Wednesday, October 31, 2018

27) October 31, 2018

  1. Welcome
  2. Create a new blog post.
    1. Name it 27) October 31, 2018.
  3. LINK YOUR WEBPAGE
  4. Daily Write--1st Quarter Survey
  5. Discuss--Hidden Brain
    1. With whom are we presenting?
    2. Podcast and Concepts Table
  6. NOTES TABLE
    1. Make a copy of the notes doc.
    2. Name it Hidden Brain Notes, Last, First
    3. Share it with me so I can edit it.
    4. Link it to today's blog.
  7. Daily Write--Hidden Brain Concepts
    1. Who are your partners and what is your common concept?
    2. How are you going to introduce your concept?
    3. Who is going first?  Why?
    4. What is their podcast about and what is their angle on the concept?
    5. Who is going second?  Why?
    6. What is their podcast about and what is their angle on the concept?
    7. Who is going third?  Why?
    8. What is their podcast about and what is their angle on the concept?
    9. What have you all learned from each other about this concept?  How have you learned it?
  8. Daily Closing
    1. What did you learn?
    2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
    3. How does it or will it affect you?
    4. How can you use it?

Monday, October 29, 2018

26) October 29, 2018

  1. Welcome
  2. Create a new blog post.
    1. Name it 26) October 29, 2018.
  3. Daily Write--1st Quarter Survey
  4. Discuss--Hidden Brain
    1. With whom are we presenting?
    2. Podcast and Concepts Table
  5. Daily Write--Hidden Brain Concepts
    1. Who are your partners and what is your common concept?
    2. How are you going to introduce your concept?
    3. Who is going first?  Why?
    4. What is their podcast about and what is their angle on the concept?
    5. Who is going second?  Why?
    6. What is their podcast about and what is their angle on the concept?
    7. Who is going third?  Why?
    8. What is their podcast about and what is their angle on the concept?
    9. What have you all learned from each other about this concept?  How have you learned it?
  6. Daily Write--The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    1. Why did Joel feel like Clementine was messing with him
    2. How did Clementine respond when Joel kicked her out of his car?
    3. How did they handle listening to Joel’s tape together?
    4. How did they react to knowing each other’s weaknesses?
    5. How do you view memory and consciousness differently now?
    6. What was the point of the movie?  Why?
    7. How did you like the movie?  Why?
  7. Daily Closing
    1. What did you learn?
    2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
    3. How does it or will it affect you?
    4. How can you use it?

Friday, October 26, 2018

25) October 26, 2018

  1. Welcome
  2. Create a new blog post.
    1. Name it 25) October 26, 2018.
  3. Daily Write--1st Quarter Survey
  4. Discuss--Hidden Brain
    1. With whom are we presenting?
    2. Podcast and Concepts Table
  5. Daily Write--The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    1. Why did Clementine say it was so lonely to be a little kid?
    2. What did she mean by taking her somewhere she didn’t belong until they left?
    3. Why was it raining inside and why was Joel crying underneath the table and who was Clementine?
    4. Why did Joel hide Clementine in his humiliation?
    5. How did Mary's Alexander Pope quote go and how did that apply to what Dr. Mierswiak was doing?
    6. How did Joel and Clementine think it would be if they "had another go around?  Why?  What do you think?
    7. How did Joel feel they should deal with the fact that the memories were going to disappear?
    8. How did Joel feel in the house at the beach, how did Clementine act, and what was happening to the house?
    9. How did Joel feel when he woke up?  Why?
  6. Daily Closing
    1. What did you learn?
    2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
    3. How does it or will it affect you?
    4. How can you use it?

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

24) October 24, 2018

  1. Welcome
  2. Create a new blog post.
    1. Name it 24) October 24, 2018.
  3. Pop Quiz!
  4. Discuss--Hidden Brain
    1. With whom are we presenting?
  5. Daily Write--The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    1. Why did Joel skip work and what was the problem with his journal?
    2. What did Joel discover that Clementine had done and how did Joel find out?
    3. Why did he have to gather everything he owned that had an association with Clementine?
    4. How is the process for erasing the memories supposed to work?
    5. How did they start the process?
    6. Who was Patrick and what was happening?
    7. What was up with the voices?

  6. Daily Closing
    1. What did you learn?
    2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
    3. How does it or will it affect you?
    4. How can you use it?

