It was a fast and full lesson today. Here’s what went down:
EDUC 315 School Visit Debrief
We used a value lines strategy as a means to have you consider your experience in the field. To wrap up, I noted that we will all meet in the Hillcrest Middle School Library at 1:30 pm on Tuesday, 11 October. At that time, we’ll discuss the morning’s school visit and get some feedback from you on placement preferences.
Field Trip Fair Mind Map Assessment
For this part of the lesson, we asked you to connect with another TC that had chosen a similarly themed field trip to explore in their mind map. Then, a discussion ensued that focused on the degree to which the MM meet the criteria. The MM rubric is here:
Here are a couple sample MMs. T’he first is John’s and the second is Dave’s:
We wrapped by asking you to give a 20-30 second “elevator pitch” on your chosen field trip. Hopefully, by the end of today’s lesson you have a good sense of what sorts of outings you might want to pursue while on prac.
Microteaching Topics
Seeing as we have an extra long class on Monday, 24 October, Dave and I reckon we can get all the micro lessons delivered in one day. Here are the topics that will be presented in a series of 15-20 minute lessons:
After a few minutes to review your particular LD component in Expert Groups, Dave presented a mini-lesson on playing the ukulele. Jerin and Jess were his eager students. J and J were definitely quick studies but they still have a way to go to catch up to this ukulele virtuoso, Jake Shimabukoro (Whoa! This clip has over 8 million views!):
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When the lesson was over, each of the 7 groups analyzed his lesson through the lens of their particular LD component. We wrapped by letting you know that we’ll Jigsaw all of the components in a future lesson.
Au revoir,
– Lawrence
