512+Agenda+-+7.23.15


 * Key Objective(s):**
 * **I can explain the defining characteristics and pros/cons of direct instruction, text-based instruction, collaborative learning, and inquiry-based instruction**


 * Focal Assessment:**
 * **Station activities**

9:00 - 9:15 - Welcome and Review (Marcy and Peter)
 * Notetaker: Rob

9:15 - 9:35 - Types of Curriculum Curriculum - course content adhering to state and federal standards; "that which we subject our children to"

Christine Slater - "curriculum as windows and mirrors"; window - see outside themselves; mirror - see themselves
 * Is what I'm teaching a window or mirror or both? We need to shoot for both
 * A few (of the many) types of curriculum:
 * Formal: prescribed curriculum; ex. district curriculum guide, common core standards
 * Informal: what the teacher choose to teach that is outside the prescribed curriculum
 * Null: what teachers choose to leave out or don't teach
 * Hidden: what lessons students take away from underlying disciplines and social interactions, but may not be openly intended to be taught;
 * Received: what the students actually learned

9:35 - 10:00 - In content area groups, select the specific curriculum for your lesson plans

9:45 - 10:00 - Setting the Stage
 * [|Instructional Strategies Case Studies]

10:00 - 11:00 - New Concepts & Learning Activities
 * Stations
 * 1. Direct Instruction -
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-DAFJK2dC8 - Watch this short lecture (the intended audience is high school students).
 * Look at the "Direct Instruction" activity guide on the 512 homepage. Consider the elements represented by the video lecture. Also, consider what elements were missing.
 * Brainstorm __specific__ ways this lecture could be made more interactive and engaging.
 * Pretend that the instructor has asked you to give him professional feedback. Create a 2-minute video that you could send to him with your feedback and suggestions.
 * 2. Text-Based Instruction
 * [[file:Pre-during-post.docx]]Download this document. Assign one page/topic to each person (pre, during, post). Read your assigned page and prepare to teach your colleagues the key concepts. (5 min)
 * Collectively design a pre-, during-, and post- activity for the following text. Write your ideas on[| this document] using an unused page. (Don't look at the other group's work yet!) After your group has written your ideas, you may look at the other groups' answers.
 * http://theliterarylink.com/mangostreet.html - Design activities for the first text, "My Name" by Sandra Cisneros from //House on Mango Street//.
 * 3. Collaborative Learning
 * Watch this example of collaborative learning - https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/big-brain-protocol
 * Discuss: What is the teacher's role in this lesson? What is the students' role?
 * 4. Inquiry-Based Instruction - Take a close look at the graphic below.
 * [[image:inquiry image.png]]
 * Individually, read the following two articles.
 * http://blogs.ams.org/matheducation/2014/12/01/we-did-the-math-student-perspectives-on-inquiry-based-learning/
 * http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/does-discovery-learning-prepare-alberta-students-for-the-21st-century-or-will-it-toss-out-a-top-tier-education-system
 * Which stance resonates most with you? Why? Write your response on an index card and leave in the folder.

11:00 - 11:15 - Break

11:15 - 12:00 - Debrief
 * Discussion of limitations and affordances of the models; similarities and differences
 * Is this the right question: "What's the best strategy?"

12:00 - 12:15 - Closure (Melissa and Kayla)

12:15 - 12:45 - Lunch

12:45 - 4:00 - Language Program


 * For Monday:**
 * Using your choice of template, write/adapt a lesson plan for your subject area based on the curriculum content you chose. Imagine 9th grade. (BB and bring hard copy to class)
 * Be prepared to give a 10 minute teaching demo based on your plan that demonstrates "setting the stage" and "teaching a new concept"
 * P.E.T. - Inquiry-based Instruction (BB)