Friday, October 19, 2018

23) October 19, 2018

  1. Welcome
  2. Create a new blog post.
    1. Name it 23) October 19, 2018.
  3. Pop Quiz!
  4. Discuss--Hidden Brain
    1. With whom are we presenting?
  5. Daily Closing
    1. What did you learn?
    2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
    3. How does it or will it affect you?
    4. How can you use it?

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

22) October 17, 2018

  1. Welcome
  2. Create a new blog post.
    1. Name it 22) October 17, 2018.
  3. Check Your Grade
    1. Open PowerSchool
    2. Get Starbursts
  4. Discuss--Noise, Multitasking
  5. Discuss--Hidden Brain
    1. With whom are we presenting?
  6. Morality Questions
    1. The Trolley Problem
      1. What was the first choice, how did you choose, and why?
      2. What was the second choice, how did you choose, and why?
      3. Which choice was better for you and why?  Or not???
    2. Kant's Axe
      1. Would you lie for your friend?  Why?
      2. Why did Kant say you should tell the truth?
      3. When should you lie?  Why?
      4. What would happen if YOU always told the truth?  Why?
      5. What would happen if EVERYBODY always told the truth?  Why?
    3. The Life You Can Save
      1. Would you help the toddler?  Why?
      2. Which is better, saving the toddler or giving $100 for saving another kid in a far away land?
      3. Is there a difference between the choices?  Why or why not?
  7. Daily Closing
    1. What did you learn?
    2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
    3. How does it or will it affect you?
    4. How can you use it?

Monday, October 15, 2018

21) October 15, 2018

  1. Welcome
  2. Create a new blog post.
    1. Name it 21) October 15, 2018.
  3. Check Your Grade
    1. Open PowerSchool
    2. Get Starbursts
  4. FINISH Hidden Brain?
    1. FINISH Edit Class Podcast and Concepts Table
      1. Find your name and enter your podcast title and the concepts as you find them.
    2. Create a Google Doc
      1. See Monday's blog...
    3. Peer Review
      1. See Monday's blog...
    4. Create a New Google Sites page
      1. See Wednesday's blog.
    5. Link it to today's blog post.
  5. Daily Write--Noise
    1. What was the point of how we started class on Friday?
    2. Did you think about it during the weekend?
  6. Daily Write--Multitasking While Learning 2
        1. go to the photo of the kids looking at their cellphones and answer the following questions:
      1. Why do multi-tasking students take longer to finish tasks?
      2. How does mental fatigue cause students to make more mistakes?
      3. How does multi-tasking impair memory?
      4. How does multi-tasking cause students to store information in "different, less useful ways?"
      5. How does media multi-tasking affect students' grades?
      6. How does Dr. Meyer worry that the current generation of students is being affected?
      7. How did the Marshmallow Test work and how did those kids who were able to delay eating the marshmallow tend to do later in life?
      8. How did Rosen's "information-age version of the marshmallow test" work and how did the different students learn the content?
      9. What is a "tech break" and how does Rosen say that they help students over time?
      10. How does Victoria Rideout of the Kaiser Foundation say parents should view multi-tasking and how can they help their students?
      11. What do you think about all of this?

  7. Daily Closing
    1. What did you learn?
    2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
    3. How does it or will it affect you?
    4. How can you use it?

Friday, October 12, 2018

20) October 12, 2018

  1. Welcome
  2. Create a new blog post.
    1. Name it 20) October 12, 2018.
  3. Check Your Grade
    1. Open PowerSchool
    2. Get Starbursts
  4. FINISH Hidden Brain?
    1. FINISH Edit Class Podcast and Concepts Table
      1. Find your name and enter your podcast title and the concepts as you find them.
    2. Create a Google Doc
      1. See Monday's blog...
    3. Peer Review
      1. See Monday's blog...
    4. Create a New Google Sites page
      1. See Wednesday's blog.
    5. Link it to today's blog post.
  5. Noise?
  6. Daily Write--Multitasking While Learning I
    1. How were the students observed?
    2. What did the observers look for?
    3. How much time did the students actually use studying?
    4. How did Larry Rosen feel about this?
    5. How is this a "particular use of technology?"
    6. How does this multi-tasking affect learning?
    7. How well do they remember and transfer their learning?
    8. How is multi-tasking different from multi-tasking while learning?
    9. How many college students texted during class and how many students sent 11 texts during one class?
    10. How does Rosen handle this and what does it show?
    11. In the University of Vermont study, how much time was spent on non-course-related software or sites?
    12. In the St John's study, how many 2nd and 3rd year law students were engaged in non-class purposes for how much time?
    13. How does David Meyer view multi-tasking?
    14. Why does Meyer say it's hard for students to judge themselves?
  7. Daily Closing
    1. What did you learn?
    2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
    3. How does it or will it affect you?
    4. How can you use it?

