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Week Two Introduction, Judith Longfield
Week Two Introduction, Judith Longfield
Teaching Academy
After discussing how preconceptions and misconceptions interfere with students' learning, we will learn steps for planning a lesson. We will also discuss ways to uncover students' ideas using classroom assessment techniques, or CATs, and create concepts maps of Chapter 2.
Week Three Introduction, Judith Longfield
Week Three Introduction, Judith Longfield
Teaching Academy
After revisiting CATs and lesson planning, we will learn about additional teaching idea sources. We will then discuss motivation, illustrate a Chapter 3 concept, and learn ways to salt students' food before applying these ideas to our own lessons and assignments which are not currently motivating.
Week Four Introduction, Judith Longfield
Week Four Introduction, Judith Longfield
Teaching Academy
After reviewing Chapter 4 with a jigsaw activity, we will revisit lesson planning by using a rubric to evaluate two different plans. We also learned how to use low tech "clickers" and discuss the students' inertia including ways to overcome it using simulations and other teaching strategies. If there is time, we will talk about Just in Time Teaching (JiTT), a technique to get students to read.
Week Five Introduction, Judith Longfield
Week Five Introduction, Judith Longfield
Teaching Academy
After investigating hazardous classroom materials, we will learn about diverse students and how to teach them. We will also write learning biographies for different students and used them to consider a variety of teaching-learning issues, including college student development. In addition, we will shared our CAT implementation reports and discuss the impact of classroom climate on student learning.
Week Six Introduction, Judith Longfield
Week Six Introduction, Judith Longfield
Teaching Academy
In addition to exchanging ideas or activities on how to overcome misconceptions and learning bottlenecks, there is a readiness assessment test or RAT, and we will learn about multiple choice tests. We will also revisit lesson planning briefly and critique a quiz.
Lesson Planning Introduction, Judith Longfield
Lesson Planning Introduction, Judith Longfield
Teaching Academy
You have been added to this online workshop because you were unable to participate in the face-to-face version. Due to the manner in which this session is being delivered, you will be unable to actively participant with others. However, every attempt to "capture" the essential elements of the face-to-face version has been made. During this online session you will "dissect" a sample lesson in order to identify its parts, and learn a process you can use to plan lessons. You will also have the option to submit your lesson plan for review.
Week Seven Introduction, Judith Longfield
Week Seven Introduction, Judith Longfield
Teaching Academy
Partners provided each other with meaningful feedback on their syllabi and also exchanged lesson plans. In addition, test analysis skills were revised and we discussed common concerns related to grading. A rubric or scoring guide was also used to grade an essay test question in literature or geography.
Week Eight Introduction, Judith Longfield
Week Eight Introduction, Judith Longfield
Teaching Academy
We used what we have learned about smart teaching to provide advice to the instructor in a YouTube video, and then identified causes of and solutions for common disruptive behaviors. We ended the series with a "Thought Museum" activity and an assessment of the Teaching Academy.