Agendas+&+Assignments

//**A Work in Progress Check Back Often**// Tues. 1/18 || # Introduction Thurs. 1/20 || # Selection of Teams Tues. 1/25 || # Book Selection Thurs. 1/27 || # Sharing of Belief Statements Tues. 2/1 || # Select Team Leaders/Skype Buddies Thurs.2/3 || # Discussion of Chapters/Blog Team 2 Tues. 2/8 || # Unit Selection Theme, Concepts, Topics, Unit Overview Thurs. 2/10 || # Discussion of Chapter/Blog Team 4 Tues. 2/15 || # Sharing of //This We Believe// Blogs Thurs. 2/17 || # Sharing of //This We Believe// Blogs Tues. 3/1 || # Sharing of //This We Believe// Blogs Thurs. 3/3 || # Discussion of Blog Team 4 Tues. 3/8 || # Work Session: Book Talk || # __**WIP:**__ Work on your Book Talk Presentation || Thurs. 3/10 || # Work Session: Book Talk || # __**WIP:**__ Finalize your Book Talk Presentation Tues. 3/15 || # Sharing of //This We Believe// Blogs Thurs. 3/17 || # Book Talk Presentation //Student-Oriented Curriculum// || # __**WIP**__: WebQuest || Tues. 3/22 || # Discussion of Blog Team 1 Thurs. 3/24 || # Book Talk Presentation //Becoming a Whole New Mind// Tues. 3/29 || # WebQuest/Student Sample Work Session. Thurs. 3/31 || # Book Talk Presentation //Becoming a Wiz at Brain-Based Teaching// || # **__Due:__** Rubric for Student Sample Tues. 4/5 || # Discussion of Chapters/Blogs Team 2 Thurs. 4/7 || # Book Talk Presentation //The Boys and Girls Learn Differently// Tues. 4/12 || # Panel of Middle School Educators Session || # **__Read__**: Chapter 9 //Turning Point 2000,// Chapter 15 //Meet Me in the Middle,// Student Led Conference Packet Thurs. 4/14
 * Middle Level Education**
 * Spring 2011 - EDU 262 - UMF**
 * **--Session--** || **--What Will We Do in Class--** || **--What You Need To Have Done Before Coming to Class--** ||
 * Week 1
 * 1) Personal Profile - Knowing the Learner
 * 2) Personal Learning Communities - Communication Style
 * 3) Student Information Complete for 1/20
 * 4) Syllabus Read and bring questions to class 1/20 ||   ||
 * Week 1
 * 1) Middle School Structure
 * 2) Discussion of Chapters - Process
 * 3) Creating a Blog Labels (TWB, TP2000, MMM)
 * 4) Syllabus
 * 5) Essential Belief Statement || # __Read__: Chapters 1, 2 & p. 102-105 //Turning Points 2000//
 * 6) Prepare reflective statement for each chapter.
 * 7) **Blog Team 1** Synthesis Chapters 1, 2 //Turning Points 2000// and include at least two hyperlinks in each chapter and be ready to present your blogs a week from today. Post on Blog and Upload URL to Class Wiki.
 * 8) __**WIP**__: Belief Statement ||
 * Week 2
 * 1) [|Turning Points 2000 Recommendations]
 * 2) Discussion of Chapter 17 MMM
 * 3) Start creating a Mission Statement || # __Read__: Chapters 1, 2, 17 //Meet Me in the Middle//
 * 4) Prepare reflective statement for each chapter.
 * 5) **Blog Team 2** Synthesis Chapters 1, 2 //Meet Me in the Middle// and include at least two hyperlinks in each chapter and be ready to present your blogs a week from today. Post on Blog and Upload URL to Class Wiki.
 * 6) __**WIP**__: Belief Statement ||
 * Week 2
 * 1) [|Delicious]
 * 2) Discussion of Chapters/Blog Team 1
 * 3) [|TWB] vs Turning Point 2000 || # __Read__: //This We Believe// pages 1-26
 * 4) Blog //This We Believe// pages 1-26 individually on your blog.
