EDU+101-002+In+Class+Activities

HAPPY SPRING BREAK
 * 3/14/07--W**: review course syllabus, navigate class wiki, do index card activity, discuss pre-registration and job fair, review upcoming assignments
 * 3/16/07--F**: share quotes, explore Constructivist vs. Objectivist, learn how to post to a wiki, post one of your quotes
 * 3/21/07--W**: topics: SEAM, professional organizations, notebook sharing, introduction to poverty and SES (Socio-Economic Status) issues
 * 3/23/07--F:** meet in Computing Center 104, discuss Praxis, look at 4 year plan tool, set up blog account, add your blog's URL to the class wiki artifact page for blogs, do first blog entry on Middle School Issue
 * 3/28/07--W:** who are schools for? what's the purpose of school? how is that purpose carried out? who decides? who pays? build your own school
 * 3/30/07--F:** share your school; Student-->Teacher: CSP roles, team assignments, table arrangements; educational shifts; Ruby Payne Discussion;
 * 4/4/07--W:** meet in Computing Center 104; look at blogs, titles, and tags--how to use them and why; make sure your blog URL is on the class wiki artifact page for blogs; set up a wiki account; start educational shifts wiki pages; link your page to the artifacts wiki page
 * 4/6/07--F**: Alternative class activity for those who were in attendance.
 * 4/11/07--W**: Symposium Day. No class. Attend at least one Symposium Day presentation.
 * 4/13/07--F:** Meet in Computing Center 104; peer feedback on educational shifts wiki; professional organization assignment explained; "what does it take to be certified to teach in the 'community' of your choice?" assignment explained; review EDU 101 notebook
 * 4/25/07--W:** Virginia Tech--what would you do? What constitutes good teaching--brainstorm, discussion, rubric creation
 * 4/27/07--F:** team creation of good teaching rubrics; UMF standards; what's the difference between covering material students don't learn and never covering it?
 * 5/2/07--W:** which is better (and for whom): heterogeneous vs. homogeneous groupings; teacher certification requirements; ; UMF standards sharings assignments; turn in EDU 101 notebook
 * 5/4/07--F:** **last class :-(** UMF standards sharings; [|a framework for understanding Ruby Payne]; cooperative structures discussion; homework--a discussion, not a homework assignment; Practicum Q&A; evaluations