Curriculum Development workshop : students meeting

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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Jeddah TVTC English Program: classroom representative meeting in the resource r...

Jeddah TVTC English Program: classroom representative meeting in the resource r...: students meeting Today was the first classroom representative meeting. We discussed the football tournament and presentation contest...

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Second meeting with students representatives week 4 Day 22

We had our second meeting with students on Wednesday 25th of Sep
1:00 P.M

Attended:

1- Emad Alfatni A103
2- Saad Raddad Alkhamisi A204
3- Abdullah Faisal A104
4- Yaha Khaled A104
5- Ehab Darwish A203
6- Mohammad Alghamdi B103

We discussed:

1- The football tournament
we will start after Hajj week 8 to week 16 . One match per week after class two. Both classes partcipating in the match will go to the jim during the match. The teachers will decide who will be the referee in the match. Teachers can play with thier class if they wish to. We will buy all the necessary stuff for the game.
Emad A103 is developing the schedule for the matches. Each class will give us a list of names in the team and the captain.

2- The technical support team:
We have now four students in the program who will help us with fixing problems with our computers. They will start next week.

3- Field trips:

Students suggested places to visit
Factories - Downtown jeddah - Coreniche - universties -Aramco -
We will be asking students to arrange with teachers and with us how we can contact factories for visits.

Next week we will have our student meeting on Wednesday same time.
will discuss:
1- Mindmapping

This a summary of the second meeting. We are open for suggestions and advice.

Semester 7 Term 1 Week 4 Day 21

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Classroom representatives first meeting

Today at 1:00 P.m

We had our first meeting with the classroom representatives at room C102.
It was a very good start.

Names of students in the meeting

1- Emad Ali Alfatni A103

2- Yonus Abdul hamed flemban B104

3- Abdullah Fasial Alblol A104

4- Saad Radad ALkhamisi A204

5- Yaha Khaled Alharazi A103

We fininshed the meeting at 2:40

Topics were:

1- Sport events and arrangements

2- Final program ceremony

3- Mindmap Contest

4- Technical support team

5- Field trip arrangements

6- Tree day event

7- Photo day arrangements

8- What is their rule ?

9- Why are we working together ( partnership )

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