Friday, February 26, 2010
Berkeley City College
http://www.berkeleycitycollege.edu
2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 981-2800
Description
Share and learn ways to unpack specific assignments to achieve maximum student success immediately.
Free Registration (survey link)
Location: room 451
Agenda
8:30-9:00 Continental breakfast
9:00-10:15 Overview
10-15-10:30 Break
10:30-1:00 Activities
Tom DeWitt, Professor, English
Katie Townsend-Merino, Professor, Psychology
Cleavon Smith, Basic Skills Initiative Coordinator
Anniqua Rana, Bay Area Network Coordinator
Parking permit: contact clsmith@peralta.edu
Berkeley City College
http://www.berkeleycitycollege.edu
2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 981-2800
Parking permit: contact clsmith@peralta.edu
2 Comments So Far»
Great training on scaffolding today at BCC! Tom, Anniqua, and Katie put togher inspiring and engaging presentations and shared wonderful information that I feel I can use immediately in class. Let’s have more cross campus training sessions like this one soon!
Quick update from this event –
I used the quotes step from Tom’s “Q”ing method in class Monday in place of lecturing on the how and why theory behind writing narration/description and it went incredibly well. Today, I did the same with theory-based readings (quotes and quonnections – although I’m going to call them something different). It was CRAZY! I didn’t have to give any examples – they quickly adapted what they’d done on Monday with the theory. Their quotes were tears-in-the-eyes brilliant, and the “normal” controlled chaos I encourage was intensely focused on reading!
Even more amazing was how they made the connections (I did have to do one of these to give them the idea). Like ducks to water they were! The best part was watching students who have never said a single word in discussions up at the board circling, drawing lines, and writing notes like houses on fire! I’m addicted.
All the best,
Trish
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