June 1 Brandi

Cherokee Rose Writing Project: June 1, 2009

                                           Move in and unpack.

                                    Home-style cookin’ from Debra’s Diner.

                                          Thank you Debra for all your hard work.

 

Cathleen: Orientation, schedule, and syllabus Review

 

Daily Log Presentation Model             

Penny modeled a daily log presentation and identified the differences between digital natives and digital immigrants. She also spoke of a time long, long ago, when all people didn’t have computers, perhaps during the early Mesozoic Era.

 

                            Daily Log Recorder:              Take detailed notes

                                                                                    Type notes in Microsoft Word

                                                                                    E-mail to Penny, or post on Googledocs                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Present log the following day 8:00-8:30

                           

                            It’s Official!

                            The bathroom is now Unisex

                            Ian is the temporary “tech-guy” until Dr. Baylen returns

                            *If you show up, and you get everything done you get an (A). Ogletree/Doheney:             

                            *Later amended by Ogletree: If you take our books, you get an (F)!

Teaching for Social Justice:

Tami was “drugged and loopy”. Before presenting, she provided a disclaimer,

“I am not responsible for what I say or do”

                   The class voted, and we decided it would be in Tami’s best interest if she began all     

                 forms of communication in this manner.

             

Big Ideas:

The importance of voice, teaching social justice, and listening loudly

                               No matter how young or old everyone has a voice to share

                               We have to “listen loudly” to hear the voices

                                We teach individual little people, not numbers or subjects

                            Engaged pedagogy-shared learning experience model

                            By inviting students lives in the classroom we make students feel significant

                            It’s all about the students

                           Share, Share, Share

 

Narrative Poetic Experience:

                            Where I’m From by: George Ella Lyon (Read aloud, Writing time, Share)

                           

                            We are from……..

                                          “pop not coke”, gumbo, Red Stripe beer, and grits-“not that instant stuff”

                                          Deep south, Hernando Beach, and muddy creeks

                                          Doodlebug, “keep your head up”, and Dinners flyin’ off the porch in rage

                                          “Show me your company and I’ll show you who you are” and “Birds of a                                                         feather flock together”             

Charlene got a little homesick sharing, but she tried again. That-a-girl, Charlene!

Resources:

Paulo Freire-Engaged Pedagogy http://www.education.miami.edu/ep/contemporaryed/Paulo_Freire/paulo_freire.html

StoryCorps website-  honor and celebrate one another’s lives through listening www.Storycorps.org

Studs Terkel: A major contributor to StoryCorps and the rise of social justice

National Writing Project Website www.nwp.org

 

Netiquette:

Thank you, Penny, for provided tips for avoiding distractions during the W.W.

                            ***We are responsible for self-monitoring***

                                          Eyes and ears on speaker

                                          Wireless during writing time/breaks

                                          Cell phones-silent/vibrate

                                          Headphones in the back if needed (not while Cathleen is talkingJ

 

Study Group Selection and Planning

 

Lunch/Group mentor meeting

 

Teaching Demonstration: Christy

Topic: Using Author’s Texts as Writing Mentors

              Modeled Storytelling                            allowed time to talk                                          time to write

              Shared student writing              time to share                                                        ask questions

                            Key Points:

                            Let students talk

                            Use high quality literature to scaffold

                            Allow students to become the authors they want to be

                            (even if it involves graphic novels)

 

              Empowerment:

              Cathleen shared a favorite quote: “Ignorance is contempt prior to investigation” Herbert               Spencer?

              She challenged us saying, “Open our mind and hear, then make informed decisions.”

              She also said we must not wait on others to empower us, we must empower ourselves by               listening, investigating, questioning, and analyzing.

                            Housekeeping:

                            At the end of every day:

                            Turn off coffee pot

                            Turn off all plugs and lights

                            Empty trash

                            Lock door