Seminar-Oct.+9,+2008

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=Tentative Agenda for October 9, 2008=

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Housekeeping - 4:00 - 4:05
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 * Roll
 * To Do List
 * [|UFLA Registration]
 * [|UFLA Mini-grants]
 * [|UFLA Poster Contest]
 * //Reminder: You and your mentor teacher may decide to modify these forms and distribute them://

Insights & Issues - 4:05 - 4:15
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Those who are teaching in middle school might be interested in the discussion that is currently happening in the Teachers Lounge of the wiki on [|Adolescent Development] (a.k.a. classroom management) user:chericem1

Listening Grid - Jamie, you'll find a sample listening grid on this page user:chericem1

There are some GREAT ideas for [|parent open house] getting posted in the Teachers' Lounge as well user:chericem1

Here are just a few of the blogs I was telling you about:

http://twentyfivedays.wordpress.com/

[|http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22397372]

http://www.peacetakescourage.com/page-about.htm?PHPSESSID=bce446a21168f53504d7594ed6a0e9d5

http://nycstudents.blogspot.com/

Professionalizing Our Practice - 4:15 - 5:15
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 * Teaching Demos - Sign up here to demo an activity that worked well for you


 * Teaching Demo in Spanish (if you sign your name next to this option, please note a grammar concept you will have to teach soon and the MAIN vocabulary topic that goes with it)
 * FL 2.0 (Look under Trabajos Colaborativos for the file)


 * Videos user:pingel32 I would like to see these videos. (Jacob)


 * Communication
 * Spanish - Cindy Kendall (circling techniques)
 * Chinese - Pei Yu, et. al (communicative language skills)
 * Russian - Elena Farkas (literacy development)


 * Cultural contextualization
 * Japanese - Jessica Haxhi (yaoya, Momotaro)


 * Connections
 * Spanish - Rita Gullickson (food chain, ocean life)
 * Japanese - Jessica Haxhi (sink/float)


 * Comparisons
 * German - ACTFL (Fasching)


 * Communities
 * Spanish - ACTFL (Politics & Art)

If you want to see student-produced videos, sign here.

Teacher Work Sample - 5:15 - 5:30
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For Next Time
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 * Bell-ringer or warm-up activities
 * Classroom Management - Saving face and the desk in the "other" teacher's room user:chericem1
 * Classroom set-up and seating
 * Copyright, Cybercourtesy, & Cybersafety in a Creative Commons Age
 * Icebreakers & Name Games
 * Lesson Planning?
 * Lesson Planning Templates user:pingel32  I would really benefit from going over some good lesson plan templates. (Jacob)
 *  Open House ? (You may be interested in the [|discussion thread currently underway in the Teacher's Lounge]  on this topic) user:chericem1
 * [|Teaching Foreign Languages K-12: A Library of Classroom Practices]