 * 5) __**Due**__: Blog Team 1
 * 6) __**Due**__: Essential Belief Statement and upload to the Class Wiki. ||
 * Week 3
 * 1) Discussion of Chapters/Blog Team 2
 * 2) [|Characteristics of Young Adolescents (10-14)]
 * 3) Teaming/Advising/Partnership || # __Read__: //This We Believe// pages 27-33, Chapters 11, 12 //Meet Me in the Middle// and Chapter 6 //Turning Point 2000.//
 * 4) Prepare a reflective statement for each chapter.
 * 5) **Blog Team 3** Synthesis Chapters 11,12 //Meet Me in the Middle// and include at least two hyperlinks in each chapter and be ready to present your blogs a week from today. Post on Blog and Upload URL to Class Wiki.
 * 6) __**Due**__: Blog Team 2
 * 7) Blog //This We Believe// pages 27-33, continue to add to your //This We Believe// Blog ||
 * Week 3
 * 1) Revisit Mission Statement
 * 2) Select name of school and team names
 * 3) Integrated Curriculum[[file:Lesson Plan Format spring10.doc]]
 * 4) Why [|Integrate Technology] into Curriculum? || # Read: //This We Believe// pages 33-42, Chapter 9 //Meet Me in the Middle//
 * 5) Prepare a reflective statement for each chapter.
 * 6) **Blog Team 4** Synthesis Chapters 9 //Meet Me in the Middle// and include at least two hyperlinks in each chapter and be ready to present your blogs a week from today. Post on Blog and Upload URL to Class Wiki.
 * 7) Read the draft mission statement and bring your thoughts to class, so we can continue the refinement process.
 * 8) Blog //This We Believe// pages 33-42, continue to add to your //This We Believe// Blog. ||
 * Week 4
 * 1) [|Maine Learning Results] and [|Common Core Standards]
 * 2) Discussion of Chapters/Blog Team 3
 * 3) Draft School Mission Statement from the four team missions
 * 4) Vote school names and teams
 * 5) [|EduBlog Awards]and[| Best Educational Wikis] || # Read: //This We Believe// pages 43-62
 * 6) Blog //This We Believe// pages 43-62, continue to add to your //This We Believe// Blog.
 * 7) Bring ideas for developing an integrated unit to class.
 * 8) __**Due**__: Blog Team 3 ||
 * Week 4
 * 1) Write Unit Overview, an understanding and essential question for the unit.
 * 2) Feedback Session - Theme, Concepts, Topics
 * 3) [|Middle School Schedule][[file:scheduling_5.pdf]]
 * 4) Share your EduBlog or wiki you selected with your team.
 * 5) Book Talk Planning Session || # __**Due:**__ Theme, Concepts, Topics, Unit Overview
 * 6) __**WIP**__: Read your team book.
 * 7) **__Due__:** Blog Team 4
 * 8) **WIP:** //This We Believe// Final Blog of pages1-62 and add at least two hyperlinks. Hyperlink your This We Believe Blog.
 * 9) Select an EduBlog that you would like to read throughout the semester. ||
 * Week 5
 * 1) Share your team schedules
 * 2) Enduring Understanding, Guided Questions
 * 3) Continue to work on School Mission, and vote on school name, team names, etc... || # __**Due:**__ Theme, Concepts, Topics, Unit Overview Print a hard copy from the class wiki and include the understanding and essential question for the unit.
 * 4) **__Due__**: //This We Believe// Final Blog of pages1-62 and add at least two hyperlinks. Hyperlink your This We Believe Blog.
 * 5) **__Due__**: Post the URL of the Blog or Wiki you are following this semester.
 * 6) __**WIP**__: Read your team book. ||
 * Week 5
 * 1) Understandings/Questions Feedback Session
 * 2) Knowledge, Skills, Instructional Plan [[file:Facets Verb List.pdf]][[file:sixfacetsUnderst.pdf]]
 * 3) <span class="wiki_link">[|TypeITypeIITeamPage.doc] Products and Web2.0 || # __**Due:**__ Enduring Understanding, Guided Questions
 * 4) __Read__: Chapter 3 //Turning Point 2000//
 * 5) Prepare a reflective statement for each chapter.
