Notes From My Last Live Lecture @scsu Spring 2020

I provided students as a cognitive wrapper (haven't used a ppt in >365. Try it! So freeing).

https://edu106.jgregorymcverry.com/2020/hey-edu106-here-are-photos-of-our-lecture-lastdiscussion-at

This graphic organizer was a cognitive stop in a collaborative writing project. Students were going to analyze a space from connected learning lens. This shifted to an online community with the lockdown. Why this assignment:

-Collaborative essays one of the few writing activities to have moderate effect sizes

-As a Technology Fluency I need to teach spreadsheets, internet research, collaborative writing technology.

-No one teaches 1st year students how to read discipline specific texts. I want students to know the predictable patterns of research text structure.

-Cognitive stops matter. You need to help students learn how to learn. Break projects up into shorter more frequent low stakes assessments driven by reflection.

-Cogntive wrappers matter. Take one last chance to beat learners over the head with what you want them to learn.

Cognitive Wrappers matter.

The post was too long but it explores the shape our class back to when we traced the story of Kobe Bryant's documentary. Will always remember how moved we were as a class during those somber moments.

Spring 2020 began and ended so surreal.