week 11

1. Welcome Back!
8P20
Week 11
Practicum Reflections,
Problematizing Practice,
& Sharing Audio/Visual Resources

2. Week 11 Agenda
• Course Feedback and Changes(topics, workload,
application reframed)
• George Curous’ blog posts – bell reflection
• Practicum Reflections Chalk Talk
• Problematizing Practice
BREAK
• Gallery walk of Classroom Issues
• Question wheel
• Audio Visual Resources in Classrooms (Final PLC’s)

3. Housekeeping
• Updated Term 2 Calendar on Sakai with topics
confirmed based on feedback
– Lesson planning, differentiation, ELL, classroom
dynamics, as well as interview prep and future goals
• Updated Monograph Assignment files to be
agreed upon
• New class structure: Lots of in-class work time for
group assignment; and no more PLC postings.
This should lesson your workload. Readings will
now be self-assigned most weeks with occasional
mandatory resources to read

4. George Couros
https://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/8649
Reflection is what links our performance to our potential.
It is the process of properly unpacking ourselves
as leaders for the good of others.
The reflection process is one that is necessary for us as
teachers, and also beneficial for our students to grow.
*Side note: Everything we do in class is a transferable lesson or strategy for you to do with students.
Sometimes it will be written up and shared as a lesson plan sample, most of the time it will simply be implied
- either way, everything I do with you is practical example for your practice.

5. Silent Reflection
1. What went well in practicum?
– This first question celebrates your strengths. If you
only focus on what went wrong, your confidence can
be destroyed. Always start with strengths!
2. Where do I need to grow?
– This next question reminds us that we can grow. All
of us. (as teachers, as students, as human beings)
3. What will I do moving forward to build on my
strengths and weaknesses?
– The last question is meant to lead to action. Action
might not always lead to immediate success, but
inaction guarantees nothing will happen at all. To
grow, we need to reflect, retry, repeat.

6. Chalk Talk
Reminders:

7. Silent Chalk Talk
There are 3 boards around the room:
• Best moment
• Biggest challenge
• Lessons learned/worth sharing
Please write on each of them at your own pace.
Then join me in a huddle in the middle of the
room to take in the big picture.

8. Problematizing Practice
• What problems of practice did you experience?
• What are some challenges, issues, or areas of
concern about language that you encountered?
• What issues or challenges got in the way of student
learning?
• What themes can we identify from our collective
sharing?
• What would you be interested in learning more
about?

10. Problematizing Practice
• From our list of issues, choose one that really
speaks to you and stand by the title.
• Max 4 people per issue.
• Minimum 2 people per issue.
issue #3

11. Asking Questions
An example from “Who’s Line is it Anyway?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkxRzV3gtDc

12. Problematizing Practice
& Asking Good Questions
• As a group, create a list of possible questions you
have about the issue.
• Take turns spinning the question wheel to help
you develop different types of questions!
• Record all questions (paper or digital) to submit

13. Inquiry Monographs
• You are now in your groups for your group
assignment!
• Let’s quickly review the expectations and
weekly focus for your research and planning:
– All files linked on Sakai for you to follow along
• HIGHLIGHTS:
– Good questions, research, layout and features of
monograph form
– Shared files for peer and teacher use

14. Audio/Visual Resources
• 21st Century learning involves images and
videos, interactive applications, deeper critical
thinking opportunities, engaging teacher
resources, and student created resources.
• Let’s take a minute to explore some tools for
your classroom:

15. PLC’s
• You were asked to explore visual resources for
the classroom – either videos or infographics.
Please share these great resources to start off
this term and give each other ideas for your
next practicum placement!
• When your conversation is complete, number
off 1-4 & explore the resources on the next few
slides.

16. 1. Media Smarts – “Media Minute” Videos + Lessons
1. Canva – Graphic design site and Lesson Plans
1. National Film Board of Canada – Educational Videos
1. Unsplash – Free Photography, Poetry, and Other uses
*Pick a # (1-4), and follow the instructions on that slide
(next) for your independent exploration of the site. Be
prepared to share your findings with your peers.
Resources available to you

17. #1: Media Smarts: Media 101
• http://mediasmarts.ca/media-literacy-101
• Here you will find a selection of 6 “Media Minute” videos, and their
accompanying Lesson Kits!
– Lesson 1: What is media anyway?
– Lesson 2: Media are constructions
– Lesson 3: Audiences negotiate meaning
– Lesson 4: Media have commercial implications
– Lesson 5: Media have social & political implications
– Lesson 6: Each medium has a unique aesthetic form
• Pick 2 to watch and read through. Report back to your peers on:
– Curriculum connections you can make
– Usefulness of these as classroom tools / activities
• If you finish your task early explore the other terrific resources on the
mediasmarts.ca site to report on

18. • https://designschool.canva.com/teaching-materials/
• Canva.com is a design site. While the main purpose of the site is not
to be an educational tool, They do have a “Design School” tab that
houses two things: 1) Hands-on tutorials on things like colour, fonts,
and graphic placement when creating visual graphic texts, and 2)
Lesson plans that utilize the sites features to have students create
different graphic works.
• Review a few lessons of your choice and report back to your peers
on:
– Curriculum connections you can make
– Usefulness of these ideas for classroom activities
• If you finish with the lesson plans, check out the tutorials and the rest
of the site.
– https://designschool.canva.com/tutorials/
#2: Canva.com lesson plans

19. • https://www.nfb.ca/education/
• The NFB is a Canadian site that houses videos (movies, documentaries,
animations, interactives, and shorts) that are free to use in your classrooms.
• Check out the following:
– Under Education  Indigenous Voices  “Sisters & Brothers”: A 3 minute
documentary comparing residential schools to the Buffalo annihilation of the
1860’s.
– Under Interactive  Online  “Bread”: A selection of 6 stories of bread making
around the world.
• Check out any other videos that interest you on the Education page or other
area of the site.
• After viewing the selection of videos on this site, report back to your peers
on:
– Curriculum connections you can make
– Usefulness of these videos for classroom activities
#3: National Film Board Videos

20. • https://unsplash.com
• Unsplash is an online collection of FREE (no copy write) high-resolution
images from photographers who believe in sharing their work with the
world. It functions much like Pinterest, rather than idea sharing, the focus is
on quality of images.
• Start by checking out: https://medium.com/unsplash-poetry a site that
houses poetry people have created with images found on unsplash
• Next check out any other images on the main page and come up with other
classroom uses for this selection of images.
• report back to your peers on:
– Curriculum connections you can make
– Usefulness of these images for classroom activities
#4: Unsplash photos

21. • As a Brock Student, your login gains you access to free streaming
sites that you can use in your classroom (or personally in a Free
Netflix sort of way…oh no!)
– Brock library home page: https://brocku.ca/library
– Under Research click Databases
– Log in using Brock log in
– Available to Brock faculty, staff, and students
• http://researchguides.library.brocku.ca/c.php?g=99773&p=646293
• Check out Kanopy or Criterion for movies
• Check out American Film Scripts for professional examples for script
writing to share with students
Did you know?

22. Housekeeping
Homework:
– Question Wheel brainstorm must be transferred to a sharable
file (google doc or other collaborative site where you will do
most of your work for your monograph assignment).
Email me the link via Sakai message.
– Required Reading: LNS Monograph on Collaborative Teacher
Inquiry (linked on Sakai and in Syllabus)
*NO RESPONSE REQUIRED
Next class focus:
– Inquiry based learning in the J/I classroom
– Work time to start developing questions for your monographs
– PBP