Next Generation Collaboration
The ability to work together on group projects is seen as an increasingly important skill for the 21st-century workplace, and a growing number of schools are rewriting their curriculum to include opportunities for such collaboration as a result.
Fortunately, a number of free or low-cost technology tools exist to help facilitate collaboration among educators and their students. With the generous support of Microsoft Corp., we’ve assembled this collection of stories from the eSchool News archives to help you understand how technology can support next-generation collaboration both inside and outside of your classrooms.
–The Editors
Students discovering the benefits of online collaboration
New Jersey teachers and students are slowly but increasingly using Web 2.0 tools to share creative, collaborative content, reports the Star-Ledger. …
eSN Special Report: Small-group collaboration
Educators are increasingly seeing the value of having students collaborate in small groups on classroom projects--and whether such projects involve producing a written or multimedia presentation, solving a…
Plan calls for action on 21st-century skills
More than 200 schools, districts, universities, state education departments, businesses, and nonprofit organizations have expressed support for a "National Action Agenda" from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills…
Software rivalry gives schools more choices
Two recent announcements have ratcheted up the rivalry between Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc.--and both could have significant implications for schools. Key words: Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft education, Google…
Technology helps Freedom Writers connect and share their stories
NECC 2009 closed with an inspiring keynote by Erin Gruwell, president of the Freedom Writers Foundation, who described how technology (coupled with great teaching) can unleash students' creative…
21st-century skills movement grows
Illinois, Louisiana, and Nevada have become the latest states to join the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21), a national effort to integrate 21st-century skills into teaching and…
Ten ways to boost learning with technology
Urging policy makers and school leaders "to take bold steps ... to improve education for America's 21st-century leaders," the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has issued new…
Microsoft releases new tools for academics
Microsoft's research group has announced a set of free software tools designed to meet the needs of scholars and academics.…