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Week 10 Half page “One short paragraph for each point”

1-Read “Projects, Units, Themes and learning centers- handout” and post comment or question

2-Read “Types of Documentation- handout” and post comment or question.

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week 11 Half page “One short paragraph for each point”

1) The children you teach will someday grow up to vote for president and Congress and ballot issues.

1. List five meaningful things directly that kids could vote on in your classroom,

2. B- then describe how children and society benefit from children getting practice making choices that matter.

2) “Kindergarten Harvest Project:” Students learn how to grow and harvest vegetables.

http://www.bie.org/object/video/elementary_project_kindergarten_harvest

Watch this short video about project-based learning and post comments or questions about

3) Read “Beautiful Work hound out”( attached), )and post comments or questions about about

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WEEK 12 “One Page and write one short paragraph for each point”

1) Watch the video “Better Teacher-Initiated Curriculum” post your comments about how this would affect students, and what it'd be like to teach this way. http://flash.ulib.csuohio.edu/edu/whea/wheaab.html

2)Read the readings on homework in (2 “No homework” –Files have attached), and post your comments and questions

“The readings raise questions about homework, and a careful review of the research finds no clear benefits of homework in the elementary grades (and some harm). Are you surprised, and if so, why? What comments and questions do you have about the readings and research?”

3)Read one of my responses to a past discussion board post and post a comment or question in reply.

Week 13 One page

1- Read ” the U.S. Declaration of Independence”, and reflect on what kind of personal character fits with a country that began with such a declaration. Based on those reflections, list here three personal characteristics that you think we should be developing in schools, and explain why each is important for children to develop. “One paragraph”

2-Read the article “Forget Grade Levels” and post a comment or question.

3-Children’s future good or poor health actually begins as a fetus in the womb (as can the observable beginnings of heart disease), and by the early childhood years, critical health habits are getting established. Unfortunately, most Americans (including most educators) have many misconceptions about healthy eating

A-Read “Nutrition-Health Summary” and post comments or questions

Be sure to cite some specific research/idea you read about

B-Read “heart disease”, and post comments or questions

Be sure to cite some specific research/idea you read about

. “One paragraph for each answer”

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Week 14 One page

1-Read the chapter “Searching for Level VI”,

and post your comments and questions about the chapter

4-Watch the video “Helping Children Resolve” http://flash.ulib.csuohio.edu/edu/whea/wheaah.html

After watching :

A-List the emotions, knowledge, skills, and habits that children would learn/develop if adults frequently helped them to work through these steps in conflict resolution.

B-Find 2-3 benchmarks and/or grade level indicators that children would be moving closer to through this kind of learning experience.

C-Post the benchmarks and/or grade level indicators as well as any comments and questions you have about this type of conflict resolution

Week 15 One page

1) A critical part of effective advocacy is using language effectively, since specific ways of wording/framing issues influence how we see the issue, and what options make sense or sound like nonsense. I’ve done a lot of reflection and work on how to effectively reframe education debates to better support DAP/Big-Picture Education.

2) Back in the early 2000s, when the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was passed and first implemented, teachers and researchers and everyone else seemed to be in shock and few people spoke out against NCLB. However, in recent years, teachers, parents, students, and administrators are increasingly speaking out against corporate-style, test-driven, cookie-cutter schooling. Here are a couple of blogs/websites where you can find people speaking out against these unwise and counterproductive policies:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/

http://www.livingindialogue.com/

http://dianeravitch.net/

www.susanohanian.org

Scroll around and read some posts at one or more of those sites. Then, post two separate posts about aspects of educational policy that you’d like to speak out about—one about something you’d like to advocate against, and one about something you’d like to advocate for. For each, state who you might share your ideas with, and how you’d frame your message effectively.