 * 6) **Blog Team 4** Synthesis Chapters 3 //Turning Point 2000// and include at least two hyperlinks in each chapter and be ready to present your blog a week and half from today. Post on Blog and Upload URL to Class Wiki.
 * 7) __**WIP**__: Read your team book. ||
 * Week 6
 * 1) Knowledge, Skills Feedback Session [|Blooms]
 * 2) Waiting for Superman discussion
 * 3) Instructional Plan, Performance Task, Scorer Guide || # __**Due:**__ Knowledge, Skills ||
 * Week 6
 * 1) Sharing of //This We Believe// Blogs
 * 2) Visiting a Middle School
 * 3) Work on Performance Task and Rubrics
 * 4) <span class="wiki_link">Finalize School Mission, Finalize school name, team names, etc... || # __**Due:**__ Print hard copy of Critical content and Skills from wiki space.
 * 5) __**Due:**__ Blog Team 4
 * 6) __**Due:**__ Bring ideas for you unit performance task.
 * 7) __**WIP**__: Performance Task, Scorer Guide
 * 8) __**Due:**__ Blog Posting on //Waiting for Superman// ||
 * Week 7
 * Week 7
 * 1) __**WIP**__: Performance Task, Scorer Guide ||
 * Week 8
 * 1) Survey Tamra-Jo Parker
 * 2) Instructional Plans Feedback Session
 * 3) Follow up on Performance Task
 * 4) Sharing something new with your team members from the blog or wiki you have been following.
 * 5) [|WebQuest] || # __Read__: Chapters 4, 13 //Meet Me in the Middle//
 * 6) Prepare a reflective statement for each chapter.
 * 7) **Blog Team 1** Synthesis Chapters 4, 13 //Meet Me in the Middle// and include at least two hyperlinks in each chapter and be ready to present your blogs a week from today. Post on Blog and Upload URL to Class Wiki.
 * 8) **__Due__**: Instructional Plan Print Instructional Plan from class wiki and bring hardcopy to class. ||
 * Week 8
 * Week 9
 * 1) [|WebQuest]
 * 2) WebQuest Resources and Process
 * 3) [|Rubrics]
 * 4) Lesson Plan[[file:Lesson Plan Format spring10.doc]]
 * 5) Technology Integration TPACK [|TPACK Resources] || # __Rea____d__: Chapter 3 //Meet Me in the Middle//
 * 6) Prepare a reflective statement for chapter 3.
 * 7) **Blog Team 2** Synthesis Chapters 3 //Meet Me in the Middle// and include at least two hyperlinks in each chapter and be ready to present your blogs a week from today. Post on Blog and Upload URL to Class Wiki.
 * 8) __**Due**__: Blog Team 1
 * 9) **Due:** Performance Task
 * 10) __**WIP**__: WebQuest - Bring Resources (all of your ideas and sources from each content areas, as contribution to this page)
 * 11) __**Due**__: Book Talk Blog ||
 * Week 9
 * 1) //[|Let Kids Rule the School]// || # __**Due**__: Book Response - //Student-Oriented Curriculum//
 * 2) __**Read:**__ Bright Future [[file:bright_futures_5-4-09pdf.pdf]]
 * 3) **WIP**: WebQuest Process and Web Resources ||
 * Week 10
 * 1) [|Portaportal] Guest Password - Dr Grace || # **__Read__**: Chapter 6, 7, 8 //Meet Me in the Middle//
 * 2) Prepare a reflective statement for each chapter.
 * 3) **Blog Team 2** Synthesis Chapters 8 //Meet Me in the Middle// and include at least two hyperlinks in each chapter and be ready to present your blogs a week from today. Post on Blog and Upload URL to Class Wiki.
