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EDUC6671.81 (Spring 2005)
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This
seminar is devoted to providing reflective time and discussion space
for you to deeply think about, engage, and express the flow of ideals,
problems, and praxis which shape your professional life as an educator
today...
...updates to this site will continue throughout the semester...
 Our Professional Standards
Publish Reflect day | Tuesday, May 9, 2005
Theme: Teachers Professionally Publish & Reflect
A
group of teachers 'go to press' and make their personal philosophies
and team visions of school change accessible to the general public!
Agenda:
4:30-5:30 -- Publishing to The Web (60 min.)
5:30-6:00 -- Collegial web reading & edit session (30 min.)
6:00-6:30 -- Personal Self-evaluation (30 min.)
6:30-7:00 -- Seminar evaluation & closing thoughts (30 min.)
Notes:
- Teachers,
please have your 3 philosophy Word document files (the long 20 min.
version, the short 10 min. version, and the quick 1 min. version) with
you or available for download in one of the following digital forms: 1)
uploaded to your EdFolio gems listing; 2) uploaded to
CollaborAtrium--an option to use if you are having problems posting to
your EdFolio; 3) on a laptop you are bringing; or 4) on some form of
portable media such as a CD or USB flash drive.
- School
Faculty Teams, please have your final School Vision documents available
as Word document files (they should already be posted on
CollaborAtrium).
- During the session, each
of you will take your final Word files and work with easy web
layout techniques to publish your polished work in a professional, hyperlinked
format on your EdFolio site using the Stories feature and the style and link tools.
Professional Development Day Institute
(Hypothetical School District) Tuesday, May 3, 2005
Theme: Understanding Ourselves and the Visions for Our Schools
This
institute provides a chance for school faculty to share with others in
the district what motivates and drives each and every one of us in our
ideas about teaching and share the collegially developed, deeply felt
visions for our schools and plans for change and improvement over the
coming years.
Agenda:
4:30-5:10 -- Organizational Meeting (40 min.)
10 min. break
5:20-6:05 -- Presentation by J. L. Sarah Secondary School (45 min.)
10 min. break
6:15-7:00 -- Presentation by Concordia Elementary School (45 min.)
Notes:
The
Organizational Meeting period provides time for the faculty of each
school to have a final planning session before their presentation, make
any last minute adjustments to the format of their 45 min.
presentation, and use laptops to print any handouts needed on the fast
Xerox Phaser printer.
 Our respite from snow day makeups :-)
- go to http://edweb.fdu.edu/CollaborAtrium
and login (use the last part of your Edfolio URL as the username, i.e.
the format of last name and first initial, and use your same Edfolio
password)
- click on "Educational Philosophy" under the Collaborations heading in the upper right
- There you will see the link to "The Philosophical Teachers' Cafe"
- After you enter you can begin with the "social forum" ... a starter topic is already present related to Popham's book.
- And areas have been created for the 2 school faculty teams to trade ideas...
 Got the snow day blues?-- cancellations so far...
Tues, March 8th
Read first half of Fried's book and work on next version of your philosophy.
Look for an email about an upcoming
online discussion forum activity to take us through spring break and
help make up for missing hangin' together and our great discussions :-)
Tues, March 1st
Finish reading Popham's book and work on the next version of your philosophy
Seminar Webring (quick directions on using your site)
http://edfolio.fdu.edu/BrownS1
http://edfolio.fdu.edu/CowenJ1
http://edfolio.fdu.edu/HaasJ
http://edfolio.fdu.edu/HillA
http://edfolio.fdu.edu/RichardsonJ
http://edfolio.fdu.edu/RobbJ
http://edfolio.fdu.edu/RomanauskasS
http://edfolio.fdu.edu/RyanM
http://edfolio.fdu.edu/ShannonZ
http://edfolio.fdu.edu/SilberfeldL
http://edfolio.fdu.edu/SiniscalchiR
Two examples of Professional Philosophies written in Spring 2004 which are
presented at 3 levels of audience engagement: 1) quick, 2) short, and 3) long...
http://edfolio.fdu.edu/MauroJ/professional
http://edfolio.fdu.edu/DanielC/DigitalPortfolio
Required Books (Please
order online during the first week. | Links below take you
to the Amazon
store site for each book. | Books are listed in the
order in which they will be
read during the semester. | We will be reading each book
across 2-weeks, except for Darling-Hammond's which will take 3-weeks. )
- Roland S. Barth. (2004). Learning By Heart. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Paperback ISBN: 0787972231 Amazon price: $13.57
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W. James Popham. (2004). America's Failing Schools: How Parents and
Teachers Can Cope With No Chid Left Behind. New York: RoutledgeFalmer.
Hardcover ISBN: 0415949475 | Amazon price: $16.10
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Robert L. Fried. (2001). The Passionate Learner: How Teachers and
Parents Can Help Children Reclaim the Joy of Discovery. Boston: Beacon
Press. Paperback ISBN: 0807031496| Amazon price: $10.20
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Linda Darling-Hammond. (2001). The Right to Learn: A Blueprint for
Creating Schools That Work. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Paperback ISBN:
0787959421 | Amazon price: $14.21
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Tony Wagner. (2003). Making the Grade: Reinventing America's Schools.
New York: Routledge-Falmer. Paperback ISBN: 0415927625 | Amazon
price: $12.21
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