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What You Want to Learn & Me In A Bag Speeches: Update for Monday, 19 September 2011

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We had a packed class today and here’s a rundown of all the goodness we could wedge in:

Administrivia


  • Digital Tattoo Presentation
    • All TCs are expected to attend the Digital Tattoo (in essence, your digital identity) presentation that will be held on Tuesday, 20 September 2011 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am in SCARFE 100.  For more information on your DT, lease see the presenters’ website at digitaltattoo.ubc.ca.
  • TC Profile
    • Please see the previous post for information about what the TC Profile is and how to complete it.  This task is due on Monday, 26 September 2011.  Please email your completed profile to both Dave (dunnigan@mail.ubc.ca) and I (lholbrook@sd43.bc.ca).
  • Laptops and Flash Drives to Class on Wednesday, 21 September 2011
    • We will be using the flash drives to store your MIAB speech video and the laptop to surf the interwebs.  If you don’t have a laptop, that’s OK.  You’ll be able to complete the in-class task we’re working in with a partner.
  • Social Committee
    • If you are interested in sitting on the Middle Years Cohort Social Committee – a group that organizes potlucks, outings, and gatherings – please see Dave or I.

What You Want to Learn

Dave led you in a brainstorming and categorization session all aimed at figuring out the teaching-related topics you are keen to know more about.  Dave will type up the topics in their categories and we’ll post the results on the blog soon.

Me In A Bag Speeches

After considering:

  • a rationale for public speaking tasks
  • reviewing the MIAB Speech criteria (“The 8 Ps of Powerful Presentation” + Content Criteria)
  • A/B partner rehearsal
  • choosing a speaking order

    we started delivering the speeches for real!

    Thanks to all those that presented and to all those that gave feedback using a…

    We’ll finish the speeches in Wednesday’s class.

    ‘Til then.

    – Lawrence

    Completing the TC Profile (September 2011)

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    TCs:

    Use the link below to download a template for your Teacher Candidate Profile.  By reading your answers to these questions, your School Advisor and School Principals will get to know you before you’re in the school and join the staff.

    Please answer the questions thoughtfully but keep your responses brief.  Your profile should be no more than 2 – 2.5 pages.

    In addition to the questions, there is space at the top of the profile for:

    • your contact information
    • a recent photo (a head shot is best)
    • a “Short Quote That Captures An Important Belief You Hold About Education”.  I’ve pasted a random sampling of quotes chosen by TCs in previous years:
      • “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being”  – Goethe
      • “If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail!”
      • “The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another”  – Marva Collins
      • “The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple” – Amos Bronson Alcott

    Here’s a link to a site with quotes about teachers and teaching.  I’m sure there are many other sites like this one.

    The due date for this task is Monday, 26 September 2011.  This is a very firm deadline, as Dave and I will need to share the profile with your Sponsor Teacher and School Principals while we finalize the placements in early October.

    Please email a copy of your completed TC Profile to us both  (lholbrook@sd43.bc.ca & dunnigan@mail.ubc.ca).  We’ll take care of printing them off.

    If you have questions, please comment on this post or email one of us directly.

    Cheers,
    Lawrence

    Me in a Bag Speeches Redux: Update for Wednesday, 22 September 2010

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    While you rolled into class I asked you to take a small slip of paper and write on it something that you would not find in your grandmother’s kitchen.  We used these slips of paper for our first activity:

    A/B Partners Impromptu Speaking

    After brainstorming a variety of ways you could approach an impromptu speech on an object, I asked you to find a partner and speak for 50 seconds – after 10 very important seconds of think time – on the object listed on a randomly selected slip of paper. The items you had to speak about were liquor and a coffee maker.

    Me in a Bag Speeches: Take 2

    We continued with the Me in a Bag speeches today.  Thanks to all who presented.  We’ll finish the final 6 in Monday’s class.

    Administrivia

    • TC Profile: It’s due on Monday, 27 September.  Please see an earlier post for the template and more details.
    • Pre-Prac Prep & Ropes Course: I handed out the waiver and medical form that need to be completed in order to participate at the Ropes Course.  While ‘ll put up another post with more details about this day, the forms can be found below:

    Beyond Verbal Delivery: A Reading from Communication for the Classroom Teacher, 9th Edition by Simonds and Cooper

    In an effort to extend your thinking about language and its use in the classroom, I’m asking you to read Chapter 4 from the Simonds and Cooper text.  Please use the Sticky Notes strategy to pick out 3 interesting ideas in the reading and to comment on why those sections speak to you.  Write your thoughts on the text’s ideas on the sticky note itself.  You could write:

    • a conection
    • a reaction
    • a question
    • an inference
    • a prediction
    • or some other thoughts that occur as you consider the piece of selected text

    Be prepeared to discuss your 3 sticky notes and the text chunks they relate to in class on Monday, 27 September 2010.

