Intro to Teaching - Week 8 - Reading Notes
Reading TPPT Ch. 4: 51-100 Zoom in and out and focus on the following question: How does Lampert establish norms for students to do the sort of mathematical problem solving she wants them to engag...
Posts from November 2015
LDT Seminar - Week 7 - Class Notes
Today we met at the d.School and started of with talks by: Shelley Williamson Anastasia Radeva Camila Farias Then we had a very interesting session lead by Dr. Susan Wise from the d.K12 Lab Network...
Qualitative Research - Week 7 - Class Notes
Was my turn to bring some snacks - brought a bag of nicely cut celery and hummus - delicious. One friend had never tried celery before! Here we are discussing the Propositions our groups drew from the...
Qualitative Research - Week 7 - Interview 2
Went over to Mountain View to for our second interview with Anita. My role this time was to be the “Human Tape Recorder”. Tough one :) [gallery type=“slideshow” size=“full” ids=“2229,223...
Tech 4 Learners - Week 7 - Class Notes
Had some of the parents and kids from OMS come watch our presentations. We were actually the first ones to go - Soren presented and I controlled the slides… went a little over time but went well. At...
Lemann Center - Higher Education in Brazil: Sustainable Innovation through Research
Helped very briefly with event: [gallery type=“slideshow” size=“full” ids=“2188,2191,2192”] Here are some pictures of the exercise “What is the news headline you would want to read in 1...
Qualitative Research - Week 7 - Reading Assignment
Reading: Graue, M. E., & Walsh, D. (1998). Studying Children in Context: Theories, Method, and Ethics. Thousand Oaks: Sage. pp. 158-191 and 201-206. Emerson, R., Fretz, R., & Shaw, L. (1995). “Pr...
Qualitative Research - Week 7 - RDR Assignment
Finished the transcription for 15 minutes of our hour long interview… uff! Interview Transcript Interviewee: Anita Lin, iHub Manager at Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) Audio file: dow...
Learning Environments - Week 7 - Reading Assignment
“Within these multiple overlapping zones, students navigate by different routes and at different rates. But the push is toward upper, ratherthan lower, levels of competence.” (Brown...
Brazilian Education - Week 7 - Class Notes
Talk with Prof. Michael Conniff, who published the book “Urban Politics in Brazil. The Rise of Populism 1925-1945”. We each got a hard copy! ...