RE 4620
Summer Semester

2010

 

Instructor: Dr. Woodrow Trathen

(e-mail: trathenwr@appstate.edu or trathenwr@gmail.com)

 


Course Syllabus-RE 4620

The blue or purple indicates a hot link to a Web page.
Notice the target dates for sections and assignments.
I expect you to complete a section by the date listed; do not get behind!



Class Blog
http://www.ltl.appstate.edu/carol/carolfeed.html

This is a discussion space that I have created with blogger software--WordPress.com. The class blog, CAROL Discussion Forum, I designed to communicate with the class, and I will post course information, comments, hints about blogging and finding instructional resources, etc. You should read this blog everyday and post questions or responses to the blog when necessary--this is how we will have class discussion.

Blogging will be the way that we communicate with each other, and you will post assignments (publish them) in your own blog. Each student's blog will have a feed to the CAROL Discussion Forum Class Blog page and can be viewed and accessed from this page; from this single page we can view the latest posts in each of our blogs, and if we click on a post we can visit that person's blog. So, you will be able to see all of your friend's blogs and comment on their posts. I want to introduce this communication tool to you so that you might consider ways to use it with your students when you begin teaching. I will also provide links to teachers who are already using it.

Click here for instructions for creating your blog.

Click here for instructions for posting and commenting on blogs.

Click here for a tutorial video on seting up your blog with WordPress.
Or try this longer video about how to use WordPress.com blogging software.



Many teachers are using blogs for teaching, and there are some great examples of classroom blogs.
I hope these examples inspire you to use blogging in your teaching.

Click here for a list of teachers' blogs.



SECTION I
Introduction Assignment Page
May 5 - May 12
To receive credit, all assignments must be completed
and submitted by May 12.
No assignments accepted after May 13.

Assignment Check Sheet


SECTION II
Subject Area Materials Assignment Page
May 7 - May 24
To receive credit, all assignments must be completed
and submitted by May 24.
No assignments accepted after May 24.

Assignment Check Sheet



SECTION III
Lesson Strategy Assignment Page
May 17 - May 31
To receive credit, all assignments must be completed
and submitted by May 31.
No assignments accepted after June 2.

Assignment Check Sheet



SECTION IV
Lesson Plans Assignment Page
May 25 - June 11
To receive credit, all assignments must be completed
and submitted by June 11.
No assignments accepted after June 13.

Assignment Check Sheet



CAROL Links

Some useful links for many different content areas.
You will use these resources, so become familiar with them.

Click here for usernames and passwords to instructional sites.



Reading Resources

This is a collection of resources for teaching reading that I have organized.

 


SASinschool Curriculum Pathways

This is a wonderful resource: A high school curriculum in English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Spanish. You may use the materials to complete some of the assignments. You will need a password to access the SASinschool web site.

ID = rcoestudent (no password)

SAS Information Kit

To view it as a teacher, ask your instructor for the password and ID



Read, Write, Think

http://www.readwritethink.org/
is a very good resource for locating lessons that integrate content area instruction with language arts instruction. It has a very good search tool that will pull up high quality lesson plans.


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updated 5/2/10