Assignments+2015WII

=Assignments EDUC-2092 March 24 - May 12, 2015 = =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 **Verbal - #1 - Acquires attention, #2 - Informs clear statement of content, #5 - Presents material in logical sequencet; Vocal - #1 - 6; Visual - #1 - 6; Closure - Summary** 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.

** 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/RRCMethods ** 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: March 24 Due: Varies as per schedule


 * **Group Members** || **Topic** || **Post Articles** || **Lead a Discussion** || Resource ||
 * (1) Tamara, Janet || Transformative Learning || March 26 || March 31 || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Transformative Learning Resource 1

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Transformative Learning Resource 2 || Metacognition Resource #2 || Multiple Intelligences Resource #2 Multiple intelligences Resource #3 || Constructivism Resource #2 || Pragmatism Resource #2 || <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">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. <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">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. <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">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. DO NOT teach the topic during the discussion--this is a discussion, not a lecture!! You should expect that all students have reviewed your resource during the week (flipped the classroom). <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">**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 and in TodaysMeet during the discussion. Group leaders please check TodaysMeet during the discussion to answer questions.** Be sure to interact in the back channel during the discussion. Group leaders: Be sure to ask the class to post their questions from their Docs into TodaysMeet. Work these questions into your discussion.
 * (2) Collin, Shane, Ralph || Expansive Learning || March 26 || ===== March 31 ===== || Expansive Learning Resource ||
 * (3) Jeff, Michael, Taiwo || Metacognition || March 31 || April 7 || Metacognition
 * (4) Riel, Luis, Carolyn || Multiple Intelligences || March 31 || April 7 || Multiple Intelligences Resource #1
 * (5) Jackie, Karen, Donald || Constructivism || April 7 || April 14 || Constructivism
 * (6) Oyedele, Valentina, Drew || Pragmatism || April 7 || April 14 || Pragmatism Resource #1
 * 7) Glennis, Denise || Social Theory || April 14 || April 21 || Social Theory ||

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Discussion length: 30 minutes <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Learning Theories Discussion Notes

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">** Assignment #2a - Blog - ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">** Assignment - (40 marks--10 marks each post x 4 posts) ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">** Assigned: Reading assigned March 24th; Blog setup assigned March 31st. ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">** Due: Post 1 - April 7th; Posts 2, 3 and 4 - May 12th ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">** Topic Post #2 - Webquests (see assignment #4) ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">** Topic Post #3 - Flipping the Classroom - what are the opportunities for you and your students? ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">** Topic Post #4 - Student-centered approaches for your curriculum (based on your presentation for assignment #5) ** Set up a blog at[| wordpress.com] - or use an existing blog - add your address to your Google Doc and to Todaysmeet

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.

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">** Assignment #2b - Comment on Blog ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">** Participation - (5 marks) ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">** Assigned: April 7 ** <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">** Due: April 14th ** 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 (Glennis, please comment on Denise's blog) <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">***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.**

Denise Tamara Janet Collin Shane Jeff Michael Riel Ralph Taiwo Luis Jackie Oyedele Carolyn Karen Don Valentina Drew Glennis

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">** Assignment #3 - Inquiry-Based Learning - "Learn to do something" and present ***. Assignment - (50 marks) and Presentation - (50 marks) Assigned: March 24 Due: April 21
 * 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)
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Share your learning object with Eva (such as a link, etc.) (10 marks)
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Complete this form to provide peer critiques for each presentation. (Professionalism)
 * Form for April 21st (first day of presentations)
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Form for April 28th (second day of presentations)

Graphic Organizers Demonstration/Resource: April 14 Participation (10 marks)

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 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Popplet
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Lucidchart -

**Assignment #4 - Webquest** Assigned**:** April 7 Due: May 12 Assignment (25 marks) <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">// You may wish to create an account at Zunal.com, however not required to complete the following task. // <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Example Webquest1 Webquest2 <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">[|WebQuest Templates] - Zunal.com is a good platform to create a webquest. <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">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. <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">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 <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Discussion/Groups with shared Doc - April 7 (25 marks)
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">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: March 24 Due: May 5
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">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)
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">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)
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">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)
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Indicate the evaluation strategy/process for each example. How will this improve the learning for your students? (20 marks)
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Present your plan to the class as per presentation schedule. (20 marks)
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">The presentation should be approx. 10-12 minutes--not more -
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">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.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Link to peer critique form - May 5; May 12
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Example

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Final Reflection and Evaluation - complete this form by May 14. 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.