Year Two: Meeting #1 - 9/28/17

Welcome BACK! And welcome again to our new members Megan and Sarah!

Norms Review:

• Be Prepared to Engage
• Start and End on-time
• Respect each others input and Assume the Best
• Be comfortable with silent and out-loud think time
• Trust each other
• Be mindful of different gradespans
• Be open to new/old ideas
• Listen, be attentive to the main conversation
• Pause to clarify/explain (i.e. Acronyms)

We all agreed to be responsible for presenting something to the group once throughout our study group meetings.  Either a reading or the presentation of a classroom tool you've tried. The following dates are what we agreed to on our Studygroup Schedule.

We reviewed our "KWL" chart from year one as well as our meeting agendas and shareout from the end of the year.  We created a new chart of what we learned about and what we still would like to seek deeper meaning of.

We will continue to update this chart.

Debate!
Pro: Tech in the classroom ALL THE TIME
CON: Get Tech out of our schools!

Arguing in favor of tech in the classroom all the time was Cindy, Kelly, and Kome.  Arguing against technology in the classroom was Omar, Sarah, and Megan

Debate Audio!

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We used the Argumentative Talk Protocol from Teacher's College :   readingandwritingproject.com/public/themes/rwproject/resources/Content%20Support/writing/Arugment_Talk_Protocol.pdf

The following readings were used to support this debate and compile evidence:

Pro: Bill Nye Text: www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-nye/capella-bill-nye-teachers-challenge_b_1914291.html, and 

Con: Anna Murphy Paul Text: www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/08/technology_in_the_classroom_patricia_greenfield_says_kids_don_t_need_it.html, and Patricia Greenfield Article 

Greenfield Article
File Size:	201 kb
File Type:	pdf

Download File

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Summary Key Points Text: www.aeseducation.com/blog/2012/06/technology-classroom-debate