Session 1- What is Learning? Ticket Out Response

After each class session, students have the opportunity to respond to three questions as a "Ticket Out"

Session 1 - January 13th

What are you curious about?

• Adding the most value to class time. Making it "non-Googleable". 
• Hint: If you are reading a PowerPoint...they can google it.
• How to write a good blog post?
• Here is a five step process: http://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2015/02/09/how-to-write-a-blog-post 
• What can I do with the workshop?
• Anything related to Teaching and Learning
• Are SRTE's correlated to learning?
• I have never read anything that said so, but Dr. Jackson and I will dig around
• I am curious to see how I can integrate technology into my classes. I am worried technology is tempting distraction.
• Remember, you call the tune :). Technology can be a tool or a hindrance, but you as an instructor make decisions on how it plays out. Here is an interesting article: http://blog.cengage.com/technology-classroom-distraction-asset/ 
• Personal Learning Networks
• Learn more here: http://teacherchallenge.edublogs.org/pln-challenge-1-what-the-heck-is-a-pln/
• Can you provide examples of course assignments?
• For some, but many are BRAND NEW, so there will be the opportunity to continue to resubmit until we reach where we need to be!

What did you learn?

1. A list of stuff I want to do next time I teach! It got me excited, e.g. set objectives/goals each session, engage students early.
2. They don't care what you know until they know that you care.
3. The importance of teacher/learner relationships
4. Standard Operating Procedures of AEE 530
5. Definition of Learning
6. Wait time! 7 seconds
7. Sharing expectations like "being present" as opposed to no cell phones
8. Possible Influence of Social Media on teaching career/professional life
9. New People and interests!
10. Tech tools to use in practice.
11. No tangible scientific evidence of learning styles

What do you want to learn more about?

• How to show students you care? 
• We will talk about this more during session 7, but there are two immediate specific strategies:
• 1 - Ask about them.
• Find out what their life passions are. Send a pre-course survey or require a face to face 10 minute session in the first 1/4 of class.
• 2 - Great them at the door and engage with them as individuals...not as a group as a whole.
• Teacher/Student interactions both in and out of the classroom.
• We will role model and discuss in all sessions!
• Effective teaching practice
• The micro teaching assignment will help! Learning by doing!
• Evidence for/against learning styles.
• I will find some info to share in our google drive
• Different teaching methods to allow for more active teaching that moves from abstract to concrete and from reflective to active
• We will have opportunity for this in future sessions!
• The different certificates available!
• Teaching and Learning with Technology:http://twtcert.tlt.psu.edu/
• Graduate Teaching Certificate: http://www.gradschool.psu.edu/current-students/tacert/ 
• Each technology platform's pro/cons.
• We will learn from experience and have great chance for conversation at TLT Symposium! http://symposium.tlt.psu.edu/
• How to write a lesson plan?
• Yay for Session 2!!
• What would a SoTL proposal look like?
• More to come, but it would have a introduction, brief review of literature, purpose/objectives and methods!

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