9-23-09 Improving Adolescent Literacy Inservice

Our reading for yesterday from Improving Adolescent Literacy described metacognition on page 13 as "thinking about one's thinking." It also said metacognition "is being aware of what one knows and does not know." So...where are you after our first couple of inservices? What do you know that you didn't? What areas are still unclear? More importantly, what are you going to do that you haven't tried?

To make this a learning experience, it's best to see these ideas in action. Who's trying some of the strategies suggested? Can you use the Flip Camera to tape a bit of it? Let colleagues know when you're going to be employing any of the strategies described so they can come in and visit. Plan to share with us on the blog and during our inservice time.

4-1 Staff Development

While we're not quite all the way through the book yet... the chapter presentations have been very well done! So at this point we would like you to answer the two questions below AND comment on at least two postings. You will have until the end of April to complete this assignment.

Through the first eight chapters of How to Grade for Learning:

What have you learned?

What needs to change?

3-18 staff development

Assignment:

1. Find a blog, article, source of information, or something out there relative to your content area and add it to your "reader" -- Google, Pageflakes, etc...
2. Post a comment on the EC Perspective blog about what you've found of interest. Feel free to add a referenced quote, link, picture, or whatever.
   

TQ Session 1

Teacher Quality Professional Development Assignment (2/25/09):

1. read chapters 1 & 2
2. post 1 question or comment -- first come, first served (no duplications and that means you'll have to read through all the posts)
   
3. respond to at least 3 postings -- to a question, comment or response to your post(s)

Rules:

• think "professional development"
• (simply) agreeing or disagreeing does not a post make
• have fun
• staff will vote and be awarded for "best post" at the next session
  

Your thoughts?

After reading the Bill Ferriter article, what are your thoughts?