RR 15

RR15: DESCRIBE in your lesson plans who, what when, how and why in regards to the co-teaching approaches (Task 7)

Who: Pilar in Algebra, Brianna in Physical Education. And Meagan in Biology

What: To teach the principles of fitness in mathematical, physical, and scientific ways.

When: During a span of a nine day unit, geared towards being implemented at the beginning of the year to set the pace for the following units.  (Especially setting the pace to P.E. in teaching the importance of P.E. primarily)

How: By complimentary teaching, aligning our lessons to be covering similar material at the same time

Why:  To build off of each other’s material to create a more in depth understanding.  To peak student’s interest and show them how all subject (and things learned) are relevant to each other

Lesson plans for the ITU can be found on the link below:

http://personal-and-community-health-project.wikispaces.com/Task+7+Unit+Calendar+%26+Lessons

RR 14

RR14: DESCRIBE the co-teaching approaches you will use in you ITU (Task 5).

If you needed to give a name to the type of teaching we are using in the ITU, we would come closer to complimentary teaching.  The idea is that our three classes are separated by the bell schedule at LCC and we do not yet have the freedom of being present at the same time.  So to still implement a co-teaching environment we chose a central theme to base our lessons with.  The reason why it is complimentary is because our lessons are aligned to build off of each other.  For example, on a day that Biology is working on anatomical vocabulary of the legs and how muscles contract, physical education will be working on proper exercises and workouts for the legs.  At the end of the unit students will create a brochure that incorporates everything they have learned from all three classes into one solid explanation of health and fitness.  

RR 13

RR13: IDENTIFY what co-teaching approaches were modeled this week.

In response to the presentation held for us at High Tech High on Fed. 12^th, I would have to say that primarily supportive and parallel co-teaching approaches were modeled for us.  For the presentation it was largely based off of supportive teaching approach.  There was clearly one presenter holding most of the audience’s attention while we had input from the other presenter to add in, or clarify the main presenter’s idea.  After the presentation with our professors, the parallel strategy was modeled.  They took the same approach and shared equal authority as presentation to the class.  Once students broke into their groups, they moved around to offer help with the same intensions to help.  They had equal parts of the class time where one professor did not hold more instruction or authority than the other.  

RR 12

Reading Reflection 12: Read Former ITU Model Projects in first cougar course module.

RR12: IDENTIFY what you can use from the model assignments and then complete Tasks 1-17. PROVIDE an electronic draft of your ITU to both cohorts. Suggestions on how to share, provide a link on your blog or send your blog url to your classmates. Also use the rubric below to guide your ITU development. 

Our Site!

http://www.wikispaces.com/user/my/briannamurdoch

RR 11

Postponed.

RR10

Reading Reflection 10: Read your team member's ITU Cover Sheet Drafts (Task 2).

RR10: Revise your team's Task 2: ITU Cover Sheet. Make sure you use the ITU assignment template and ppt to guide your work.

http://personal-and-community-health-project.wikispaces.com/Task+2+Coversheet

EDSS 530 Learning in New Media Enviroments

EDSS 530 Learning in New Media Enviroments:

I would like you to watch this presentation, "Learning in New Media Environments." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DwyCAtyNYHw)  and write a reflection (as as new blog post) based on this idea: What does this video mean for you as a person, a parent, an educator, and a leader? You can answer any or all of the ideas that apply. Please share your post on Twitter and comment on your peers' posts as well.

As an educator, this video means I need to reshape all the traditional Physical Education teaching practices that have been taught in the past.  In the past it has been about delivering information to the student on how to move correctly, to be successful in different sports.  Its been about developing their locomotor and manipulative skills.  P.E. often is about trying to get kids in shape in a limited amount of time to pass the fitness gram.  According to this video we have been doing it all wrong!  Which is true.  More emphasis needs to be put on why a student wants to learn how to develop their locomotor and manipulative skills.  More emphasis needs to be placed on how a student can teach themselves to develop their skills.  

Above all, it is more important to teach a student how to made fit and healthy choices for the rest of their lives.  We need to empower students to take care of themselves, not making sure they are running and moving for 45 min 5 days a week in a uniform.  Even more important than that students need to be given the opportunity to learn to enjoy and embrace physical movement. So they are willing to learn more ways to care for themselves, and don't see exercise as another chore to be completed in a day.  

As a physical educator, this is the message that "Learning in New Media Enviroments" meant to me.  Physical Education is in a different setting.  Internet and media sources are often an outside of class assignment to help enrich what happens in the class.  The actions of the class, and these changes that I want to make, can be helped along by the media sources currently being developed and shaping a new society.