Curriculum Development workshop : October 2014

Monday, October 20, 2014

Welcome to Class C303 and B303: Week 5 Review by Mohammed Bawazir B303

Welcome to Class C303 and B303: Week 5 Review by Mohammed Bawazir B303: Week 5 1st lesson verbs and quantifiers In week five, we take verbs and quantifiers and we learned how to use them in sent...

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Week Five workshop

This weeks workshop was very productive. We would like to call it "a production meeting". The main goal of the meeting was creating flashcards for low level students. The table in the curriculum kitchen was set. The tool boxes were open , and once the teachers came in all rolled their sleeves and got to work. In one hour we wrote more than 300 flashcards. Its a great feeling to work as team.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Zero level English: Resources on students portfolio from our main Blog...

Zero level English: Resources on students portfolio from our main Blog...: The link Resources on students portfolio from our main Blog معلومات عن ملف التعلم البرتفوليو من مدونة البرنامج الرئيسية ...

curriculum kitchen objectives

The objective of the workshop room is to:
1- Create a room where teachers can be creative and supply them with the tools needed.
2- Collaborate to create visual aids that can be used and maintained.
3- Share good ideas and document them.
4- Monitor the curriculum as it is being implemented.
5- Monitor and document the development of students’ portfolios.
6- Build a team of teachers who collaborate and share their knowledge and expertise to create meaningful lessons.
7- Use our collective knowledge and experience as teachers to grow and develop as educators.
8- Develop a paper- based and an electronic course portfolio.
9- Develop a paper- based and an electronic teacher portfolio.
10- Encourage experimental teaching and make teaching a journey of discovery.
11- Create and monitor classroom projects.
We like to call it “mission control” or the “curriculum kitchen,” not just a resource room.

12- Creating a blog for the curriculum development room.

Quotes On Learning

1-"reflecting on your teaching is an act of scholarship" - The Course Syllabus by Barbara J. Millis
2- "Courses that take away the sense of ownership kill one of the strongest elements in lasting learning."
3- "Learning is an active, constructive, contextual process." - The Course Syllabus by Barbara J.
4- Our deepest learning comes from inside out.
5- The only way you can engage someone is if you know them.
6- I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework. Lily Tomlin
7- A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning. Brad Henry
8- Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. Malcolm Forbes
9- When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course. Peter Drucker
10- Change is the end result of all true learning. Leo Buscaglia
11- All real education is the architecture of the soul. William Bennett
12- I am convinced that we, as teachers, must be activists. Valerie Strauss
13- A discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument is an exchange of ignorance.
14- Good teachers teach from the book. Excellent teachers teach from the heart.
15- Give students legacy and meaning: Build Intrapersonal Communications into your curriculum.
16- "How do we expect inspired learners if we do not have inspired teachers?" Dr. Pak Tee Ng
17- A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. Horace Mann
18- Education is not received, it is achieved. Quote
19- Nine tenths of education is encouragement. Anatole France
20- Some people will never learn anything well, because they understand everything too soon.
21- Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. Albert Einstein
22- EINSTEIN: Everything should be made simple as possible,but not simpler.
23- The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see.
Alexandra K. Trenfor