Thursday, February 5, 2009

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Value Added and Master Teacher

Value Added is a deceptive term if viewed as teaching "values." Value Added is a testing model to put some fairness in the assessment process. The ODE describes value added as from it's concept to its measurable structure. By the way, as becoming teachers, you might be interested in teacher specific web sites. Google, of course, has one and you can search for neat things like classroom management or any other topic of teacherie interest. Ok, back to value added. Here is a little PDF site that does a nice job of explaining value added. Questions?

Now, Master Teacher: Waaa Laaa the very ODE itself. Questions?

Thursday, September 11, 2008

creating links

How to create a link. This is an AR site. Have fun. If you want to learn HTML code, enjoy.

1. sign in
2. create a new post
3. open tab or new window
4. find your "googled" site
5. copy the url
6. return to blog
7. highlight the area of text where you want the link
8. click on the link button (world with chain link)
9. paste your url
10. waa laa

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

301 Annotated Bibliography Posts

Our on line bibliography posts will develop as we continue through the semester. We will move from test only to attaching pictures, links, and video. Point is, you will have to determine what is useful for you as a teacher.

An important link for us will the Ohio Department of Education site.

Here is an interesting video attempting to use standards in a discussion about teaching art:


Thursday, August 28, 2008

Annotated Bibliography 301 #1

Ok, so the standards which lead to the objectives which lead to the report card are in place. What about these "standards?" Look to the Ohio Department of Education website and find the standards for your content area.

Do you agree with these? How would you/what would you teach to meet these standards?