Course+Expectations

What Is Expected of Me?
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Good Studenting
 * come to class
 * do the readings
 * do all daily assignments and course assignments
 * enter into discussions
 * respect our differences
 * inform CR if you cannot be in class
 * use the class to push yourself into an uncomfortable area or two
 * quality of output
 * honesty with regard to work load x capacity x quality of output

Course Assignments 1. Project
 * must be useful to you
 * should illustrate depth of thought
 * should articulate how you are thinking about your own increased __depth of "thought"__
 * the Zull / Kolb model of thinking
 * if you wish use the three transformations on pages 33 and 34 as a scaffold - remember, these are new or modified neuronal networks
 * past to future
 * outside to inside
 * other directed to inner directed (ownership and power)
 * the interactive model of teaching and learning
 * habits of mind from the CPE schools
 * can work from your strengths and take non-traditional form
 * initial idea should be ready for discussion on Thursday, June 28th
 * initial idea should be ready for discussion on Thursday, June 28th

Do a presentation: 10-15 minutes of some part of your project**
 * Final Expectation re: Project Assignment (1)
 * **don't do a play by play of the entire project**
 * **do show us**
 * **what it is,**
 * **how you plan to use it,**
 * **sample some pieces for us,**
 * **tell us how doing the project deepened your thinking using one of the three frames mentioned above. Draw it out if you want (draw those new bumps and new connections in you neuronal pathways).**

2. A Demonstration of Proficiency in Web 2.0 and Other Uses of Technology
 * use of multimedia: images, files, video, scanned documents, i-Movie, etc.
 * collaborative
 * leads to more inclusive classroom learning

3. Demonstrated Knowledge of Selected Current Trends
 * differentiation of instruction
 * planning for student success
 * cooperative classroom learning
 * using technology to serve learning
 * others

F**inal Requirement re: Proficiency Assignment and Demonstrated Knowledge Assignment (2 and 3) Write a brief paper 2-4 pages. If you want to do this on the wikispace, okay by me.**
 * **define differentiation**
 * **contrast what you thought it was at the start of the course with how you understand it now**
 * **include any new learning you've gained relative to planning instruction**
 * **include "Technology as a Tool" as part of your paper on differentiation**
 * **mention what you've learned about technology in this course**
 * **mention your growth in proficiency (broadly defined) with technology as a result of this course**

Assessment and Grading
Studenting 25% Project & Technology Proficiency 50% Knowledge of Selected Trends revealed in project and paper 25%
 * use of standards to plan backwards
 * writing and rolling with effective instructional objectives
 * planning and assessment for differentiation
 * use of Web 2.0
 * using shared web space (Wikispace)
 * Flickr - images - etc.
 * prior knowledge - what it is, why its important, expanding its role in instruction
 * cooperative and collaborative learning
 * the role of classroom social processes in creating inequitable classroom earning micro-environments, what to do about it
 * brain based learning and doing the right thing, with apologies to SLee
 * others?????