Assignments+-+EDUC-2092+-+July+2012

=Evaluation - EDUC-2092 - Summer July 16 - 20, 2012=
 * Subject to Change***

Marks are viewable in LEARN
 * Learning Journey Doc ** - each day is to be dated; two entries minimum per day, e.g., ideas that you want to research, website resources - this is your "notes" space.
 * Participation 20% (20 marks - 2 per day) **


 * Attendance ** - 1 mark per half day
 * Participation - 20% (10 marks) **

Assignment #1 - Learning Theories - Presented Wednesday 8:30 a.m. Assignments - 40% (50 marks)
 * Divide into groups of 3
 * Choose a topic from the "hat"
 * Create a Google Presentation or Prezi to introduce, describe/explain your learning theory
 * If there are individual inventory/tests to be taken, do so and report on your findings--are these accurate? (5 marks)
 * Provide examples of where/what situation would best suit your learning theory--uses, advantages and limitations of your learning theory (10 marks)
 * Provide the resources used in your presentation (10 marks)
 * Present your findings Wednesday morning--decide who will do the talking, one or all--DO NOT READ your presentation!! - 15 minutes per group (25 marks)
 * Please share your presentation with all the students in this class - use the email block from the Class Contacts Doc.


 * Multiple intelligences--Howard Gardner - 8 intelligences
 * Personality types--Myers-Briggs type indicator, Keirsey Temperament Sorter
 * Learning styles--David Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory, Anthony Gregorc’s Mind Styles Model, Gerald Grow’s Model
 * Multicultural education - everyone should have the opportunity to learn regardless of ethnic or racial background - James Banks - global education makes this more possible
 * Metacognition - thinking about thinking; Knowing Knowledge--George Siemens; “the more I know the more I realize I don’t know”
 * Cooperative Learning - based on Constructivism

Learning Styles - Felix, Merkebu, Mohammad <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Metacognition - Larissa, Nico, Robin <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Multiculture Education - Lisa, Cameron, Chantalle <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Personality Types - Patricia, Mary-Beth, Caroline <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Multiple Intelligences - Manjinder, Tai, Edelyn <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cooperative Learning - Jonathan, Isabel, Kristie

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Monday** - Set up a blog at blogspot/blogger - or use an existing blog - add your address in the doc that I shared with you “[|Class Contacts EDUC2092]”. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Blog about the importance of lifelong learning and your experiences in learning. (10 marks) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Tuesday** - Read a blog post from this [|link] - scan the blog and choose any post. Create a new blog post to share your thoughts on your reading. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Your blog post is due at the end of today. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Comment on one blog in this class--the name that appears below yours in the Class Contacts Doc--last person on the list will comment on the first name in the list. ***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. Your comment is due at the end of Friday. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (10 marks for the post; 5 marks for the comment)
 * Assignment #2 - Blog - **
 * Participation - 20% (25 marks) **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assignment #3 - Inquiry-Based Learning - "Learn to do something" and present Thursday 8:30 a.m. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assignments - 40% (100 marks)


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Choose a partner or decide to work individually
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Decide/Discuss what you would like to learn - ** share ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ideas - something somewhat significant - not a topic that is too simplistic - should take about 6 - 8 hours to learn this and no one in your group knows how to do this - confirm your topic with me before you begin
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Document everything you do to learn this, i.e., Trello, Docs (20 marks)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Include video or images of your process and progress (20 marks)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Choose a format to present this learning to the class - Thursday morning - 15 minute presentations (50 marks)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Share your learning object on the wiki (10 marks)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assignment #4 - Classroom Management - Discussion with shared Doc (assigned Tuesday morning) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Participation/Discussions - 20% (25 marks)
 * See Classroom Management page on this wiki


 * Lab time - Tuesday 11:00 - 12:00 - to work on Assignments 1. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assignment #5 - Webquest (assigned Tuesday afternoon) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assignments - 40% (20 marks)
 * In your Learning Journey Doc -
 * Write about a webquest that you could develop for your teaching.
 * State the topic and goal of the lesson. (5 marks)
 * Provide three websites that would be beneficial for your webquest. (5 marks)
 * Identify other objects or information that you would need to create this webquest - video, pictures, text instructions (5 marks) - state the purpose of each of these (5 marks).
 * 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.


 * Lab time - Tuesday 2:00 - 4:00 - to work on Assignments 3, and/or 7. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assignment #6 - Graphic Organizers (Wednesday morning) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Participation 20% (20 marks)
 * Join Popplet at [|popplet.com]
 * Participation in class activity


 * Lab time - Wednesday 1:00 - 4:00 - to work on Assignments 3 and 7. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assignment #7 - Individual Presentation - how can you use learner-centered approaches in your teaching? - Thursday afternoon and Friday morning <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Presentations - 40% (100 marks)
 * Prepare a Google Doc/Prezi or other shared/cloud object outlining three learner-centered approaches that will increase the learning for your learners (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 prepare a WebQuest with resources. (20 marks)
 * State the learning outcome for each learner-centered approach. (20 marks)
 * Indicate the evaluation strategy/process for each example. (20 marks)
 * Present your plan to the class on Thursday afternoon/or Friday morning as per presentation schedule (20 marks)
 * The presentation should be 15 minutes - see presentation schedule on this wiki