Heres what students do and are responsible for in Touro Course: EdSE 604

Prof. Mark Gura

This presentation is an overview of what students do and are responsible for in 604. Be sure to read the Course Information folders in our class BlackBoard area very carefully! Also, feel free to contact me for clarification of anything whenever you feel the need. You can reach me at: mark.gura@touro.edu

Heres what students do and are responsible for in Touro Course: EdSE 604 1a) Weekly reading assignments: Most weeks, there will be a reading assignment. The readings will be based on material in our book, Visual Arts Units All Levels. This book models instructional units, many of which are Social Studies content, explaining how teachers and students can easily do them. Also, our weekly readings will be based on materials to be found on the web. These will include the New York State learning standards in Social Studies; The New York State Core Curriculum for Social Studies; and a wide variety of articles on teaching, reviews and samples of instructional units, instructional resources and how and why to use them, and more. Links for all of these items will be included in the assignment description.

Heres what students do and are responsible for in Touro Course: EdSE 604

1b) After doing the reading and reflecting, you will write a response to what youve read. The response should address the focus questions provided in the assignment description. These assignments will be graded on a 1 3 point basis, with 3 being the highest score possible: A 3 will be given for a response that is highly satisfactory a 2 will be given for a response that is incomplete or that does not answer in sufficient depth and a 1 will be given for a response that is doesnt sufficiently address the focus questions or that is incomplete. You will post your responses in a Discussion Forum on our class Blackboard area. Youll receive feedback from directly under you post and received a grade for each weekly reading assignment in our Blackboard Grade Center roughly a week after turning it in.

Heres what students do and are responsible for in Touro Course: EdSE 604

1c) Later in the week, please return to our Discussion Forum and write a response to another students posted assignment. Please do this for a student who hasnt already received feedback from someone in the class. Ill appreciate it if your feedback offers some solid suggestions and perhaps, some constructive criticism something more than I like your work. At the end of the semester, your feedback responses to other students weekly assignments and their Final Project will be evaluated. Together, they will be worth 10% of your final grade.

Heres what students do and are responsible for in Touro Course: EdSE 604

2a) In week #10 you will turn in a Final Project. However, it is expected that all students will work on this throughout the semester! Your Final Project will be a written and illustrated (more about that part later) instructional unit. Presenting well thought out and effectively written unit plans (extended lesson plans) is a core competency that all teachers need, and our Final Project is intended to expand and refine your skills in this area.

Heres what students do and are responsible for in Touro Course: EdSE 604

2b) Each of our weekly reading assignments is designed to give you important background and information that you will need to do your Final Project. Think of these 2 parts of the coursework (the Weekly Reading Assignments and the Final Projects) as interrelated, each enabling and enhancing the other.

Heres what students do and are responsible for in Touro Course: EdSE 604

2b) The Final Project will be done in 5 components. You will turn in each of the components according to our assignment due date schedule. Each will receive a grade (10% of the total for the Final Project). I will give you feedback and suggestions for each, roughly a week after you submit it.

Heres what students do and are responsible for in Touro Course: EdSE 604

2b) It is expected that, based on your further learning and reflections during the semester, you will improve and refine each of these components before turning them all in again in week ten At that time, you will join the 5 final versions of these components together to create your finished Final Project which will be worth the other 50% of the Final Project score. You will post your final project online in a Discussion Forum to share it with the class. I will get your Final Project feedback and grade to you roughly a week after you turn it in.

Heres what students do and are responsible for in Touro Course: EdSE 604 2c) Here is a list of the components of the Final Project: 1 Unit Overview: Here, you will identify a theme for your project (Social Studies content taught through an arts-based instructional approach) 2 Flow Chart: With this, you will plot the flow of activity and learning that takes place during the unit what is presented to the students (and when) - what do they do first, second, third, etc. what do they need to know before they participate in the various parts of the unit what do they learn first, second, etc. That sort of thing.

Heres what students do and are responsible for in Touro Course: EdSE 604 2c) Here is a list of the components of the Final Project: 3 Mock Student Work Sample: Your unit will be a Social Studies theme taught through the creation of an Art Project. As part of your implementation and explanation to the students, you will have to create a sample of the same work of art that you assign them to work on! You will create this original work of art using the Digital Collage method, something for which explanations, instructions, and samples will be provided.

NOTE: Our Digital Collage method requires no talent or difficult learned skills or techniques. It is calculated to free the untrained artist from the demands of craft so that he can concentrate on and learn, design, expression, and artistic communication of ideas and knowledge.

Heres what students do and are responsible for in Touro Course: EdSE 604 2c) Here is a list of the components of the Final Project: 4 Defend Your Project: Here you will explain in detail how your unit plan satisfies the requirements of the project. These, along with a check list and grading rubric, will be detailed in our Course Information folders of our BlackBoard area. 5 Session by Session Lesson Plans: You will write up a plan for each of the multiple sessions of your unit. A template and explanations will be provided.

Heres what students do and are responsible for in Touro Course: EdSE 604

3) GRADING Your final grade will be calculated based on the following formula: A)The average of the grades you receive for the weekly reading assignments will be worth 45% of your Final Grade. B) The Final Project will be worth 45% of your Final Grade. C) The quality of the feedback you give classmates during the course will be worth up to 10% of your Final Grade.

Heres what students do and are responsible for in Touro Course: EdSE 604

Again, this presentation is simply an overview of what students do and are responsible for in 604. Be sure to read the Course Information folders in our class BlackBoard area thoroughly and carefully! Also, feel free to contact me for clarification of anything whenever you feel the need. You can reach me at: mark.gura@touro.edu