Giving Students Choices

What are the reasons for giving students choices in their learning?

So why should teachers give students choices when it comes to their learning? Why not?
Giving students choices in their learning, gives students interest in their learning. It can improve learning outcomes, because students got to pick an assignment that they are interested in. Giving students the power to make choices will increase student engagement. Students know how to use all the newest technology so why not let them choose what they use and how they show what they have learned. Students will learn so much better if they enjoy what they do, and students will enjoy what they do if they have the choice to pick what sparks interest to them. Students should be given the ability to excel in ways that promote an environment where learning flourishes. A teacher should not what their students to get bored, so give them choices to help prevent boredom. Students are students no matter how you put it, but what we as teachers want is for our students to be the best, and so we will do whatever it takes for that to take place.

Collaborate and Communicate

Hey everyone, I am going to answer and discuss the following questions. 

• Compare and contrast a collaborative wiki editing project with traditional in-class group work.

In a traditional in-class group work project a teacher and not tell who done what work and if all students have participated in the project. With a wiki teachers can go to the wiki history and tell who done what and at what time. Also with a wiki project students can work with other students around the world and not just their classmates. Students can work on a wiki at home with their partners online, whereas with the traditional in-class group work students are stuck to only being able to work at school when their group members at present. 

• What is the difference between cooperation and collaboration?

 Cooperating is when you work with someone in the sense of enabling the work. Collaboration is when you work side by side with a partner to achieve something.

• How can collaboration be taught?

 Reliable and responsible contribution is where collaborative learning has to start. To collaborate you have to be present and be with others, you can't collaborate alone. So teaching collaboration comes from teaching responsibility and teaching participation.