Talk:Unit 1: Corrective Reading and Read Naturally 1

Discussion feedback -- Tasha Youngman (talk) 09:03, 20 November 2013 (EST)

Megan, I really like that you included a video in your first unit. The video was great. I loved the sixth graders as researchers. I also really liked the self assessment portion of your lesson. Some things you might want to do: I think it would be nice if you added a couple of pictures to your page. I did not see a specific objective on this page written in the way we are supposed to. I think we are supposed to have our performance objectives and learning outcomes on each unit's page.

Feedback -- Joshua Lewandowski (talk) 12:27, 20 November 2013 (EST)

Megan, I liked how it was straight-forward and not confusing at all. I have multiple pages on my first lesson where the participant has to navigate between pages. Your course was just one one page (besides the video) and I feel like I was in the zone the entire time. I have never heard of your topic before in my life and there was no point where I was questioning something. I enjoyed the use of the video. You gave us background about the importance of collecting data from cold read and the video allowed us to see that put to practice. Also, providing the participants with what to look for when collecting data was a great idea. It gives participants of your course sort of a guide to use while collecting data.

The only thing you might want to do change a couple grammatical errors in one of your sentences in your paragraph on the importance of Corrective Reading program and Read Naturally software. Your sentence reads, “Students to do not respond to an teacher that is merely reading the script”. I could be wrong, but I think you meant to write, “Students do not respond to a teacher that is merely reading the script”. Other than that your first lesson was great in my opinion.

Ally's Evaluation for Megan -- Ally Dellacioppa (talk) 17:21, 21 November 2013 (EST)

Megan, I had never heard of your topic before but after reading through your first lesson I was able to quickly gain a very solid understanding as to what it entails. You introduced your topic in a way that was reader friendly and covered all the important information completely. I felt that I was able to take away a lot from this first unit. I loved that you included a self assessment section with questions for students to check their understanding at the end of the lesson. This really helps students measure what they have learned and what they still are confused about. I am now thinking of doing the same for my own mini course. I also enjoyed how you included a video because it brought some variety to the page. I think it would really help you if you included images or other graphics to further add variety to the course. That way students are not just reading through text. Overall, you did a very thorough job so far.

Feedback -- Chelsea pease (talk) 19:11, 21 November 2013 (EST)

Megan, I liked your self-assessment section and the video you included, I think that video is vital to supporting an asynchronous class. I think including objectives at the beginning of this unit would give your learners a better sense of the direction the lesson is going, and will tie nicely into the self-assessment section as well. Your explanation of why it is important to use the corrective reading and read naturally system together is important to the direction of your course; you also might consider giving more background on what the corrective reading system is and where teachers might use it. Great project!

jane's feedback -- Janewilde (talk) 17:00, 30 November 2013 (EST)

Hi Megan, your course is shaping up nicely.

Here is what I like so far.

• You describe the pitfalls of direct instruction and rather than throwing it out offer a way to supplement it.
• You selected an excellent video on unit one to engage the learner in your topic. (It might even be as an opening stage setter activity)
• You provide information in a minimalist, yet clear way, not overwhelming the learner with text.
• You organize your information into headings and subheadings in a way that helps the learner see big and subordinate ideas.
• The self assessment reflection was excellent. It helped me see what I learned and also what I missed that was important.
• Activities on the second unit that really required learners to think (higher order) include mapping the process of corrective reading and the venn diagram. Nice.

Here are a few things to consider.

• Add images to give learners something to hang the new information on and make meaning with. (It will also make each page more interesting to look at.)* Make sure that in unit one you have a balance of teacher directed information (direct instruction), with alternative learning activities. You have other components in lesson one, but it is still pretty heavy on information transfer. Lesson two is very practice and discovery oriented. I like each of these activities. Is there any way to set it up so learners can a) get some feedback on what they've done? (Check your answers, compare your map with... or b) share what they are doing to learn from each other (google doc? discussion tab? voice thread? bubble.us?)
• Are their any better videos for explaining corrective reading process. I found it very hard to get through to find the steps.
• I found myself having problems with the approach I was reading about. If you are enthusiastic about this approach try to anticipate objections and show why you think it is worth doing.

-- Elizabeth D. (talk) 22:24, 5 December 2013 (EST)

Megan,

I had never heard of your subject before and was curious to learn about it. I like how it goes through the analytical process of determining the reader's needs. I see that there are some things still incomplete (I also need to add some images and buff out the edges of my project), but you seem to be really knowledgeable of your subject.