EDU101Notebook

EDU 101 - Introduction to Secondary/Middle Education
=EDU 101 Notebook - Fall 2007=

You will need a 3-ring notebook, at least 1.5" thick*. You will also need at least 4 section dividers. They should be labeled the following:
 * Becoming a Teacher
 * Success at UMF
 * Knowledge of the Learner
 * History & Philosophy

The outside of the notebook should be decorated to reflect why you want to become a teacher and what kind of teacher you would like to be. It could be a collage, a drawing, a painting or even a word wall, but it should be creative and do a good job reflecting those key concepts. (Be sure to keep your creativity appropriate, tasteful, and professional.)

Throughout the semester, as you learn things in class, reflect on things in your blog, create things individually or as a team, you should create some kind of hard copy reflecting that learning and put it in your notebook. These artifacts could include a printout of your blog writing, a handwritten reflection on a class activity, a printout of a team creation.

At the end of the semester, all your artifacts should be included in your notebook that reflect your learning in answer to each of the essential questions. Some of your learning in answer to these questions may have happened outside of EDU 101. Feel free to include artifacts that represent that learning as well. For each artifact, include a 2-5 sentence statement telling why you placed it in the section that you did, i.e., justify your placement as to how that artifact represents your learning in that particular area. Be sure to address what you learned as well as how that learning fits the category. Your justification statements can be made directly on the artifact, on a separate page in the notebook, as part of a table of contents, as a listing of justifications for each artifact in the section and attached to the divider, etc. Again, be creative and do a good job reflecting who you are and your organizational style.

Read the rubric to learn more about the specific details of what is required and how you will be assessed:


 * The notebook does not have to be new, though it does have to be clean and professional-looking. Check the "Everyone's Resource Depot" on the lower level of the Education Center. They encourage recycling and creative re-use of donated clean, safe materials. They often have 3-ring binders at a greatly reduced price. They are open Monday-Friday 3-5pm, Saturday 10am-noon, and Tuesday and Thursdays when UMF is in session from 10am-noon (in addition to the afternoon times).

NOTE: You may feel like one item belongs in more than one section. You may duplicate an item and use it in at most 2 sections but it must be well-justified as to why it appears in each of the sections and the justifications must be quite different. You may duplicate at most 3 items.