{"id":311,"date":"2020-06-08T12:40:09","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T11:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/?p=311"},"modified":"2021-11-02T14:01:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T14:01:09","slug":"group-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/group-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers U1 Lesson 3 &#8211; Group Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"311\" class=\"elementor elementor-311\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fff42ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fff42ed\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-681768e\" data-id=\"681768e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f79ac6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f79ac6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Group projects are great to foster <strong>interaction<\/strong>, but also <strong>cooperation <\/strong>and<strong> collaboration<\/strong> among students.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8713ca9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8713ca9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e136da\" data-id=\"5e136da\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b1c422 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b1c422\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tips for creating effective group projects online<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30a447d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30a447d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As a teacher you should:<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b609ada elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b609ada\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Select the groups yourself and create balanced groups mixing weaker and stronger students and promoting balance of skills. This means you should know well your students. So better to implement group works along the way, when you already know the students and students have already interacted with each other.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Create simple tasks with clear instructions, making clear how the assessment is broken down, how to proceed (break the task down into parts). <\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In some cases, once broken down the tasks, it could prove to be helpful to assign them accordingly to the members of the group. The importance of distributing the skills and methods of the group members allows for more interaction and broader investigation.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f964b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f964b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-146c06f\" data-id=\"146c06f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90e2eb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90e2eb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">One of the greatest challenges within group projects is to find effective apps and tools to get the group communicate, draft his work and submit the final work. You may find the following <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>TOOLS<\/strong> helpful.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48031e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48031e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To help your students interact and start collaborating:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">DISCUSSION FORUMS and WIKIS available on\u00a0 LMS.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">EMAIL and texting apps such as Whatsapp and Slack.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To start drafting their task:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shared documents \u2014 Google Docs, Dropbox et-c\u2026<br \/><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To present their work (depending on the type of presentations):<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Microsoft Sway (SlideShare).<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Genially (Interactive SlideShare).<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Canva and Adobe Spark (for infographics and videos).<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e29e880 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e29e880\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/teachers-u3-lesson-4\/\">Ed Toolkit<\/a> for information on interesting apps.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cfeca7a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cfeca7a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6e17c3\" data-id=\"b6e17c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba435dc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ba435dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35367ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Back to U1 Lesson 3<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e82ac2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e82ac2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lilac-project.com\/en\/teachers-u1-lesson-3\/\">Instructional Approaches<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-14ba87e\" data-id=\"14ba87e\" 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