As stated in the syllabus, in groups of 2-3 you will lead a class discussion on the readings. We will spend our entire Tuesday class on this, and therefore, your plan should take up about 1 hour and 5 minutes (leave 10 minutes for announcements and buffer).
Due: Sunday night before the designated class
You need to create a Google document(s) showing how you plan to lead the discussion. It needs to be shared with ksm@cs.duke.edu no later than Monday noon so Prof. Stephens-Martinez can provide comments that afternoon.
Suggested Discussion Structure
- Remind the class of one of the topics in the readings.
- There is no need to reteach the topic. Assume that everyone did the readings. Instead, provide brief reminders of what will be discussed next and provide greater context to the discussion question(s). Alternatively, provide a brief reminder and then dive deep into one aspect of the topic that interests you.
- Ask a series of questions, where questions are introduced one at a time, discussed in small groups, and each group reports back on their discussion.
- These questions should be open-ended and rarely have a correct answer. Their goal is to generate discussion and articulate ideas.
- Potential questions:
- What stood out the most (or top 3) to you from the reading/topic?
- Given <introduced idea>, what does that mean for your own learning?
- Reflect on your learning experiences so far; how did <topic> influence it? Should have influenced it?
- What question do you have about the reading?
- What did this reading leave you to wonder about?
- Repeat from 1
Deliverable(s)
- Presentation – The Google slide deck that you will screen share or project to the rest of the class.
- When we are in person, Prof. Stephens-Martinez can project for you so that you do not need to ensure your laptop is compatible with the projector.
- Your lesson plan – This should be an email to Prof. Stephens-Martinez with the following:
- A link to your Google slide deck that is shared with ksm@cs.duke.edu
- Time estimates for each section of the slides, the total estimated time should be around 1 hour and 5 minutes.
- Ed Discussion Post
- The day of class, you must create a post in the class Ed Discussion that includes a link to your slides for everyone to access them.
Supplemental Material
To help brainstorm ideas, I recommend the following podcast episodes:
- 5 Ways College Teachers Can Improve Their Instruction
- Four Research-Based Strategies Every Teacher Should be Using
Grading
- Exemplary (10 points) – Your group submitted all deliverables on time and clearly show sufficient work and planning
- Satisfactory (9 points) – All deliverables are done on time, but the presentation and lesson plan were sent later than Monday noon, which meant Prof. Stephens-Martinez did not have enough time to provide feedback
- Not yet (6 points) – The deliverables were created, but the slides or plan are incomplete
- Unassessable (2 points) – At least one deliverable is missing