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=// Monday 1/12 //=

=// Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (1/6 - 1/8) //=

Difficult situations occur throughout life. In many cases, difficulties are not situations we choose, nor can we plan when they happen. However, we do have choices in how we react and deal with the situations life deals us. Watch one individual's struggle to become the great teacher he knows he can be in the Hallmark movie, //**Front of the Class**//.
 * [[image:front of the class.jpg align="right"]]Overcoming Obstacles in 2015 **

NOTE: Report to the BCTAL theatre immediately. Do not stop by the classroom. Be sure to sign in each day. Sign in for yourself only. Complete the daily viewer's guide and turn them in. If you are absent, it is up to you to make up viewing the segment you missed.

Complete watching the Hallmark movie, //**Front of the Class**//.
 * Complete the 3-part viewer's guide, staple in order, and turn in.

Review your guest speaker guide from Friday and make any additions or changes before you turn it in.



Use the notebook rubric below to prepare your notebook for evaluation. You will need to score and total you notebook before you turn it in today!

NOTE: The last day to turn in your notebook is on __**Wednesday, January 14.**__

=// Tuesday 1/13 //=

**Portfolio Development**
 * What is Career Cruising? Learn how this internet website can become a great tool in making plans for your future.
 * Set up an account following classroom protocol.

Log on to [|www.careercruising.com] by visiting your campus website.


 * If you have created an account in the past, log in using the username and password created previously.
 * If you have never created an account, use the following information to enter Career Cruising and set up an account.

If setting up a new account, create a new username and password by following the prompts and using the following protocol.

Example: BIRD-123456 Example: 01012001 IMPORTANT: Record you login and password in your secret folder once you set up your account
 * Username: ** BIRD- + 6 digit student ID
 * Password: ** Your birthdate - mmddyyyy


 * Portfolio Development[[image:my skills 2.jpeg width="269" height="269" align="right"]] **


 * Begin the "Matchmaker" instrument in Career Cruising to find out careers that may be suitable for you. Be sure to complete the additional questions when prompted to do so. If you do not finish, you may log out and pick up where you left off later. Do not print until you finish tomorrow's portion of the assignment.

Note: Answer questions as you really are, not how you wish you were.



Use the notebook rubric below to prepare your notebook for evaluation. You will need to score and total you notebook before you turn it in today!

NOTE: The last day to turn in your notebook is on __**Wednesday, January 14.**__

=// Wednesday 1/14 //=

Continue to find out more about you. Log in to your Career Cruising account and complete the //**My Skills**// assessment. Be sure to save. Print your results combined with the //**Matchmaker**// portion taken yesterday. Write a reflection in your journal that answers the following questions. (Be sure to copy the questions.)
 * What do these results tell you?
 * What do they reveal to you about yourself that you find surprising? That you expected?
 * How could they help you plan your future?



Use the notebook rubric below to prepare your notebook for evaluation. You will need to score and total you notebook before you turn it in today!

NOTE: The last day to turn in your notebook is on __**Wednesday, January 14.**__

= = =// Thursday 1/15 //=

Complete the //**Learning Styles Inventory**// and print. You will need to leave your results visible on your laptop screen as the pie chart will not print out in color. Once you have your printout, color in the pie chart to represent your learning styles according to your results. Turn in the Learning Styles Inventory.
 * Portfolio Development **

In your journal, identify your primary learning style, and research what this means online. In your journal, write a brief description (2 - 5 sentences or a bulleted list) of your learning style.

=// Friday 1/16 //=

What are Learning Preferences?
 * Portfolio Development **

Now that you've taken the Learning Styles inventory, let's see what it means. How can knowing what your learning styles are help you be a better student? Why do teachers need to be aware their students' learning styles?

Read pp. 197 - 203 in Teaching. Participate in the class discussion about how teachers can draw out the best in their students by understanding their learning preferences.

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= =// Monday 1/19 //= = = // Martin Luther King Day - No school for students // =

= =// Tuesday 1/20 //= It's the start of a new semester. Share one of the goals you wrote in you Principles of EAT journal with your classmates. Do you have the method and time frame indicated in your written goal?
 * Personal Goals **

Finish reading pp. 197 - 203 in **Teaching**. Participate in the class discussion about how teachers can draw out the best in their students by understanding their learning preferences.

Complete your journal entry featuring the definitions of each of the nine areas of Multiple Intelligences (Howard Gardner). Highlight those that you feel are yours.

=// Wednesday 1/21 //= Global or Analytical? What do these words means? How do they apply to the way we use our brains? Are you a global thinker or an analytical thinker? What does that mean?
 * Portfolio Development **

First, take the Assessment and see where you fall on the hemisphericity scale. Which side of your brain is the dominant side? By how much?

Then, read about how hemisphericity affects the way you prefer to learn. Discuss your similarities and differences with the learners in your group.

=// Thursday 1/22 //= How do determine students' learning preferences without giving them an assessment? Through observation teachers hear and see clues that alert them to their learners' preferences.

What would you hear an analytical learner say? What would you hear a global learner say? After you read about this, complete the cut and paste activity and see if you can identify global and analytical learners.



=// Friday 1/23 //=

What are your TRUE COLORS? Take the instrument and find out what that might indicate about you. Apply this knowledge and relate it to what you have learned this semester about characteristics needed by educators.
 * Portfolio Development **

[|What Does My Color Mean for Me?]

=// Monday 1/26 //=

True Colors writing assignment
 * Portfolio Development **

=// Tuesday 1/27 //=


 * Portfolio Development **

So, what do you plan to do with your life? How will you achieve your goals to reach the career you desire?

Read the original work, __//**The Secret Life of Walter Mitty**//__. What were his fantasies and dreams? Could he have realized some of these things through a career change? How will your chosen career help you realize your dreams?

Begin researching your career following the guidelines given in class and using Career Cruising. You will have to use your time effectively, so you should consider working on this outside of class.