Module 1

Projects in this module: Classroom Management Textbook Chapters and Presentations, Student Sample including Rubrics (product and presentation)

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

M

9/12
  1. Welcome to Module 1!
  2. brainstorming classroom management textbook items
    1. 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
    2. what are you most concerned about in classroom management that you'd like to see addressed in a book on classroom management
  3. starting to organize our contents and creating a "table of contents"
  • (MEL presentations)

W

9/14
  1. guest presentation by "Our Librarian," Janet Brackett
  2. handback MEL productions feedback from me
  3. your insights from the self-reflection
  4. opportunity to improve your MEL product
  5. another look at your MEL judge's feedback
  6. double highlighter follow-up
  7. classroom management textbook and presentation
  8. looking at our textbook "chapters"
  9. giving your preferences for the topics

F

9/16
  1. 1 classroom management presentation
    1. Dr. Theresa--Mission: Possible
  2. look at tables of contents for duplications and omissions
  3. team contract & team name
  4. brief intro to student sample
    1. What It Is, Hamlet
    2. Pirate Prezi
  5. resource collection
  • (work on your Stage 2 packet for Dr. Grace because we are building on that in this class)
  • 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?
  • finish your team's ToC and link to artifacts wiki
  • search for a good tool to publish your Classroom Management Chapter (check out this site)

M

9/19
  1. history of educational technology
  2. Intel CD
  3. diversity activity
  4. Q&A about CM presentation or student sample?

W

9/21
  1. questions about student sample?
  2. look for overlap/duplication/gaps in tables of contents
  3. what are the connections between chapters? are there good pairings?
  4. how overwhelming is this? how unsure are you feeling?
  5. determine presentation sequence
  6. work on student samples and rubrics in class

F

9/23
  1. copyright and fair use follow up
  2. the staple story
  3. 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
  4. glossary
  • bring printouts of both your rubrics from Dr. Grace's class (the product and the presentation rubrics of your performance task)

M

9/26
  1. what kind of feedback would you like on your student sample?
  2. student sample presentations
  • 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

9/28
  1. a look at the interview report
  2. sharing and peer feedback on textbook chapters
  3. tech support on your textbook chapter tool
  4. have fun creating picture proof of your resource collection; make sure your picture is a .jpg
  5. try a test run of troovi for uploading photos of your resource collection; maybe zangzing? when could you use this in your class?
  6. the "Emerging Technology Presentation"
  7. work/play on your glossary and ask tech support questions about wikis
  • picture proof of your resource collection
  • "textbook chapter" should be linked to the artifacts wiki

F

9/30
  1. a look at Blackboard
  2. what to expect in Module 2
  3. talk about "A Fair(y) Use Tale"
  4. Flat Stanley
  5. the rest of Fires QRs (chapters 3-10) are due when you get back by 8:15 on Monday, Oct. 24
  6. feel free to use one blog entry for the 1 of your 3-2-1 (even if it is a "fail")
  7. the "Emerging Technology Presentation" alternative:
    1. Explore Maine Memory Network
    2. Explore Google Earth
  8. a closer look at classroom management presentations
  • final final textbook chapter is due
  • if you have completed your interview with your teacher or educational expert that you admire, fill out the interview report
WHILE YOU'RE IN THE FIELD:
Required: Read the rest of Fires (chapters 3-10) and write a QR for each; due when you get back by 8:15 on Monday, Oct. 24
Suggested:
work on the "Emerging Technology Presentation" where you don't have to present:
  1. Explore Maine Memory Network
  2. Explore Google Earth
interview a teacher or education expert that you admire (maybe your mentor) on questions related to your Classroom Management textbook chapter