An Emotional Day
August 14, 2012
The Curriculum group had the last workshops today. Greg took
the group through two morning activities. The first activity was a contest
among groups to brainstorm the most ways
to assess understanding. The Belizean Learning Coaches were so good at
describing unique ways to assess that Greg had to admit defeat. An hour had
passed and there still ideas being generated! Many of the teachers felt a sense
of confirmation that they utilize a variety of assessments while gaining new
ideas from their peers. For the second part of the morning we focused on daily
lesson planning. The Belizeans planned Enquiry based Math lessons designed to accommodate
special needs. Many great ideas were shared.
The Technology group finished up using Google Docs and
Google Earth today. The teachers searched the internet for resources that could
be used in their classrooms. The day ended with all attendees blogging! Patrick
was requested by the curriculum group to do an extra “after hours” session on cross
curricular methods of using books to teach Math and Science.
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