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:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
For next time (Friday, September 6th):
- Bring your favorite lesson plan from your scavenger hunt.
