We started today's class with an activity called "Eye to Eye" which was lead by one of our peer facilitators. In this activity, we explored the power of direct connections and how people respond to and give attention to others. Our peer facilitator lead us in a debrief of this activity and then everyone assessed the activity.
After today's activity, all partner groups have presented an activity. I returned the activity assessments that I had collected from people throughout the last few weeks and returned those sheets. We looked at how thorough critiques identified specific behaviors on the rubric and identified specific examples of when those behaviors came up in our activities.
With the activity assessments, I handed out revision options for those people from whom I did not receive assessments of all the activities. This revision option asks individuals to reflect on all of the activities we have done and assess the class' performance on a specific element (safety, fun, respect, participation, or facilitation) across all of the activities.
Activity Assessment Reflection (revision for missing activity assessments)
Everyone had the rest of the period to work on these revisions. Individuals who received a 92 or above on the assessments had the option of going for the 100 grade by using their assessments to specifically assess class performance on any two of the identified elements.
Homework:
Read for two hours this week (10/16 - 10/24) from your free choice book.
Complete any Activity Assessment Reflections
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
10.28 - Group Juggle
We started today's class with 20 minutes of reading time for people in
their free choice books. At the end of this time, everyone recorded
their progress in their free reading books and in any other books they
are currently reading.
We were then lead in the activity "Group Juggle" by one of our peer facilitators. After the facilitator ran us through one version of this activity, I shared an alternate version. The peer facilitator then debriefed the whole activity focusing on how the literal juggling taking place in the activity could give us perspective on different activities and prioritites that we are required to juggle daily in life.
We then reviewed this activity using our class rubric.
Homework:
Read for two hours this week (10/16 - 10/24) from your free choice book.
If you did not finish your activity assessment sheet in class, do so for homework.
We were then lead in the activity "Group Juggle" by one of our peer facilitators. After the facilitator ran us through one version of this activity, I shared an alternate version. The peer facilitator then debriefed the whole activity focusing on how the literal juggling taking place in the activity could give us perspective on different activities and prioritites that we are required to juggle daily in life.
We then reviewed this activity using our class rubric.
Homework:
Read for two hours this week (10/16 - 10/24) from your free choice book.
If you did not finish your activity assessment sheet in class, do so for homework.
Monday, October 21, 2013
10.18 - Zip Zap Zup
We started today's class with 20 minutes of reading time for people in
their free choice books. At the end of this time, everyone recorded
their progress in their free reading books and in any other books they
are currently reading.
We reviewed our critique of the "Eye Lines" activity that was presented last class and used this to prepare us for today's activity "Zip, Zap, Zup."
The facilitators for "Zip, Zap, Zup" presented their activity and ran the debrief for it. We then reviewed this activity using our class rubric.
Homework:
Read for two hours this week (10/16 - 10/24) from your free choice book.
If you did not finish your activity assessment sheet in class, do so for homework.
Keep up to date on your grades through Pinnacle:
In school: 192.168.8.7/Pinnacle/PIV
Outside of school: http://pinweb.lisbonschoolsme.org/pinnacle/piv
We reviewed our critique of the "Eye Lines" activity that was presented last class and used this to prepare us for today's activity "Zip, Zap, Zup."
The facilitators for "Zip, Zap, Zup" presented their activity and ran the debrief for it. We then reviewed this activity using our class rubric.
Homework:
Read for two hours this week (10/16 - 10/24) from your free choice book.
If you did not finish your activity assessment sheet in class, do so for homework.
Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.
In school: 192.168.8.7/Pinnacle/PIV
Outside of school: http://pinweb.lisbonschoolsme.org/pinnacle/piv
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
10.16 - Eye Lines
We started today's class with 10 minutes of reading from free choice books. Next, everyone recorded the reading that they had done since October 7, recording all of the books that they read for class or their free choice reading. On the back of this sheet, everyone responded to the following question:
How did this span of reading go for you?
What went well? What was challenging?
What is your perspective so far on this approach to reading in class?
After everyone had a chance to respond to these questions, we talked about the different perspectives that people had on the reading so far.
I then did a book talk for the book "Count Zero" by William Gibson.
We then had a student lead us in the activity "Eye Lines" with a debrief of the activity at the end.
Next, everyone evaluated the activity and debrief using the activity assessment sheet.
Homework:
Read for two hours this week (10/16 - 10/24) from your free choice book.
If you did not finish your activity assessment sheet in class, do so for homework.
Keep up to date on your grades through Pinnacle:
In school: 192.168.8.7/Pinnacle/PIV
Outside of school: http://pinweb.lisbonschoolsme.org/pinnacle/piv
How did this span of reading go for you?
What went well? What was challenging?
What is your perspective so far on this approach to reading in class?
After everyone had a chance to respond to these questions, we talked about the different perspectives that people had on the reading so far.
I then did a book talk for the book "Count Zero" by William Gibson.
We then had a student lead us in the activity "Eye Lines" with a debrief of the activity at the end.
