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Harker Teacher Institute June 7, 2014

Harker Teacher Institute June 7, 2014. Color Coding and Socrates Café: Two Strategies Towards a Student-Centered Pedagogy. Color Coding Essays. Current State Bottom Line Concertinaed Papers Non strategic The Cincinnati Country Day School Tablet Program

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Harker Teacher Institute June 7, 2014

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  1. Harker Teacher InstituteJune 7, 2014 Color Coding and Socrates Café: Two Strategies Towards a Student-Centered Pedagogy

  2. Color Coding Essays • Current State • Bottom Line • Concertinaed Papers • Non strategic • The Cincinnati Country Day School • Tablet Program • Teacher marked papers electronically in color • I have my students buy colored highlighters • They engage my observations beyond the bottom line

  3. Organizing My Marks • Color Coding Template • See Color Coding Template PDF

  4. Setup • Provide color code to Students • Disseminated electronically (Athena2, email, etc.) • Students color code papers • They return papers with the tally and dominant color • Add 5 points to that paper • Cannot have the same color on the next paper • Lose the 5 points on the first paper if the dominant color remains the same • Teacher tracks dominant colors on a spreadsheet • See Grade Sheet Color Coding PDF

  5. Metrics • Students • Strategic • No longer about individual papers; more about a campaign of papers • Visual • Students can see a pattern of similar mistakes • Teacher • Strategic • Basis for student conferences one-on-one • Measure of my effectiveness as a teacher • Visual • Student and class focus made clearer

  6. Socrates Cafe • Issues • Student Participation • Spectrum of talkers • My role • Sage on the stage vs the guide on the side • Outcomes • Qualitatative • Don’t simply agree or disagree . . . Say why • Quantitative • Tracking the even distribution of responses (volumetric) • Student managed • They are in charge of the process

  7. Setup • Teacher prompt • Given the previous day. • Think it through/Write a journal • See Sample Prompt PDF • Parameters • Listen respectfully • Respond respectfully • Contemplative silence • Type names of speakers • Project a word cloud • Students manage results • See Word Cloud PDF

  8. Next Steps • Back Channeling??? • Twitter • TodaysMeet.com

  9. Thanks!!!! • Any Questions? • Please feel free to drop me an email with other ideas or variations on the themes. • johnd@harker.org

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