| Meeting 07 • 20 April 2010 • Tuesday |
Version:
4/27/10
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People: Fischer; Ireton; Konrad; Moore
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Struckthrough text like this = a topic / activity that was proposed but not included is not going to be taken up after all
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| Week 4: wrapping up Project 1; thinking toward the next CBI project: the sub-structure of standards and thematic units |
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materials:
lesson plans from free on-line resources (see handout from previous meeting)
work samples of projects created in previous versions of the course
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(45') Project 1 as group effort. Putting boundaries on the projects - some questions to illustrate the need for that: 1) What will the learners have done / learned by the end of the project? (in the content area? in the language?) Specific examples: 2) Will they use two sizes of pizza pan (simulation) or three (real-world situation), and which linguistic features does that difference imply? 3) Will they reach the level of learning (developing) a formula that generalizes the size-price relationship, or "just" learn that it is difficult to gauge area, compared to one-dimensional comparisons? 4) Will the project include learning about (deceptive? smart?) packaging and marketing (consumer issues, etc.)?
Now some nuts & bolts: What will be in the "box" (for teacher, for students?) Initial walk-through to survey the activities and the language they might employ. Mapping the project onto the language (at which level?) Timing the activity. Advanced question: How could the project include resources to adjust it to learners with higher-level language skills, or allow the learner identity to be something other than an individual pizza purchaser?
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(30') Initial thoughts about Projects 2 & 3, using CBI-course work samples and the FLA article (0712) about the course that combines German and hydraulic engineering
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(20') The Holocaust as a CBI possibility - but how?? (Link to WBF presentation)
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(15') SpeakEasy issues? Humboldt possibilities?
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| Upcoming class meeting(s): #8 & #9 (22 & 27 April) |
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1) finish Project 1 in group discussion
2) Continue Stryker /Leaver (or Kasper)
3) Starting to think about projects 2 & 3
4) More on-line lesson plan resources (see "Schedule", week 2)
5) Calendar-appropriate "mini-ideas": income tax, literature.
6) Issues of team-based and project-based learning. Maybe: engagement, community-based learning.
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| Upcoming assignment(s) |
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This section offers a PREVIEW, not activated assignments. Assignments are made, with announcement of their deadlines, both in class and on the "schedule" page.
CBI Project 1: An instructional module for a single classroom meeting (but WAIT until the assignment is officially activated).
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