1 What? I didn’t come here for Culture!

2 Deepen teachers’ math and science content and pedagogical content knowledge. Strengthen teachers’ ability to engage students in math and science practices in everyday instruction. Strengthen teachers’ ability to develop and implement learning experiences aligned with CCSS and NGSS. SEISMIC Summer Academy Goals

3 Our SEISMIC Pedagogical Learning Log A new notebook—please don’t start writing in it yet! Open to page 5 (leave a few blank pages in the front) Tabs available at your tables if you want to use them

4 Our SEISMIC Pedagogical Learning Log LEFT SIDE –student page My thinking  RIGHT SIDE-teacher page  Information

5 Left side – YOUR thinking What I think I know about learning logs Please take about 2 minutes to consider what you think you already know about learning logs. There are many varieties etc.  Right Side – Information Name of pedagogical move ​ : Learning Logs

Pedagogical Learning Log Left side – YOUR thinking What I think I know about Learning Logs…  RIGHT SIDE-information Name or description of strategy ​ : Learning Logs Purpose: your notes… 6

7 Learn by writing (Write to Learn) Note taking Track learning and/or process Learners’ reflections on what they are learning - connections Deepens thinking A place to ask questions - connections Formative Assessment-teacher or self Can be used for any content! Common among scientists and engineers… Can include problem-solving entries from math or science, observations from lab experiments, questions about lectures or readings, etc. Learning Logs – Purpose From Dialectical Journals, Learning Logs and AVID journals

8 Our SEISMIC Pedagogical Learning Log Left side-student thinking What I think I know about this Right Side-teacher information Name or description of strategy ​ : Learning Logs Purpose: Share what you noted as key to remember…

9 L Learning Logs – Steps Decide on your purpose for the notebook Cross subjects? Single subjects? Multiple in one notebook? Obtain a notebook for each student Model set-up (you decide what is important to include) Pedagogical Moves  Table of contents  Number pages  Log will be pedagogical moves used throughout SEISMIC Keep it simple and manageable for you The most important step---USE THE LOG!

10 Learning logs – variations…(unlimited!) example questions for left side What do I THINK I know about xxx? (Later) What do I now understand about xxx? What did I do in class today? What did I learn? What did I find interesting? What questions do I have about what I learned? What was the point of today’s class? What connections did I make to previous ideas of lessons? Additional ideas?

11 SEISMIC Pedagogical Learning Log Left side What I think I know about this Right Side Name or description of strategy ​ Purpose Steps How was the move planned, set up, what happened? bullets, narrative, sketch…what works for you? Variations if appropriate. 11

12 Back to the left side! Your thinking…

13 SEISMIC Pedagogical Learning Log Left side What I think I know about this What I understand now How this could support student engagement How I might use this to enhance instruction with my students next year Include how you might modify for your situation!.

14 Table of Contents Number your pages up through this strategy. Back to your table of contents— Learning Logspages x - x

15 Say Something…. How was it taught/facilitated – Let’s dig into the pedagogy of Say Something Another page in your pedagogical learning log… Number your pages Add this move to the Table of Contents page

16 Say Something Process: 1.Work with your partner 2.Read silently and simultaneously to a mutually agreed upon stopping point (consider 1-3 paragraph chunking). 3.When each partner is ready, stop and “say something.” The something might be a question, a brief summary, a key point, an interesting idea, or a personal connection. 4.Continue the process until you have completed the section 5.At the end of the reading, have a conversation about the entire reading, inquiring into the other person’s thinking. 6.End with a group discussion

17 Left side What I think I know about this What I understand now How this could support student engagement How I might use this to enhance instruction with my students next year Right Side Name or description of strategy ​ : Say Something Purpose: What is the purpose? (how did the process support your learning?_ Steps How was the move planned, set up, what happened? (you have this on the handout) Variations if appropriate. SEISMIC Pedagogical Learning Log

18 Pedagogical Logs – a specific type of learning log for educators Scale 1-5, 5 high—how did this pedagogical move help you as a learner? What would have helped me more

19 Pedagogical Logs (instructional moves) and Content Learning Logs (math and science)

20 Three Shifts in ELA/Literacy 1. Building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction 2. Reading, writing and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational 3. Regular practice with complex text and its academic language 20

21 SEISMIC Content learning logs--- Reflections on the material we are learning Record the process we went through in learning something new Questions we want to have clarified Specifics from the content professors