Getting Started

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Session Resources

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General Resources

Brown, B.L. (2001). Group Effectiveness in the Classroom and Workplace. ERIC Clearinghouse.
http://www.calpro-online.org/ERIC/docs/pab00024.pdf
An ERIC Clearinghouse Practice Application Brief by Bettina Lankard Brown (2001 ) that identifies ways to prepare learners to be effective in group situations as well as ways teachers can prepare to be skillful group facilitators.

Curtis, D. (2003). 10 Tips for Creating a Caring School. The George Lucas Educational Foundation.
http://thinksmart.typepad.com/new_schools/2007/02/ten_tips_for_cr.html
Dianne Curtis veteran education writer and former editor for The George Lucas Educational Foundation wrote this article how a sense of community can be developed in schools.

Common or Shared Goals

Department of Psychology & Special Education. Goals and Social Interdependence. Texas A&M University-Commerece.
http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/psychology/documents/groupprocesses/Goals_and_Social_Interdependence.ppt
A PowerPoint presentation that provides an overview of how goals affect social interdependence.

Green, N. Types of Goal Interdependence: Positive Goal Interdependence. Teaching and Learning Strategies, Ontario, Canada.
http://www.learn-line.nrw.de/angebote/greenline/lernen/downloads/typesof.pdf

Vockell, E. Social Aspects of Motivation: Classroom-goal Structure. Education Psychology: A Practical Approach. Purdue University Calumet.
http://education.calumet.purdue.edu/vockell/EdPsyBook/Edpsy5/Edpsy5_social.htm

Establishing Norms

Fenton, J. Setting Norms with Your Students. Teachers Network.
http://www.teachersnetwork.org/NTNY/nychelp/mentorship/norms.htm

Stepanek, J. (June, 2000). Establishing Classroom Norms. Mathematics & Science Classrooms: Building a Community of Learners. Northwest Regional Education Laboratory. Last Update August, 2002.
http://www.nwrel.org/msec/just_good/10/ch5.html

Responsibilities

Gray, J.A. (2001). Whose Classroom is it? Building Student Responsibility and Self Management in Our Classrooms. New Horizons for Learning.
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/democratic/gray.htm

Team Building

Business FUNdamentals. (2005). Team Building Activities.
http://www.businessfundamentals.com/TeamBuilding/team_building.htm

Neill, J. (2005). Team-building Activities, Initiative Games and Problem-solving Exercises. Wilderdom.
http://www.wilderdom.com/games/InitiativeGames.html

Overmyer, S. (2002). Lights! Camera! Action! Miami University..
http://www.users.muohio.edu/shermalw/edp621_CL-lessons-sm02/overmyer_lesson_621sm02.htm

Performance Learning Systems. (2004). Team-building Activities.
http://www.plsweb.com/resources/newsletters/enews_archives/44/2005/05/06

Youthwork Links and Ideas. Group Problem-solving Initiatives.
http://www.youthwork.com/activitiesinit.html

Youthwork Links and Ideas. Warm-up Activities.
http://www.youthwork.com/activitieswarm.html

Teamwork

New England Regional Leadership Council. (1998). Active Listening. Center for Rural Studies.
http://crs.uvm.edu/gophe r /nerl/personal/comm/e.html
List of skills and attributes of a good active listener. Explains the goal of active listening.

Chandler, L. (2000). Teaching Social Skills. Cooperative Learning Network. Last updated September 2005.
http://home.att.net/~clnetwork/socialsk.htm

InTime Cooperative Learning. (2002). Teaching Students Cooperative Skills. Last Updated October 2004.
http://www.intime.uni.edu/coop_learning/ch5/teaching.htm

Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Teamwork Guidelines. Teaching Today.
http://www.glencoe.com/ps/teachingtoday/downloads/pdf/TeamworkGuidelines.pdf

Perkins, D.F. & Fogarty, K. Active Listening: A Communication Tool. University of Florida, Istitute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HE361

Asynchronous Communication

E-Mail

Shea, V. (1994). Netiquette. San Francisco: Albion Books.
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
List of rules that link to more explanation.

Smiley World . Emoticons: E-mail Moods.
http://www.windweaver.com/emoticon.htm
Recommended emoticons and smileys for e-mail communication.

Qualcom, Inc. Eudora.
http://www.eudora.com/
http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/tutorials/

Harris, D. Pegasus Mail.
http://www.pmail.com/

Microsoft, Inc. Outlook Express 6.0.
http://support.microsoft.com/ph/2578#tab0

ACT360 Media, Ltd. (1998). Outlook in the Classroom.
http://www.actden.com/oe/

Microsoft, Inc. Microsoft Office Outlook.
http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX01085793&CTT=6&Origin=ES790020011033

Novell. GroupWise.
http://www.novell.com/products/groupwise/

Reviewed June 1, 2009.