Next, everyone evaluated the activity and debrief using the activity assessment sheet.
Homework:
Read for two hours this week (10/16 - 10/24) from your free choice book.
If you did not finish your activity assessment sheet in class, do so for homework.
Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.
In school: 192.168.8.7/Pinnacle/PIV
Outside of school: http://pinweb.lisbonschoolsme.org/pinnacle/piv
Saturday, October 12, 2013
10.09 - Activity Review and Debrief Form
We started today's class with about 15 minutes of time to read. Everyone then recorded their progress in reading this week on some new reading log sheets. We reviewed in class how to track reading progress on these sheets.
We then went over when partner groups will be presenting their experiential activities and the assessment sheet we will be using to review these activities.
Next, I lead an activity called "Snickersnack and Anikanipanisan" which we then debriefed. After this, everyone reviewed the activity and debrief through the assessment sheet. Assessment sheets were due at the end of class.
Homework:
If you did not finish your review sheet in class, do so for homework.
We then went over when partner groups will be presenting their experiential activities and the assessment sheet we will be using to review these activities.
Next, I lead an activity called "Snickersnack and Anikanipanisan" which we then debriefed. After this, everyone reviewed the activity and debrief through the assessment sheet. Assessment sheets were due at the end of class.
Homework:
If you did not finish your review sheet in class, do so for homework.
Monday, October 7, 2013
10.07 - Free Choice Reads
Today in class, we went down to the library so that people could find new free choice reading books and/or add to their "Next Reads" sheet.
When we returned to class, everyone had 10 minutes to read from their free choice book. We used this reading time to reassess individuals' reading paces for the next week of reading. I then returned a formal assessment of each person's reading from the previous week which asked each person to reflect on and assess their progress with their reading so far. If you need a copy of one of these sheets, please see Mr. Collins.
Homework:
Read for two hours from your free choice book (use the page count we established today).
When we returned to class, everyone had 10 minutes to read from their free choice book. We used this reading time to reassess individuals' reading paces for the next week of reading. I then returned a formal assessment of each person's reading from the previous week which asked each person to reflect on and assess their progress with their reading so far. If you need a copy of one of these sheets, please see Mr. Collins.
Homework:
Read for two hours from your free choice book (use the page count we established today).
Friday, October 4, 2013
10.03 - Rubric Creation
We started today's class out by recapping what happened last class when there was a sub in for me.
Everyone then had the next 10 minutes to read from their free choice books. At the end of this time, we checked in on individuals' page progress to calculate reading credit. We will spend more time talking about this next class.
We then returned to finalizing the rubric categories for which everyone wrote descriptions last class. Working in groups of four, everyone was given the written descriptions of one of the categories and then worked with their group to draft a comprehensive definition of this category. As an example of this definition, I introduced a rubric category that we will be using, "safety" and wrote a comprehensive definition (see below).
Read for two hours from your free choice book (use the page count we established on 09/19).
Everyone then had the next 10 minutes to read from their free choice books. At the end of this time, we checked in on individuals' page progress to calculate reading credit. We will spend more time talking about this next class.
We then returned to finalizing the rubric categories for which everyone wrote descriptions last class. Working in groups of four, everyone was given the written descriptions of one of the categories and then worked with their group to draft a comprehensive definition of this category. As an example of this definition, I introduced a rubric category that we will be using, "safety" and wrote a comprehensive definition (see below).
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Groups produced the following three categories which will be on the rubrics that we use to assess activities. We will use this rubric three times and then re-evaluate it's effectiveness in helping us assess activities. The category descriptions that people came up with were as follows:
Fun
An activity that is successfully fun is one in which the participants seem to be engaged and enjoying themselves. The participants should be interested in the activity.
An activity that is successfully fun is one in which the participants seem to be engaged and enjoying themselves. The participants should be interested in the activity.
Respect
An activity that is successfully respectful is one in which everyone listens, no one judges others, and everyone is trustworthy with other people’s opinions.
An activity that is successfully respectful is one in which everyone listens, no one judges others, and everyone is trustworthy with other people’s opinions.
Pure Quality
An activity that is successfully pure quality is one in which you are judged on the amount of the category you fall in, we’re not looking to see whether you can be it, but how much you have, how much participation you’re putting in, or how respectfully you’re acting in the activity. To make sure you’re being at that level where you’re not disrespecting others.
An activity that is successfully pure quality is one in which you are judged on the amount of the category you fall in, we’re not looking to see whether you can be it, but how much you have, how much participation you’re putting in, or how respectfully you’re acting in the activity. To make sure you’re being at that level where you’re not disrespecting others.
Homework:
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
10.01 - Guidance Talk (sub)
I was not in class today as I was out on a NEASC school visit. The instructions for today for the class were as follows:
Guidance will be in during this period to present a talk.
If there is free time at the end of the period, students should read from their free choice books.
Guidance will be in during this period to present a talk.
If there is free time at the end of the period, students should read from their free choice books.
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