Talk:Effective Close Reads in a Math 7 Classroom

Instructor comments on your unit -- Jz833665 (talk) 02:39, 27 November 2013 (EST)

Nice to see your lesson 1 of this mini-course. A few comments:

- set up your portfolio page soon, to define your course-level objectives, and sequence them to know how the whole mini-course will be organized; - Show your course level objectives in the front page of your mini-course and your lesson-level objectives in the beginning of each lesson.

- Objective-content mapping: your lesson1 objective focuses on understanding the importance of close read, but your whole lesson 1 will far more than this single objective.

Re: Instructor comments on your unit -- Derek Richards (talk) 20:16, 1 December 2013 (EST)

Hello. I have some questions with the comments. My portfolio page is set up already. You click on my name and then when it goes to the page of our background. At the bottom it says effective close reads which you click on and that is where the portfolio page is. I am able to see it let me know if you cannot. I am currently showing my objectives on my front page of the mini course and on Lesson 1 and 2. I am in the process of finishing lesson 2 and 3. I will be adding a curriculum map as well to the portfolio page and main page of the mini course.

Thanks for the feedback Derek.

-- Ryan Johnson (talk) 06:02, 30 November 2013 (EST)

Derek,

    I think you're off to a great start! I love how you've organized your information, and it's easy to follow. I also appreciate all of the external links and supporting information you've included. One thing I struggled with was what your overall goal with the lesson was...and who the target audience was. Is it for teachers, young students, college students...? I'm looking forward to seeing your second and third lessons to see how this develops. 

Ryan

Re: -- Derek Richards (talk) 20:18, 1 December 2013 (EST)

Ryan the course is developed for 7th grade math teachers currently, but the format could be used with any level math teacher.

-- Ryan Johnson (talk) 06:09, 30 November 2013 (EST)

Derek,

    I think you're off to a great start! I love how you've organized your information, and it's easy to follow. I also appreciate all of the external links and supporting information you've included. One thing I struggled with was what your overall goal with the lesson was...and who the target audience was. Is it for teachers, young students, college students...? I'm looking forward to seeing your second and third lessons to see how this develops. 

Ryan

-- Ryan Johnson (talk) 06:09, 30 November 2013 (EST)

Derek,

    I think you're off to a great start! I love how you've organized your information, and it's easy to follow. I also appreciate all of the external links and supporting information you've included. One thing I struggled with was what your overall goal with the lesson was...and who the target audience was. Is it for teachers, young students, college students...? I'm looking forward to seeing your second and third lessons to see how this develops. 

Ryan

Peer feedback for mini-course -- Mara Ciacelli (talk) 19:31, 5 December 2013 (EST)

Derek,

I absolutely love the organization of your mini-course! Each unit is super easy to follow and the cohesiveness makes your course looks very professional. Your objectives are also clearly stated and the sequence of your units is logical. One thing you might want to add is a link from your profile page to your course and vice-verse (I clicked on your name in our class list, got stuck on your profile page, and had to go back to click on your course title instead!).

-Mara

Instructor comments on your refined units -- Jz833665 (talk) 21:40, 5 December 2013 (EST)

This is well designed.

To make this workshop more solid, you may further improve by:

1) explaining/analyzing examples provided to guide the learner's attention, such as: Here is an example of a close read that was done with Order of Operations. File:CloseRead(OrderofOperations).doc

2) providing further readings/videos or other resources in lesson 2 (and in the end of this course) with which the learner can dig deeper into this topic and engage in the discussions in a more informed way.