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Course Title: Creating Successful Learning Environments for the Self-Controlled Classroom

Instructor: Jenna Harp

Description: Instructing educators to effectively use the Self-Controlled Classroom Model in their classroom. “The vision of the Self- Control Classroom Model is to prevent disruptive, delinquent, and violent behavior, and to encourage accountability, achievement, integrity, and duty to others through adult/youth interaction, emphasizing trust, caring, and respectful relationships, and the use of effective, expert instruction.”

Course Schedule
Dates: 6/9/09- 7/23/09

Times: Online blog discussions and 1 page self-reflections/chapter for 7.0 hours (1 hour every Tuesday starting June 9th and ending July 21st. Seminar for 30 minutes Thursday, July 23rd.) Times of the online discussions: TBA

Location: online blog/seminar at Boston K-8

 ”Show your work.” That’s what Mr. Clevenger, my sixth grade teacher used to always tell me after I solved a math problem.

Well here’s an example of using technology to enable students to show their work and share their ideas with others.  These 6th grade Bostonians use activstudio to show their work and Jing Project to capture themselves explaining it.  They used the built in microphone in the laptop rather than an attacheable mic. 

What I love about this, is that although all three students explain .83 using the same method. They each had their own unique way of explaining. After her explanation, Minni asks, “Why?” Are there any students out there that would like to explain? Use the “comments” hyperlink below to get started. 

 NETS: 2. Communication and CollaborationStudents use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students:a. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.

If you or your school has a subscription to Brain Pop Jr, you’ll want to see this site. Kim Duran has organized a page of resources for Brain Pop Jr. Of all of the resources she has here, the best are the matrixes. She has made it really easy to find the Brain Pop Jr. resources that you most need. The resources are aligned in science, math, and literacy. Check it out!

        1place.ppt               South Middle school was given a glimpse of One Place this afternoon. It will officially roll out soon :). Be patient. It is an incredible tool. One Place runs federated searches in district and non district Internet databases. It simultaneously searches through Discovery Science, Discovery Streaming, Discovery Education Network, Atomic Learning, Culture Grams, World Book Online, NetTrekker, Verizon/Thinkfinity (formerly Marco Polo), Britannia Online, and EBSCO. The interface is smooth and easy to navigate. It is the ideal tool for planning for instruction. You can easily come up with great teaching ideas, teaching content, examples of student work and even professional articles on teaching strategies that match your topic.

Take a moment to check out One Place. It will be worth your time. Here is the link to get started (log-in directions).