Wednesday, April 21, 2010

May 6

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU MADE IT!! :))

As your placement ends, complete a final assessment by reflecting upon your overall experience using Danielson's Domains. What domains would you define as your strengths? What skills would you like to improve upon as you move toward student teaching?

May 4

Open Blog - Discuss anything pertinent from your field placement today.

April 29

Open Blog - Discuss anything pertinent from your field placement today.

April 27

Open Blog - Discuss anything pertinent your from field placement today.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Week of April 22

As you have just completed your final day before your full-time experience begins, what are you most looking forward to during your "two weeks"?

Week of April 15

Our final discussions in class centered upon citizenship education. Have you seen evidence that your students understand the concept of citizenship and their roles in the school and wider community? If yes, what lessons/activities were completed to facilitate this? If no, how might you introduce these concepts to your students?

Monday, March 15, 2010

Weeks of April 1 and April 8

Complete self-assessment of your blog performance as discussed in class this week. No additional entries are required. Assessments are due Wednesday, April 7 at the beginning of class.

Week of March 25

Assess your cooperating teacher's classroom management plan. How does it support and/or counter your approach? Provide an example of how you might use these management strategies to enhance your teaching of social studies.

Week of March 18

Assess your progress to date according to Danielson's 4 domains. Discuss both gains and areas still in need of improvement for each domain. Be critically self-reflective!

Monday, February 22, 2010

Week of March 11

No Blog -- Spring Break

Week of March 4

Discuss effective strategies for the integration of social studies that you have observed in your field placement classroom. How might you employ these curriculum strategies in your own classroom?

Week of February 25

Discuss and assess the approach to lesson planning in social studies used in your field placement school. If you do not see social studies, you may speak about it in general terms. From this analysis, determine what qualities constitute a good lesson plan.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Week of February 18

OPEN BLOG -- Discuss anything pertinent from your field placement today.

Week of February 11

NO BLOG! -- Snow Day :))

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Week of February 4

Did you find yourself feeling more confident today? If so, why or why not?

What was the one moment from today that most stands out in your mind (either negatively or positively)?

Monday, January 25, 2010

Week of January 28

Congratulations! You survived the first day!

What most surprised you about the experience? How would you assess your performance?

What are you most looking forward to next week?

Do your students regularly see social studies during the school day?

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Welcome to ED 366!

I hope everyone had a restful break! I am looking forward to a great semester.

See you on January 20th!!

Dr. Bowman