Digital collaborative tools are online tools that allow for discussion and teaching. Collaborative tools is a somewhat broad term because you have communication tools, content exploration tools, production tools, and data collection and analysis tools. These are beneficial to the classroom because they can be effective, efficient, and enhancing. They can be effective by providing concrete examples for the material so that they can practice and put to use what they learn. It also can be efficient because it can shorten the time needed for the learning and make the material more understandable. It can also enhance the student's learning by giving them that hands-on experience and engaging their minds in different areas as they learn the material. Below I will list some examples of different tools that are available for teachers, providing links to ones that I can provide one for.
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
Some of these tools such as the Microsoft applications, can be used to create hands-on projects that they will have to apply their knowledge to in order to complete the assignment. In a blog, google docs, or online community, they could discuss different methods of solving different problems and equations. There are different methods of coming to the correct answer, so they could collaborate and discuss ways of solving the problem to find the easy solution. They could also use them to talk with people from different areas to get their knowledge on the topic at hand and possibly even the history behind the topic. They could also discover different methods to the solution from people from different areas using those tools to communicate.
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