221+Agenda+9.22.11

9:25 - 9:35 - Welcome, good news, announcements
 * Is everyone fingerprinted?!

9:35 - 9:55 - Alaina's microteach and reflection

10:00 - 11:00 - Learning Centers
 * 10:00 -- 10:20 - Center #1
 * 10:20 - 10:40- Center #2
 * 10:40 - 11:00 - Center #3


 * Direct Instruction
 * In partners, look at five concept maps. Pay attention to what aspects of lecture/direct instruction the map focuses on. (7-10 minutes)
 * As a group, decide on answers to these three questions. (10-13 minutes)
 * What are the three most important concepts you think teachers need to remember in __preparing__ lectures?
 * What are the three most important concepts you think teachers need to remember in __giving__ lectures?
 * What are five specific strategies teachers could use to make lectures more interactive and increase the chance that students learn (as opposed to simply listen)?
 * Questioning
 * Individually, read this short article: []
 * Read/examine this page []
 * Divide into three groups to write questions using each level of Bloom's Taxonomy for one of the pictures on this page. This site has a [|list of verbs] that can help you.


 * Questioning
 * Instructional conversation

11:00 - 11:10 - Break

11:10 - 12:00 - Inquiry-based learning

http://sites.google.com/site/inquiryintomathandsciene/creating-lessons/examples-of-lessons/science/science-grades-6-8 - Sample lesson plans

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For next class - Read chapters 6 & 7 - be prepared for an index card summary Don't forget reflections if you did a microteach! One page typed reflection - What went well? What you would do differently if you were to teach this lesson again? What evidence do you have of student learning? What did you learn about teaching and/or yourself as a teacher?


 * If you are absent, please do two things: 1) email me beforehand, 2) check the wiki and get caught up