Tribes

Please watch this short video from Teaching Channel.  It is called Tribes and is a classroom management strategy that helps build a classroom culture..  It has four main themes.  Click here to view a webpage that has good information about the Tribes method.  Read this article to learn about how the Tribes method builds character education.

In your post this week, address the following questions:  Refer to the rubric.  Your writing should reflect thought and your viewpoint.  DO NOT JUST ANSWER THE QUESTIONS 1. 2. 3.  What do you think about the Tribes method?  Would it work in your site classroom?  Would it work in this classroom?  Discuss your ideas about classroom management.  What role does character education play in a well managed classroom?

As always, follow the rubric for best results.  Blog is due on Friday, April 3.

Glogster

Now that you have completed your learning center using Glogster, it is time for you to embed your own Glogster on to your Blog. You should write a short desciption of what your learning center is about.  

If you don't know how to embed, ask me!
DO NOT just paste the link on your blog.  
This is due by Friday, Feb. 27 by end of class.  

The Ron Clark Academy

Click on the link to The Ron Clark Academy  and learn what it is and what it has to offer.

• Looking at the website, answer 3 of the 4 following questions.
• What is the Ron Clark Academy?
• How is it funded?
• Who gets to attend?
• What makes it so different?

If you have Mrs. Lundy as a teacher, ask about her experience at the Ron Clark Academy.  Did she view it as favorable or unfavorable?  

This blog is due Friday, Feb. 13 if you are not attending TAFE State, Feb. 20 if you attended TAFE State.   As always use the rubric for best results.  

Wiki Walk

This week's blog is easy.
1.  Hyperlink your Wiki to your Blog.  Example:  Click here to view my Wiki
2.  Give a brief but professional description of what your Wiki is.  Example:  My wiki serves as an electronic portfolio of my year or years as an education intern.  It contains artifacts and examples of my work.
3.  Publish
4.  We will be opening your Wiki's and viewing with peers in class.

That's it!

Grade yourself!

You will be receiving a copy of your mentor teacher's evaluation of your performance inside their classroom, soon.  It is important to receive feedback in order to improve over time.

Click here to evaluate yourself.  These are the same questions your mentor teacher is given to evaluate you.  It will be interesting to see how you see yourself and how your mentor sees you.
Please be honest in your answers.  Don't be overly harsh on yourself, on the other hand, don't think there is no need for improvement.  This is due by the end of class on Friday, January 9.

You will receive a 25 blog grade for doing this assignment.  You will receive a 0 if you don't do the assignment.

The Teaching Channel

The Teaching Channel is a great resource for new teachers and experienced teachers as well.  The link takes you to a group of instructional videos that show best teaching practices with teachers modeling good instruction.

The video below, is an example of a teacher modeling what she wants her students to do.



You will need to find two videos that fit your grade level and subject as well.  Either copy or embed the videos in your blog.  Give a brief description for each video and why you chose it.   What can you learn by watching good teaching?

This blog is due on Friday December, 12.  Always follow the rubric for best results.

Humor

Read this article about infusing humor into your classroom.  It is from the GoTeach! FEA magazine. 

Think about the article and some of the examples in it.  Have you ever had a teacher that made class more interesting by being funny?  Have you ever had a teacher that had a humor tumor and made things unnecessarily uncomfortable or boring?  Write about something funny that a teacher has done or said in one of your classes along the way. 

Look at some of the technology sources suggested and linked in the article like Blabberize - try them out. Link one website or an APP in your blog this week that you think would be fun or humorous in a classroom.  Find a funny picture. cartoon, quote or meme with captions that would be appropriate for your site school classroom and insert the image in your blog this week. 

Your blogs should reflect conversational style writing, not just answering the questions.  Your writers voice should come through on your blogs.  Check your hyperlinks and make sure they are linked.  Pictures make your blog more interesting to read. 

An example of an educational meme:

 

This blog will be due on Friday, December 5.  As always, follow the rubric for best results.