Step 1, Step 2, Step 3 - Lab 3 Demonstrations!

Demonstrations can be very difficult to effectively conduct.  One must be very clear and concise for each step of the demonstration.  For Lab 3, you each are responsible for conducting a demonstration with AT LEAST 3 individual steps.  When you are preparing, make sure you write out the steps. Take the time to really dissect each step and make sure you are only doing one thing.  Sometimes you will find that you are really trying to do more than one thing, even though you have done something a million times and it seemed like it was one task.  A common rule to conducting a demonstration is to follow the following approach:

Teacher says; Teacher does
Student says; Teacher does
Student says; Student does

An approach like this allows for student retention.  The repetition of steps ingrains the process.  One thing to remember is that demonstrations alone don't mean anything.  You need to instill a felt need to know.  Why would a student need to know how to tie their shoes?  Why should students care how to notch a pig's ear?  You need to make sure you are making the connection to its importance.  Not just saying you will be graded on conducting the demonstration to 100% accuracy will not be enough for a student to really understand why they need to be able to do the task.  We are agriculture educators to equip students with life skills.  Make sure you make that connection for them!

Below you will find a demonstration conducted by 2011 Cohort member, Amanda Remick.  Amanda is a very successful agriculture teacher who has taught in South Dakota and is now working at Central Mountain!

Please view the video to gain a better understanding of how to effectively teach and perform a demonstration!

Follow up to Session 11 - Introduction to Group Teaching Techniques (Sept. 27th)

Please remember to "research" your group teaching technique for Monday!

Responses to Tickets Out

What are you curious about?

• To keep learning about the Group Teaching Techniques!
• Cooperative Learning, for more: 
• http://www.crlt.umich.edu/publinks/clgt
• http://www.lauracandler.com/strategies/co-op.php
• http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/er/cooplrng.asp
• Lectures
• http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/faculty/mowshowitz/howto_guide/lecturer.htm
• Discussion
• http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/faqs/presenting/facilitatediscussion.html
• http://www-tc.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/media/cms_page_media/128/Ten%20Tips%20for%20Facilitating%20Classroom%20Discussions%20on%20Sensitive%20Topics_Final.pdf
• Role Play
• http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/roleplaying/howto.html
• http://www.wce.wwu.edu/Resources/CIRCLE/Strats/Role%20Playing.pdf
• Field Trip
• http://kathleencarroll.com/a-guide-to-great-field-trips/
• Demonstrations
• http://cte.udel.edu/publications/handbook-graduate-assistants/demonstrations.html
• Resource People (Guest Speakers)
• http://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1/2502/WardS0811.pdf?sequence=1
• https://education.skype.com/guest_speakers
• http://busyteacher.org/7083-top-10-ways-get-most-from-guest-speaker.html
• More of the Principles of Teaching & Learning Charades!
• We will keep doing this!
• Getting permission for guest speakers to come into the classroom. 
• It is not as scary as you think. Work with your cooperating teacher to learn the process at your school. Be able to articulate the learning objectives/outcomes that will be complemented by the guest speaker.
• Does the group teaching technique affect the cognitive level of learning?
• Any teaching technique depending on how the instructor utilizes it and what expectation they have of the learner impacts cognitive level.
• What is the Teaching Method behind us doing a rubric when we hand in an assignment?
• This allows for assessment to become a part of instruction. It encourages and pushes reflective thought and review of an assignment with the expectations of that assignment instead of just 'turning it in'.
• How often should you balance individual and group learning?
• I am not sure what you mean by this question, but we should add as many tools as possible to our pedagogical tool belt so that we can achieve variability in the classroom
• Cooperative Learning in the Ag Workplace
• hmm, not sure how to respond to this one. You might need to tell me more. I know it is there!

What did you learn?

1. The Group Teaching Techniques
1. Cooperative Learning
2. Lectures
3. Discussion
4. Role Play
5. Field Trip
6. Demonstrations
7. Resource People
2. How Teachers Select the which Group Teaching Technique to Use.
3. Cooperative Learning is as easy as PIES
1. P - Positive Interdependence
2. I - Individual Accountability
3. E - Equal Participation
4. S - Simultaneous Interaction

What do you want to learn more about?

• A Cooperative Learning Course would be cool!
• yes, so when you are seeking out graduate courses in the future, know that opportunities like this exist 
• Cooperative Learning
• I will share more on Monday! It might be also really cool to ask the Teach Ag Society Professional Development Committee to Organize a Session on this!
• Also, I would be willing to explore Cooperative Learning in an additional alternative session of 412 for all who wanted it..just let me know if you are really interested! I have lots of materials!
• PIES & How to use in the classroom.
• Read more here: http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/cooperative/whatis.html

Session #10 - What are the basics of the Principles of Teaching and Learning?

