Assignments+-+EDUC-2092+Spring+2012

Assignments - EDUC-2092 - Spring 2012

Assignment #1 - Learning Theories - Presented Wednesday 8:30 a.m.
 * Divide into groups of 3
 * Choose a topic from the stickies
 * 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?
 * Provide examples of where/what situation would best suit your learning theory--uses, advantages and limitations of your learning theory
 * Provide the resources used in your presentation
 * Present your findings Wednesday morning--decide who will do the talking, one or all--DO NOT READ your presentation!! - 15 minutes per group


 * 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”

Norbert, DJ, Bob - Learning Styles Marcela, Dan, Dwayne - Metacognition Forde, Melanie, Karen - Multiculture Education <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">David, Farhad, Chevy - Personality Types <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hal, Michele, Frank - Multiple Intelligences

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assignment #2 - Problem Based Learning - "Learn to do something" and present Thursday 8:30 a.m.


 * <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 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
 * <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
 * <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
 * <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

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assignment #3 - Classroom Management - Discussion with shared Doc (assigned Tuesday morning)
 * See Classroom Management page on this wiki


 * Lab time - Tuesday 11:00 - 12:00 - to work on Assignments 1 and/or 2. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assignment #4 - Webquest (assigned Tuesday afternoon)
 * In your Learning Journey Doc -
 * 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 - video, pictures, text instructions - state the purpose of each of these
 * 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 1, 2, and/or 6. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assignment #5 - Graphic Organizers (Wednesday morning)
 * Join Popplet at [|popplet.com]
 * Participation in class activity


 * Lab time - Wednesday 1:00 - 4:00 - to work on Assignments 2 and 6. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assignment #6 - Individual Presentation - how can you use learner-centered approaches in your teaching? - Thursday afternoon and Friday morning
 * Prepare a Google Doc/Prezi or other shared/cloud object outlining three learner-centered approaches that will increase the learning for your learners
 * 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 and prepare a WebQuest with resources.
 * State the learning outcome for each learner-centered approach.
 * Indicate the evaluation strategy/process for each example.
 * Present your plan to the class on Thursday afternoon/or Friday morning as per presentation schedule
 * The presentation should be 15 minutes - see presentation schedule on this wiki