Week 12: Health
1. One Minute Sentence: What health issues are affecting teens? What will you see in your classroom, and why should you address the issues head on?
2. Health scenarios: what to do when...
3. Presentation on healthy relationships
4. Health Resources: Teen Health and Well Being Pearltree
5. Survey on course: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Wiedenmayer_Toby_SECD_585
6. One Minute Note Card: Key learning you took from this course. What would you have like
2. Health scenarios: what to do when...
3. Presentation on healthy relationships
4. Health Resources: Teen Health and Well Being Pearltree
5. Survey on course: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Wiedenmayer_Toby_SECD_585
6. One Minute Note Card: Key learning you took from this course. What would you have like
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youth at risk behaviors
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Teen Relationships
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Week 11:
1. Game night! Everyone shared their amazing games, and we all were able to play them.
2. Student Projects
2. Student Projects
Week 10:
1. Individuals shared their strategies from the textbook.
2. Discussed strategies for the brain to effectively learn new information: Susan Kovalik and the Centers 4 Learning.
3. Discussed importance of bodily kinesthetic activity in classroom.
2. Discussed strategies for the brain to effectively learn new information: Susan Kovalik and the Centers 4 Learning.
3. Discussed importance of bodily kinesthetic activity in classroom.
Week 8 and 9:
1. Collaborative Problem Solving for Equity and Justice: A 6-Step Model
Read the journal entry case study from a teacher, and respond below using the problem solving model provided. Please try to be as thorough as possible, thinking about how you would ultimately handle the situation in your classroom.
2. Answer Discussion Prompt #1 related to the two classroom scenarios.
3. Oppression is... Activity.
4. TED Talk: No Bullying
5. Take a look at page 203 entitled, Section Three: The Core Practices. These core practices are the basis of a strong brain-based classroom. Glance through this list, and choose one practice that you are most interested in incorporating into your classroom. Take a look at that section, and choose one activity from the section that you will model and share with the class when we return.
6. Refresher: Brain-based learning
7. Share your motivation technique.
8. Peer pressure article: Science Daily
Read the journal entry case study from a teacher, and respond below using the problem solving model provided. Please try to be as thorough as possible, thinking about how you would ultimately handle the situation in your classroom.
2. Answer Discussion Prompt #1 related to the two classroom scenarios.
3. Oppression is... Activity.
4. TED Talk: No Bullying
5. Take a look at page 203 entitled, Section Three: The Core Practices. These core practices are the basis of a strong brain-based classroom. Glance through this list, and choose one practice that you are most interested in incorporating into your classroom. Take a look at that section, and choose one activity from the section that you will model and share with the class when we return.
6. Refresher: Brain-based learning
7. Share your motivation technique.
8. Peer pressure article: Science Daily
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Week 7: Bullying and Social Acceptance
1. Peer Pressure Activity: statistics and parents.
2. TED Talk: Matt Langdon
3. Activity: Multicultural Problem Solving Case Study and A Collaborative Model for Addressing Conflict in Schools
4. Activity: Oppression Is... A Discussion
5. The brain: a look at some key elements for learning.
6. Develop a 5 minute lesson, with the brain in mind.
7. Strategy share: Ch. 15 and additional strategies to be modeled.
2. TED Talk: Matt Langdon
3. Activity: Multicultural Problem Solving Case Study and A Collaborative Model for Addressing Conflict in Schools
4. Activity: Oppression Is... A Discussion
5. The brain: a look at some key elements for learning.
6. Develop a 5 minute lesson, with the brain in mind.
7. Strategy share: Ch. 15 and additional strategies to be modeled.
Week 6: peer Pressure, Technology and Brain Development, Social Groups
1. Prezi: Technology and the teenage brain. (30 min.)
2. Activity: Develop a 5 minute lesson to combat an issue with technology to share with the class. (25 min.)
3. Activity: NY Times Article and "Test Your Focus" (15 min.)
4. Peer Pressure: Science Daily article and thoughts. (15 min.)
5. Recap: Family structures, particularly gangs-- video/project idea. (20 min.)
6. "inside the Teenage Brain," PBS (10 min.)
