• Enhances Learning - Learners gain rich insights from cross-class exchanges.
  
• Encourages Ownership of Ideas - Each group shapes a part of the interaction for the group
  
• Develops Reading/Writing Skills -Learners use written communication skills to exchange ideas.
  
• Enhances Teaching Curriculum - Provide an exciting and innovative forum for teaching traditional subjects.
  
• Stimulates Teacher Creativity - Teachers develop new instructional techniques by sharing project ideas with other colleagues.
  
• Expands Teaching and Learning Horizons - Collaborative projects take learners beyond the classroom to draw on family and community resources for information, making them more aware of their social and physical surroundings.
  
• Integrates Computer and Telecommunications Technology - Teachers and learners learn technical skills.

Adapted from: Learning Circles by Margaret Riel