221+-+Agenda+-+8.30.16

Today's Goals:

 * Get acquainted with each other and the course
 * SWBAT describe characteristics and purposes of learning objectives using DAMMP criteria

Notetaker: Athena user:athenas97

9:25 - 10:10 - Introductions
 * Introduce yourself "in the manner of your discipline"
 * [|Me]
 * Athena [[file:Athena.pptx]]
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10:10 - 10:20 - Brief overview of the course
 * Goals:
 * Develop a core set of professional skills and dispositions to launch your profession
 * Provide authentic, high quality academic and social support to middle schoolers
 * 241/221 Relationships
 * [|A Glimpse of Garry]
 * Begin to behave as a professional vs. a student

10:20 - 11:00 - So we better be able to plan a lesson!
 * Writing an Objective
 * Learning Objectives = Learning Goals = Targets
 * learning outcome that we are building in the lesson
 * SWBAT: Students will be able to...
 * Lesson Design (**Pedagogy**: how we teach/art and science of teaching)
 * //Science of teaching//: psychology: how students learn and retain information in their brain, sociology: how the world and people work - outside of the brain, linguistics: learning through language, philosophy, political science, economy
 * //Art of teaching//: not everyone can do it, somehow making it work with every single kid that is different with creativity, everyone has their own style of teaching
 * Instruction should be meaningful (why)
 * Balance content (teacher/student involvement)
 * Teacher shouldn't have to do all of the thinking
 * "Give-take" relationship
 * Affirmative teaching --> setting up for success
 * Intentionality (thinking of student perspective)
 * Building blocks of understanding (don't assume)
 * Student interaction and collaboration
 * Contextualized in life (environment and situational awareness)
 * Tile Game
 * Pros: Clear, simple rules, level of challenge, "reward", need tools for success, social support, set time
 * Cons: Too many rules, not important, hard to remember, set up for failure, no point, not rewarding


 * **Learning Goals for a Lesson:**
 * If we have a goal, then we also need a path.
 * Purpose:
 * be more transparent with students
 * gives students sense of destination
 * recognize that they're actually learning and improving
 * Characteristics:
 * Descriptive: hone objective to a clear point and subject
 * Ex: Students will be able to solve an equation using the quadratic formula.
 * Achievable: needs to be appropriate and something the students can accomplish with necessary time, tools, understanding, and support
 * Memorable: something that students can remember and retain for future use (keeping it short and sweet)
 * Measurable: must be a way to assess the goal with strong evidence
 * Purposeful: "so what", something worth doing and gives meaning to student
 * Communicating Learning Goals - []
 * English (Cowboy) Objectives:
 * True/false statements (what do you know)
 * List of big ideas
 * Not clear purpose from objective
 * Appears to be headings of outline
 * Can't be memorable if it's not meaningful
 * Hard to remember 3 goals
 * Need: greater focus and clarity
 * "Students will understand the following" (too vague)
 * How will we know when they understand?
 * Social Studies Objectives:
 * How do you know
 * Objectives Activity: Go to the lesson plan sites below or find your own. (Browse the objectives/targets for 5 lesson plans in your subject area. Copy the objectives [|here]. Evaluate the objective and rate it as poor, satisfactory, or exceptional. Explain why you chose that rating.
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 * SWBAT + action verb + specific content [+ format + degree]
 * I can
 * Fuzzy verbs (understand, feel, know) are not good objective goal verbs to use
 * SWBAT can be more academic with "I can" model being rewritten for clarity for students


 * Difference between describing what students will do and what students will learn
 * Which is it? //Is it a description of what they will do, or what they will learn? A learning goal is meant to specify the learning.//
 * SWBAT complete a project analyzing the root causes of the Civil War.
 * I can thoughtfully answer comprehension questions at the end of the chapter.
 * SWBAT identify the main idea in an informational text.
 * SWBAT develop strategies to solve a two-step equation.
 * I can dissect a frog.


 * Practice writing objectives
 * Start with the standard (umbrella / big-picture learning)
 * Break it down into its components -- lesson-sized stepping stones (objectives are the sub-skills/pathways to get to the standard)
 * [[image:gonzagateach/525px-Build-a-Big-Lego-Tower-Step-3.jpg caption="525px-Build-a-Big-Lego-Tower-Step-3.jpg"]]

11:00 - 11:10 - Break

11:00 - 11:30 - Continue work on objectives

11:30 - 12:00 - Housekeeping
 * Course Description/Syllabus
 * Important policies
 * Attendance (even the day before Thanksgiving break)
 * Communication
 * Check your GU email every day! (I don't work on Sundays; remind me after 48 hours)
 * Consult with the wiki, syllabus, other written materials, and your colleagues before asking logistical questions
 * Assessment
 * The wiki is your textbook
 * Three tech tools
 * Blackboard for course assignments
 * LiveText for fieldwork
 * Wiki for course notes and curriculum
 * Logistics
 * Join the wiki
 * Fingerprints/pre-residency
 * Badges when you are cleared. Deadline: August 31
 * Carpools to Garry


 * Other Reminders and Assignments:**
 * For Thursday 9/1:
 * Bloom's Taxonomy - PET Assignment
 * Print your responses and bring a hard copy to class on Thursday
 * Read the syllabus and write down any questions (on the 221 main page)
 * Bring laptops again
 * Complete the pre-course survey - Link will be emailed to you this afternoon.