1. ED 502: Transforming Teaching Practice Wednesday, December 14, 2011 (7:00 p.m. ET) Second Seminar/ Effective Planning and Preparation Practices

2. This week’s readings and DB focus: Working with students; helping behaviors in lesson plans (Unit 2); Coherent Instruction; goals/ objectives/ assessment (Unit 3) Reading: Borich: Chapters 2 and 4 (Unit 2); 3 and 12 (Unit 3) Brief APA Overview Second Unit Seminar: Your cultural/ethnic/SES background- how does it impact your view of teaching and of your students? Winter Break Schedule Reminder Questions Upcoming Attractions Tonight’s agenda

3. What’s Graded? AssignmentDue DatePoints Discussion BoardUnits 2-9360 (45 points for each DB unit) Classroom Strategies Assignment Unit 4200 Reflective JournalUnit 7140 3-week Instructional Unit Unit 9300

4. Weekly Discussion Board (Units 2-9) Knowledge of Content 9 points: Student successfully applies sufficient concepts, facts, and ideas from readings and related assignments. Critical Thinking 12 points: Student demonstrates critical reflection on the topic(s) using two or more of the following strategies: 1) Examining issue(s) from multiple perspectives 2) Making connections to theoretical frameworks. 3) Reflecting critically on research methods or legitimacy and/or quality of sources Contribution to Flow of Academic Exchange 9 points: Student’s posts contribute significantly to the depth and evolution of the discussion. Participation 11 points: Student provides a high level of reciprocal engagement with other participants. Postings and replies are made throughout the academic week. Writing Mechanics and APA 4 points: Student’s posts contain few or no errors in writing or mechanics, and properly formatted APA in-text citation and a list of references wherever one is needed. Total /45

5. First graded DB (Unit 2) Unit 2: Choose one of the lesson plans starting on p. 145 that most closely reflects the content area you teach or plan to teach. Explain how you would apply the five helping behaviors into that plan. How will the incorporation of all five behaviors help your students execute a successful lesson? Please provide examples and text references as necessary. The lesson plans in the text focus on Reading, Math, Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science Music: http://www.lessonplanspage.com/music-htmhttp://www.lessonplanspage.com/music-htm Art: http://www.lessonplanspage.com/art-htm/ Knowledge of Content 9 points: Student successfully applies sufficient concepts, facts, and ideas from readings and related assignments. Critical Thinking 12 points: Student demonstrates critical reflection on the topic(s) using two or more of the following strategies: 1) Examining issue(s) from multiple perspectives 2) Making connections to theoretical frameworks. 3) Reflecting critically on research methods or legitimacy and/or quality of sources Contribution to Flow of Academic Exchange 9 points: Student’s posts contribute significantly to the depth and evolution of the discussion. Participation 11 points: Student provides a high level of reciprocal engagement with other participants. Postings and replies are made throughout the academic week. Writing Mechanics and APA 4 points: Student’s posts contain few or no errors in writing or mechanics, and properly formatted APA in-text citation and a list of references wherever one is needed. Total /45 Five helping behaviors (1) using ideas and contributions of learners (2) structuring (3)questioning (4)probing (5)teacher affect

6. First graded DB (Unit 2) Unit 2: Choose one of the lesson plans starting on p. 145 that most closely reflects the content area you teach or plan to teach. Explain how you would apply the five helping behaviors into that plan. How will the incorporation of all five behaviors help your students execute a successful lesson? Please provide examples and text references as necessary. Five helping behaviors (1) using ideas and contributions of learners (2) structuring (bridge- preview or summary) (3)questioning- content and process (higher and lower level thinking skills) (4)probing (5)teacher affect Question: How can “helping behaviors” be incorporated into a lesson that starts as a lecture on Pearl Harbor Day? (Dec. 7, 1941) Matter/ atoms/ cells/ biology- Content question and process question?

7. Unit 3 (Graded) DB Locate a lesson plan in one of the resource sites below that you believe meets the “distinguished” criteria for coherent instruction. Explain the following on the discussion board: Think about why this lesson is a distinguished example of coherent instruction. Identify the assessment methods are used in the lesson plan—diagnostic, formative, or summative (or a combination). How are the assessment methods included in the lesson congruent with the lesson’s instructional goals? Discuss advantages and disadvantages of this particular assessment method. Marcopolo: http://www.marcopolo-education.org/ The Gateway to Educational Materials:http://www.thegateway.org/ National Council of Teachers of Math: Illuminations: http://illuminations.nctm.org/ National Council of Teachers of English Teaching: http://www.ncte.org/ National Council for the Social Studies Teacher Resources: http://www.socialstudies.org/resources/ National Science Teachers Association: http://www.nsta.org/ Public Broadcasting: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/ Education World: http://www.education-world.com/ Kathy Schrock’s Guide: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ Sites for Teachers: http://www.sitesforteachers.com/

