WebLinks

Visit each numbered link below, and answer the question and/or respond to the task. It is possible that you'll have some difficult with one or more of the items below. That is OK. We'll work through these as a group when we are together. However, it is important that you really try each item so you can contrubte to

1. Andragogy and Technology: Integrating Adult Learning Theory as We Teach With Technology http://frank.mtsu.edu/~itconf/proceed00/fidishun.htm
 * Task:** Make a list of six features of "adragogy" (hint: the first is "Learner's Need To Know".) For each of the six features, write one or two sentences so you remember a key element of what was said about that feature.

2. Newer Views of Learning: Types of Questions http://www.uwsp.edu/education/lwilson/learning/quest2.htm
 * Question:** What are the five types of questions listed, and how are the different from one another? For each type of question, write down one or two attributes that makes that type of question different from the other types. Try coming up with 1-2 examples of your own for each type of question.

3. Effective Techniques of Questioning http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/effquest.htm
 * Task:** Choose three pieces of information given on this page that you think are especially important. Write those down, and also write one or two sentences for each telling why you think it is important.

4. Rubrics http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/rubric.htm
 * Task:** Read this whole page. Then, suppose you had to grade yourself for your work on items 1-3 above. Using the bulleted steps under "Developing a Rubric", come up with a rough draft for a rubric for those items. Apply this rubric to your own work on those three items. What grade might you give yoruself?

5. Principles of Adult Learning http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/adults-2.htm
 * Task:** Compare the information given on this page with the information given on "Andragogy and Technology" that you visited in item 1. Are the ideas the same? Does one of them emphasize something different than the other? Do you agree with one more than the other?

6. Ready, Fire, Aim http://www.creativeteachingsite.com/teach6.htm
 * Task:** This article suggests an interesting technique to use in teaching. What is that technique? What is an example of a "compelling" event that you think could be useful in instruction, and why?

7. A Brief Summary of the Best Practices in Teaching http://webshare.northseattle.edu/eceprogram/bestprac.htm
 * Task:** Before coming to this page you visited the "My Vision of Teaching" page, and wrote about how you think you will teach the students in your class. How does your vision compare with what is suggested on this page?