Response to Tickets Out

What are you curious about?

• Voice Thread
• It is an Awesome Tool! Contact Ms. Rice with utilization questions!
• Classroom Management without Punishment...Interesting
• Motivate, don't beat down! Read more here: http://prezi.com/da9ppfuk2w1r/discipline-without-stress-punishments-and-rewards/
• Students that can not behave in lab, but no book work for punishment, what do you do with them so that they do not get behind?
• That is their consequence. Lab time is a privilege, not a right
• Group Teaching!
• Yay for Friday!
• How long should an interest approach take?
• anything from 30 seconds to 15 minutes (or longer!) depends on unit.

What did you learn?

1. 16 Principles of Teaching and Learning!
2. All of our content in AEE 412 is so connected!
3. How to use baking as an interest approach

What do you want to learn more about?

• Applying this information t our lessons and units
• Yes! It just takes practice!
• What time are we leaving for and returning from FLC?
• Depart Ferguson at 7:30 (I mean really, we will leave you)(
• Return no later than 4pm
• Do we upload stuff to NAAE right away or after it has been revised?
• Upload after you have corrected for feedback! Critical to upload all Unit Plans and Lesson Plans you submit for AEE 412.
• I want to learn more about connecting multiple intelligences with Principles of Teaching and Learning..
• Tell me more! Better yet, bring your idea to class to share!
• How to apply the 16 Principles?
• Need more on this question....you make them come alive in your classroom as evidenced by the examples you created as a class.

Lab 2 - Interest Approach!

Wow. Can you believe you have one lab complete and the second one is just days away?!  These contextual teaching labs are going to really help you identify and refine your teaching style.  I understand that you will have frustrations, but know that the AEE Teacher Preparation team are always there to help.  Having examples has always been helpful to previous cohorts when preparing for lab.  Below you will find Brittany Arnold's (2011 Cohort) Lab 2 interest approach.  She did a great job introducing the lesson by capturing the students' attention with this hands-on activity.  Take a look and allow it to help encourage and foster your own creative thinking for your upcoming Lab 2 Interest Approach!!!

Follow up to Session #8- Learning Objectives (September 16th)

NOTE: Watch this video prior to class on Friday at 9:00

Response to Ticket Outs

What are you curious about?

• Writing better lesson plans
• The first step is to start! I look forward to seeing your first lesson on Monday!
• Getting Everything Done!
• You eat an elephant one bite a time. Closely analyze how you utilize time!
• Multicultural Moment #1?
• Just post three digital media items in a blog in NAAE CoP that best represent you!
• Taxonomy for the Psycho-motor Domain skills/activities
• http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html#psychomotor

What did you learn?

1. How to write more dynamic learning objectives
2. I learned more about Bloom's Taxonomy (Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Evaluation and Synthesis)
3. Learned about cognitive level of objectives
4. SMART (specific, measurable, action oriented, relevant, timely) Objectives are important!
5. A lot about objectives! It is making more sense!

What do you want to learn more about?

• I want to learn about Norman Webb's Domains (Depths) of Knowledge
• We can Tweet Chat about it on Friday, but here is a quick website to review: http://my-ecoach.com/project.php?id=9812 (Be sure to look at the handout provided in class!)
• Can we record our FLC presentation for the FFA WLC Application?
• I do not see why not! Work with Laura to determine a way to capture that video
• Creating Perfect Classes
• Well, they really don't exist :), but we can chase the hell out of it!
• Can one objective touch on more than of Bloom's Levels?
• It depends on how you teach it!
• Dale's Cone of Experience
• Read This: http://rapidbi.com/coneofexperience-dale/
• Objectives - Having trouble classifying them to Bloom's
• Check out this website: http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html
• Maybe the photo below will help

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Session 6 - How do we motivate students to learn? September 11th

Learning Objectives Addressed

1. Present 17 “E-Moments”
2. Ask a Expert – Multiple Intelligences
3. Define Interest Approaches
4. Review Session 7 Expectations

Course Materials:          http://communities.naae.org/docs/DOC-11451 {resources not shared in class included}

Responses to Ticket Out Cards 

What are you curious about?

