Social Studies Connections
EDUC 425.02 with Melissa Lisanti
Welcome!
Adding another circle of learners to conversations around great social studies education is always a celebration. I am delighted that we will be working together at RU this semester and have prepared the information below to help us off to a quick start.
A little bit about me...
My junior year in high school featured a dynamic history teacher and instructional work that intrigued me every day. Since then I’ve had terrific opportunities to study the teaching of social studies from just about every perspective and it never gets dull. I currently work on campus at the VA Dept of Education's Training and Technical Assistance Center (T/TAC). When I'm not in my office, I am often out and about working with K-12 teachers around the region in a variety of ways to enhance outcomes for students with disabilities.
Quick Start Guide (EDUC 425-02)
Tell me a little bit about you.
I'd like to start working to ensure that each week's instructional opportunities are well matched to your contexts. It should take less than 15 minutes to complete the survey. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QfqKSre0YduEi84Fj_X5OIwwaE93473-L4rfa2F9v0Y/viewform
Bring a spiral notebook.
You may choose whatever kind you like. Just make sure that it is durable enough to survive the whole semester and has at least 50 pages in it. This will become your interactive notebook and you will need it every week. It's also a good idea to have a few colored pens/pencils and a small roll of tape or a mini-stapler.
Register with Blendspace.
I will use Blendspace to organize our course materials and offer you opportunities to comment on readings. Please register for a free student account and enter class code: jqht
https://www.blendspace.com/register/student
Very Important Work Sample Assignment Planning
A key part of your work will be connected to your field experience. You will plan a five lesson social studies unit and then teach it in weeks 13-14 of the semester. Talk with your blocking CT and identify a topic that you could teach in its entirety between 11/18 and 12/5. (Don't forget to account for Tgiving holiday.) We will need to know what the topic is very soon (by our second class if possible), because you will start developing the pieces to meet intermediate checkpoint deadlines. If you need support with this process, don't hesitate to call or email me.
Keeping It Real
In order to keep our class discussions as real-world as possible, please have access each week to the VDOE Curriculum Framework (which includes the standards) for the grade in which you are blocking. You can either download it to a laptop/tablet/iPad that is charged and ready OR bring a printed copy. I can easily accommodate either choice.
Melissa Lisanti
Project Coordinator, VDOE T/TAC at Radford University
Email: mlisanti2@radford.edu
Location: 704 Fairfax Street, Suite G (3rd Floor)
Phone: 540-831-7115
Event Information
Our First Class Meeting
Room 233
When?
Thursday, Aug 29, 2013, 05:00 PM
Where?