Assignment+2+CS

=Assignment 2 - CS= Crowdsourcing is a way to gather ideas from a large group of people, especially in an online community. Please feel free to copy and paste interesting, puzzling or insightful comments you see other people write; add the author's name to the comment. If it's a long passage then only post part of it then ask other's to see more on the author's page. Disagreement is OK as we learn together, but please post in a positive manner.

Passage from chapter 2:
"//**We encourage them to liberally use the pause button so they can write down key points of the lesson. In addition, we instruct them in the Cornell note-taking method, in which they take notes, record any questions they have, and summarize their learning."**// I think that the method above teaches the kids many valuable resources that will help them become successful students, not only now but something that will stick with them into college and into the work field. Jen Maloney // p14 "I don't have to go to school to perfom 5 times per day, instead I spend my days interacting with my students". // Reading some of these posts has recently caused me to explore a minor change to how i am managing time in class and what the students are doing. I have recently discovered (during final exam review), that if I just give the students an answer key to a practice test and walk around the room while they grade, many more kids will ask me questions and I can personalize my responses to them (instead of going over it with the whole class and nobody having questions). They are not being put on the spot in front of the class and can have my individualized attention, like a tutor. I am so used to having to do everything, that I love the idea of giving the students some autonomy to take responsibility for their learning. Steve Cudzilo

p15 "//In the flipped model, the time is completely restructured.//" Like Steve say above, I've also been looking at out to more effectively and efficiently use my class time. Flipping, again, will allow me to focus on areas where students need help and allow me to provide more small group instruction during class, instead of teaching the same thing, at the same time, to the whole class. Brian McDowell

Passage from chapter 3:
// "Flipping allows for real differentiation ..... Because the majority of our time is used to walk around the room and help students, we can personalize the learning of all." // I like how the flipped classroom opens up class time to allow me to help students individually. I can help struggling students one on one during class, where many times we are scrambling to find time to get together. I also know that students who don't currently need my help will be working on an something independently and also still making the most of their class time. Jen Maloney p20 "//These students understand digital learning. To them, all we are doing is speaking their language.//" I think this is huge. Being able to tap into the incredible resources on the internet (and even add my own two cents) will allow the students to gain instruction from so many experts from across the world that it is mind-blowing. TED Talks alone provide a huge resource of really engaging, current material. I know that students will find things on their own and share them with the rest of the class, which shows them taking control of their learning. Brian McDowell