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I. Collaboration
Students working together in an intellectual endeavor to meet common learning outcomes. What does this look like? Students are sharing, discussion, creating, etc. and not simply independently working next to each other while completing a final product/project. In a 1-1 classroom this can be uniquely achieved through web 2.0 tools that allow collaborative project construction and document creation in an asynchronous or synchronous fashion. For example, Google docs can be used for students to collaboratively write a document or a wiki can be used to create a classroom project.

II. Writing to Learn
Students are actively engaged in synthesizing their thoughts and research. Writing enables the students to summarize and reflect upon what they are learning. It can also be used by the instructor to formatively assess student learning. Peer to peer review may also be reflected in writing to learn. In a 1-1 classroom this can be facilitated through the use of word processing tools like MS Word as well as online tools such as Google docs, wikis, discussion forums, blogs, and web 2.0 concept mapping tools.

III. Literacy Groups
Small groups are formed for interdependent higher order discussion where individuals play unique roles within the the group. In a 1:1 classroom digital texts, image sharing, as well as group annotation tools can be used to increase the efficacy of literacy group discussion.

IV. Questioning
Instructors as well as students use questioning techniques for metacognition as well as reflection upon the thinking of their peers. In a 1:1 classroom questioning is facilitated through discussion forums, chat, blogs, wiki discussion pages, Google forms, etc. These tools can be used asynchronously or synchronously and can extend to formative assessment.

V. Scaffolding
Prior knowledge in a content area is connected to future learning. Prior experience is leveraged in this process and where their is no prior knowledge, learning experiences must be provided for subsequent learning. In a 1:1 classroom the amount of available information is exponentially increased thus allowing for more fluid scaffolding techniques within one's lessons.

VII. Classroom Talk
The classroom is a microcosm of a learning community where all members are encouraged to engage in discourse. This concept is the foundation for questioning, collaboration, and literacy groups. In a 1:1 classroom, classroom talk is enhanced at multiple levels as students are provided a variety of opportunities to engage in classroom discourse both at the group level as well as the classroom level while using wikis, blogs, discussion forums, etc.