Eric

Week 1 INTASC Standards
 * 1) 1. Content Pedagogy: The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline he or she teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for students.
 * 2) 2. Student Development: The teacher understands how children learn and develop, and can provide learning opportunities that support a child's intellectual, social, and personal development.

College - Philosophy class and power teaching (whole brain teaching) [] What tools for engagement do you observe? He uses lots of partner interaction to repeat what he has said in his micro-lectures. He also calls on individuals to repeat the micro-lectures. What strategy for encoding does he use most? I believe he uses repetition, either to your partner or to the class. College – Aristotle’s Four Causes [] What do you perceive to be one of the essentials of power teaching from observing this clip? Repetition to your classmates. High School Math on Slope [] Make two more observations about the “essentials of power teaching” -Micro-lecturing is very important—keep it short! -Rewarding or Un-rewarding class for their enthusiasm 6th Grade Math Class Operations [] How long does she talk before she expects the Ss to review? I’m going say around 30 seconds. What role does positive reinforcement play here? The students are rewarded for doing gestures and staying enthusiastic about what they are learning. 4/5th Grade Teacher is 11 years old here [] How does she outline “expectations” or “standards” for participation? I don’t think she says it explicitly, but she does tell the class that if they do not use enthusiasm or hand gestures when talking to one another, they will receive d-extra credit. How does she keep the discussion open ended? She calls on several different students and has them discuss their thoughts. She also gives them the opportunity to agree or disagree with what another student said, without being too critical of one another. Critical Thinking Skills in 4th Grade [] What impact would this style of teaching make in the schools you have seen? This style of teaching gets every student involved and there is not much down time for messing around. In classed I have seen, only the extrovert kids want to talk, but this allows for everyone to participate and “be” the teacher. College instruction on the Basics of Power Teaching [] What role do these elements play in this lesson? Humor-Humor keeps the class mood light Gestures-these promote participation and keep hands busy from fiddling with other distractions Refocusing-Gets the students back to main point and makes sure everyone is on the same page before moving on to the next topic What is the most unique thing you see in this clip? What really has jumped out at me is the way he engages the students with “Class” and then expects all of them to respond. In a silly way, he is maintaining control of the classroom and keeping everyone focused Classroom Rules [] Compare and contrast the ways he presents the rules. What do you see? He presents the rules in ways that will reach the different learning styles and age groups. Some are visual learners, they will benefit from the signs. Some are kinesthetic learners, and will like the gestures, aural learners will appreciate hearing the rules in funny voices. These provide many ways to engage your students. Each teacher can adapt the style to fit the grade level they are teaching. Smart Board and Mr. Howard [] Where can you find one of the boards to learn how to use them? I have seen more and more of these boards being introduced into secondary classrooms around my district. I have even been offered a chance to play with one, as many of the teachers are enthusiastic about using them and teaching others how they work. Another lesson on Power Teaching [] Variety….is part of this method’s appeal. What does this method do for his “enthusiasm” and “creativity”? This method boosts his enthusiasm and creativity. He is always thinking of new, engaging ways to mix things up. Students get bored quickly and you can lose their attention if you stay with the same thing, but mixing it up and being creative keeps them attentive and ready to learn.

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-Music adds a refreshing/relaxing touch to the slides

-Slides contain great pictures that divert the mind to peaceful times

-Timing of the slide show is great, enough time to read the quote and provoke a thought

-Quotes are refreshing and true and soothe the worried mind of an educator

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-Music is relevant

-Slides are properly timed

-Use of disappearing and appearing students based on circumstances is very powerful and provokes emotion.

-Brings in to light the power of a single teacher

-Caring teachers can affect millions by only affecting one

Week 2

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-Very thought provoking

-Causes self-reflection

-Faces are a real symbolism of how a teacher can act or be

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-Slides were very appealing

-Good information on going above and beyond in a classroom

-Slideshow went a little too fast, not the best pacing.

-Overall, some very good information to be had

Week 2 - Blooms and Anderson -Blooms originally focused on knowledge -Anderson was more applied focus -Need to get ideas to work together, rather than standing apart -Surface learning is largely about memory, don’t retain it very long
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[|**http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZARe2_HQcA&NR=1**] -Learning taxonomy -Cognitive domain, Affective domain, Psychomotor domain -Student has to have knowledge to progress up domain -Synthesis can lead to students creating their own work based on what they know

[|**http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8Tx5zxNMFk&NR=1**] -Like the simple yet creative way of laying out Bloom’s -No audio, plays more to visual learners -Did not see the birthday cake coming! -Like how the verbs were displayed at the top as the different levels were added

[|**http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFYI_Qo8wpY&feature=related**] -Good teaching occurs in a safe, comfortable environment -Students prefer the linking of theory and practice – praxis -Regard for feelings and actions -Roles need to be clearly defined in the classroom and groups -People learn better when they are engaged

Week 3 Observations [] ,

-Incorporating MLK into curriculum

-Very interesting and relevant ways of doing this

-Like the idea of a birthday card written to MLK

-Allows students to personally relate to MLK

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-Lesson plan book for a teacher

-Creative ways of implementing structure and design into a plan book

-Pictures, personal notes, etc.

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-Cooking show

-Cooking Portobello mushroom Burgers

-Cook is very descriptive and uses great visuals

-Can be seen that this cook is actually a pretty good teacher

Week 4 - Khan Academy Video on Heart Disease []

-Very bright and colorful diagram

-Clarification of often misunderstood topics

-Thorough explanations

-re-emphasis of important concepts

-A relevant topic

-Visual representation through use of the pointer is very helpful

-Easy voice to listen to, speaks clearly

-Drawings are very helpful

-Switches colors so that viewers can clearly see

Week 5 - Communication Skills Clip Annotations [] -Relate to people by showing interest in what they are interested in Be-er Do-er Dream-er -Communication isn’t forced -Effective communication is not fake

[] -Reading body language -Important to be comfortable -Learn to read others -Deception causes anxiety -Important to exude positive body language when dealing with others

[] -Be direct, don’t take a long time to get to the point -Be friendly and welcoming -Have a clear message -Don’t keep hidden messages -Verbal communication is more effective that non-verbal communication -Give time to allow partner to communicate and be sure to respond

Week 6 - Wiki Teacher - Mountain Building -The lesson I chose looks at Mountain Building and then goes into a bit of geography with an exercise dealing with the highest peaks on each continent. There are a variety of exercises and technologies used and I found them all to be quite useful. I also like that they tied the geology portion (mountain building) into the geography portion (location). In reality, these fields tie together quite nicely, but they are also different. As mentioned earlier, there is a PowerPoint, to go along with hardcopy resources and I assume that the students would be staying busy and active. Overall, a good resource and a neat site for teachers.