Version:
4/14/09

materials:

GER 399 "Science Fiction Radio Drama Production" and its earlier version, the "Papa Joe" Project;
the "Humboldt Project", and its earlier versions, FLL 399 (2006W) and GER 427/527 (2006F); also my PSU SINQ presentation (October 2008);
CBI activity scoring guide (see handout from previous meetings or use this link)
samples of reflections about Levine and Scheutz/ Colangelo

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(5') little things: CBI activity scoring guide (see handout from previous meeting or use this link); Teaser question from recent email: What might be the difference between content-based instruction and subject-based instruction ("subject" = something that might be the focus of a specific course, such as physics, social studies, or history of art)?

(10') while we're on scoring guides: 1) the SpeakEasy SG (as course, as company) for what it says about CBI pedagogy: is the activity really CBI? why would SE the course be scored differently from SE the company? 2) The Assignment 1 (reflection) SG: how to weight the factors?

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(10') the CBI drama production - can we flesh it out the way you've seen how SpeakEasy is built and then maybe extend those ideas to a completely different area of CBI? (see next item)

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(30') the first CBI project - a) overview of the assignment; b) more about the example from mathematics (with a little help from Pizza Schmizza and a lot of small coins; c) only if time: pizza and pi for hands-on learning of abstract principles; d) maybe a second example, involving not only math but urgent-care medicine and the metric system; e) examples of your own ideas

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(20') More about subject area standards (example: Oregon and Portland Public Schools); why and how a "toehold" for CBI was built into OUS standards for exiting high-schoolers

(20') the Humboldt Project as an example of a) CBI quite different from SpeakEasy; b) activities appropriate to Project #2 (thematic unit covering several weeks of CBI learning)

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(10') upcoming: lesson plan resources; oops! almost forgot: SpeakEasy and sustainability

Some of you have asked for background reading in the basics of language pedagogy: In class I'll show or at least mention several of the standard books. And here are some article on your CD-ROM:

0068 Spinelli, Language Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century - BIG PICTURE
0120 Lafayette & Strasheim, The Standard Sequence… GOOD FOR HISTORY of methods
0153 Principles of Effective Practice - LONG AND GOOD, but read this one LAST
0156 Omaggio, Comparison of Methods - GREAT BRIEF overview of the implications of various methods
0677 Eight Approaches - START WITH THIS ONE