A powerful site for teachers to access resources to directly teach online discussion strategies.

How I Use It

I routinely use Collaborize Classroom's Free Resources for teaching students how to communicate respectfully, safely and at a level that engages and extends an online conversation. My current 'students' are K-12 classroom teachers, but I use Collaborize Classroom's resources to model and extend the pedagogy to my adult learners who then apply their learning in their own classrooms. I used the Collaborize Classroom's discussion board once as an alternative to my learning management system's discussion space so my students (K-12 teachers) could experience a different (and free) space. I prefer the features and ease of use of my other site and so did they. I will continue to use and recommend Collaborize Classroom's resources as the "go to" place for online and blended discussion strategies for the classroom, but do not recommend the actual discussion space.