The ideas that we came up with on January 17th are listed as th e1st comment in this post. After the meeting at your school/building please add the ideas your colleagues come up with by commenting on this post. Of course, you can comment on your own anytime!
2 comments:
1. Using Primary Source
Field Trips to the Oregon Historical Society. Window of opportunity now. Free
now during Lincoln Exibit.
2. Critical Thinking Strategies.
Does anybody here today have some great ideas to share? Maybe someone could
come prepared to teach a strategy. What about meeting there next time to see
what they could offer our students on a field trip.
3. Socratic Seminars
How to start the process, then how to build on it.
What kind of questions and how to use them.
Susan Snyder and Portia Hall went to a workshop that was great.We need to be
taught that protocol.
Would love to see SS Facilitators get to be teacher leaders in the district
and lead discussions and workshops at their schools around “Socratic Seminars.”
4. Writing/Using Essential Questions
Ideas that will encourage/ facilitate cross discipline cooperation on writing
tasks and skills.
I don’t think my school has much interest in essential questions
There have been requests to look at the common assignment. Brainstorm ideas,
share, & score.
5. Technology Training
Easy to use how-to’s for STUDENTS to use common apps such as PPT, Excel, and
Word
How to download videos that we can’t stream from school so we can show them at school. Ie Youtube and Google Video
What to do when there is a problem that keeps us from continuing a lesson
Michael Williams is having students do on-line book discussions.It would be
interesting to see this developed
Classroom Blogs
6. Other
Good teachers / Colleagues teaching us their favorite practice
Teaching Strategies
Teachers at YWA would like professional development to focus on 1. using primary source documents and 2. teaching strategies/lessons/units presented by other teachers.
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