Agenda - May 2, 2015

Final Recap for Current Issues Projects

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Main 2.306

Presenters: Dr. Reynaldo Ramirez, Jr., Ed.D

AGENDA

• Welcome

• Student Presentations

• Post-Tests

• Final Project Summaries

• Dismisal

Agenda - STEAM Workshop

Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Workshop

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Main 2.306

Presenters: Ms. Denise Molina, M.Ed.
                  Dr. Reynaldo Ramirez, Jr., Ed.D

AGENDA

• Welcome

• What is STEAM?

• Start Simple - Photography (Dr. Ramirez)

• Drawing, Sketching, Journals (Ms. Denise Molina)

• Adjourn

Agenda - February 28, 2015

Collecting Data in the Laboratory and Field Using Technology

February 28, 2015

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

AGENDA

• 8:30 AM Welcome/Sign-in

• Collecting student thoughts and backroom chatting
• SmartPhone Apps (Light Meter/Spectrophotometer)

• Understanding Optics (Binoculars/Spotting Scopes) and Collecting Data

• Data Harvester Labs (Elementary Data Collection Device)
• Temperature
• Heart Rate

• Lunch

• Spark Vue Labs (Middle/High School Collection Device)

• Review Backroom Chats

• Conclusion

Piazza for Discussions

For the rest of this term we will be using Piazza for class discussion. The system is highly catered to getting you help fast and efficiently from classmates and myself. 

Rather than emailing questions to each other or to me, I encourage you to post your questions on Piazza. 

Find our class page at: https://piazza.com/utb/spring2015/edci634401/home

Summary and Clarification of Course Assignments

There are six major assignments that must be submitted to meet the requirements for this course. They are submitted in Google Docs and TK20. I have included several blog posts to help the student organize the products to be submitted. This document hopefully summarizes and clarifies the course assignments.

Google Docs is used so that the student and the instructor can collaborate and refine the products that are assigned. To do so the document should be shared with the instructor and include comment privileges.

TK20 is used to submit the final reports for grading. They should be submitted before or on the due date. Submissions after the due date may not be graded in a timely manner.

The assignments are the following:

• Report on Selected Artifact Summaries (Google+/Google Docs/TK20)
• Report on Selected Video Summaries (Youtube/Google Docs/TK20)
• Research Paper on Selected Science Education Issue on Reading Summaries (Google Docs/TK20)
• Mentoring Report (Google Docs/TK20)
• Report on Annotated Bibliography of Current Issues (Google Docs/TK20)
• Reflective Paper of Selected Blog Posts (Blogger/Google Docs/TK20)

Several students have asked questions about course assignments. Hopefully, I don’t confuse you more. At any rate, here are a few clarifications:

Course Folders

Instructions on how to prepare the course folders can be found HERE. Follow the convention described, otherwise its difficult to identify the author.

Summaries

The required folders and the format for summaries can be found HERE. Reading, Video, and Artifact Summaries. The Artifact Summary Folder is used here as an example. These summaries are used to create reports which will be housed in Google Docs and TK20.

For example the Exploring Physics summary belongs in the “Artifact Summary Folder”. Most summaries are completed on Google Docs and added to the subfolder “Artifact Summary Folder” and then added to your personal course folder. Also note that Google Plus is also a location to add artifacts. Usually Google Plus are photographs, comments, or events added during workshops. The summary is a Google Doc and everything for the event or workshop is linked.  All of these documents need to be shared and “Comment” privileges provided to the instructor.

The sequence will look like this:

Event/Workshop ------> Summary -----> Artifact Summary Folder -----> Course Folder

The same procedure is true for Video and Reading Summaries.  They and the Annotated Bibliography summaries should also be placed in the appropriate folder.

Reports

In an attempt to simplify the assessment of student work, reports will be graded instead of the summaries. Rubrics to assess these products are provided as a development guide. The components outlined would allow the student to judge the completeness of their work.

Summaries will not be graded, instead the summaries will serve as a way for the instructor to provide feedback to include specific details or recommend the inclusion of important ideas.

