[Archive] Meetings - Fall 2016
Overview
- At specified times during the semester, the AAA team will meet to check-in about the curriculum, ask questions, share ideas or discuss a selected chapter(s) from the book of the semester which is The New Science of Learning: How to Learn in Harmony With Your Brain by Terry Doyle and Todd Zakrajsek.
Dates The location for all meetings is the FYE Office, Horizon Hall 107
- Week 1 (Aug. 22-26): No Meeting
- Week 2 (Friday, Sept.2 from 12-1pm): Curriculum Check-in/Lesson Planning
- AAA Faculty Meeting Agenda Sept 2.2016.doc, Lesson Plan Template - Chapter 8 Read.docx, Lesson Plan Template - Chapter 9 Record.docx
- Ideas Shared
- Card Sort Activity – Mentioned in regards to a way to talk about appropriate classroom behavior.
- Lesson.Student Code of Conduct.doc, Activity
- Student Code of Conduct_key.docx
- Handout.Student Code of Conduct.docx,
- Activity.Unprofessional Behavior_answer key.docx
- Activity.What is it -White cards.pub
- Activity.What is it -White cards_Answer Key.pub
- Practice paragraph for Student Lingo Video “Reading Comprehension Strategies” – Students can follow along with the video to practice the strategies.Student Lingo Reading Comprehension Activity.pdf
- SQ3R Teaching Materials SQ3R Slide.pptx and SQ3R_Worksheet.docx
- Sample reading for students to practice SQ3R or chunking/annotating on
- Open Source Textbooks (for chapters to practice reading strategies on) General: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/, American Government, Psychology
- why-procrastinators-procrastinate.pdf
- Mindsets Towards Learning Chapter from The New Science of Learning.pdf
- Week 3 (Friday, Sept. 9 from 12-1pm): Book Club - Chapter 1: A New Look at Learning (pg. 5-14) & Chapter 2: Sleep, Naps and Breaks (pg. 15-34) AND FTLC Teaching Circle "Higher Scores, Happier Students: Guiding Students Towards Successful Testing" (Friday, Sept. 9 from 1:00pm-2:00pm in Horizon Hall 103)
- PowerPoint: Higher Scores= Happy Students.pptx
- Videos: Nerve Impulse Animation, Study Cycle, Quizlet Virtual Flashcards Tutorial
- Learning Levels and the Study Cycle.pdf
- Science of Studying SQ3R Handout.docx
- Cornell Note Taking.pdf
- SQ3R Handout.pdf
- Week 4 (Friday, Sept 16 from 12-1pm): Curriculum Check-in/Lesson Planning
- Week 5 No Meeting - Convocation on Friday, September 23 (Campus closed and no classes)
- Week 6 (Friday, Sept. 30 from 12-1pm): Curriculum Check-in/Lesson Planning
- Week 7 (Friday, Oct. 7 from 12-1pm): Book Club - Chapter 3: Exercise & Learning (pg. 35-44) & Chapter 4: Using All of Your Senses to Learn (pg. 45-55)
- Week 8 (Friday, Oct.14 from 12-1pm): Curriculum Check-in/Lesson Planning
- Week 9 (Friday, Oct. 21 from 12-1pm): Book Club - Chapter 5: Patterns & Learning (pg. 56- 70) & Chapter 6: Memory (pg. 71-84)
- Week 10 (Friday, Oct. 28 from 12-1pm): Curriculum Check-in/Lesson Planning
- Week 11 (Friday, Nov. 4 from 12-1pm): Book Club - Chapter 7: Mindsets Toward Learning (pg. 85-98)
- Week 12 (Friday, Nov. 11 from 12-1pm): Curriculum Check-in/Lesson Planning
- Week 13 (Friday, Nov. 18 from 12-1pm) Book Club - Chapter 8: Paying Attention (pg. 99-111)
- Week 14 Thanksgiving Break 11/23-11/25 No Meeting
- Week 15 (Friday, Dec. 2 from 12-1pm): End of Semester Celebration All instructors will be invited to a drop-in end of semester celebration with food and the ability to socialize and catch-up with other instructors.