Good Morning, Berkey Sunshines! If you haven’t had a chance, please use these minutes to look at the articles our kickoff leaders sent out, so that they’ll have everyone’s informed support and participation. (they’ll do it for you too… )

Session 3: January 18, 2013 Learning Communities and Unit Plan II and III Instructor: Amanda Baumann TE 803, Section 2 – Professional Roles and Teaching Practice II

Kickoff! Allison, Emily, Miranda on proposed educational reforms in Michigan Next week: Ally, Colleen, and Matt

Agenda Learning Community: quick hit Overview Example: one framework it would be possible to use with Ss Example activity and debrief Unit Planning Alternate sources of resources (to increase your teaching forces) Tomlinson on differentiation Policy Moment: Local Journalism Fact Sheet Assignment: here’s the basic idea Unit Plan Workshop, part deux

Learning Community Tone, discourse What “good work” and “good effort” mean What it means to be a helpful peer Visualize the ideal learning community How does your current classroom map onto your vision? Job interview question: What kind of learning community will you create in the classroom? Basis or framework: Citizenship, “Being A Hero,” various team images/ideas

The theory of Multiple intelligences is based on research by Dr. Howard Gardner of Harvard University. M DR Dr. Howard Gardner Multiple Intelligences are different ways of demonstrating intellectual ability.

Multiple Intelligences Verbal linguistic Logical mathematical Visual spatial Musical Bodily kinesthetic Naturalist Interpersonal Intrapersonal

Unit Planning Teamers: Three lessons each for a total of six (change at the team level)– the teaming unit planning process is now standardized Main resources: are only that. Start with the GLCEs if you can manage it (this is the missing link from the hospital unit), because (shh!) lots of curriculum materials aren’t very good (especially assessments). Issues from yesterday: how much integration is enough? As powerful and authentic as you can make a case for is enough for me. Questions, problems, conundrums?

The Tomlinson Differences and similarities between what Beane called integration and Tomlinson calls differentiation? Agreement and/or disagreement with what Tomlinson has to say? What’s assessment got to do with it? “making room”

Media/Policy Moment City Pulse cover story from this week Whom does this article assume you, the reader, are? In your opinion, what is this article trying to do? Do you find any unexamined assumptions in this article? Who is given voice and not given voice in this article?

Break And “international schools” chat!

Exceptionalities Fact Sheet Here is the basic idea Resources: class readings (general, and to be discussed in more detail next week) You will also need to find some specific info on your own Please get that table on the wiki filled in as soon as you can!

What is Geography? Integrative discipline that brings together the physical and human dimensions of the world in the study of people, places and environments More than arcane facts; it’s putting the facts together, combined with perspective

Brophy & Alleman Great riff on what geography is and how gloriously interdisciplinary it can be Great riff on typical problems with geography texts and geography teaching Kids’ developmental thinking about geography

How does teaching for geography contribute to citizenship? Civic Efficacy understanding of cultural differences of places can help people overcome ego, ethnocentrism and geocentrism and act in ways that are respectful of differences understanding of the fragile balance of humans and environment will lead to responsible actions toward the environment knowledge of place and environment helps citizens make informed political decisions

Five Fundamental Themes of Geography MR.HELP (mnemonic device) Movement Region Human/Environment Interaction Location (absolute and relative) Place (physical and human characteristics)

Unit Planning Have at it I am your five-minute resource!

For next time… Unit plans part I and II due to me via prior to the start of class (please contact me about extensions well before this). Friend & Bursuck, Chapter 9 (Instructional Adaptations) Tomlinson, Chapters 5, 6, and 7 (pp )– does everyone have the book by now? Review: Brophy and Alleman, Chapter 5 (in both 2006 and 2012 editions…HISTORY!!!) Friend & Bursuck, Chapter 9 Brophy and Alleman, Chapter 5