Had a great meeting with Karin to discuss the first draft of the Master’s Project. Main takeaways: Find research that supports the notion that Higher Ed is focusing everyday more on online courses...
Borko, H., Koellner, K., & Jacobs, J. (2011). Meeting the challenges of scale: The importance of preparing professional development leaders. Teachers College Record, Date Published: March 04, 2011. ht...
Good class today - we discussed the different ways to scale Teacher PD programs and had the first Group Project Presentation. ...
Eyeo 2014 - Leah Buechley Thinking about Making Humans are natural makers Demographics Predominantly men and white or asian Has nothing changed? Maker’s movement promise not achieved Does no...
Partnered up with Jasmine Park for the final project - great teamwork :) Here’s what we presented: And the report: Also took a lot of notes on paper… no time to type them up now… ...
First half - peer review of curriculum Second half - talks from FOSS and Sara W. ...
Groups of 4 discussed the readings. My group discussed Heller: Heller: Differential Effects of Three Professional Development Models on Teacher Knowledge and Student Achievement in Elementary Science ...
Eisner, E. (April 2002). The Kind of Schools We Need. Phi Delta Kappan, pp. 576-583. Education is not a science (more of an art) and assessments can’t be void of judgment “Artistry and professio...
Heller, J.I., Daehler, K.R., Wong, N., Shinohara, M., & Maritrix, L.W. (2012). Differential effects of three professional development models on teacher knowledge and student achievement in elementary ...
Based on our reading, class was split into the ‘minimal instruction’ group and the ‘constructionism’ group. We had to come up with a Lesson Plan for teaching fractions to 5th graders… intere...