Thursday, January 17, 2008

Class 6: Continue working on your Google pages, group presentation of Chapter 4 and Georgia Performance Standards


Agenda: Continue working on Google pages; Chapter 4 group presentation; introduce the Learning Puzzle - Focus on Georgia Performance Standards.

Today is the due date for your resume assignment. Please upload your resume on webCT with your name on the file name before the class starts.

Please remember to sign in when you come to the class.

Continue working on your Google pages

Today we first will finish setting up all the eight pages , and then we will work on your autobiography page. You should have written a brief (1-2 paragraph) introduction about yourself, current information, career plans, and where you see yourself in 5 years. To keep our schedule on track, we will use the first 15 minutes to finish this part.

Work on your Autobiography page:
Your autobiography page should include the following:

  • Content of your autobiography (a brief (1-2 paragraph) introduction about yourself, current information, career plans, and where you see yourself in 5 years. )

  • 3 images - (if possible - a snapshot of your image)

  • 3 links (links to some external websites that you are interested in. )

  • A link to your resume


Group presentation for Chapter 4

You all have done very good jobs of the discussion on the WebCT discussion board. I read some real good reflections there. For example, one post reflected on the possible challenges that teacher may meet when they are trying to approach those standards, and it also suggested team work and seeking help from the administration and peer teachers as solutions for this problem. Another person said, "Though standards may make lesson planning more diffcult at times, I think it's important to have a guideline for the material I'll teach and know what my students should have learned by a certain point." Someone else said, "I would hope that the increase of technology would simultaneously increase our standards and we could learn from the past standards that we have failed to meet".

I am impressed by your posts and I am looking forward seeing your future reflections with even higher quality on your following readings! In addition, I also wish there will be more real discussion on the board. You can not only post your own opinion, but also comment on others' opinions.

Next we will ask all four groups present your discussion results here. You will begin with introduce your group members and then you will talk about your reflection on this chapter. You will have 4 minutes for each group. It is NOT required to use PowerPoint to present. You can choose to just speak, or to use marker to help you elaborate your idea.


To do list:
  • Send me the web address of your autobiography page by Wednesday, Jan 23rd.

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