Multiple Display Boards/Screens
Overview
Working with others promotes oral language skills as well as Social Awareness and Relationship skills.
Example: Use This Strategy In in the Classroom
Design It into Your Product
Design It into Your Product
See how multi-boarding from SMART Board promotes collaborative group work in a work setting. This collaborative tool can also be used in a classroom where, by providing three conjoined screens, groups can seamlessly share and visualize each other’s work.
Learn More
- Explore the Identity, Behavior, & Relationships topic on the Digital Promise Research Map.
- Explore the Teaching for Collaboration & Creativity subtopic on the Digital Promise Research Map.
Additional Resources
Additional examples, research, and professional development. These resources are possible representations of this strategy, not endorsements.
Factors Supported by this Strategy
More Physical Space Strategies
Providing plenty of space for students promotes socially cooperative play and collaboration.
Dim or natural lighting provides a calming environment.
Having quiet space where students can go supports Self-Regulation.
Multiple tables and chairs on wheels allow for setting up the classroom to support the desired learning outcomes of each classroom activity.
Multiple writing surfaces promote collaboration by allowing groups to share information easily as they work.
Decreasing extra audio input provides a focused learning environment.
Books for vision differences support reading development for learners with visual needs.
Books of varying complexity and reading levels are necessary for all students to experience reading success.
Multicultural and Primary Language books are critical for supporting all students.
With rhyming and creative word use, poetry is a genre that supports the development of early literacy skills in particular.
Books with SEL topics, such as developing friendships and identifying emotions, help teach these skills.
Providing ways for students to adjust sound level supports individual auditory needs.
Providing ways for students to meet their individual temperature needs supports focus and Self-Regulation.
Spaces that are structured, organized, and clean provide calming environments.
