Class+3-Jan.+12

Go over: "The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), a national organization that confers professional accreditation to schools, colleges, and departments of education to help to establish high quality teacher, specialist, and administrator preparation, defines teacher dispositions as follows: Professional Dispositions. Professional attitudes, values, and beliefs demonstrated through both verbal and non-verbal behaviors as educators interact with students, families, colleagues, and communities. These positive behaviors support student learning and development. NCATE expects institutions to assess professional dispositions based on observable behaviors in educational settings. The two professional dispositions that NCATE expects institutions to assess are fairness and the belief that all students can learn. Based on their mission and conceptual framework, professional education units can identify, define, and operationalize additional professional dispositions." from: http://www.actfl.org/files/TLE_Jan09_Article.pdf Video: Discuss in Journal 1 due Sunday by 11:00. Click here for journal.
 * Agenda**
 * Dispositions (10 minute activity)
 * KYTS 6 & NETS*T (15 minute activity)
 * NAEYC Article (20-30 minute activity)
 * [[file:Readings 1.pdf]]Valli: Questions/Discussion

Time remaining: Wiki, Wiki > What is a wiki? > What are the instructional benefits of wikis? > How can wikis help you meet KYTS 6?
 * 1) Wikis in Plain English
 * 1) Examples of Educational Wiki
 * 2) Wiki: Sign-up--pbworks (novice) or wikispaces (more advanced also more advanced students can explore Google documents).

Facebook Social Media Look over your Common Core Standards, New English/Language Arts, New Math Assessing Wikipedia, Wiki-Style, on Its 10 Anniversary How does Wikipedia compare to in regard to content and mistakes? Are Wikis Worth the Time? __Pro__ __Con__
 * Reading**
 * 1) How do wikis differ from blogs?
 * 2) What positives are noted from the experiment using wikis?
 * 1) Why did they pick a wiki for the project?
 * 2) How are wikis organized?
 * 3) What is the edit trail?
 * 4) Before they started, what two "things" about the students did they need to check?
 * 5) What instructional lessons did they learn?
 * 6) What technology lessons did they learn?
 * 1) What is a wiki? What are the characteristics of a wiki?
 * 2) What are the downsides?
 * 3) What are the implications for teaching and learning?
 * 1) According to the author, why would we want to turn to Wikipedia instead of Encyclopedia Britannica?
 * 2) Bookmark Kathy Schrock's page.
 * 1) How are wikis a "wonderful representation of how our understanding of knowledge is changing?"
 * 2) What do you think the author meant by stating that wikis support Friedman’s idea of the flat world or silos of information being replaced by horizontal connections?
 * 3) What point does the pro author concede?
 * 1) What two main arguments are presented to refute the value of wikis?