We had our first meeting on September 4, 2012. It was a great turnout despite some folks having open house that night because of hurricane day make-up. There was a lot of enthusiasm and great discussion! Here are my notes from the first meeting:
1.
Link to the Khan Academy
website if you want to check it out. This also has the Ted.com video I
mentioned yesterday in the meeting. http://www.khanacademy.org/
2.
Next meeting:
Monday, September 10, 2012 6:00 at Pam’s house. Read Chapters 3 & 4. E-mail me your ideas about what
to do about food.
3.
Notes from yesterday:
In attendance:
PB, JC, LF, EGW,
LL, MR, LS, CE
1.
We began by sharing why we were at the meeting.
a.
Interesting concept
b.
Way for AB Block
students to be working with Spanish EVERY day
c.
Reduces number of
students not doing homework
d.
Addresses needs of
minority and low performing students
e.
Gives us more time for
practice activities
f.
Allows us to have deeper
relationship with students
2.
Nuts and Bolts
Discussion
a.
How we inform
administration & students & families
i.
Letter to Principals
ii.
Letter to parents
iii.
Permission form from
parents
iv.
Discussion with your
AP/Principal
v.
Introduce idea to
students
1.
Make them feel special
because they get to try something others don’t get to try
2.
Model exactly what’s
expected
b.
What we’ll do with the
data we gather
i.
Pam & Esther
co-author a paper
ii.
Pam, Esther & Linda
will co-present at SCOLT in March
iii.
Continue our work and
expand if we like the concept
c.
The videos
i.
Meet our standards
ii.
Don’t forget the
sprinkles & splashes
iii.
Length—long enough to
get concepts across, short enough to keep attention (each America’s Got Talent
audition is 90 seconds)
iv.
Cornell notes use—start
now! (see attachments)
v.
Model how to watch a
video and how to complete Cornell notes (Linda will bring us some student
examples)
vi.
Should only cover 1
objective at a time
vii.
We must avoid copyright
infringement!
3.
Potential Problems
a.
Students who don’t have
technology
i.
Can burn DVDs of videos
ii.
Can ask for donations of
MP3 players
iii.
Can use computer,
smartphones, MP3 Players, TV/DVD
b.
Students who
aren’t motivated, don’t watch videos
i.
Make it very important
for them—make it difficult if they don’t watch the video
ii.
Research shows that the
rate of students completing homework (watching videos) increased rather than
decreased after the flip
iii.
Increased time for
individual help during class will help this situation
c.
Student videos (created
by Spanish students around the world)
i.
Mistakes
ii.
Teacher previewing
necessary
4.
Groups? Because of
the large number of participants, we may choose 2 or even 3 levels and units to
create lessons
5.
Future Meetings:
Monday, September 10. Leni may participate via Elluminate.
