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Efolio Setup, Classroom Management, & Pre-Prac Prep: Update for Wednesday, 30 November 2011

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Efolio Setup

Thanks to Liz and Ali for presenting on how to setup your Efolio.

You can find more information on how to get your Efolio up and running on the TEO’s Eportfolios Resources page.  One item of particular interest from that page is a checklist of artifacts that would be suitable for each standard.  For ease of reference, I’ve posted that list here:

Classroom Management

We took some time to present the management role plays focused on low-level techniques in two categories:

Responses to misbehaviour

  • proximity
  • touch
  • student’s name
  • gesture
  • the look
  • the pause
  • ignore
  • signal to begin/signal for attention
  • deal with the problem not the student

Preventive techniques

  • transitions
  • rules
  • dealing with allies
  • winning over

I’ve posted the details on all of these processes in the previous lesson’s post.  For more information on management, please take a look at this detailed and very practical handout, Order in the Classroom. As per the files intro blurb:

“the intent of the following handout…is to help classroom teachers…consider certain strategies/ideas when they are supporting students with specific challenging behaviours within the classroom.”

Hankering for even more CM ideas?  Check out this vintage clip:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHzTUYAOkPM[/youtube]

Pre-Prac Prep

Dave and I covered off a few important things as we looked ahead to your upcoming 2-Week Practicum:

– Observation of Your Teaching:  Dave or I will observe you once during EDUC 323.  We will set up our schedule on the first day back – Tuesday, 3 January 2012.  Your SA should observe you a minimum of once per week (or two times minimum) during the 2-week prac.  Please submit your plan for the lesson we will be observing at least 24 hours in advance of its implementation.

– Weekly Reflections:  During your prac, please send Dave or I via email a weekly reflection.  This is due on each Friday of the prac.  We suggest the What? So What? Now What? structure or the What’s working? What’s not? What’s next? format.

– Practicum Binder: Schools still very much rely on paper for their day to day business.  As such, you’ll need a place for you to store all these hard copies.  Below is a Table of Contents for your practicum binder.  Please us dividers to set it up and have it handy so Dave or I can look at it when we drop in to observe you:

– Unit Plan: Please complete your plan and submit it to both your SA and FA via email by Monday, 5 December 2011.

– Student Writing Samples for Use In LLED 320 Class: Please collect 4-6 samples of student writing (photocopies are fine).  Please black out the names so the author of each piece remains anonymous.  The samples should reflect the range of writing abilities you find in your students. The pieces could be from lessons you teach, from work your students do with your School Advisor, or from writing your students have done in other classes.  We will be completing a writing assessment task in LLED 320 and the best samples to work with for this assignment are about one-page long (longer is fine, mind you).  The following types of work best suit the LLED 320 task:

  • Short stories
  • Paragraphs
  • Poems
  • Essays
  • Reports

That’s all for today.  Enjoy your break.

Oh , and here’s a song sure to get you in the Christmas mood:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycfuj5y7qds[/youtube]

– Lawrence

Aboriginal Learners, eFolio Primer, EDUC 315 Reminders, and (a tiny bit of) Microteaching Prep: Update for Monday, 8 November 2010

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Communication Needs of Aboriginal Children and Families

Thanks to Dr. Jan Hare for her lecture on addressing the needs of aboriginal learners in our classrooms.

Jan recommended the Alaska Native Knowledge Network as a source of information on aboriginal education.

eFolio Primer

Thanks to Devin, Christian, and Shaun for their presentation on eFolios.  You can see an earlier post for links to the files they were using.  The one other item they used is the  What the !$@% is an eFolio? Prezi and that can be found here.

The more you work with your blog, the more comfortable you will become with the functionality of WordPress.  To see sample ePortfolios completed by former TCs and access a wide variety of ePortfolio resources, you can check out the ePortfolio Resources and Links page on the UBC TEO website.

Finally, Kat asked about having the tool used to assess your completed ePortfolio.  I hit up my inside sources (EDUC 480 instructors from previous years) and they produced a copy of a checklist they use.  Here it is as a PDF:

and in JPEG form:

EDUC 315 Reminders

– Tuesday Lessons: Please submit your lesson plan – hopefully 24 hours in advance of when you deliver the lesson – and your post-lesson reflection to both your SA and I.  Seeing as I won’t, most likely, be seeing you teach, I would like to see what you taught and get your thoughts on how it went.

– Teacher Timetable: Please get a copy of your teacher’s timetable for yourself and for me.  You will need it so you know when you’re teaching during the two-week prac and I will need it so I know when to come watch you teach in January and during the long practicum.  Here’s an example of a timetable so you know what I’m looking for:

– REVISED Use of Student Images Consent Form: I’ve fixed up the form to make it more clear.  Please see the previous post dedicated to this topic.

Mictorteaching Prep

Not much time was left, but it appeared that some of you took time to collaborate with your group members and discuss your upcoming Microteaching lessons.

I reminded you of the following items pertaining to the microteaching task:

  • You have a maximum of 20 minutes to present
  • You need to hand me a hard copy of your lesson plan the day of your presentation
  • Your presentation will be videotaped
  • You will view the videotape – individually or as a group –  and analyze  your lesson.  Your analysis will be sent to me.
  • Your teaching will be assessed using the rubric on the task handout.  The rubric focuses on the 7 components of Lesson Design.

Later alligators.

– Lawrence