{"id":24,"date":"2017-11-20T19:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T19:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gopollock.com\/blog\/?p=24"},"modified":"2024-11-22T21:09:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T21:09:03","slug":"collaborative-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classtime.com\/blog\/collaborative-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborative Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Living in a world where Google seems to answer all of our questions without having to even think about it, it\u2019s often hard for students to understand how the knowledge they\u2019re learning in the classroom can be used to make a greater impact in the world around them. While innovative and creative teachers go to great distances to make the curriculum exciting and relevant for students, the gap between the curriculum and its relevance in the real world leaves many students feeling ill-prepared to use the skills they learn in school to tackle bigger problems. This issue of students feeling a lack of purpose has been a growing topic in education, as noted in articles from EdSurge<\/a> and MindShift<\/a>. Both articles mention William Damon\u2019s research conducted at the Stanford Center of Adolescence<\/a>, showing that \u201conly about 20 percent of high school students report being purposeful.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Classtime<\/a>, we envision today\u2019s students working collaboratively and creatively towards solving bigger goals. Students should understand why the topics they\u2019re learning in the classroom matter in the real world and how the skills they\u2019re learning in the classroom give them the power to drive change through combining forces in a collaborative team. Excitingly, we are at a time when the tremendous scalability and cost-efficiency of internet technology have the ability to combine forces with teachers to strengthen the relevancy between the curriculum\u2019s content and real-world challenges, motivating students to become engaged and active citizens of tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\"Collaborative<\/figure>\n
\"Collaborative<\/figure>\n

In order to reach this vision, we\u2019ve built Classtime<\/a> as the teacher\u2019s classroom companion. Teachers do not have the luxury of spending hours dedicated to each student to make sure they\u2019re engaged and thoroughly understand the curriculum. This is our motivation for Collaborative Challenges \u2014 to multiply the teacher\u2019s impact without multiplying their effort<\/a> by engaging and motivating students and offering teachers immediate insights into students\u2019 understanding of the lesson.<\/p>\n