Connecting Lesson plan

One person per group, should type the next "Connecting" lesson plan in the post (4/18/08).

Please list all components presented in the lesson plan module! This is a group grade.

Connecting debriefing

Please discuss how your personal experience with "Connecting" has been.

Please discuss in your post your high moments with the program, your low moments with the program, positive moments and negative moments with your team, and what you can appreciate and don't appreciate about the program.

*This is of course, for a grade

UTAP II Teaches/HES

States of Matter- Teach I

Physical & Chemical Properties- Teach II

Endangered Species- Teach III

Broward Futures Scholarship

Bio on you

-Family Background
-Goals you want to achieve in life
-Who do you live with?
-Ever been in a singe parent home? step parent? foster child?
-First general college student?
-Major health issues in family, or you suffer?
-Drugs in family?
-Alcohol in family?
-Arrest in family? Ever been arrested?
-Poverty in family?
-Any other major factors that show a struggle on what you have had to overcome?

Social Issues in Education

Fellow educators, there are many issues in education that socially impact our children, parents, achievement, teachers, the school at large, and the community itself. Your team will choose one of the preselected educational issues and create a presentation to present the rest of the teams.

*THIS WILL BE YOUR MIDTERM GRADE

Remember, a school issue is a societal issue, and if our schools do not improve, neither will our society. Your presentation should include:


The Paper and Poster
(Paper, 12 inch font, Times New Roman, min 2 pages including the below components)

-The facts of the social issue, including a synopsis of the social issue (cite current research/statistics)

-Discuss both positive and negative effects resulting from the social issue, or resulting from not having the issue (if negative).

-Create achieveable solutions. How do you address the problem, how do you fix the problem?


The Presentation

-Billboard of Visuals
-Poster with Facts
-Create a commercial/Ad


Approved Topics

-"No Child Left Behind"/ESEA
-Achievement Gaps (Nelibeth, Donaya, Mike, Rose, Takela)
-Special Education/IDEA
-Vouchers (Simone, Lusmanue, Kierra, Candace, Natalie)
-Class Size (Crystal, Lawrisha, Tierra, Patrice, Jackie)
-Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual, and Transgendered students
-Teacher Shortage
-Technology in Schools
-Drop Out Prevention(Avantae, Irvon, Jo'nae, Kendra, Shauna-Kaye)

Order of Groups
-Natalie
-Irvon
-Lawrisha
-Rose H

Blog Closed, Grades Closed

Blog Closed, Grades Closed

10/19 HES Field Experience

Congrats UTAPPERS! You have successfully completed your first field experience. Please participate in our debriefing session by providing your comments below. Discuss your experiences and discussing the following!

A) How prepared was your team?
B) How effective was the lesson and why?
C) What was your role and how did you participate?
D) What was successful and unsuccessful about the lesson?
E) What was the most significant moment of the day?
F) Other comments.
Due no later than 10/25/07