Talk:Vivian's Portfolio Page

Instructor comments on your task analysis -- Jz833665 15:52, 9 November 2010 (EST)

Really nice progress made for this project! The performance objectives are all proper. Please finish your analysis of the supportive objectives (you've started) and add an ICM.

Just to make sure, please keep in mind that you will include enough information in (or at the end of) the lessons to highlight what other teachers may learn from your case of using whiteboard tech to teach a world language.

Please read the following note if you haven't yet: General_Suggestions_and_Feedback#What_issues_should_be_addressed_in_an_instructional_case_report

Re: Instructor comments on your task analysis -- Sue Rappazzo 19:38, 24 November 2010 (EST)

Hi Vivian, I reviewed your first module and it looks clean, the objectives are clear, you used a variety of media in the activities. It looks really good! I was wondering what you are doing for assessment or reflection at the end of the unit or have you incorporated that into the activities? At the end of the unit will I have an assessment or some form of reflection to reinforce what I have learned? Nice job! Sue

Re: Re: Instructor comments on your task analysis -- Vivian Richelsen 23:05, 24 November 2010 (EST)

Sue, I'm glad you mentioned the assessment, as I was thinking about it after I had finished. I am planning on using the whiteboards and smart board activities at the end as a formative assessment. I should have made that more clear. Thanks for your feedback - it is so helpful, as I usually tend to get lost in the details!! Thank you, Vivian

Comments from Christina Nash-- Christina Nash 15:13, 27 November 2010 (EST)

Vivian, so far, I like the clean, organized look of your course. I am curious to see how you will integrate the Smartboard into your remaining activities. I wondered if having the students construct their own horoscopes might be a more authentic, interesting assessment than a 100-word essay. It maintains a context that the students have already seen in the examples and follows them through the course activities of learning to use these verbs. I think this would also narrow down the course to something more manageable for both you and the participants. Just a thought.

Re: Comments from Christina Nash-- Vivian Richelsen 12:48, 4 December 2010 (EST)

Thanks for your comments Christina. Allow me to clarify a bit. The students only view the horoscopes as it is an easy way to see the new verb tense they are learning about. The 100 word essay is in preparation for their regents exam, where the requirement is to write two 100 word compositions from a choice of three topics.

Actually, the main theme and vocabulary for the unit is employment, where the students (in future units of my course) will begin to discuss what they "will" be, or what they "would" like to be in their profession. This is actually one of the main topics as dictated by the New York State standards in LOTE, and their 100 word composition for the unit will be geared towards writing about their future employment, in which they will be required to use the future and conditional tenses.