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

19) October 10, 2018

  1. Welcome
  2. Create a new blog post.
    1. Name it 19) October 10, 2018.
  3. Check Your Grade
    1. Open PowerSchool
    2. Get Starbursts
  4. FINISH Hidden Brain?
    1. Padlet Sign Up
    2. FINISH Edit Class Podcast and Concepts Table
      1. Find your name and enter your podcast title and the concepts as you find them.
    3. Create a Google Doc
      1. See Monday's blog...
    4. Peer Review
      1. See Monday's blog...
    5. Create a New Google Sites page
      1. Use this template.
      2. Make a page that has the same formate and layout of the template.
      3. Share it with me so I can edit it.
      4. Link it to today's blog.

  5. Daily Closing
    1. What did you learn?
    2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
    3. How does it or will it affect you?
    4. How can you use it?

Monday, October 8, 2018

18) October 8, 2018

  1. Welcome
  2. Create a new blog post.
    1. Name it 18) October 8, 2018.
  3. FINISH Hidden Brain?
    1. Padlet Sign Up
    2. FINISH Edit Class Podcast and Concepts Table
      1. Find your name and enter your podcast title and the concepts as you find them.
    3. Create a Google Doc
      1. Name it Hidden Brain, Last, First.
      2. Share it with me so I can edit it.
      3. Link it to today's blog.
        1. 20 Questions
          1. How/why analytical questions
        2. Visuals that help the listener follow the podcast
          1. The people, the places, the situations
        3. The big psychological concepts
          1. How and why they play a role in life/the podcast.
        4. Create a bibliography as you go
          1. Visuals
          2. Resources for concepts
    4. Peer Review
      1. Get a friend to read your document.
      2. Have them put their name at the bottom and answer the following questions.
        1. Did the questions make sense and cover the big ideas from the podcast?  How or why not?
        2. Were the concepts clear?  If so, how, if not, why not?
        3. Did the visuals help you understand the podcast better?  Why or why not?
        4. Was the bibliography complete and in good format?
  4. Daily Closing
    1. What did you learn?
    2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
    3. How does it or will it affect you?
    4. How can you use it?

Friday, October 5, 2018

17) October 5, 2018

  1. Welcome
  2. Create a new blog post.
    1. Name it 17) October 5, 2018.
  3. Check your grade!
    1. Open PowerSchool
    2. Get Starbursts!
  4. Hidden Brain?
    1. Padlet Sign Up
    2. Edit Class Podcast and Concepts Table
      1. Find your name and enter your podcast title and the concepts as you find them.
    3. Create a Google Doc
      1. Name it Hidden Brain, Last, First.
      2. Share it with me so I can edit it.
      3. Link it to today's blog.
        1. 20 Questions
          1. How/why analytical questions
        2. Visuals that help the listener follow the podcast
          1. The people, the places, the situations
        3. The big psychological concepts
          1. How and why they play a role in life/the podcast.
        4. Create a bibliography as you go
          1. Visuals
          2. Resources for concepts
  5. Daily Closing
    1. What did you learn?
    2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
    3. How does it or will it affect you?
    4. How can you use it?

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

16) October 3, 2018

  1. Welcome
  2. Create a new blog post.
    1. Name it 16) October 3, 2018.
  3. Check your grade!
    1. Open PowerSchool
    2. Get Starbursts!
  4. Daily Write--Girl, Interrupted
    1. Why did Susanna and Lisa react so differently?
    2. Why did Valerie tell her to talk about it or write about it and why did she tell Susanna "not to drop anchor?"
    3. Why did Lisa take Susanna’s notebook and why did she go off on Susanna?
    4. How did Valerie say good bye?
    5. What was Susanna’s final diagnosis and how did Susanna view the girls in Claymoore?
    6. Do you think Lisa ever got out and visited Susanna?
    7. How did you like the movie and why?
  5. Hidden Brain?
    1. Padlet Sign Up
  6. Question Your Answers
    1. How do you know what you know?
  7. Daily Closing
    1. What did you learn?
    2. How did you learn it? (What did we do and what got you to understand it?)
    3. How does it or will it affect you?
    4. How can you use it?