This class leads off with a live demo of the #sschat on Twitter (Mondays 4-5 PM Pacific). Chats are archived here.
Will use the event to begin a discussion of using Twitter to build a personal learning network (PLN). Students that have not already done so , will be asked to create Twitter accounts. More on Twitter hashtags here.
Next, we will turn our attention back to our exploration of teaching strategies for developing historical thinking skills. We will deconstruct The Battle of the Little Bighorn Lesson Plan from the Stanford History Education Group’s Reading Like A Historian and how it’s designed to teaching skills in Sourcing, Contextualizing and Corroborating. Keeping with our “western theme” we will take some time to develop lesson ideas for using “Across the Continent” an 1868 Currier & Ives print drawn by Frances Flora Palmer. [Above]
Finally we will turn do some peer editing of our shared Google presentation of collecting student-designed mini-lesson based on the Beyond the Bubble assessment model. Assignment | Product
Assignment for Class 6 – Shared Google presentation should be done by bed time 9/24. Blog post due by next class.
- Take the peer feedback and do a final version of your mini-lesson.
- Write a brief reflection on the process – it could include your take on historic thinking, the specific lesson model borrowed from SHEG, working with a shared Google presentation, peer review process, etc.
- Take all the content of your lesson plus the reflection and post it to our blog as your second authored post.
Reading assignment: Snapshot of a modern learner in SmartBlog on Education
Image credit: “Across the Continent” 1868 Currier & Ives print drawn by Frances Flora Palmer Newberry Library
Hey @EdMethods class! When you have a chance to read the article, “Snapshot of a modern learner,” talk to your CT about the article. I would love to hear a bit about the climates you are all working in regarding acceptance and integration of technology. I think this could be a great personal discussion about our own philosophies as well.
Maybe you all should leave comments at the article / SmartBlog on Education? Tell ’em what you think about the modern learner. If you do, you can log in with your WordPress account and your “Gravatar” will show up.