Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back!

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Here’s how the first class of 2010 shook down:

323 Paperwork

If you have copies of observations done by your SA, please submit them to your FA.  These records go in your student file.

Individual Style Survey (ISS)

Please have this survey completed by Wednesday, 27 January 2010.  We will use the results in conjunction with our introduction to the EDUC 310 Classroom Management Inquiry Task.

MindUP Workshop

We’ve secured some TEO funding and organized a MindUP workshop for Wednesday, 3 March 2010.  On account of TEO’s financial contribution, we are able to offer this workshop at the rate of $28 per participant instead of the customary $40.  We will be asking for a financial commitment later in the term.

Here’s a flyer with more details on the workshop and a link to the website for the Hawn Foundation, the MindUP program developers:

MindUP for TCs Flyer

Here’s Goldie talking about her foundation and the MindUP program:

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… and here’s 1980s Goldie in a crazy slapstick-aerobic-football practice scenc from 1986 opus Wildcats:

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Walk About Review

After considering how you would finish 4 sentence starters related to the 2-week practicum, you had a chance to talk with other TCs and compare experiences.  Here’s the handout:

Post-323 Walk About Review

ePortfolio Connections

Shep showed the standards and we took some time to consider how artifacts from the 2-week prac might fit with those standards.  Here’s a link to the TEO website’s page on ePortfolios.  You can find a link to the standards there, as well as a lot more information on how to develop your ePortfolio.

The Shape of 310 in Term 2

Shep and I outlined the nature of POT class in term 2.  There is a lecture component and an inquiry component.  The course outlines and calendar linked here should give you the full picture of how the components fit together.  You will receive hard copies of these documents in class:

EDUC 310 Lecture Outline in 2010

EDUC 310 Inquiry Outline in 2010

EDUC 310 in 2010 Calendar

Organizing the Lecture Presentations

We will take class time on Mondays to process the information in a pair of lectures.  Shep and I will model a Lecture Presentation on Wednesday, 20 January 2010 and the TC facilitated presentations will begin on Monday, 25 January 2010.  Please watch Lectures 1 and 2 in preparation for class on Wednesday, 20 January 2010.  You can access the lectures via iTunes and here’s the link:

UBC on iTunes U

Follow the Education, Faculty of links to get to Brent’s lectures.

Here’s the full schedule of presentation dates and presenters:

EDUC 310 Lecture Present Sched

and a large visual of the file to spice up this post:

That’s all for now.

– LH