Class Assignments/Due Dates

The following assignments and due dates are for students taking Models and Methods in Science Education.

Week 1 - 2

• Read the Models and Methods blog posts weekly. 
• Complete video lessons.
• Complete "Flipping the Classroom Certification" - September 11, 2013
• Submit "Flipped Classroom Certificate" as a screenshot as an attachment to reyram49@gmail.com.

Check out video for help....

Remember the Code is.... 851ecd.

Week 3 - 4

• Post a minimum of two blog posts within the next two weeks.
• Complete the assignments below by Friday, September 27, 2013.
• Create a video lesson to describe the difference between "Authoritarian" and "Non-authoritarian" philosophies. Within the lesson make a connection between teaching models and these philosophical approaches. For example, a lecture is an example of an authoritarian philosophy. Why is this?
• Submit your lesson to your Sophia group. Send me the code so that I may join your group and view the lesson. If you have not created a group, do so.

• This assignment asks you to conduct an Internet search to collect information to produce a product. Create a video from one of the instructional models found in Models of Teaching (Joyce, Weil, and Calhoun). Search through the Internet to select a model from the four instructional families (e.g., Information Processing, Behavioral, Personal, and Social). For example, under Information Processing Family there are models about which we're familiar. Select from any one of these (e.g., inductive reasoning, memorization, concept attainment, scientific/inquiry). Other models may be of interest to you.
• Submit your lesson to your group on the Sophia site as in the previous lesson.

Week 5 - 6

The topic these next two weeks is on Problem or Project Based Learning. Although usually attributed to science and gifted education, PBI/PBL is for everyone. It is a student-centered (Non-Authoritarian) pedagogy.

PRE-TASKS

• Download our Problem Based Initiative book on your I-pad. Click on the link HERE. The book is free on the I-pad. You may have to download I-Books first.

• Download the PowerPoint by Sheala Gallagher. Click HERE.

• Visit this popular website on PBL by clicking HERE and the Guidelines of Challenge Based Learning by clicking HERE.

TASKS

• Continue to post a minimum of two blog posts within the next two weeks.

• Complete the assignments below:

• Read through two of the PBL chapters that interest you in the Problem Based Initiative I-Book. On your Sophia.org Group, post a lesson that can be used to supplement the i-Book content.
• On your blog include a summary of the PowerPoint provided by Sheala Gallagher. Include a point that caught your attention about PBL. Include how you can use the information to begin a PBL activity in your classroom and how you would go about doing so.
• Summarize the information in the website and Guidelines of Challenge Based Learning.

Week 7 - 8

• Continue with your blog posts. A minimum of two blogs in the next two weeks.  Use one of the blog posts to reflect on the Aquatic Education workshop you attended. 

• Complete the assignments below:

• In an e-mail, attach your Flipped Classroom Certificate and Tablet Certificate. Use your gmail address to submit this assignment.

• Complete your Google Chrome Certification within this time period and submit your Google Chrome Certificate.

• Write a 1000 word reflection about the certification process. Explain the challenges and what the certification process means to you. Include your thoughts about how you will plan to use your skills in your classroom.

Week 9 - 11

• Continue with your blog posts. A minimum of two blogs in the next two weeks.  Use one of the blog posts to reflect on the Aquatic Education workshop you attended. 

• Complete the assignments below:
• Meet with Dr. Ramirez in a Google Hangout with your project team before December 4.
• Work on your mentoring project (See details)
• Sign on to the NSTA Learning Center
• Complete NSTA Learning Center Video Workshops
• Create a Portfolio Folder on Google Drive and share with Dr. Ramirez (reyram49@gmail..com)
• Prepare Final Team Presentation 

• To get more information about the mentoring project, visit the following page on Sophia (M.Ed. Mentoring Project Tutorials) and/or enter the following group number (2b5855). If you have any problems, please let me know.

• Remember to look at Rubrics posted on this page.