Wednesday, September 4, 2013

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 herehttp://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?
  • Are there other commonly used instructional design models other than UbD (Understanding by Design)?
  • 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
  • Different Theories of Learning
  • What are some different ways to assess student learning?

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
    • 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

    For next time (Friday, September 6th):


    • Bring your favorite lesson plan from your scavenger hunt.

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