#60 Agenda of Today (WK14, 11/30/2010)

Announcement:

1. Attendance report 
2. Questions about lesson/research plan? Please read the updated Protocol carefully.
3. ETSU Final Presentation Schedules (11/30, 12/7)
4. List of important concepts for the Final Exam Fall 2010
5. Additional questions 
6. Other presentations
7. Jo's Lesson Plan

Information:

1. 75-80 % educational job opportunity prior to 2008 but decreased to 45 % in current economy
2. How do you prepare yourself as a teacher for the future generations or as a workforce in the future? 

• Knowledge/technology is more complicated
• Abundant information but how to integrate
• Global competition (human capital)
• How to live with the climate change (from the Economist)
• Challenges and Opportunities

#58 Agenda of Today (WK12, 11/16/2010)

Announcement:

1. Student Assessment of Instruction 
2. Attendance Report 
3. Performance Stats updated, please check
4. Questions about lesson/research plan? Please read the updated Protocol carefully.
5. ETSU Final Presentation Schedules (11/30, 12/7)
6. H-racer car (return 11/30)
   

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Class Activities
A. Student Content Presentation

• Content presentation
• H-racer presentation

B. Instructor's Content Presentation WK12 PPT + Blog activities
  
C. Brief Lesson Plan Presentation/ Discussion

D. Argumentation

• Three integrated questions 

E. Lesson/ Research plan time

#55 Agenda of Today (WK11, 11/9/2010)

Announcement:

1. Attendance Report
2. Share your research/lesson plan (viewable) on this file (WC Students' Lesson Plans)
3. ETSU Final Presentation Schedules (11/30, 12/7)
4. H-racer presentation (next week)
   

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Class Activities
A. Class discussion 1: what did you learn from

• A report from Parkinson's Study (Post #46)
• CCR5 mutation and AIDS (Post #47)
• Geocentrism vs. Heliocentrism (Post #48)
  

B. Class discussion 2: Lesson/Research Plan Analysis  

C. Student Content Presentation

D. Instructor's Content Presentation- WK10/11 PPT + Blog activities 

E. Brief Lesson Plan Presentation/ Discussion

F. Wal-mart vs. Sustainability (Post #54)

  

#52 Agenda of Today (WK10, 11/2/2010)

Announcement:

1. Share your research/lesson plan (viewable) on this file (WC Students' Lesson Plans)
2. Assignment: Lesson/Research Plan Analysis (Due next week)
3. Tips for term exam preparation

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Class Activities
A.  Content- WK10 PPT + Blog activities

B.  Brief Lesson Plan Presentation


C. Content- WK10 PPT + Blog activities

# 45 Agenda of Today (WK9, 10/26/2010)

Announcement:

1. Questions for the midterm scores.
2. Next week (11/2/2010) would be an In-Class session, we would move an online session to the week of Thanksgiving.

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The class in this week consists of two activities.
     A. Lesson/research plan- 5 minutes presentations, working session
     B. Online session (please see below)

A. Lesson/research plan

1. Share your file with your peers:
   Make a copy of your lesson plan on Google Docs, share your lesson plan with the editable function and put info in the following file (WC Students' Lesson Plans).
2. Present your plan
3. Provide feedback to the presenters (details released in class)
4. Keep working on your work with curriculum materials

B. Online session
You will have one week (10/26/10-11/2/10) to complete this online session.
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This online session includes three tasks. You need to submit some stuff on Task Two and Task Three.

Task One: Watch a video


Task Two: A virtual tour
Spend 1-1.5 hrs to visit the following websites. You are encouraged to read the content and watch their multimedia

1. United Nations Environment Programme
2. Multimedia- United Nations Environment Programme 
3. Welcome- 2010 International Year of Biodiversity

You are required (1) to report what you have read and watched (2) to write a 200-400 word summary, comment or reflection on your virtual tour. Please use the following link to submit your assignment.
Assignment Submission: Virtual Tour

Task Three: Read and Summarize Global Biodiversity Outlook 3
Please read: Page 8-31 and Page 51-58
Reading material: Global Biodiversity Outlook 3
Assignment Submission: Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 (200- 400 words)

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#44 Agenda of Today (WK8, 10/19/2010)

1. Your mid-term test would be available to view on your Google Docs at 4pm 10/19/10. Please contact me if you have any questions.

