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"To Sir with Love" Observations


 * 5. Motivation and Management** - //The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.//
 * 6. Communication and Technology -** //The teacher uses knowledge of effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.//

- There is a new teacher in class; all the students around the school are going crazy in the other classes, in his class they are all very lackadaisical, barely mustering the energy to say “here” during attendance. - Students use humor to hide their lack of understanding. - Teacher uses sarcasm to defend himself against their humor. This is a no-no in the classroom. - The teacher appears inexperienced and in over his head in this school setting.

__**Video Observations**__

[] - This video teaches us how to use power teaching to teach power teaching. It goes over the basics of power teaching, and then uses power teaching as the students explain to each other what power teaching is.
 * Overview**
 * INTASC: 4. Multiple Instructional Strategies -** //The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage student development of critical thinking, problem-solving, and performance skills.//
 * 5. Motivation and Management** - //The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.//

[] This video has Chris Biffle teaching a middle school class the rules of the classroom. He is walking them through power teaching, and seems to have them involved in what he is doing. They are on task teaching each other the rules of the class by using power teaching.
 * Middle School with Biffle using all the expectations**
 * INTASC: 5. Motivation and Management** - //The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.//


 * //__Lessons 1-8 have the following INTASC Standards:__//**
 * INTASC: 4. Multiple Instructional Strategies -** //The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage student development of critical thinking, problem-solving, and performance skills.//
 * 5. Motivation and Management** - //The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.//

[] This video has Chris Biffle explaining to the camera how to start power teaching in the classroom. It is essentially the direct, to-the-camera version of what he taught to the college class in the first video.
 * Lesson 1 input (samples may include elementary and Biffle will come in to introduce Power Teaching)**

[] Once again, Chris Biffle is explaining power teaching to the camera. This is essentially the same as the video in front of the middle school class, except that he is explaining it to the camera instead of a classroom.
 * Lesson 2 lecture**

[] This video talks about Rule #1 of power teaching. This Rule is “Follow Directions Quickly”.
 * Lesson 3 Lecture**

[] This video discusses Rule #2, “raise your hand for permission to speak”. Biffle is once again lecturing to the camera. [] This video once again discusses the classroom rules. This video focuses on Rule #3, “raise your hand for permission to leave your seat”.
 * Lesson 4 Lecture**
 * Lesson 5 Lecture**

[] This video discusses Rule #4, “make smart choices”. Biffle describes this rule in detail, explaining how this rule is different from the others.
 * Lesson 6 input**

[] This video discusses Rule #5, “keep your dear teacher happy”. He discusses how to get out of back and forths. He also uses a little sarcasm in his example, which I thought was a no-no.
 * Lesson 7 input**

[] Biffle reviews the basics of Power Teaching. He goes over “class-yes” and also reviews the 5 Classroom Rules that were detailed in the previous videos. He also discusses how interlocking ideas can spread Power Teaching into the rest of the class.
 * Lesson 8 input**

Bloom’s Observations
 * The following Bloom’s Taxonomy videos all have the following INTASC Standard in common.**
 * 2. Student Development -** //The teacher understands how children learn and develop, and can provide learning opportunities that support a child's intellectual, social, and personal development.//

[] In this video Ian Robertson is comparing- over a PowerPoint- Bloom’s Taxonomy vs. Anderson’s revised Taxonomy of the 1990’s. He also talks about surface and deep learning, as well as Skills, Knowledge, and Attitude (SKA).

[] This video is an introduction to Bloom’s Taxonomy. He speaks about the 3 domains and then does an overview on the 6 domains of the taxonomy.

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This video was an animation of a birthday cake to help visualize the levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. It went too fast and wasn’t very effective, despite the creativity.

[] Ian Robertson once again speaks over a PowerPoint, this time explaining the 12 principles of learning. He goes over each principle very quickly, and the screen shows all 12 for only a moment at the end.