101+Agenda+-+9.10.13

10:50 - 10:55 - Welcome
 * Notetaker: Joseph Harshbarger
 * Goals for Today:
 * Share and discuss your educational autobiographies
 * Consider whether or not "Googling" skill is an aspect of being literate

10:55 - 11:45 - Share Educational Autobiographies
 * In groups of 4 - each person gets 5 minutes (time this)
 * Pay particular attention to the following issues:
 * Location of school (urban-0, suburban-14, rural-3, small town-7)
 * Type of school (public-17, private-5, charter-0, other-1[homeschooled])
 * The socio-economics of the community in which the school was located
 * Wealthy- 4
 * Upper Middle Class- 8
 * Lower Middle Class- 9
 * Low-Income-1
 * __Diversity__
 * Highly Diverse-7
 * Semi-Diverse-8
 * Homogeneous- 9
 * The academic tracks you were on and how successful you were in school.
 * AP/Honors-12
 * College Bound-6
 * Average Joe-1
 * Vocational-0
 * Remedial-0
 * Non of the above-3
 * Level and type of family, parental, and community involvement
 * Personal Family Involvement
 * High- 17
 * Average-7
 * Low-1
 * School's Family Involvement
 * High- 15
 * Average- 6
 * Low- 1
 * Community Involvement
 * High- 8
 * Average- 13
 * Low- 2
 * Extracurricular activities
 * Personal Involvement
 * High- 21
 * Average- 3
 * Low- 0
 * Some information about the teachers you resonated with.
 * Group Discussion
 * Potential Connections and Disconnections with your future students

11:45 - 12:05 - "ReSearching"
 * []
 * pre-quiz

__**Class Events:**__


 * Fixed Tech problems with Google Docs
 * Shared highlights from Educational Autobiographies in small groups
 * Shared out different school settings
 * Discussed what experiences we are missing as a class from our experiences in school
 * Really Low-Income school with minimal parent involvement.
 * Really High-Income school with a lot of wealthy students
 * Large/Diverse/City School
 * Under-motivated students
 * School worked for most of us and we worked for school
 * Low Parental Involvement
 * Multi-Language Education
 * Question for ending discussing "Is being able to google well a truly an essential skill and it is essential to literacy?"
 * People who responded...
 * Yes
 * There is a lot more to Google than people realize, for example when writing a research paper;gives an advantage.
 * Says if what you find on Google is or is not a reliable source.
 * Difference between Wikipedia and another source
 * Aspect of literacy, anyone can type something into a search bar. Searching in a more academic way
 * Rapidly becoming a needed skill, there is so much more information online now.
 * No:
 * Think about skills in 'googling'


 * To Do:**
 * Explore the "ReSearching" link above and watch the videos
 * Bring a charged laptop or tablet to class on Thursday