EDU101-002ClassActivities

A work in progress--Check back often extra office hours: Thursday 12/13 1:15-2:15 and 3:15-4:15 Friday 12/14 10:00-11:30 and 3:00-4:00 no office hours during exam week except by appointment || EDU 101-001 (first quarter of the fall 2007 semester) Assignments and In Class Activities
 * **--Date--** || **--What We Will Do In Class Today--** || **--What You Need To Have Done Before Coming to Class Today--** ||
 * W 10/24 || * joint activities with SED 125 || * no homework yet ||
 * M 10/29 || # index card activity
 * 1) go over syllabus/wiki
 * 2) finding pictures on eCampus
 * 3) what to do if you get a blank email
 * 4) about the textbook //The Joy of Teaching//
 * 5) laptops in class
 * 6) Wednesday's class--where it is, what to bring || * bring your five mini-assignments from the joint activities on Wednesday 10/24 ||
 * W 10/31 || MEET IN COMPUTER CENTER 104 (MACINTOSH LAB)
 * 1) share quotes
 * 2) add your quote to the artifacts page on the class wiki
 * 3) set up blog account
 * 4) add your blog URL to the class artifacts page || # Five quotes
 * 5) Bring your laptop if you have one
 * 6) Read Chapter 1 in //The Joy of Teaching//
 * 7) Email yourself your responses to the mini-assignments OR bring the text on a USB drive ||
 * M 11/5 || # share notebooks (put eCampus printouts inside)
 * 1) review Transfer of Major and Practicum
 * 2) discuss Chapter 5 and what is an educational shift
 * 3) [|Taylor Mali]
 * 4) brainstorm good teacher characteristics
 * 5) good teaching rubric activity
 * 6) our good teaching brainstorm list || # EDU 101 notebook: Bring the notebook that is decorated on the exterior and has the 4 dividers. We will pass around the notebooks to share with classmates. Be ready to explain the meaning of the decorations on the exterior of your notebook.
 * 7) Bring eCampus printouts of you and your faculty advisor; bring an eCampus printout of your peer mentor (you will have to ask your peer mentor to make that available to you) OR bring a Myspace, Facebook, or self-made information sheet about your peer mentor showing name, contact info, and photo if possible.
 * 8) Read Chapter 5 in //The Joy of Teaching.// Be on the lookout for an educational shift that you might want to research further.
 * 9) Finish your 4 blog entries about the scavenger hunt that we started in class today.
 * 10) Write a blog entry that is one paragraph long based on the Journaling exercise on page 40 of the textbook--why do you want to become a teacher. ||
 * W 11/7 || MEET IN COMPUTER CENTER 104 (MACINTOSH LAB)
 * 1) sign up for a wiki account (everyone)
 * 2) start your educational shift wiki || # Read Chapter 6 in //The Joy of Teaching.// Be on the lookout for an educational shift that you might want to research further.
 * 3) Decide your educational shift topic; find websites, at least one graphic, and a non-Internet source of information about your topic ||
 * M 11/12 || # add your educational shift url to class artifact page when Mahildabob gets to you || # Read Chapter 3
 * 1) work on your educational shift wiki ||
 * W 11/14 || MEET IN COMPUTER CENTER 104 (MACINTOSH LAB)
 * 1) peer feedback on educational shift wikis
 * 2) discuss state standards for being certified
 * 3) schedule between now and end of semester || # Read Chapter 4
 * 4) complete your educational shift wiki ||
 * M 11/19 || # Work Day || # Use peer feedback to improve your educational shift wiki. Final version must be finished before noon today. ||
 * W 11/21 || # No Class || # Have a Happy Thanksgiving ||
 * M 11/26 || # certification comparison
 * 1) Interstate Certification Compact
 * 2) guest speaker from SEAM
 * 3) discuss professional organizations; assign teams || # Read Chapter 7
 * 4) Blog your formative assessment
 * 5) Research what it takes to be a licensed/certified teacher in the location (state or country) of your choice. Find out:
 * 6) URL for information
 * 7) other contact information (phone, address,...)
 * 8) any required exams? which ones?
 * 9) how much $$? any application fee?
 * 10) minimum requirements?
 * 11) how long is your first license/certificate good for?
 * 12) what do you have to do to renew your license/certificate?
 * 13) at least one other interesting thingYou may print out the web pages and highlight the answers or handwrite the answers or type the answers. Bring the answers on paper to class and be ready to share. ||
 * W 11/28 || MEET IN COMPUTER CENTER 104 (MACINTOSH LAB)
 * 1) hand back feedback on educational shifts wikis
 * 2) plagiarism
 * 3) organization
 * 4) [|just for fun -- blog vs. wiki]
 * 5) [|using wikis collaboratively]
 * 6) sit with your professional organization team
 * 7) determine team strategy; fill out [|TeamContract.doc]
 * 8) start work on professional organization wiki (one team member will host the team's site on his/her wiki)
 * 9) link the URL to your team's home page to the class artifact page || # Research professional organizations in your concentration (or education in general if you are on that team).
 * 10) Bring a list of organization names and their URLs to class. ||
 * M 12/3 || # S N O W D A Y || # Read chapter 13 ||
 * W 12/5 || # review EDU 101 notebook
 * 1) assign standards
 * 2) what's the difference between covering material students don't learn and never covering it?
 * 3) discuss cooperative structures || # finish team presentations on your schools
 * 4) Philosophy Paper
 * M 12/10 || # share standards
 * 1) chapter 14 follow-up: how's your resumé? || # Read chapter 14
 * 2) Turn your EDU 101 notebook in to my office (220) before class or to Kristin in 219
 * W 12/12 || # transparent teaching . . . working in teams: what worked, what didn't?
 * 1) compare 4-year schedules
 * 2) which is better (and for whom): heterogeneous vs. homogeneous groupings
 * 3) laptops: a requirement for fall 2009, a recommendation for now--evaluating your laptop (bring yours if you have one)
 * 4) summative assessment
 * 5) evaluations || office hours: Wed 2:30-4:00
 * 1) summative assessment
 * 2) evaluations || office hours: Wed 2:30-4:00