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=Reminders:=

College Tip of the Week: = = = =

Congratulations for bringing in the dough! Celebrate a great fundraising effort with some delicious baked cookie dough. It was a job well done by those who participated!

= How do you learn best? = People learn in different ways based on a number of variables - personality traits, talent, preferences in environment, social, emotional and psychological setting, the type of intelligence from which we operate, etc. So what does this mean? This week you will use some of the following tools and research to better understand what makes you tick. This knowledge will help you find out what you do best, how you learn best, and maybe how you prefer to teach.
 * Gallup Strengths
 * Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
 * Dunn and Dunn Learning Style Model
 * Learning Styles Assessment

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Donald Clifton, the father of positive psychology, thought that people make optimum achievements when given the chance to do what they do best. The talents that you use over and over are significant in achieving success. Based on 34 significant themes, the Gallup StrengthsFinder instrument identifies one's five most significant themes.

Listen as the Year II interns perform "Animal School." Discuss how this correlates with the school experiences you have observed or experienced.

Listen carefully to directions that will prepare you to take the Gallup StrengthsFinder.

YEAR II Interns
Students will continue to prepare for the Read for Record student leadership project for FEA.

= //**Tuesday **// =

YEAR I Interns
Login to the Gallup StrengthsQuest. [|Click here]. Follow directions on the handout provided to access your account. Be sure to type in your access code accurately to access the instrument.

When you finish, report your top 5 significant themes to your teacher.

Bookmark your results so that you can access them as you for future reference.

Learn about the information you will need to gather to share your findings about your significant themes with your classmates. Access the requirements of the poster project below.

YEAR II Interns
Students will continue to prepare for the Read for Record student leadership project for FEA.
 * Students will arrange a classroom reading arrangement and corresponding activities with a participating elementary school.
 * Watch the video and learn more about Jumpstart. [|Click here] to view video. Use headphones.

//**Wednesday **//

How are you Smart? Famous psychologist and theorist, Howard Gardner, entertained the idea that their are many ways to be smart. Traditional thought recognizes abilities that lead to success in subjects such as math and English. Gardner agreed with this, but thought there was more.

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 * 1) Use headphones and listen to Howard Gardner describe his theory of Multiple Intelligence.
 * 2) After you have finished the video, click here to take the [|Multiple Intelligence quiz].
 * 3) Screen print your colored bar graph of results. (screen print = Command Shift 3). Save your screen print in Dropbox.
 * 4) Print your results from the results site.
 * 5) Highlight your top two preferences
 * 6) What does this mean to you?

Look at some apps for Multiple Intelligences [|Click Here]

Complete the following inventory to find out your preferred method of learning. Save your results. Follow the directions for capturing your information and saving listed above. What does this mean to your?


 * How do we learn? **



= What Are Your Learning Preferences? =
 * Do you like to listen to music when you study?
 * Do you like to read in a quiet place?
 * How does light affect your studying?

Are you a Visual, Auditory or Kinesthetic - Tactile learner?

Find out more about learning styles.

Take this [|20 question quiz] to find out your learning style.

[|Learning Styles] explained

Year I Interns
Students will create posters to showcase their Gallup Strengthsfinders themes and talents. The personalized poster will focus on how each theme will be useful in their roles as teachers and as leaders in the EAT program.

Follow the criteria on the rubric, see above. (Tuesday)

Supplies needed to create posters:
 * Colored posterboard / cut in half
 * Colored paper
 * Laptop/Printer
 * Card stock
 * Rubber cement

Year II Interns
Change of plans: Your CPR trainer is ill, so on Thursday you will need to __**finish**__ the following:
 * Introduction Poster
 * Talking Resume

CPR woll take place on Friday

Teachers must be prepared for a variety of situations in the classroom. Having additional training in a variety of areas can be useful. Nurse Steach will help you earn your CPR certification. Hopefully you will never have to use it, but if you are faced with an emergency, you will be glad you have it.