During February 2009

Here @ ZSR

Announcement

The next class is on different intelligences and learning styles. Roz and I will both be leading this session and would like for you all to take a learning styles inventory before hand. Roz will go over the results on Friday! Continue reading “Announcement”

Day 4: Questions?

This is just a space in case you have questions or comments on the different educational psychology issues we discussed! Continue reading “Day 4: Questions?”

Day 4: ID in Practice

Pair Work Today made use of pair work, though it evolved into groups of four or five. Pair work is a good way to create an environment where students feel comfortable talking. Introduce a topic, ask students to discuss an issue in pairs, then ask each group to share something they discussed. This lets shy... Continue reading “Day 4: ID in Practice”

Day 4: Educational Psychology

Today’s PowerPoint is much more informative than the last ones, as an illustration of the strengths and weaknesses of different styles of presentations. Please see today’s “meta” post for more information on this topic. Here is the information from the presentation: Educational Psychology – Presentation Transcript EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY February 13, 2009 Educational Psychology Studies how... Continue reading “Day 4: Educational Psychology”

Day 3: Questions?

This is just a space in case you have questions or comments on the different taxonomies we discussed! Continue reading “Day 3: Questions?”

Day 3: ID in Practice

The meta from today: I wanted to do one variation on the group work from last time to show how the same type of activities can be changed to keep it interesting enough that students have to follow directions and pay attention to what is going on in the room. You can also modify any... Continue reading “Day 3: ID in Practice”

Day 3: Teaching Taxonomies

The groupwork went so well in the last class that I wanted to do a slight modification in today’s. Lest anyone get too settled, we’ll do another type of activity next week. Today’s main goal was for everyone to learn a little about taxonomies; enough so that you can think back on it later if... Continue reading “Day 3: Teaching Taxonomies”

Get Game@ZSR-Our Eighth Game Night and Third Tournament!

On Friday, January 30th, the ZSR Library hosted its eighth game night and third tournament! Susan Smith, Tim Mitchell, Barry Davis and myself worked the event. John Vientos, an intrepid Information Systems staff member, also volunteered and worked the event! This game night and tournament was different from previous events as we used only the... Continue reading “Get Game@ZSR-Our Eighth Game Night and Third Tournament!”

Day 2: Questions?

This is just a space in case you have questions or comments on ID models! Continue reading “Day 2: Questions?”

Day 2: ID in Practice

Here’s the meta on day 2: From day 1 I knew most people had an expected outcome of getting more experience with groupwork, active learning, etc. That will inform all of the classes, starting with this one. I wanted a clear example of how active group work could convey the information as well as (or,... Continue reading “Day 2: ID in Practice”