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Rachel Darwin ED 787 November 21, 2024

Third grade technology coaching session

In our first coaching session, we identified the challenge of traditional writing assignments that could be enhanced with technology to provide opportunities for enhanced creativity and collaboration among third grade students.

Using technology to enhance creativity and collaboration

purpose/intended outcomes

• Students previously created writing assignments on paper, occasionally adding pictures with markers, etc. Student work was posted on wall for students to see, but with no official opportunity for peers to comment or collaborate on each others' work. Mentee would like help learning to use technology to enhance these writing assignments.
• This coaching session will provide Mentee with the ability to utilize Google Docs for students to create writing assignments, enhance them with creativity features, and collaborate with each other and the teacher. This will also allow for increased differentiation and personalization of each writing assignment.

Google docs provides students with the ability to use different fonts and colors, add images and animated gifs, and view and comment on other students' documents in real time

Aldawi and Maher, 2023

"Google Docs was recognised as a valuable technical and collaborative tool to enhance collaborative writing in higher education institutions. Its features make it easier for users to work together on do uments, resulting in more efficient and effective collaboration, improving the students' writing skills."

• We will have an effective partnership, active learning, personalization, and sustained support from coach to mentee (Digital Promise 2022).
• We will have the added benefit of "differentiated assignments and personalized instruction" (Gehr 2020).
• We will utilize increased collaboration among students as they create content together, along with effective digital feedback from their teacher (Andrade, Roshay 2023)

Relevant data

Plan for implementation

Step 1

Create example google doc with Mentee

Step 2

Give students assignment with example.

Step 3

Meet again after students complete activities to evaluate effectiveness of the lesson.

how to create and share a google doc

Once students create and share their google docs, they can then view and comment on each others' projects.

references

• Aldawi, F. and Maher, A. 2023. "The Role of Google Docs in Enhancing Collaborative Writing in Higher Education Institutions," 2023 IEEE 3rd International Maghreb Meeting of the Conference on Sciences and Techniques of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering (MI-STA), Benghazi, Libya, pp. 266-269
• Andrade, Roshay (2023). Using Google Docs for Collaborative Writing With International Students.
• Digital Promise. (2022, May 13). Develop effective coach-teacher collaboration. Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.org/initiative/instructional-coaching/effective-coach-teacher-collaboration/
• Gehr, L. (2020, September 21). Promoting strong writing skills with Digital instruction. Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/article/promoting-strong-writing-skills-digital-instruction/

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