v     Cooperative Learning

Internet-based Resources

·         Cooperative Learning

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/intech/cooperativelearning.htm

Excellent resource for cooperative learning, describing various structures and explaining benefits of this instructional technique

·         thirteenEdOnline Workshop: Cooperative and Collaborative learning

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/coopcollab/index.html

Online professional development workshop focusing on cooperative and collaborative learning, includes video clips of such activities

·         Laura Candler: The Cooperative Learning Network

http://home.att.net/~clnetwork/

A series of web pages about cooperative learning strategies, includes printable resources that can be used to implement this technique

·         Center for Teaching Excellence: Students Learning Together

http://www.oir.uiuc.edu/Did/Resources/Illini%20Instructor/collaborative.htm

A list and description of various cooperative learning structures for informal and formal group work

·         The Jigsaw Classroom: A Cooperative Learning Technique

http://www.jigsaw.org/

Comprehensive resource on the jigsaw cooperative learning technique

·         The Webquest Page

http://webquest.sdsu.edu

From San Diego State University, webquests allow students to explore various issues using pre-selected Internet resources, often in cooperative groups, to produce a product.  They are teacher-created activities, grade specific and include assessment tools, such as rubrics.