Mentoring Project Plan and Mentoring Project Report

The Mentoring Project Plan documents what activities you have done or plan to do with your mentees. The mentoring plan should include (1) who will be mentored with a description of each of the mentees, (2) what you intend to teach the mentees, (3) when, as specifically as possible, you expect to do your mentoring, and (4) where the mentoring activities will occur.

The Mentoring Report is outlined on the Sophia.org website. You can access it HERE with the special code provided. The mentoring report is added to the “Mentoring Report Folder” as a Google Doc for review by the instructor. Once the review is complete the report is converted to a PDF document and uploaded to TK20.

Annotated Bibliography

Beginning on January 31st, you started reading articles on current science education issues and summarized them in an Annotated Bibliography document. You identified two articles per week until April 1, 2015.  On April 11 you will write a report that aggregates all of the different articles you read about your chosen topic.

The Annotated Bibliography is included in the Annotated Bibliography Folder. The usual format for an Annotated Bibliography is to place the APA citation for the article and below write a summary of the article. More information can be found HERE.

Blog Posts

You should write a blog post for each week in the course beginning January 31st and ending on April 11, 2015. The blog posts can be written in the blog you submitted last semester. However, the topics should closely match the knowledge gained from your readings or your participation in daily events. The blog post that has information about the process for this assignment can be found HERE.

The Blog Post Summary Report is due on April 25, 2015. The rubric used to assess the blog posts can be found HERE.

Other Concerns

If this document doesn’t help, then make an appointment to see the instructor. Another method is to set up a video or phone conversation with the instructor. Do so with enough time to meet the reporting requirement.

Process for Writing the Reflective Paper

Students should contribute a weekly blog post on a topic. The topics should be around the six areas noted on the blog report rubric. The rubric is used to assess the reflective paper. It would be best to combine the topics in each blog post. By the due date you will write a report about these blog posts. 

Blog posts should be included as a Google Doc entitled "Selected Blog Post Collection" in a folder called "Selected Blog Posts" that you created within your course folder. The Google Doc should have the links of all of your blog posts.

Eventually you will create a Google Doc entitled "Reflective Paper on Blogs - Student Name" and share it with your instructor. I'll have a chance to comment on the paper before you eventually upload it to TK20.

If you have any more questions, email me or set up a virtual or F2F meeting.

Reflective Paper on Blogs and Rubric

EDCI-6344-01_Current Issues-Research Sci Ed(2015/SP)_08:30AM_04:00PM_S_MAIN_2.232: Reflective Paper Assignment and Rubric

The student must work toward becoming a reflective practitioner. The blog posts in this course are aggregated in a reflective paper. There are many areas that a student can choose to reflect; however only a few are focused in this rubric. These include: Self as a Professional, Content, Methods and Materials, Context of Teaching and Learning, Use of Assessment, and Student Diversity. These areas selected from the conceptual framework for reflection at Washburn University.

The report does not have a prescribed length so the writer should use the rubric to determine whether they have met all of the requirements. The paper is to use APA style from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed. The paper should be typed on 8.5 x 11 letter paper and double spaced using 12 point Times Roman font.

This assignment requires that the student contribute a weekly blog post on a self-selected topic or issue. The paper is written in a single document and placed in the “Selected Blog Folder”. Title the document "Reflective Paper on Blogs - Name" for instructor review.  The final document is to be uploaded on TK20 by the due date.

This report is due on April 25, 2015.

The report will be evaluated using a rubric adapted from Washburn University which focuses on the reflective educator. The rubric identifies five elements: (1) Self as an Emerging, Developing and Maturing Professional; (2) Reflection as a Socially Interactive Process; (3) Reflection on Content; (4) Reflection on Methods and Materials; (5) Reflection as a Process of Change; and (6) Reflection on Student Diversity.

The assessment categorizes the element as to whether the expectation is met, met with weakness, or not met.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the instructor (reyram49@gmail.com).

Obtain the document and rubric Click HERE.