• Making my students interested in class like the interest approach today
• Look closely at the sources of interest identified by Lancelot and than you can be creative to meet those.
• How to keep interest approaches different?
• Variety is key (keep them off guard!) Think about variety from the viewpoint of the Multiple intelligences. Also remember, an interest approach for a lesson might only be a GREAT question and take 1 or 2 minutes...or to introduce a unit, it might be 15 minutes.
• Would you allow intrapersonal learners to complete a group project on their on?
• That depends, but probably not. Remember, Three goals to teaching with Multiple Intelligence (Match, Stretch, Celebrate)...Students need to be stretched to develop skills that they will need in everyday life like working in effective groups.
• But, How do you balance their development of people skills and communication, while making them feel engaged? (students who want to work alone might not participate with the group)
• Perhaps one component of the group project requires individual work which this student can focus on (like research for a presentation?)
• There was a bit of debate over the way spatial should be used on a worksheet, either words and ask for a graphic to represent/help remember or graphics and ask for the words?
• Either way would work!
• Can handouts be hole punched please?
• Sorry, we dont have that capacity, but we can see if we can get a hole punch put in Ferguson 007! Ask Renee!
• How do we motivate learners more?
• Watch the video - Drive by Daniel Pink
• Here is a neat 7 page article with specific suggestions: https://uteach.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2011-02-18%20Motivating%20Reluctant%20Learners%20Handout.pdf
• Assign #9 - Draft - Can that be on a 8x10?
• Yes, you do not need to do special printing/laminating for the rough draft.
• Why was Jeff Bliss in the video an 18 year old sophomore?
• Watch his explanation on the Interview Link!

What did you learn?

1. 7 different e-moments! E-moments are awesome!
2. A Great Interest Approach for Electricity - Hot Dogs
3. A key to E-Moments is setting up strong context so that students can connect new information to something students already know.
4. Deeper understanding of the Multiple Intelligences
5. When using e-moments, it is important to celebrate/praise when students use/do something great!
6. E-Moments help us achieve variability of shifting instruction every 15 minutes.

What do you want to learn more about?

• Interest Approaches
• Hopefully the online session will help! I would love to see a blog post of what you find online!
• Where can I find great interest approaches (particularly Ag Applied)?
• Well, I believe the best ones are the ones we create to fit our students and communities, but we can be inspired by looking at other lessons. I really recommend looking at the Life Knowledge lessons as all of them (253) have a different interest approach built in. Other lessons developed by FFA outreach do as well. Check those out at: https://www.ffa.org/ffaresources/ffalearn/Pages/default.aspx
• Also, don't forget to search NAAE CoP!!
• Unit & Lesson Development
• What do you want to know? Specific questions get specific answers :)
• More Rice's Riches!!!
• We will see if we can arrange that!
• Can we get the written directions for the hot dog interest approach? It was really cool!
• Ms. Sankey Rice will make a blog post about it on this course blog!

Note:

Interested in learning more about Jeff Bliss, the student from Duncanville HS

·         Administration Response/School Response: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zoN-gI87vk (10:09)

·         Jeff’s Interview with Say Cheese TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBpDswLlW9U (13.15)

·         Original Footage of the Incident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3h5jcI-MFI (1:27)

For Next Time:

1.       No Class on Friday

2.       Complete Discipline Derby Online: http://communities.naae.org/thread/7020

3.       Complete Session 7 Online: http://communities.naae.org/docs/DOC-11433

Other Announcements:

1)      Please make sure your PAAE, NAAE, ACTE Membership Forms are in to Renee (She has them) ASAP. This is required (and free) to ensure you have liability insurance.

2)      Get your applications in ASAP for the NAAE Preservice program at National Convention! http://www.naae.org/prodev/nataa.html (DUE SOON)

Session 5 - Who are our learners? September 9th

Learning Objectives Addressed

1)      Discuss Discipline Derby Procedures (complete  Derby 1)

2)      Review Lesson Plan Scavenger Hunt Findings

3)      Discuss Lesson Plan Formats

Course Materials:          http://communities.naae.org/docs/DOC-11431  (extra info in the PPT that maybe helpful!)

For Next Time:

1.       Be ready to rock out a 2 minute presentation on YOUR E-moment. Digitally archive some information on in our NAAE CoP for future use: http://communities.naae.org/community/prodev/preservice/pennstate/2014-teacher-candidates

1.       Be Ready to Share 2 minutes with your group on assigned Intelligence. Remember to Digitally Archive it!

Other Announcements:

1)      Please make sure your PAAE, NAAE, ACTE Membership Forms are in to Renee (She has them) ASAP. This is required (and free) to ensure you have liability insurance.