    Sticky Notes is a simple but powerful strategy that can be used in both non-fiction and fiction contexts.  Here’s a quick blurb on how to do it:

    OK, that wraps it up.  Enjoy your weekend and I’ll see you on Monday.

    – Lawrence

    Let the Artifact Speeches Begin: Update for Monday, 20 September 2010

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    I’ll start with a big thank you to Alice for doing this morning’s videotaping.  Who will be the victim, er… budding cinematographer next class?

    Artifcat Related Warm Up

    To get your body moving and your brain fired up we played What Is It?, an object transformation drama game.  Each class member took a scarf and transformed it into another object – a kite and an elephant’s trunk, among many other things – while class members guessed about what “artifact” the scart had become.  You’ll find the guidelines for the game, along with instruction for many other drama games, in this handout:

    What Is It? & Other Drama in the Classroom Activities

    Me in a Bag Speeches

    After discussing the learning intentions – the goals – for this task, we:

    • Reviewed the task criteria
    • Rehearsed with A/B partners
    • Looked at past examples of the Post-Speech Analysis activity
    • Chose a speaking order
    • Reviewed what active listening looks like
    • Started the speeches

    Here is the full speaking order, if you’re curious about where you fit into the mix:

    1. Sarah
    2. Jeremy
    3. Maria
    4. Amber
    5. Lou
    6. Devin
    7. Melanie
    8. Jenna
    9. Jennifer
    10. Farisha
    11. Tyrel
    12. Kat K
    13. Aaron
    14. Amanda
    15. Leanne
    16. Sally
    17. Kat M
    18. Alice
    19. Lars
    20. Shaun
    21. Miguel
    22. Christian
    23. Ian
    24. Ross
    25. Caitlin

    Thanks to those who’ve already presented.  You can all take a lot of pride in the knowledge that you, while you may have been nervous at the front, none of you let the pressure get to you like it got to Miss Teen South Carolina (2007):

    [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww&p=40547FE48EBE79D7&playnext=1&index=2[/youtube]

    Please keep the video of your speech on your flash drive.  You’ll get further instructions on how to analyze it in an upcoming class.

    Administrivia

    • TC Profile: Please see the previous post – Completing the TC Profile (September 2010) – for the Word template and details on how to fill it out.  Your profile is due on Monday, 27 October 2010.
    • Social Committee: Thanks for Melanie, Miguel, Alice and Leanne for volunteering to form the Middle Years Cohort’s Social Committee.   The SC will be organizing a potluck on Tuesday of next week before the Ropes Course.  Stay tuned for more info.
    • Copying Fee: I will be charging a copying fee for copies I make during this term.  I’ll do my best to keep my copying to a minimum and, therefore, keep the fees down as low as possible.
    • Pre-Prac Prep & Ropes Course Day on Tuesday, 28 September: On this day we will have the following schedule:
      • 10:00 – Noon: Pre-Prac Workshop in PONE 123
      • 12:00 – 1:00: Potluck in Room TBA
      • 1:30 – 4:30: UBC Ropes Course Activity

    I’ll share more details on the Ropes Course- what to wear, what to bring, and what not – next class and I’ll post it on the blog.

    That’s all for today.

    Cheers,

    – Lawrence

    Completing the TC Profile (September 2010)

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    TCs:

    Use the link below to download a template for your Teacher Candidate profile.  By reading your answers to these questions, your School Advisor and School Principals will get to know you before you’re in the school and join the staff.

    TC Profile Template – Middle Years

    Please answer the questions thoughtfully but keep your responses brief.  Your profile should be no more than 2 – 2.5 pages.

    In addition to the questions, there is space at the top of the profile for:

    • your contact information
    • a recent photo (a head shot is best)
    • a “Short Quote That Captures An Important Belief You Hold About Education”.  I’ve pasted a random sampling of quotes chosen by TCs in previous years:
      • “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being”  – Goethe
      • “If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail!”
      • “The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another”  – Marva Collins
      • “The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple” – Amos Bronson Alcott

    Here’s a link to a site with quotes about teachers and teaching.  I’m sure there are many other sites like this one.

    The due date for this task is Monday, 27 September 2010.  This is a very firm deadline, as I will need to share the profile with your Sponsor Teacher and School Principals while I finalize the placements in early October.  Please email a copy of your completed TC Profile to me  (lholbrook@sd43.bc.ca).  I’ll take care of printing them off.

    If you have questions, please comment on this post or email me directly.

    Cheers,
    Lawrence