Assignments

=Assignments EDUC-2092 January 14 - March 11, 2015= (no class during Reading Week - February 17 - 20)

=Evaluation -=
 * Subject to Change***

Marks are viewable in LEARN - FINAL LETTER GRADE POSTED IN WEBADVISOR ALL FILES MUST BE UPLOADED TO GOOGLE DRIVE INTO YOUR ADVMETHODS FOLDER or YOUR WIKI PAGES - as indicated ALL PRESENTATIONS MUST ADHERE TO AS APPLICABLE TO PRESENTATION STRATEGIES - as follows - Rubric for Presentations ALL ASSIGNMENTS must be completed and submitted for you to receive a grade for this course. Any assignments outstanding by the due date will result in a grade of incomplete.
 * Verbal - #1 - Acquires attention, #2 - Informs clear statement of content, #5 - Presents material in logical sequencet; Vocal - #1 - 6; Visual - #1 - 6; Closure - Summary**


 * Journal - Teaching Resources Doc ** - each class is to be dated; four entries minimum per class, e.g., ideas that you want to research, website resources - this is your "notes" space. Any communication with me must occur via email or face to face--not via your journal.
 * Participation (32 marks - 4 marks per class) **


 * TodaysMeet/RRC - **@https://todaysmeet.com/RRC
 * back channel - keep this site open and be prepared to answer questions or participate in discussions throughout each class as instructed - minimum one entry per class **
 * (16 marks - 2 marks per class) **


 * Attendance ** - 4 marks per class
 * Participation - (32 marks) **

Assignment #1 - Learning Theories Assignments - (50 marks) Assigned: January 14 Due: Varies as per schedule


 * **Group Members** || **Topic** || **Post Articles** || **Lead a Discussion** || Resource ||
 * (1)CurtisA, Victor || Transformative Learning || January 16 || January 21 || @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpUukqlUAqE ||
 * (2)CurtisB, Susan || Expansive Learning || January 16 || =====January 21===== || =====http://youtu.be/9r_8xisddp8?t=1m18s http://youtu.be/7qFISAGuL3w ===== ||
 * (3)Elizabeth, Roy || Metacognition || January 21 || January 28 || @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_sfNC5WPUU ||
 * (4)Gail, Rebecca, Lea-Ann || Multiple Intelligences || January 21 || January 28 || http://youtu.be/1wkFGXqJxas

@http://www.institute4learning.com/multiple_intelligences.php || @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqWZVuMrZYw || Each person in the group searches for an article or resource that will be provided to the class for reading to prepare for the discussion. Copy and Paste the web address for the article/resource that you wish to submit by the posted date in TodaysMeet/RRC. All students in the class are assigned the reading during the week to be prepared to participate in the discussion that each group will lead. Group preparation for the discussion - as a group, decide on a leader, create a presentation (visual such as Google Presentations) to use as a guide during the discussion; develop five questions that will be asked and discussed, summarize the topic after the discussion. Discussion length: 30 minutes
 * (5)Randy, Preet || Constructivism || January 28 || February 4 || @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuOXkM28llc ||
 * (6)Marlene, Michele || Pragmatism || February 4 || February 11 || @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqX4VKZAZMs
 * All students not in the group - prepare one question or concern to ask back to the group leading the discussion. Post this question in your Learning Doc.**

Learning Theories Discussion Notes

Set up a blog at[| wordpress.com] - or use an existing blog - add your address to your Google Doc and to Todaysmeet
 * Assignment #2a - Blog - **
 * Assignment - (40 marks--10 marks each post x 4 posts) **
 * Assigned: Reading assigned January 14th; Blog setup assigned January 21st. **
 * Due: Post 1 - January 28th; Posts 2, 3 and 4 -March 11 **
 * Topic Post #2 - Webquests (see assignment #4) **
 * Topic Post #3 - Flipping the Classroom - what are the opportunities for you and your students? **
 * Topic Post #4 - Student-centered approaches for your curriculum (based on your presentation for assignment #5) **

Post #1 - Read an article about student centered learning from this link - scan the articles and choose one. Create a new blog post to share your thoughts on your reading. Length of each post - 250 - 300 words.

