[etni] Re: ONLINE NBA COURSE
- From: "Rana N." <ladyr@xxxxxxxx>
- To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 13:21:08 -0500
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hello
a month ago i asked the same question and i was informed about an ONLINE NBA
course that will be held as soon as there is enough number of participants.
i'm including the form for registration for you. The contents of the course
are the following subjects:
Unit 1: Strategic Reading
Session 1
a. Introduction to strategic reading
b. Strategy One: Structure of informational texts
c. Strategy Two: Graphic representations
d. Strategy Three: Note-taking
Session 2
a. Strategy Four: Fix-up strategies
b. Strategy Five: Know/Want to Know/Sources/Learned (KWSL)
c. Strategy Six: Asking questions
d. Strategies to promote critical and creative thinking
Unit 2: Question Types for Access to Information from Written Texts
and Narratives
Session 3
a. Types of reading comprehension questions
b. Types of questions for the narrative
Unit 3: Rationale for Project Work
Session 4
a. Understanding what we mean by project work and the importance of doing
itwith your class
b. Learning about surface learning and deep meaning and their relevance to
project work
c. Demonstrating how the pupils' role during project work enhances their
learning
Unit 4: Performance Tasks for One Point Pupils
Session 5
a. Defining performance tasks
b. Defining characteristics of performance tasks
c. Using the template for designing a performance task
d. Setting targeted benchmarks for the performance task
Session 6
a. Identifying criteria for assessment for targeted benchmarks
b. Choosing a topic for a performance task
c. Building rubrics for assessing performance tasks
d. Using checklists to monitor progress
e. Identifying prerequisite skills and knowledge
f. Preparing the pupils? worksheet for the performance task.
Unit 5: Project Planning and Assessment
Session 7
a. Understanding the rationale for projects with reference to the
English Curriculum and the New Bagrut Assessment (NBA)
b. Planning a project according to the ?backward design? model
c. Setting project work targeted benchmarks and/or goals
Session 8
a. Identifying criteria for assessment for targeted benchmarks and
goals
b. Choosing a project topic
c. Building rubrics for assessing project work
Session 9
a. Using checklists to monitor progress
b. Identifying prerequisite skills and knowledge
c. Learning how to ask a research or essential question
Session 10
a. Learning how to summarize material
b. Encouraging pupils to work successfully in groups
c. Classroom management during the project work period
Unit 6: Projects for Pupils at the Three Point Level
Session 11
a. Building a profile of a three point learner
b. Understanding characteristics of struggling readers
c. Becoming familiar with a problem ? solution checklist of project
characteristics for pupils at the three point level
d. Defining project work for pupils at the three point level
Session 12
a. Discussing suitable project topics for pupils at the three point level
b. Planning and scaffolding a suitable project for pupils at the three
pointlevel
c. Preparing the pupils? project guidelines
Unit 7: Using the Internet
Session 13
a. Introducing teachers to the subject of artificial intelligence and
Boolean logic
b. Searching the web and different types of search engines
c. Finding out about search engines for pupils
d. Citing from the web
e. Learning how to use the PIE (Projects in English) site effectively
Session 14
a. Increasing allocation of computer hours at school
b. Learning about additional strategies for accessing the Internet
c. Building offline resource banks
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