Resources for Class 10/7

Reading Within/Against the Grain

• Dominant/Alternative/Resistant Overview
• Dominant/Resistant Graphic Organizer

Reading and Discussion: Touchstones

• Link

-How does this story relate you your own drawings and observations of the leaves?

-What does the professor mean when he says that "a pencil is one of the best eyes"?

-How is the observation of the fish the best scientific lesson for the author?

-Why did the professor not allow the author to use artificial aids such as a microscope?

Writing to Learn

• Descriptive Review (handout)

• Descriptive Review (presentation)

Literature Circle Presentations

• Terri, Jessica, Sydney
• Cassandra, Cheryl, Bill, Andrew
• Sara, Karina, Marissa

Digital Literacy

-Read this document explaining the 4 Tiers of Teacher Training in Technology.

-Quick Write: What tier are you currently in? How do you know?

-Spend 45 minutes doing something to move yourself from one tier to the next. Literally set a timer. I want this to be an intensely focused, productive time. I feel like so often we say, "I should try this..." or I should research that..." - this is your time to do whatever this or that is.

-5 minute presentation of your experience:

• An explanation of what tier you think you are most frequently in and why
• Say what you chose to do in your 45 minute inquiry and why. (what did you think about how your inquiry would impact your thinking/practice)
• Explain and/or show us how the 45 minute inquiry actually went. (what did you research, what did you try to use, what did you try to create, were you successful at it?/did you learn something else instead of what you set out to learn? etc.)
• Future implications and belief statement about digital literacy (think about "This I Believe" statements and manifestos. You don't have to write a This I Believe essay or a manifesto exactly, but use them as guidelines to think about what you want to say about your beliefs about digital literacy.