7. Peer pressure activity
2. Activity: Develop a 5 minute lesson to combat an issue with technology to share with the class. (25 min.)
3. Activity: NY Times Article and "Test Your Focus" (15 min.)
4. Peer Pressure: Science Daily article and thoughts. (15 min.)
5. Recap: Family structures, particularly gangs-- video/project idea. (20 min.)
6. "inside the Teenage Brain," PBS (10 min.)
7. Peer pressure activity
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Week 5: Cultural Awareness and Families
1. J.P. to share Ch. 4
2. UDL Lesson Plan evaluation, Anchor menus: discuss and share
3. UDL simulation: your three brain networks
4. Project Implicit: Examining our own hidden biases
5. Speak Up: handling issues in the classroom
6. Ch. 15: activities discussion- ways to break down stereotypes while still acknowledging differences.
7. Ch. 5: differentiation and the learning environment considerations, Brain Based Learning
8. Priviledge Walk.
2. UDL Lesson Plan evaluation, Anchor menus: discuss and share
3. UDL simulation: your three brain networks
4. Project Implicit: Examining our own hidden biases
5. Speak Up: handling issues in the classroom
6. Ch. 15: activities discussion- ways to break down stereotypes while still acknowledging differences.
7. Ch. 5: differentiation and the learning environment considerations, Brain Based Learning
8. Priviledge Walk.
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Week 4: Social Emotional and Affective
1. Share "How Teens Connect" A2
2. Activity: Learning Tools
3. Activity: FutureMe.org
4. Brain Map: What needs to be in place to learn, work rest ratios, etc.
5. Video Clip: The Wing Project
6. Goal Setter Tool: Create your own project checklist- Why project based or problem based learning is effective with teenagers
7. Learning Styles Fun Test
8. Anchor Menus
9. UDL Simulation: your three brain networks
10. Battling Boredom and "The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain"
2. Activity: Learning Tools
3. Activity: FutureMe.org
4. Brain Map: What needs to be in place to learn, work rest ratios, etc.
5. Video Clip: The Wing Project
6. Goal Setter Tool: Create your own project checklist- Why project based or problem based learning is effective with teenagers
7. Learning Styles Fun Test
8. Anchor Menus
9. UDL Simulation: your three brain networks
10. Battling Boredom and "The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain"
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Week 3: Differentiation and the Adolescent Brain
1. Recap: The National Geographic Article
2. Recap: Universal Design for Learning
3. Teen interviews: 3 to present
4. A2 Explanation
5. Discussion: Differentiation and the Adolescent Brain (Prezi) and books
6. Video: PBS Frontline "Inside the Teenage Brain" (see week 2 for links)
2. Recap: Universal Design for Learning
3. Teen interviews: 3 to present
4. A2 Explanation
5. Discussion: Differentiation and the Adolescent Brain (Prezi) and books
6. Video: PBS Frontline "Inside the Teenage Brain" (see week 2 for links)
Week 2: Development
1. Ages and Stages: The New Teenage Brain Activity. Investigate the PBS website and report out.
2. What it means for education: The importance of getting to know your students
3. What it means for education: Universal Design for Learning and Differentiation (what is it? overview.)
4. National Geographic article to read and share.
4. Teen Interviews (A1) Presentation and UDL Profile Template
2. What it means for education: The importance of getting to know your students
3. What it means for education: Universal Design for Learning and Differentiation (what is it? overview.)
4. National Geographic article to read and share.
4. Teen Interviews (A1) Presentation and UDL Profile Template
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Week 1: Development
- So, what's this class all about? Get to know each other (Activity: draw yourself as a teenager, and describe), and discuss the syllabus.
- Teens in a school setting: a historical review
- Demographics of today's classroom (taken from the Introduction from Making Learning REAL, Lieber).
- Sign up for Discussion Leaders.
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