an Agile Classroom. This post will describe the third element, Collaboration. Collaboration is the process in which learners work together in achieving their goals. Collaboration can be viewed as type of scaffolding in itself, as learners support one another towards deeper knowledge. As learning challenges grow more complex, the more…
Read MoreLearning Alliance Activity: My World Map
This is the third post in the series of how to Design the Learning Alliance for an Agile Classroom. Through Designing the Learning Alliance, we put ‘Classroom Culture before Covering Content’. Trust Begins With Knowing One Another We all say we want a culture of trust in our classroom. Trust between the teacher and students.Trust…
Read MoreDesigning the Learning Alliance 2: Activities
In the last post, we shared the importance of putting Culture before Content. Agile Classrooms sets the stage to grow a positive classroom culture through a set of activities performed the first days of school called Designing the Learning Alliance. This post will outline the activities and tools we use to do so. My World…
Read MoreDesign the Learning Alliance: The Why
When we see students not behaving in the way we desire, we naturally focus more on classroom management practices. Careful. This paradoxically increases the poor behavior we do not want. By managing student behavior more, we reduce students’ ability to self-regulate and self-correct. Increasing classroom management and behavioral interventions, although sometimes needed, treats the symptoms…
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