Especially for Wallingford (because he teaches Physics, not cos he's saggin'). Enjoy Idol fans! -brian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYsvRL37FiE
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Reading Reflection 5 - Instructions
Blog post instructions / reminders
• Respond in your own course blog page.
• Title your response: Reading Reflection 5 - I'm thinking...
• Due: March 1, before class.
busywork
Good point Tiffany. You tweeted, "The busy work is KILLING ME SOFTLY!!! And you want quality work??"I have three main thoughts about this. First is that, I think I would consider good teaching to be marked, in part, by minimal student death. OK - kidding. But I do mean that the feel of doing work for no real purpose, as I believe you refer above, is minimized.
Second, I know that I have intentions other than busy work for what I ask my students to complete outside of class. These intentions are usually of the type:
• explore, learn of something new, things that can be done alone;
• press for deeper levels of understanding or personal meaning, along the levels of Bloom's taxonomy; and
• prepare for the face-to-face interactions a classroom affords.
And third, please raise this issue when you consider the effectiveness of ways in which technological tools were used in this class, EDSS 530. I am exploring each of these tools, both for myself and encouraging each of you to do so. Share these thoughts with colleagues, and in class when we have opportunity to debrief all the technology-related efforts this semester.
An honest thank you for your tweet!
Peer Feedback - Ethnography.
Go to the "Ethnography Peer Feedback" link under the PAGES section on the right in order to complete this in-class task for today.
Remember to do this feedback for three different schools.
Remember to do this feedback for three different schools.
WEEK 6 (Feb. 22): While the teacher is away on furlough day...
Sorry, the students might not get to play as much as they hope. In place of our class meetings today, complete the sequence of activities below.
If I weren't furloughed, we would normally have presented ethnographies today. Keeping with that primary goal, I expect the following to be accomplished.
1. Ethnography
1.1. Of course, I intend that today can be used to complete details of the Ethnography and Executive Summary.
1.2 Groups: remember to each post the website address and one member post the Executive Summary to your WebCT assignment page.
1.3 Provide a link to your group's ethnography in our class Ning. Do this using the same structure used to post book chapters, in the "Groups" section. Title your post, "highschoolname - Lawler".
2. Learn about other SD schools
2.1. Read/View ethnographies of at least three other schools.
2.2. Complete a peer evaluation for three ethnographies. A rubric is provided using the Google Survey (next newer post on the blog, above). I will provide each group with a collection of responses to their presentation.
3. Designing Groupwork
3.1. Contribute to an asynchronous class discussion of Chs. 4-5 of Designing Groupwork. Visit this page to contribute as instructed. << It seems fully acceptable to duplicate your "Reading Response 4" here. >>
4. Teaching Among the Digital Natives
4.1. Determine the web-presence you will have during your Clinical Practice for this semester. Begin enough of a mock-up to share with fellow students during our next class, Mar 1. Post a link in your class blog. Title this posting: CP2 Website.
5. Classroom Discipline - assignment planning
5.1. Read instructions for the course assignment, 5 Classroom Discipline. (Find the assignment on WebCT.) Plan for completion of Part A. prior to our next gathering, Mar 1.
Homework - for Mar 1.
• Read Cohen, Ch. 6-8
• Re-read Baldwin on Classroom Management, especially the Compassionate Discipline model.
• Assignment 5 Classroom Discipline, Part A.
• Reading Response – write on your own blog
• Tweet
• Answer question below
This week’s question: What is the most surprising thing you have seen in a classroom this semester? (This could be positive or not so positive.) For me it is how I see kids dressed, in what I would name "80's punk, sagging-style".
If I weren't furloughed, we would normally have presented ethnographies today. Keeping with that primary goal, I expect the following to be accomplished.
1. Ethnography
1.1. Of course, I intend that today can be used to complete details of the Ethnography and Executive Summary.
1.2 Groups: remember to each post the website address and one member post the Executive Summary to your WebCT assignment page.
1.3 Provide a link to your group's ethnography in our class Ning. Do this using the same structure used to post book chapters, in the "Groups" section. Title your post, "highschoolname - Lawler".
2. Learn about other SD schools
2.1. Read/View ethnographies of at least three other schools.
2.2. Complete a peer evaluation for three ethnographies. A rubric is provided using the Google Survey (next newer post on the blog, above). I will provide each group with a collection of responses to their presentation.
3. Designing Groupwork
3.1. Contribute to an asynchronous class discussion of Chs. 4-5 of Designing Groupwork. Visit this page to contribute as instructed. << It seems fully acceptable to duplicate your "Reading Response 4" here. >>
4. Teaching Among the Digital Natives
4.1. Determine the web-presence you will have during your Clinical Practice for this semester. Begin enough of a mock-up to share with fellow students during our next class, Mar 1. Post a link in your class blog. Title this posting: CP2 Website.
5. Classroom Discipline - assignment planning
5.1. Read instructions for the course assignment, 5 Classroom Discipline. (Find the assignment on WebCT.) Plan for completion of Part A. prior to our next gathering, Mar 1.
Homework - for Mar 1.
• Read Cohen, Ch. 6-8
• Re-read Baldwin on Classroom Management, especially the Compassionate Discipline model.
• Assignment 5 Classroom Discipline, Part A.
• Reading Response – write on your own blog
• Tweet
• Answer question below
This week’s question: What is the most surprising thing you have seen in a classroom this semester? (This could be positive or not so positive.) For me it is how I see kids dressed, in what I would name "80's punk, sagging-style".
Saturday, February 20, 2010
students have different learning styles (?)
hogwash! says Daniel Willingham.
Learn more about this viewpoint at http://tinyurl.com/kkc58h
Read an interview at http://tinyurl.com/ovnxcl
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