221+Agenda+2.16.12

8:00 - 8:05 - Welcome and Good News

8:05 - 8:20 - Review from previous classes - What do you know about. . . ?
 * Student diversity
 * Curriculum & Standards
 * Objectives

8:20 - 8:40 - Observations from the field
 * What did you observe about your students and diversity?
 * What was the curriculum? What were the curriculum sources?
 * What were the objectives of the lessons you observed?

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 * Examples

What's wrong here?
 * Disengagement
 * Students aren't engaged and teacher isn't responding
 * Attempt to engage ("anyone?") is monotonous and superficial
 * Boring
 * Disconnected - students don't care
 * Teaching content, not students

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What makes this lecture effective?
 * Made it applicable to the audience
 * Focused on "you"
 * Dynamic speaker
 * Visual aids
 * lots, dynamic, not a lot of text
 * Audience was involved (raising hands, flexing muscles)
 * Quick pace (maybe a little too quick)
 * Knowledgeable, but translated his knowledge for non-experts


 * What have you observed from your own experience as a student?


 * What questions do you have about direct instruction from your perspective as a new teacher?

9:15 - 9:25 - Break

9:25 - 10:35 - Jigsaw activity from Larson text
 * Basic description - 120-123, 135 (guidelines) - Joe & Julia
 * Procedures for planning a lecture - 123-126 - Shelby & Anna
 * Delivering the lecture - 126-129 - Tom
 * Making your lecture more effective and engaging - 130-132 - Zach
 * Assessment with lectures - 132-top of 135 - Kim & Garred

10:35 - 10:40 - Closure


 * Homework:**
 * Create a one-page document (brochure, mind-map, list, chart, flow-chart etc.) that captures what you want to remember when planning and delivering direct instruction as a teacher. (Refer to Larson, chapter 5) Bring a hard copy of your document to class; if possible, email the electronic version to Anny. **Due next Thursday - Feb 23**
 * Grading Criteria
 * Demonstrates serious engagement with the topic (e.g. thoughtful, thorough, specific)
 * Individualized for the teacher and his/her content area (e.g. "personal touch." reflects how direct instruction might be used in a particular discipline)
 * Practical (e.g. could be used as a reference tool for planning real lessons)
 * Sound & accurate content
 * Field Observation: Direct Instruction (**due in two weeks: Mar 1**) - Do this in your GoogleDoc journal
 * 1. Review pp. 138-139 that summarizes key principles of effective direct instruction
 * 2. Observe a direct instruction lesson. Write these headings on your notes and pay particular attention to these three items: a) how the instruction is organized, b) how students are interacting with the content, c) how students are interacting with each other and the teacher during the lesson, d) evidence of student learning.
 * 3. Write a 2-page (double-spaced) analysis that includes the following:
 * A summary of what you observed. Keep this as descriptive and as objective as possible. This is not the time to evaluate. Write a paragraph that attends to each of the four focal areas you observed (4 paragraphs total)
 * Analyze the lesson in terms of the principles you reviewed on pages 138-139. Answer these questions:
 * What worked well? Why?
 * What questions about direct instruction/lecture emerged for you from this observation? (Tie your questions to specific moments from the lesson.)
 * If you were to teach this lesson, what is one or two things you'd like to try? (Tie your answer to specific moments from the lesson.
 * Initial Field Information - Using the internet, your mentor teacher, and other knowledgeable sources at your school, answer these questions about your placement. Copy and paste the information into your GoogleDoc Journal - **due by Mar 1**.
 * [[file:initial field information.docx]]
 * Schedule your observed lesson with your mentor and your supervisor - (Note: I need to see your plan in advance) - **Due before Spring Break**
 * Microteach - (2 people) Larson - chapter 6 - next Thursday
 * 1) 143-148 - Garred
 * 2) 149-158 - Julia