2)      Get your applications in ASAP for the NAAE Preservice program at National Convention! http://www.naae.org/prodev/nataa.html

Assigned E-Moments

1. Case - Dickens
2. Cashell - Mother Goose
3. Cremeans - Eye Witness
4. Foster - Descartes
5. Hoover - Little Professor
6. Laub - Go with the Flow
7. Livingston- Michealangeo
8. McMillen - Voice Modulator
9. Petrun - Go Get It
10. Riggs - Crayon
11. Ross - Heiroglyphics
12. Saylor - Hole in one
13. Slates - Me You US
14. Sprenkle - Graphic Artist
15. Stoops - Meteorologist
16. Urban - Picasso
17. Wright - Cartographer

Response to Tickets Out

What are you curious about?

• Some of the websites for creative lessons - can't wait to check them out!
• Remember, we are preparing you to be an excellent consumer of quality instructional materials...there is a lot of stuff out there and unfortunately, not all of it is "good"
• Using different modalities in the 3 types of lessons
• A website w/ good info on the 3 domains of learning
• http://explorable.com/domains-of-learning
• I need more info on scaffolding:
• http://www.niu.edu/facdev/resources/guide/strategies/instructional_scaffolding_to_improve_learning.pdf
• How many standards should be in included in a lesson and unit plan?
• Enough
• Should ELL accommodations be included in every lesson?
• As needed
• How to maximize intelligences in each lesson
• READ the Strategies for Great Teaching Book!
• How do you show people how important the other intelligences are when standardized testing focuses on logical/mathematical, spatial and linguistic?
• Teach for your student's success!
• What type of Academic Standards should include for an SAE or Leadership Course?
• Look at Math or Entrepreneurship Standards
• For Leadership, the communications standards

What did you learn?

1. About 8 Multiple Intelligence
2. Perspectives on Scaffolding
3. Locations of both Academic and Agricultural Standards
4. Locations for ideas for lesson plans
5. Each lesson plan we write has to have some accommodation/adaption
6. Notebooks could/would be a great teaching tool!
7. DEMI of Brain Based Teaching & Learning
1. D = Domains
2. E = Emotions
3. M = Modalities
4. I = Intelligences
8. Everyone is smart in their own way

What do you want to learn more about?

• The naturalist intelligence that I am to research
• I look forward to seeing what you share!
• How do I find more info about Dr. Howard Gardner?
• http://howardgardner.com/
• How can we use "the Restaurant" worksheet/activity in our lessons
• You could use that one or other self assessments to accomplish the mission of Multiple Intelligence instruction: Matching, Stretching & Celebrating (to be discussed on Wednesday)
• How to make students want to learn?
• Yay for Wednesday Lesson!
• How do you incorporate everything into the lessons?
• YOU PLAN!!!
• Is there a public microphone/camera for voice thread if our computer is really old and not equipped?
• Yes, you can check with Laura Rice to check out a headset/web cam. You can also go to the library, media commons or knowledge commons to use their computers.

Session 4 Follow up - How do we plan for Instruction? September 6th

Learning Objectives Addressed

1)      Discuss Discipline Derby Procedures (complete  Derby 1)

2)      Review Lesson Plan Scavenger Hunt Findings

3)      Discuss Lesson Plan Formats

Course Materials:            http://communities.naae.org/docs/DOC-11418 (extra info in the PPT that maybe helpful!)

Ticket Out Responses

What are we curious about?

• What makes a good lesson plan?
• Effort! It needs to be something you can USE as you help students and you would be proud to hand to parent or administrator!
• Essay Questions for National Convention Opportunity!
• Should be announced by next week! I am pumped you are interested!
• Digital Access to the Template
• It has been posted in the course materials of this session as a word document
• Three Types of Lessons
• We will talk more on Monday. Look at the PPT in today's course sessions!
• Writing helpful and unique lessons that will engage students.
• It just takes organziation and effort!
• I am curious about learning focused schools
• Check this out: http://www.learningfocused.com/

What did we learn?

• Purpose of a Lesson Plan
• Essential Elements of Lesson Plans
• Similar Ideas to what needs to be in a Lesson Plan
• A New Bathroom Pass Idea and Seating Charts! (Discipline Derby)
• The different key parts of a lesson plan that are very important to our lessons.
• Gagne and Hunters lesson parts were interesting
• I learned that there are many different ways to discipline a student

What do you want to learn more about?

