Slides for week 2 of our course

1. Educational Foundations
EDUC 2003: Schools & Society
Week 2 In-class Activities
Dan Krutka, Ph.D.
@dankrutka

2. Twitter Bellringer
• Directions: We will start class with a short 7 minute Twitter chat. Write your tweets for an
authentic audience that includes co-learners from the other sections. Finally, don’t name
former teachers’ names, just characteristics.
– I am starting my #EdFound class with a short Twitter chat. Educators are welcome to
join in. #edchat
– Q1: What are the characteristics of the best teachers you’ve ever had? Why?
#EdFound #edchat
– Q2: What are the characteristics of the worst teachers you’ve ever had? Why?
#EdFound #edchat
– Q3: Last question, why do you think teachers do things that don’t work? #EdFound
#edchat (time permitting)

3. Amy Clark
Strickland Middle School
• Amy Clark from Strickland Middle
School will talk about mentoring this
semester (her PPT is on our site).
• What questions do you have that are not
already answered on the handout on our
site?
• What makes an effective mentor?

4. Small Group: Course Questions
• What questions do you have?
• What do you need help with?
Whole Class: Updates
• Food & Drink sign-up; Quizzes
Free Work Time (then break)

5. Discussing the rise of common
schools in the U.S.
• Compelling question: What is the
purpose of public schools?
• Small groups -> Student-led
dialogue
– What have you learned?
– What questions do you have?
• Preview: How does gender affect the
teaching profession?

6. Hanging Out
• How can videoconferencing
encourage learning in your
future classroom?

7. Visioning yourself as a teacher
professional
• What is the vision of the
elementary teacher from
Seattle for her educational
environment?
• How will your vision be
supported or modified this
semester?
Teaching Tolerance has free resources
for educators concerning multicultural
education like Starting Small. You can
follow them on Twitter at
@Tolerance_org. I also recommend
following @edutopia.Young’s (1992) Seven Blind Mice
(time permitting)