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On our Wiki, we will be learning how to use this open source technology, while creating content (your Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Connections Assignments will be posted here), and collaborating with others! For now our guidelines are:
 * 1) ==Y our assignment questions will be posted on this page each week. ==
 * 2) ==Post your assignment responses on your own page. ==
 * 3) ==Always include at least 3 links to outside sources & ALSO place these links on the !Mobile Apps and !Resources Pages ==
 * 4) ==Cut and paste your sections into the appropriate pages after you have posted on your individual link. ==
 * 5) ==Add tags where possible. ==
 * 6) ==You must visit 2 or 3 other pages and post comments and suggestions each week. ==

You will be evaluated on your professional contributions, your thoughtful connections, and your collaborative responses. We will create a class rubric to determine point allocations for these and other areas.

MARCH 28, 2011

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT What did you learn from reading the Stiggins article (on Sakai - under assessment)?

Identify 3 ways that you might create a formative assessment for your unit (either this lesson, or the lesson you created for Science, or even another lesson you plan to do). Identify several sources for formative assessment ideas - including your texts from your current methods courses.

How will you document the information you receive from collecting information on your students' understanding? What will you do with that information? How can it inform your future instructional decisions? Can you identify ways to use a SmartPhone to collect data?

MARCH 24, 2011 My apologies...didn't SAVE the entry last week.

There is a new solar farm in Taylorsville, NC (see: http://domesticfuel.com/2010/11/11/new-solar-farm-in-taylorsville-nc-powers-homes/). How would you plan a field trip to this this solar farm? Explain how you could connect the field trip to the content areas. Can you think of ways in which math would naturally fit into this field trip?

In your response: 1) Outline your student outcomes for the field trip. 2) Connect the field trip to relevant NCSCOS objectives (you may choose a grade level). 3) Outline the day (briefly) 4) Create at least one task/activity that obviously and purposefully addresses math. 5) Don't forge to add outside sources and links!

A secondary problem-based alternative energy lesson plan that I ran across and thought it would be good for you to peruse... http://www.ashleysiegel.com/portfolio/AltEnergyLessonPlan-AshleySiegel.pdf

MARCH 3, 2011 Enriching a lesson by integrating Math... On the "Cheep" Lesson that you analyzed, work to add a math enrichment surrounding music and fractions.

FEBRUARY 24th, 2011 "Connecting Music and Math"

How can music help you teach math? CONTENT PEDAGOGY TECHNOLOGY SUSTAINABILITY? Identify (One each): Assessment, Mobile Apps, Other Media

JANUARY 27th, 2011 "Counting on Estimating..."

Establish a question first...What is?...How do?and then answer it in your connections below: CONTENT PEDAGOGY TECHNOLOGY SUSTAINABILITY Identify (One each): Assessment, Mobile Apps, Other Media

JANUARY 20th, 2011 "Less than, More than, Scarcity, Abundance" What do we have too much of on our campus? What do we have too little of on our campus? CONTENT (Math, Science, Literacy, Social Studies): PEDAGOGY: TECHNOLOGY: SUSTAINABILITY:

Identify (One each): Assessment, Mobile Apps, Other Media