TEA Collaborative Learning Group
Team Meetings

Hanisch
2002

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Date: Feb. 16, 2002
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Ogallala, NE
Parcticipants: Shauna Roberson, Jason Gunderson, Mark Freeling

Goal(s) of Meeting
share resources and lab ideas, reinforce relationships, discuss goals

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
**We all brought our favorite labs, websites, books, etc and compiled a list of 'good resources' and ' lab ideas/resources' **discussed interests for next meetings - mostly we decided to look at technology available and its integration into labs

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?
We discussed changing the text's cookbook labs into more inquiry, shared process of teaching open-ended labs and the use of scientific research in the classroom

Additional reflections:
great sharing time - all left with new ideas and inspiration

Goal(s) of Meeting
Share polar web resources; discuss use of and practice with palm pilots and probeware for data collection

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
*All 4 of us brought web addresses (electronic copies) and shared those with each other *time was used to explore the websites and share teaching ideas *Jason and I demonstrated the potential of the palm pilots and probeware *Mark demonstrated the integration of computers with the palm software for viewing and manipulating data

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?
*content: polar science *pedagogy: use of technology in science curriculum *science process: tools of data collection and manipulation/communication of data

Additional reflections:
again, a great sharing time of resources; although we are not focused directly on polar science, interest in the scientific process and its use in the classroom is a shared passion for all 4 of us

Goal(s) of Meeting
Share arctic project ideas and discuss summer possibilities

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
*we each brought a unit/project outline focused on science in the arctic *we shared our ideas and provided input for improving each others *ideas were discussed for student involvement in my TEA research to take place during the summer

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?
Pedagogy: arctic units/projects/curriculum/standards Technology: idea of making a web site of polar regions; use of RealAudio communication with students this summer

Additional reflections:
looks like all 3 are interested in organizing student parcticipation in RealAudio presentations during summer months

Goal(s) of Meeting
Practice/ensure success of future RealAudio broadcasts

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
*discussed goals of RealAudio broadcasts *practiced using technology - had conversation with Arlyn for practice *confirmed dates and parcticipants

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?

Additional reflections:

Goal(s) of Meeting
Introduce new mentees to the TEA program

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
*took mentee's through goals of programs *used TEA websites to share resources and potential *discussed our collaborative goals

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?
Pedagogy and Content: discussed how we might make our science program more conntected from grades 3-12 Science Process: discussed possible ideas for 'doing science' in the elementary classes

Additional reflections:

Goal(s) of Meeting
evaluate science curriculum evaluate use of science process in teaching

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
*Used TEA website to find lab ideas for all levels of science *discussed how we could 'naturally' use our surroundings to teach polar sciencee

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?

Additional reflections:
great to begin really reinforcing the new mentor/mentee relationships!

Goal(s) of Meeting
Develop new mentee relationships .... these should be for real!!!

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
We discussed teaching frustrations and goals, science curriculum within Bering Strait School District and the movement to performance based assessments

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?
Pedagogy: discussed teaching science as inquiry; discussed classroom management ideas .... developed plans of monitoring for movement toward each of their individual goals Content: discussed science curriculum ideas grades 4-12 and integration of science with english classes Process of Science: began discussing the state standards and performance assessments for the process of science Tech: established email communication plans for discussing progress toward goals and new needs as they arise

Additional reflections:
This group should be more solid than the past collaboration groups - for 2 reasons. Our work is supported and funded by BSSD grant money - these 3 have expressed a need and desire for a mentor to help them with the teaching of scinece. In addition, all 4 of us are faced with modifications of curriculum and instruction to comply with the Quality schools movement our district has adopted and will be implementing in the year 2003-4.