Week of 5/20/2010

Agenda

  • writing across curriculum
  • k-12 social studies goal

Meeting notes

  • writing across curriculum
  1. some difficulty in the high school due to lack of tech and scheduling
  2. Brown has had success with holocaust
  3. 7th and 8th grade had several projects/writings this year
  • k-12 goal
  1. discussed having a quarterly theme
  2. discussed having a play
  3. discussed having a podcast/ newscast
  4. discussed social studies fair
  • k-12 /before dec.
  • any media: paper, skit, poster board, video, podcast website
  • tentative theme "does history affect people/or do people affect history"
  • will need to flesh out details and create basic k-12 rubric early next year

Digital meeting

none

Week of 2/16/2010

Agenda

  • Homework and Grade weights
  • Class / school walkthrough visits
  • Invention month?

Meeting notes

  • Homework and Grade weights
  1. Social studies seems to NOT give homework. Classwork becomes homework if not finished.
  2. everyone is happy with grade weights 7-12 nearly the same.
  • Class / school walkthrough visits
  1. some teachers have not been around the school
  • Invention month?
  1. only happening in k,1,7
  2. happening in fordpas 7,12
  3. too short notice/does not fit with most HS curriculum

Digital meeting

Please participate by Friday 2/25

Week of 10/11/2010

Agenda

  • Artifact for Graduate class

  • 4 essential questions

  • Discuss any attended PD sessions people in your group attended

  • establish next meeting date and location

Meeting notes


  • Artifact for Graduate class

Discussed what an Artifact was.
Questions:
Do we need student examples?
Do we need to remove names from student work for anonymity?
How long do we need to present?
What will the groups be?
  • 4 essential questions

Everyone is similar with essential questions
Discussed and decide to stick with goals from last year
  • Discuss any attended PD sessions people in your group attended

matt zacharry - michigan economics- has flash drive full of high school level lessons
trish dave- core at resa (no new national stan

  • establish next meeting date and location

next meeting will be in a computer lab. date still unknown

Digital meeting

Please participate by Tue 10/19