Friday, November 7, 2008

Per 7 ePort Cohort Minutes: 10/31

Teachers present: Rob McAndrew, Amy Zima, Amy Farrell, Nancy Greco, Lew Grower, Jereme Martineau, Mike Verrastro, Liz Rafalowsky, and David Olio

Began with a "One Minute History" activity, after which, in a debriefing, teachers reported feeling more energized and connected to new and familiar colleagues. Hearing others' stories--even briefly seems to personalize our experience.

Hand out: Merrimack, NH Artifact List

Shared potential "artifacts":

David: video of a class discussion
Amy Z: student journal of responses in Spanish to a question of the day
Liz: student's personal skills inventory
Amy F.: video tape of a students teaching a lesson that applies the math problem to the "real world"
Lew: Building a Programmable Logic Array
Mike: scales performance on Finale Music software
Jerame: choral performance on Finale Music software
Rob: Lab report

Question: Just how will these artifacts--and the ePort in general--improve student learning, especially in comparison with "paper" models?


Next meeting(s): 11/13
11/25
12/9
12/19
1/12

11/13 Focus: Connections between artifact and course objectives

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I was gathering student art work to be photographed, but by the time I had it all together and arrived at the meeting, it was over. I had planned to show the art and to discuss the steps necessary to prepare it for the web.

David O. said...

I'm sorry we weren't able to get you in! If you'd like, l you could begin our next meeting; we could then transition to course expectations.

Anonymous said...

David, May I have a copy of the Merrimack, NH Artifact List handout?

David O. said...

Of course. I'll bring one to our next meeting.