B cweek 11 practicum + problematizing practice
- 1. Welcome Back! 8P20 Week 11 Practicum Reflections, Problematizing Practice, & Sharing Audio/Visual Resources
- 2. Week 11 Agenda • Course Feedback and Changes(topics, workload, application reframed) • George Curous’ blog posts – bell reflection • Practicum Reflections Chalk Talk • Problematizing Practice BREAK • Gallery walk of Classroom Issues • Question wheel • Audio Visual Resources in Classrooms (Final PLC’s)
- 3. Housekeeping • Updated Term 2 Calendar on Sakai with topics confirmed based on feedback – Lesson planning, differentiation, ELL, classroom dynamics, as well as interview prep and future goals • Updated Monograph Assignment files to be agreed upon • New class structure: Lots of in-class work time for group assignment; and no more PLC postings. This should lesson your workload. Readings will now be self-assigned most weeks with occasional mandatory resources to read
- 4. George Couros https://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/8649 Reflection is what links our performance to our potential. It is the process of properly unpacking ourselves as leaders for the good of others. The reflection process is one that is necessary for us as teachers, and also beneficial for our students to grow. *Side note: Everything we do in class is a transferable lesson or strategy for you to do with students. Sometimes it will be written up and shared as a lesson plan sample, most of the time it will simply be implied - either way, everything I do with you is practical example for your practice.
- 5. Silent Reflection 1. What went well in practicum? – This first question celebrates your strengths. If you only focus on what went wrong, your confidence can be destroyed. Always start with strengths! 2. Where do I need to grow? – This next question reminds us that we can grow. All of us. (as teachers, as students, as human beings) 3. What will I do moving forward to build on my strengths and weaknesses? – The last question is meant to lead to action. Action might not always lead to immediate success, but inaction guarantees nothing will happen at all. To grow, we need to reflect, retry, repeat.
- 7. Silent Chalk Talk There are 3 boards around the room: • Best moment • Biggest challenge • Lessons learned/worth sharing Please write on each of them at your own pace. Then join me in a huddle in the middle of the room to take in the big picture.
- 8. Problematizing Practice • What problems of practice did you experience? • What are some challenges, issues, or areas of concern about language that you encountered? • What issues or challenges got in the way of student learning? • What themes can we identify from our collective sharing? • What would you be interested in learning more about?
- 10. Problematizing Practice • From our list of issues, choose one that really speaks to you and stand by the title. • Max 4 people per issue. • Minimum 2 people per issue. issue #3
- 11. Asking Questions An example from “Who’s Line is it Anyway?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkxRzV3gtDc
- 12. Problematizing Practice & Asking Good Questions • As a group, create a list of possible questions you have about the issue. • Take turns spinning the question wheel to help you develop different types of questions! • Record all questions (paper or digital) to submit
- 13. Inquiry Monographs • You are now in your groups for your group assignment! • Let’s quickly review the expectations and weekly focus for your research and planning: – All files linked on Sakai for you to follow along • HIGHLIGHTS: – Good questions, research, layout and features of monograph form – Shared files for peer and teacher use
- 14. Audio/Visual Resources • 21st Century learning involves images and videos, interactive applications, deeper critical thinking opportunities, engaging teacher resources, and student created resources. • Let’s take a minute to explore some tools for your classroom:
- 15. PLC’s • You were asked to explore visual resources for the classroom – either videos or infographics. Please share these great resources to start off this term and give each other ideas for your next practicum placement! • When your conversation is complete, number off 1-4 & explore the resources on the next few slides.
- 16. 1. Media Smarts – “Media Minute” Videos + Lessons 1. Canva – Graphic design site and Lesson Plans 1. National Film Board of Canada – Educational Videos 1. Unsplash – Free Photography, Poetry, and Other uses *Pick a # (1-4), and follow the instructions on that slide (next) for your independent exploration of the site. Be prepared to share your findings with your peers. Resources available to you
- 17. #1: Media Smarts: Media 101 • http://mediasmarts.ca/media-literacy-101 • Here you will find a selection of 6 “Media Minute” videos, and their accompanying Lesson Kits! – Lesson 1: What is media anyway? – Lesson 2: Media are constructions – Lesson 3: Audiences negotiate meaning – Lesson 4: Media have commercial implications – Lesson 5: Media have social & political implications – Lesson 6: Each medium has a unique aesthetic form • Pick 2 to watch and read through. Report back to your peers on: – Curriculum connections you can make – Usefulness of these as classroom tools / activities • If you finish your task early explore the other terrific resources on the mediasmarts.ca site to report on
- 18. • https://designschool.canva.com/teaching-materials/ • Canva.com is a design site. While the main purpose of the site is not to be an educational tool, They do have a “Design School” tab that houses two things: 1) Hands-on tutorials on things like colour, fonts, and graphic placement when creating visual graphic texts, and 2) Lesson plans that utilize the sites features to have students create different graphic works. • Review a few lessons of your choice and report back to your peers on: – Curriculum connections you can make – Usefulness of these ideas for classroom activities • If you finish with the lesson plans, check out the tutorials and the rest of the site. – https://designschool.canva.com/tutorials/ #2: Canva.com lesson plans
- 19. • https://www.nfb.ca/education/ • The NFB is a Canadian site that houses videos (movies, documentaries, animations, interactives, and shorts) that are free to use in your classrooms. • Check out the following: – Under Education Indigenous Voices “Sisters & Brothers”: A 3 minute documentary comparing residential schools to the Buffalo annihilation of the 1860’s. – Under Interactive Online “Bread”: A selection of 6 stories of bread making around the world. • Check out any other videos that interest you on the Education page or other area of the site. • After viewing the selection of videos on this site, report back to your peers on: – Curriculum connections you can make – Usefulness of these videos for classroom activities #3: National Film Board Videos
- 20. • https://unsplash.com • Unsplash is an online collection of FREE (no copy write) high-resolution images from photographers who believe in sharing their work with the world. It functions much like Pinterest, rather than idea sharing, the focus is on quality of images. • Start by checking out: https://medium.com/unsplash-poetry a site that houses poetry people have created with images found on unsplash • Next check out any other images on the main page and come up with other classroom uses for this selection of images. • report back to your peers on: – Curriculum connections you can make – Usefulness of these images for classroom activities #4: Unsplash photos
- 21. • As a Brock Student, your login gains you access to free streaming sites that you can use in your classroom (or personally in a Free Netflix sort of way…oh no!) – Brock library home page: https://brocku.ca/library – Under Research click Databases – Log in using Brock log in – Available to Brock faculty, staff, and students • http://researchguides.library.brocku.ca/c.php?g=99773&p=646293 • Check out Kanopy or Criterion for movies • Check out American Film Scripts for professional examples for script writing to share with students Did you know?
- 22. Housekeeping Homework: – Question Wheel brainstorm must be transferred to a sharable file (google doc or other collaborative site where you will do most of your work for your monograph assignment). Email me the link via Sakai message. – Required Reading: LNS Monograph on Collaborative Teacher Inquiry (linked on Sakai and in Syllabus) *NO RESPONSE REQUIRED Next class focus: – Inquiry based learning in the J/I classroom – Work time to start developing questions for your monographs – PBP