2. Two journal reading summaries due on 10/26/2010 (submit them through Post #16)

3. WK 9 (10/26/2010) is an in-class session.

4. Work on your lesson plan file in your Google Docs and prepare for a 5 minute presentation in WK9 class.

#42 Agenda of Today (WK6)

1. Topic of Today I (Biodiversity and Evolution)

• Attendance Report
• Instructor's presentation

2. Announcement I

• Performance stats has not been updated since last week.
• Recommended answers for the three integrated questions
• Following schedule WK7:Mid-term, WK8:Fall Break, WK9:On-Site session, WK10: Online session.
• Spend some time on lesson/research plan in WK 8.
• On WK9 class, everyone would present her/his 5-minute lesson or research plan.
• 2nd Edition of Syllabus (Version 10/05/2010)

3.  Topic of Today II (Biodiversity and Species Interaction)

• Students' presentations
• Instructor's presentation

4. Announcement II

• Mid-term Preparation- Important Concepts for Midterm
• Mid-term examples (Multiple, T/F+ Explanation, Open-ended)

5. Assignment

• Work on your midterm
• Complete unfinished assignments
  

#34 Agenda of Today (WK5)

1. Announcement

• Attendance Report
• Reminder: Assignment Due Today- Five Matter Cycles
• Mid-term Preparation- Important Concepts for Midterm
• Question?
• Mid-term would be in Week 7 (Multiple, T/F+ Explanation, Open-ended)
• Summary Sample: How People Learn (Two Summaries)
• Reflections from News: Obama vs. Middle-Class Jobs; Automatic Reaction (Disappearing Middle)
• Observations from News: Emilio Pucci (Milan Fashion Week Spring 2011)
• Hybrid car presentation

2. Topic of Today I (Biodiversity and Evolution)

• Students' presentations
• Instructor's presentation

3. What Causes Four Seasons (Post #31)

• Post #31: What causes four seasons
• How do we teach a lesson like that?
• Post #33 Distance between the sun and the earth (available later)

4. Lesson/ Research Plan Preparation (work with Post #9)

• The working file on your Docs shared with me
• Lesson Plan Protocol
• An example (available later)
• Will have five minutes presentation in WK 9 or 10

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• Research track: work with me individually

5.  Topic of Today II (Biodiversity and Species Interaction)

• Students' presentations
• Instructor's presentation

6. Assignment

• Spend 2+ hours on your lesson plan/ research plan
• Work on the list of important concepts
• Complete unfinished assignments
  

#32 Agenda of Today (WK 4)

1. Announcement

• Attendance Report
• Questions for login the blog/ submit your work
• Performance stats
• Individual appointments
• Instant contact through gmail

2. Topic of Today I (Ecosystem)

• Instructor's Ecosystem PPTs
• Water Cycle Game; Submit your water cycling stats
• Special topics (Terri, Chelsie)
• Five matter cycle assignment (a. open it on your Google docs/ b. add your name on the title/ c. share it with the instructor) 

3. Research: Hypothesis/Conjecture Review

• Post #20 (What is a good hypothesis/ conjecture)

4.  Topic of Today II (Biodiversity and Evolution)

• Students' presentations
• Instructor's presentation
• Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 (WK9): Website; the report

5. How People Learn and How to Teach Four Seasons (Post #31)

6. Lesson/ Research Plan Preparation (work with Post #9)

• Will have five minutes presentation in WK 9 or 10
• The working file on your Docs
• Standards: focus on one specific grade but need review two adjacent grades
• Content: Review what is teaching in the specific grade
• List a collection of concepts, form a concept map
• Look for some activities related to content
• 5 hour lesson plan
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• Research track: work with me individually

7. Assignment- Complete Five Matter Cycle Assignment

#23 Agenda of Today (WK3)

1. Report Attendance (Post #3)

2. Sign in the Blog: 

• Check your Gmail if there is an invitation letter (for the Class Blog)
• Sign in the class blog with your account
• Then the Blog would be locked
• Check if you can access the Blog using your account

2.1 Performance Stats:

3. Matter and Energy (Part II)

• Activity (Flow of Energy): Videos and Q&A (Post #19)
• Instructor's WK 3 PPT (slide 1-11)

4. Topic of Today- Ecosystem

• Students presentation (need to know what topics will be presented)
• Activity: Concept map of ecosystem (Post #18)
• Instructor's WK 3 PPT
• Activity (Biomes): Videos and Q&A (Post #22)

5. How to Conduct A Research

• Forming a hypothesis/conjecture- Knowing your number (Post #20)

6. Assignment Preparation: Lesson Plan and Research 

• Find the requirements and read the Standards on Post #9
• Work on your Google Docs 
• List of Goldmail and Gmail account (ETSU) accounts
• Volunteer presentation for Standards (2, one for K-3, one for 4-6, 5-7 minutes/presenter)

7. Assignments: How People learn (See Post #21)

•  Volunteer presentation for How People Learn (1)

#15 Agenda of Today (WK2)

1. Report Attendance (Post #3)

2. Activity: Ecological Footprint (Post #6)

3. Are you smarter than a fifth grader?
Post # 4, See the the result.
Group activity: How do we address a misconception (as a learner or as a teacher)?

4. Living Planet Report (Post #10, #12) & 
Green Challenges and Opportunities (Post #13)

5. Topic of Today: Matter and Energy
(Jonathan Barrett/ Celeste Peck/ Chihche)

6. Lesson Plan and Research Assignment Technology
Check if your Goldmail and Gmail account (ETSU) accounts work
Details Please see Post #9
Google Docs (Post #7) and How to use it to communicate with the instructor

7. Assignments:Two Journal Reports (See Post #16)