 * 4) __**WIP**__: Lesson Plan
 * 5) **WIP**: WebQuest Process and Web Resources
 * 6) __**Due**__: Book Talk Blog ||
 * Week 10
 * 1) __**Due**__: Book Response - //A Whole New Mind//
 * 2) __**WIP**__: WebQuest/Student Sample
 * 3) __**WIP**__: <span class="wiki_link_new">Lesson Plan
 * 4) **WIP**: WebQuest Process and Web Resources ||
 * Week 11
 * 1) Team Work: Design Team Packet for Student Led Conferences and finalize WebQuest Student Sample
 * 2) Select Presentation Dates
 * 3) Develop Questions for Middle School Panel || # __**Read**__: Chapter 4, 8 //Turning Points 2000//
 * 4) Prepare a reflective statement for each chapter.
 * 5) **Blog Team 3** Synthesis Chapters 4, 8 //Turning Point 2000// and include at least two hyperlinks in each chapter and be ready to present your blogs a week from today. Post on Blog and Upload URL to Class Wiki.
 * 6) __**Due:**__ Blog Team 2
 * 7) __**Due:**__ WebQuest Process and Web Resources
 * 8) __**Due**__: Lesson Plan Bring a hard copy to class.
 * 9) __**WIP**__: WebQuest and Student Sample ||
 * Week 11
 * 1) Team 2 Blog || # __**Due**__: Book Response //Becoming a Wiz at Brain-Based Teaching//
 * 2) __**WIP:**__ WebQuest Student Sample
 * 3) __**Due:**__ Questions for Middle School Panel ||
 * Week 12
 * 1) Prepare a reflective statement for each chapter.
 * 2) **Blog Team 4** Synthesis Chapter 9 //Turning Points 2000// Chapters 15 //Meet Me in the Middle// and include at least two hyperlinks in each chapter and be ready to present your blogs a week from today. Post on Blog and Upload URL to Class Wiki.
 * 3) **__WIP__**: Lesson Plan, Attachments and Lesson Student Sample
 * 4) __**WIP:**__ WebQuest Student Sample
 * 5) __**Due**__: Book Talk Blog ||
 * Week 12

This class will be on Wed. 5/4 at Dirigo Middle School ||  || # __**Due**__: Book Response - //The Boys and Girls Learn Differently -// Email it as an attachment. || Tues. 4/26 || # Debrief the Middle School Panel, Middle School Visit - May 4, 2010 Thurs. 4/28 || # Presentation of Integrated Unit, Lesson Plans for each Content Area/Student Sample, WebQuest, Student Sample and Student Led Conference Brochure. Tues. 5/3 || # Presentation of Integrated Unit, Lesson Plans for each Content Area/Student Sample, WebQuest and Student Sample. Thurs. 5/5 || # Sharing of Reflection Statement
 * Week 13
 * 1) Blog Team 3 & 4
 * 2) [|6 Phases of Teaching]
 * 3) Finalize Team Portfolio Artifacts/Zip File
 * 4) Final Team Work Session - Presentation of Integrated Unit, Lesson Plans for each Content Area/Student Sample, WebQuest, Student Sample and Student Led Conference Brochure. || # **__Due:__** <span class="wiki_link_new">Webquest
 * 5) __**WIP**__: Team Packets for Student Led Conference
 * 6) __**WIP:**__ Lessons Attachments/Student Sample
 * 7) __**WIP:**__ WebQuest Student Sample
 * 8) __**Due**__: Blog Team 3 and 4 ||
 * Week 13
 * 1) Reflection Statement || # **__Due:__** Team 1 & 3 Presentations
 * 2) **WIP:** Reflection Statement
 * 3) [|Spring 2011 Portfolio Schedule by Day Portfolio SP11 by Day.pdf] ||
 * Week 14
 * 1) **Visting A Middle School - Wednesday, May 4, 2010.** || # **__Due:__** Team 2 & 4 Presentations
 * 2) **__Due:__** Hard Copy of Team Portfolio and upload zip files and links to class wiki.
 * 3) __**WIP**__: Zip File
 * 4) **WIP:** Reflection Statement ||
 * Week 14
 * 1) Plus/Delta Middle Level Education
 * 2) UMF Evaluation || # **__Due__**: Reflection Statement
 * 3) **__Due__**: Zip File ||