• What each section of the lesson plan should look like?
• I will post examples, but review the PowerPoint posted today!
• Clear Directions to Students
• October 10th!
• More Classroom Management
• Most every Friday and December 6th 
• How to teach different learners?
• Yay Monday!
• Is teaching so closely to the community and meeting the needs of the community always serving justice to students when our expectations of them are to branch out and grow? Maybe even grow and become something greater than their community? Should we be meeting the needs of the nation and maybe the world?
• Great Thought and Comment...What do others think? Comment on Blog below
• Types of Lessons
• We will discuss on Monday
• I want to learn more about the first day respect and setting the tone for the year.
• Yay for first lab! Check this out: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/only-1-first-day-school-lisa-mims

For Next Time:

1.       Complete Multiple Intelligence Assessment and Email Foster Code: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/

2.       Complete Reading Reflection #1 – See page 13 of Assignment Handbook

Other Announcements:

1)      Please make sure your PAAE, NAAE, ACTE Membership Forms are in to Renee (She has them) ASAP. This is required (and free) to ensure you have liability insurance.

2)      Get your applications in ASAP for the NAAE Preservice program at National Convention! http://www.naae.org/prodev/nataa.html

Session 3 Follow Up - How do we plan for instruction? September 4th

Wednesday was fun! As an instructor, it helps me feel great. Thank you for continuing to bring positive energy every day!

Course session materials can be accessed on CoP here: http://communities.naae.org/docs/DOC-11410

To address the Ticket Outs from Session 2:

What are we curious about?

• Do both the Weekly Writing & Reading Reflection go into blog?
• Weekly writings go into blog. Reading Reflections are outlined in the assignment handbook (pg 13-15)
• Are we going to review RTL's with Instructors?
• It was not planned at this time, but Ms. Rice or Dr. Foster would be willing.
• Why is ag ed worth fighting for? Why is it more important than other electives such as music, art?
• You know, I could answer this question, but you guys have heard me before. I choose to post a question and seek replies from the profession: http://communities.naae.org/thread/6970
• Check out some of the information items in the Ag Ed Advocacy Community: http://communities.naae.org/community/mpa/advocacy
• Are there other commonly used instructional design models other than UbD (Understanding by Design)?
• Why yes, yes there are :) This website presents 26 additional models: http://www.instructionaldesign.org/models/
• How many units in our student teaching internship would be too many?
• Well, that is a tricky question. We have the utmost faith in your cooperating teachers to make the appropriate call. AND, how great is it to have that additional experience? I probably would not start worrying until the number was over 25.
• Making sure we keep in mind all the variables of effective teacher, how hard will that be when we have a million other thing to try and do at once?
• Practice makes perfect!
• Time Management in the classroom
• Read this: http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/103008/chapters/Managing-Instructional-Time.aspx
• Different Theories of Learning
• Here you go: http://www.learning-theories.com/
• What are some different ways to assess student learning?
• Check this out: http://www.edutopia.org/assessment

What did you learn?

• Unit Plans (and they are not that bad!)
• 5 Characteristics of effective teaching identified by Rosenshine and Furst, including:
• B - business-like behavior
• E - enthusiasm
• C - clarity
• O - opportunity to learn criterion material
• V - variability
• Begin with the end in mind!
• More about blogging- It's a lot easier and more fun than I thought!
• I like the Effective Effort rubric - some neat ideas for how to use it where tossed around!
• Think larger than a paper & pencil test
• Change instruction every 15 minutes!
• Program Curriculum 4 years; Course of Study 1 year, Unit Plan 3 weeks, Lesson Plan 1 or 2 days.
• Example Unit plan was helpful
• The attention span is approximately 1 minute for every year of age, up to 20.
• Always ask questions

What do you want to learn more about?

• How to get more efficient at writing lesson plans!
• Start! That is the key, just start!
• A great unit plan
• ...can be written by you!
• When talking about blogs, you mentioned that we should not mention a student by name. Does this apply to the classroom discussion for example AEE 295 Cooperating Center Presentation Chapter Officers?
• No. The Cooperating Center Presentation are never distributed to world wide public access and does not deal with confidential student issues.
• What format of a lesson plan would be easy for a substitute to understand? What have you done in the past?
• The key to a great sub plan is just completeness  Do not make them guess on what to do
• Really showing how you are going to meet standards and benchmarks
• Here is a neat site: http://communities.naae.org/community/prodev/enhancing-stem-through-agricultural-education
• What are some different techniques to change every 15 minutes?
• Read the Strategies for Great Teaching Book!

• Write Unit Plan Objectives and then work backwards!
• Check out the posted UbD workbook...helpful
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For next time (Friday, September 6th):

• Bring your favorite lesson plan from your scavenger hunt.