8. Unit 3 (Graded) DB Locate a lesson plan in one of the resource sites below that you believe meets the “distinguished” criteria for coherent instruction. Nine principles of coherent instruction: -Goals relate to understanding/ comprehending the content, rather than competition/ less engaged learning -Real world interactions- interviews/ community history Interesting texts for instruction Students accept more responsibility (autonomy support) Strategy Instruction (modeling studying, using active reading strategies) Support for collaboration Intrinsic rewards are emphasized; blatantly extrinsic rewards are de-emphasized Effective evaluation methods are utilized Teachers are meaningfully involved in student learning Engaging Young Readers (2000). Baker, L., Dreher, M.J., and Guthrie, J.T. (2000). Engaging young readers: Promoting achievement and motivation. Guilford Publications: New York. Demonstration on how to have students work in groups- how could one of these distinguished criteria be incorporated?

9. Discussion Board Reminders Three things** to remember: 1. Enter the site at least 3 times per week. 2. Respond to at least two classmates... 3. Make sure to add a reference list at the bottom of your original post and make sure to cite in the text of your post. Resources can be from outside internet sources. **3A: Communicate with me if/when you anticipate problems posting on time, in a given DB unit.**

10. Major Assignments I. Classroom Strategies Assignment- due Unit 4, March 1: 200 Points Explain how you can use the three elements of curriculum (content (input materials), process (grouping), and product (student responses)) to meet the needs of students in the content area and grade level you teach or wish to teach. Include researched sources- text, articles in Major Assignment description. Include specific strategies you would use related to differentiating content, process, and products for a given grade level/content area. –3-4 page paper

11. Major Assignments II. Reflective Journal, due Unit 7, March 22, 140 Points –Reflect on the artifact (Classroom Strategies Assignment) for each category of the reflection: Clarified Format: 1.An introduction to the artifact. 2.What did you learn from developing this artifact, and how could creating the artifact lead to improvements in your teaching or your teaching preparation? 3.What Kaplan competencies did you achieve with this artifact? Identify the competencies, and explain how creating the artifact led to your meeting these selected competencies. 4.If you were to implement instruction using this artifact, what would the students gain? No required length; recommend 3-5 pages

12. Major Assignments IV. Instructional Unit, due Unit 9, April 5, 300 Points Three week unit, following template provided, with at least five different lesson plans (lesson plans can last more than one day!) Daily Lesson Format: Lesson Topic: Student Guiding Question: Materials/Resources: Opening Activity: Instructional Activity: Practice Activity: Assessment Activity: Suggestion for Getting Started: Plan a final unit-assessment activity and work backwards from it to design lessons. This final assessment activity should evaluate whether students… [meet the unit’s instructional goals]. Planning the assessment first will ensure that your lesson plans provide opportunities for students to gain understanding of concepts and proficiency with skills that you have targeted.

13. Major Assignments- Keys to Earning Full Credit Follow the rubrics! Start early, ask questions early Feel free to run ideas by me, ahead of time Meet the deadlines, but be sure what you turn in is your best work.

14. APA Review: Direct quotes, Paraphrasing, & Summarizing Use direct quotations by copying the words exactly as the author has written them. Place quotation marks around the copied text. When you can't say it any other way or the words are powerfully written and you want to include the researcher's "voice," use a quotation. Use quotes sparingly! Paraphrasing concisely rephrases the original text. Be very careful when you put someone else’s statements into your own words. Summarizing condenses the author's ideas in different words. Be very careful that you are not inadvertently incorporating the author's exact language. You should accurately represent what the author actually found or argued.

15. APA Review: How do you cite a paraphrase or summary in the front or middle of a sentence with one author? –Only the author’s LAST name is used. –The name is followed by parentheses ( ). –The parentheses contain the year the article was published. Example: The importance of new teacher needs has become a prominent issue for teacher induction research (Breaux & Wong, 2003). Note: There is no period after the sentence. The ampersand is used instead of the word “and.” The period is placed after the bracketed year.

16. APA Review: How do you cite a quotation in the beginning or the middle of the sentence? –Quotation marks are placed around the quoted text. –The authors’ names and year appear in the beginning of the text. –After the end quotation mark, place a bracket ( ), which contains the page on which the quotation was found. –Before the page number use lower case p followed by a period. Example: Breaux and Wong (2003) contended, “New teachers feel isolated, vulnerable, deeply concerned with how they will be perceived and thus are afraid to ask for help” (p. 7).

17. “How to” Accessing Seminar Ppts from Doc Sharing 1.Choose Doc Sharing- Click the drop-down menu next to select view. Choose Seminar PowerPoints. 2.Download the Ppt of your choosing!

18. Due this week (actually due on Thursday, January 5, 2012) (Unit 2: Planning and Preparation: Content, Pedagogy, Students, and Instructional Goals Reading: Borich: Chapters 2 and 4 Unit 3: Planning and Preparation: Resources, Coherent Instruction, and Assessment Reading: 3 and 12 Assignments: Units 2 and 3: Graded DBs Start Preparing for Classroom Strategies Assignment (Unit 4)

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