Finals

Thank you all for a great semester. I really enjoyed getting to learn with you this semester.

If you would like to pick up your finals they will be in the education office until 1/15/10. After that I will send them to the paper shredder.

Chapter 13 Assignment

Read: Chapter 13 in the Intro to Teaching Book

Watch Integrating Technology into Instruction on the included text DVD and respond to the questions that follow the DVD.

Remember that next Monday we will meet for our final class. Use the pretest you took at the beginning of the semester to study for the final exam.

Chapter 12 Assignment

Read Chapter 12 Effective Instruction in American Schools.

Select one of the following to respond to:

1. Describe the principles of cognitive learning theory, and identify examples of the principles in practice.

2. Describe essential steps in planning for instruction.

3. Explain how essential teaching skills contribute to learning.

4. Explain the relationship between principles of learning and different phases of models of instruction.

Sorry I am a day late. I guess the holiday got the best of me.