Module 1

Projects in this module: Classroom Management Textbook Chapters, Student Sample including Rubrics (product and presentation), Emerging Technology Team Demonstrations

--Date--
--What we will do in class today--
--What you need to have completed before coming to class today--

M

10/3
  1. Welcome to Module 1!
  2. remembering back to MEL
  3. MEL Conclusion
  4. your insights from the self-reflection on MEL
  5. opportunity to improve your MEL product
  6. another look at your MEL judge's feedback
  7. making up Columbus Day class
  8. Team Presentation details
  9. give choices
  10. what is "a digital presence" for your Team Presentation?
  11. Maine Memory Network samples
  12. MMN homework
  13. announce teams
  14. reminder about digital story
  15. resources for team presentations
  16. give out readings for Wednesday for double highlighter exercise
  • read chapters 3-10 of Fires in the Bathroomand write a QR blog entry for each chapter(you'll have a total of 10 blog entries for Fires in the Bathroom) OR tackle the alternative assignment

W

10/5
  1. double highlighter follow-up
  2. figuring out Blackboard
  3. writing our own Classroom Management textbook
  4. brainstorming classroom management textbook items
  5. what are things that are "obvious" to you but that should be addressed in a book on classroom management for others who might not know
  6. what are you most concerned about in classroom management that you'd like to see addressed in a book on classroom management
  7. determine partner combinations (5 teams of 2 and 1 team of 3): not team presentation members and not MEL partners
  8. starting to organize our contents and creating a "table of contents"
  9. diversity activity

F

10/7
(start at 8:15am)
  1. finish Inspiration; look at Inspiration Exploration
  2. Diversity Conference
  3. team contract & team name
  4. guest presentation by "Our Librarian," Janet Brackett
  5. looking at our textbook "chapters"
  6. look at tables of contents for duplications/overlaps/omissions
  7. what are the connections between chapters? are there good pairings? need to rearrange?
  8. giving your preferences for the topics
  9. Classroom Management textbook and presentation
  10. brief intro to student sample
    1. What It Is, Hamlet
    2. Pirate Prezi
  11. resource collection
  • look through some of the Classroom Management textbooks on reserve in the library; check out their Table of Contents; what else needs to be added to your ToC? Bring a list of at least 2 items to class

M

10/10
Happy Columbus Day!

W

10/12
(start at 8:15am)
  1. feedback sandwich
  2. Emerging Technology Team Presentations
  3. history of educational technology
  4. Intel CD
  5. Q&A about CM textbook or student sample?
  6. go over homework for Friday and Monday
  7. finish Inspiration; look at Inspiration Exploration
  8. glossary
  9. 10:20 move to Ed Center 103 for last Team Presentation

F

10/14
(start at 8:15am)
  1. who's got this covered in their chapter?
  2. compare topics lists on classroom management textbooks
  3. the staple story
  4. peer feedback on rubrics
    1. looking for loopholes
    2. avoiding bias and ambiguity
    3. ongoing edits on rubrics, especially as you make your student sample
  5. questions about student sample?
  6. Happy Texas Annexation Day on Oct. 13
  7. BREAK
  8. external image vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.png TypeITypeIISp11.docx
  9. copyright and fair use follow up
  10. picture proof of your resource collection
  11. work on your glossary and ask tech support questions about wikis
  12. work on student samples and rubrics in class

M

10/17
  1. what kind of feedback would you like on your student sample?
  2. student sample presentations
  • picture proof of your resource collection
  • student sample should be linked to class artifacts wiki
    • bring printouts of your 2 rubrics to class and turn in to Dr. Theresa right before it's your turn to present
    bring a printout of your student sample to turn in to Dr. Theresa right before it's your turn to present
    • bring a full printout of all pages (black and white is fine) if it's a wiki, e-book, Comic Life, etc
    • bring a printout of any text from your product e.g. a storyboard/transcript of your student sample if it's an iMovie, GarageBand, etc., a printout of a Comic Life, screen shots of xtranormal, etc. AND include a listing of any text that appears on the screen of your movie/mp3/m4a
    • if your student sample has no visible text, you don't have to bring anything to class

W

10/19
  1. the numbers speak...
  2. sharing and peer feedback on textbook chapters
    1. did they address reactive management (what do you do when it doesn't work)
    2. did they address dominoes (if this happens, what's the impact)
    3. does the Golden Rule/respect fit in this chapter? Is it mentioned/addressed?
    4. what is left out? what do you still wish you knew?
  3. how will we do introduction/overview and index/glossary
  4. tech support on your textbook chapter tool
  5. try a test run of troovi for uploading photos of your resource collection
  6. have fun creating "picture proof with pizzaz" of your resource collection
  7. a look at the interview report

  1. your glossary for this class (not the same as the glossary y'all want for your textbook)
  2. reminder about Diversity Conference
  • "textbook chapter" should be linked to the artifacts wiki
  • finish Type I Type II document (Word doc started in class last Wednesday) and add Inspiration and Maine Memory Network Done in class and already emailed. :-)

F

10/21
(we will end at 11:00 today so you have time for lunch before the Diversity Conference)
  1. a classroom management presentation by Dr. Theresa--Mission: Citizen
  2. what to expect in Module 2
    1. WebQuest
    2. Classroom Management presentations
    3. 3-2-1
    4. Digital Story Showcase
    5. Final Reflection
  3. student sample scores; re-doing/ fixing/ tweaking the student sample
  4. while you're in the field:
    1. interior design project
    2. complete your interview on your CM chapter topic if you haven't already done it
  • final final textbook chapter is due Monday (10/24) at 9:00am
  • if you have completed your interview with your teacher or educational expert that you admire, fill out the interview report
  • attend the Diversity Conferencetoday
    • go to the keynote presentation (during common time) and at least one other presentation
    • pick up your certificate of attendance
    • write a blog entry titled "Diversity Conference" with one paragraph (or more) about each presentation, what you got out of it, and how the information will impact your future classroom
    • if you are unable to attend the conference, see Dr. Theresa for an alternative assignment