With much fanfare – and a little stalling for dramatic effect on my part – the placements were revealed this morning. Here they are along with maps of both the New West and Coquitlam districts:
Please get in contact with your SA soon, check out the school’s website, and do anything else that you need to do in order to get prepared for your first day with your sponsor – Tuesday, 19 October 2010.
I Used To Think…But Now I Think…Because…
The 2 middle school tours were designed to highlight the exciting happenings in middle schools around Coquitlam. I was curious about how your thinking about middle level teaching and learning had transformed since before the tour so I had you complet the sentence stem “I Used To Think…But Now I Think…Because…” This is a useful way of processing any transformative experience.
Education: Evolving?
Next up was Devin’s presentation on Macrowikinomics and some ideas on what the future of education might hold. It was a timely and thought provoking presentation that presented an option – Curriki – to meet the need of the cohort to easily share lessons and teaching resources.
Here’s a link to Devin’s Prezi – Macrowikinomics – Education: Evolving?. Also, here are the YouTube clips that accompany the presentation.
- Wolfram Alpha
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WgdmNtUS2U[/youtube]
- Curriki
Language Article Wrap Up… At Last!
As the concluding piece to our examination of the “Chapter 4: Language” article, I asked each of you to consider a language-based action that you can take on practicum that will have a positive impact on student learning in your classroom. The information was shared as a verbal ticket out the door. There were a wide variety of responses, including such things as:
- smiling often
- making eye contact with students
- aranging the room to facilitate teacher movement
- arranging the room to facilitate student interaction
- eliminating filler words
- harnessing the power of positive word choice.
Next class – I swear – we’ll look at a lesson planning model that you can use to deliver a lesson on your Tuesdays Practicum.
Cheers,
– Lawrence