Tentative Class Schedule:

January 18&endash;Course Introduction; Syllabus; Introduction to iBooks; Focus Activity

January 20&endash;Whole Group Orientation;

 

Focus Activity; Chapter 1 Brahier, Standards; Learning Styles

January 25&endash;Principles and Standards 2000; TIMSS results for 4th and 8th grades; Learning Styles

January 27&endash;Small group work time on Project One&endash;Principles & Standards 2000

February 1&endash;Present Group Project #1; Technology session with Dr. Freneding

February 3&endash;EOL 8-10 articles read

 

Student Rights by Angie Eilers

February 8&endash;Cognition and Learning Mathematics

February 10&endash;EOL 8 &emdash; 10

 

Teacher Supervision and Evaluation by Linda Sloat

February 15&endash;Cognition and Learning Mathematics, Part II

February 17&endash;Advising and Certification 8-9;

 

Panel Presentation 9 &emdash; 11

 

Interdisciplinary Instruction

February 22&endash;Curriculum Planning; Objectives

 

Paper #1 on constructivism due

February 24&endash;Placement Information 8-9;

 

Panel Presentation 9 &emdash; 11

 

Classroom Management

February 29&endash;Curriculum Planning; Unit and Lesson Planning

March 2&endash;Early Field Placement 8-11

March 7&endash;Lessons&endash;A look at the Addenda Series for Ideas

March 9&endash;Early Field Placement 8-11

March 14 Spring Break

March 16 Spring Break

March 21&endash;Content/Methods/Assessment

March 23&endash;Early Field Placement 8-11

March 28&endash; Content/Methods/Assessment Group Project #2 Presentations

March 30&endash;Early Field Placement 8-11

April 4&endash; Content/Methods/Assessment; Tentative Calculators on Loan

April 6&endash;Early Field Placement 8-11

April 11&endash; Content/Methods/Assessment; Tentative Calculator on Loan&endash;Paper #2on TMMG article due

April 13&endash;Field Trip to NCTM National Conference in Chicago or

 

Early Field Placement 8-11

April 18&endash; Guest Speaker: Ubi D'Ambrosio; Content/Methods/Assessment

April 20&endash;Early Field Placement 8-11

April 25&endash;Pulling it all together! Revisit conclusions about equity and diversity.

April 27&endash;Early Field Placement 8-11

May 2&endash;Pulling it all together!&endash;Group Project #3 due and presented. Course website completed and debuted.

May 4&endash;Early Field Placement 8-11

May 9 Exam Week; All portfolios updated, including Paper #3 final version.

May 11