Feb+15,+2012+PD

=Feb 15th: Low-Prep, High-Impact Strategies, Materials, & Activities=


 * Times**: 12:00 - 2:45:
 * 12:00-2:00 departments will train together;
 * 2:15-2:45 in 9/10 building with Heidi Golemon


 * Purpose of training**: Increasing engagement through easy yet powerful strategies and activities, and using specific strategies to help specific students


 * Structure of training**: Working with departments, differentiate the process of learning based on content. Tracy created [|Instructional Practices with High Impact.pdf] to help connect Feb. 10th training to today's training.


 * Essential questions**:
 * How do you create a classroom climate where all students are open to learning and participating?
 * What teaching tools/materials/strategies/activities to use with which students to differentiate their learning? How will it benefit those students?
 * How could we use these differentiation strategies to create anchor activities or for the "guided practice"?
 * What does this look like/sound like in my classroom?


 * Content**:
 * Learning environment/classroom culture: goes back to norms and expectations; strategically use personal stories to “connect” to a topic; what are other ideas for creating a learning environment that supports differentiation?
 * Teaching tools and materials: highlighting tape/Diigo highlighter to focus on and identify relevant text; respond to text with sticky notes (paper and Diigo sticky notes) as a tool to help with content (math prob solving steps, vocab words, or parts of text); what other tools are easy to use with high impact?
 * Tracy created [|Instructional Practices with High Impact.pdf] to help connect Feb. 10th training to today's training.


 * English**: facilitated by Lynne Cook and Elizabeth Francois Room 212
 * Question-Answer Relationships (QAR), Question Stems, Show/Don’t tell, cubing, mind mapping, how to maximize use of streaming from internet and active engagement …
 * 21st century learning and writing
 * Collaborative writing as practice


 * Math**: facilitated by Sarah Harrison and Jerry Paterson Room B113
 * Visuals like a “master ruler” that converts standard and metric on one ruler, or Gallon Guy, turning paper sideways to create computation masters to keep numbers aligned; football analogy when helping understand addition and subtraction for positive and negative numbers
 * Review games such as “We have, who has?”
 * Streaming video such as Khan Academy, Futures Channel, ...
 * Interactive sites such as Illuminations applet etc.
 * Taking annotated notes in Diigo (collaborative or individual)
 * Forum/blog/Web 2.0 discussion
 * Math in One-to-One -- how differentiation is key


 * Science**: facilitated by Sandy Rollefstad and Christina Spadafino Room A123
 * Question-Answer Relationships (QAR), Question Stems, Show/Don’t tell, cubing, mind mapping, how to maximize use of streaming from internet and active engagement … Inquiry based learning


 * Social Studies**: facilitated by Ed Matlosz & Candyce Matlosz Tech Center Room 184
 * Question-Answer Relationships (QAR), Question Stems, Show/Don’t tell, cubing, mind mapping, how to maximize use of streaming from internet and active engagement …


 * Physical Education**: facilitated by Rich Milligan
 * Online resources: Blogs, wikis, and other resources
 * Streaming: Finding videos or podcasts to use with your class. Discuss best practices and formative assessments using the videos or podcasts.


 * Foreign Language, Fine Arts, Drama, Music**: facilitated by Penny Brimhall
 * Ecap azcis


 * CTE**: facilitated by Erik Nesheim, Tech Center Room 186
 * Collaboration expectations
 * Blog
 * Let's practice for what we'll be experiencing

Exit Cards (3-2-1)


 * Closure**: Heidi Golemon