Comment on one blog in this class as assigned - 2 - 3 sentences. You are assigned to comment on one student's blog - the name that appears below yours Victor, please comment on CurtisA's blog) ***Please Note: - after creating your comment on your colleague's blog, you must click Publish, then scroll down and type the "squiggly" word to confirm that you are not spamming. Click Publish again.**
 * Assignment #2b - Comment on Blog **
 * Participation - (5 marks) **
 * Assigned:January 28th **
 * Due: February 4th **

CurtisA - https://curtisaab.wordpress.com CurtisB - http://wp.me/p5E4ct-4 Elizabeth - https://elizlunn.wordpress.com Gail - @https://teachergail.wordpress.com/ Randy - https://rzyzniewski.wordpress.com Lea-Ann - http://rdatoothfairy.wordpress.com Marlene - @https://marlenerrc.wordpress.com/2015/01/22/student-centered-approach/ Michele - @https://nursescareaboutpeople.wordpress.com/ Preet - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0099ff; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Sans',Geneva,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">@https://rqu21.wordpress.com/ Becky - <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Sans',Geneva,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">https:// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0099ff; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Sans',Geneva,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">estheticianbecky.wordpress.com/ Roy - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0099ff; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Sans',Geneva,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">@https://quacumquevera.wordpress.com Sue - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0099ff; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Sans',Geneva,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">sueqhayduk.wordpress.com/ Vic - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7272720336914px;">http://esllearning2015.wordpress.com

Assignment - (50 marks) and Presentation - (50 marks) Assigned: January 14 Due: February 11
 * Assignment #3 - Inquiry-Based Learning - "Learn to do something" and present ***.
 * Decide what you would like to learn - something somewhat significant - not a topic that is too simplistic - should take about 5 - 6 hours to learn this and no one in your group knows how to do this - confirm your topic with me before you begin
 * Create a new Doc, Inquiry Project and enter your topic in your Inquiry Doc
 * Document everything you do to learn this in the Google Doc (20 marks)
 * Include video or images of your process and progress--Really Important!! (20 marks)
 * Choose a format to present this learning to the class - - 15 minute presentations (50 marks)
 * Share your learning object with Eva (such as a link, etc.) (10 marks)
 * Complete this form to provide peer critiques for each presentation. (Professionalism)

Graphic Organizers Demonstration/Resource: January 28th Participation (10 marks)
 * Popplet at [|popplet.com]
 * Lucidchart -

**Assignment #4 - Webquest** Assigned**:** February 4th Due: March 11th Assignment (25 marks) // You may wish to create an account at Zunal.com, however not required to complete the following task. // Example Webquest1 Webquest2 [|WebQuest Templates] - Zunal.com is a good platform to create a webquest. Search the Internet (you can search Google or Zunal or other sites) for WebQuests in your teaching topic(s). Provide a link to one site - on your blog. Write about a webquest that you could develop for your teaching. Provide three websites that would be beneficial for your webquest. Identify other objects or information that you would need to create this webquest. You are not assigned to actually create the webquest but to do some research to gather information that would prepare you to develop such a webquest.

Classroom Management Discussion/Groups with shared Doc - February 4th (25 marks)
 * See Classroom Management page on this wiki

Assignment #5 - Individual Presentation - how can you use learner-centered approaches in your teaching? - Presentations - (100 marks) Assigned: January 14 Due: March 4
 * Prepare a Google Presentation, Prezi or other shared/cloud presentation outlining three learner-centered approaches that will increase and improve the learning for your learners--help them take the learning deeper. (20 marks)
 * Provide clear examples of what you will have your students do for each of the three topics identifying the name of the learner-centered approach. Example: choose a topic that you would usually teach using a lecture method and state that you would prepare a WebQuest. For this assignment you don't have to actually prepare the webquest but you would tell us what the webquest would entail. (20 marks)
 * State the learning outcome for each learner-centered approach. Outcomes must be written following proper construction, i.e., measurable verb, condition, and standard (see Resources page for help on outcomes). (20 marks)
 * Indicate the evaluation strategy/process for each example. How will this improve the learning for your students? (20 marks)
 * Present your plan to the class as per presentation schedule. (20 marks)
 * The presentation should be approx. 10-12 minutes--not more -
 * Share your learning object with me--send me the link to your object, e.g., Google Presentations, Prezi, etc., and I will embed it on this course wiki.
 * Link to peer critique form

Final Reflection and Evaluation - complete this form by March 16th. This is required to complete Assignment #5. You may wish to open the form to see the questions, then create a Google Doc as a draft to enter your answers. You must complete all of the questions before you can submit. Once you submit, the form will clear.