Episode 4: I do, We do, Y'all do, You do.

EDUCATING JO

Episode 4

"I do, We do, Y'all do, You do

I hope you enjoy episode 4 of Educating Jo about this engagement strategy! Please share with anyone you think might be interested and I would love to see your comments here or on the YouTube channel! Thanks for watching!

Link to YouTube video: Click Here

Link to playlist with various examples: I do, We do, Y'all do, You do Playlist

Here is the outline I used to make the video!

4. I do, We do, Y’all Do, You Do

Hey Jo, this week I’m going to talk to you about one of my favorite engagement strategies, I do, We do, y’all do, You do!

Intro

During the last month of school it can be difficult to keep students engaged and focused on learning. I thought it would be a good idea to share one of my best techniques. This is particularly useful when I am teaching or demonstrating a complex concept in Biology. It’s pretty self explanatory, but I’ll explain why I like this strategy and give some examples of times I’ve used it.

1. Overview
1. I do=demonstrating an example
2. We do=students helping me do an example
3. Y’all do= talking with a partner or group to do the example
4. You do=test or assignment(prove you can do it on your own)
2. Why I like the strategy.

1. Right amount of examples.

Too many examples leaves most of the class bored and unengaged.

• Too few examples leaves most of the class confused and frustrated.
• Differentiate the learning
• This helps the me differentiate the lesson. After the I do,during the we do, students gain confidence helping me do the next example.
• Self reflection→ do I understand the material well enough for the you do part?
• Toward the end of the year classes will say “we can skip the we do, I’m ready to explain” or “can we do the We do part again because I still don’t understand it enough.
• Peer teaching: those that do understand it hone their learning by teaching their classmates = best way to learn. Students learn better from their peers than from the teacher.
• Examples
1. Making videos of replication, transcription and translation.
• I show it.
• Students pick their role and we go through the part together.
• Students practice their parts and the classmates assist as needed
• If we have time we scramble parts so everyone learns every part.
• I film the final activity and upload the video to Youtube (study material)
2. Absolute dating
• I do an example of dating a rock using ½ lives.
• I do another example where my students walk me through the process.
• They do several with their table partners. If both struggle they find another group to explain it to them.
• They need to be able to do it on their own for the assignment and the test.

Highlight of the week: student choice about stars.

Struggle: Controversial Topic

Activity: Fossil Correlation

Outro: I hope you enjoyed this week’s episode and feel free to share, like, comment and subscribe! To all the other Educating Joes out there, have a great week teaching!

Thank you for checking out my project! Feel free to leave comments about examples where you have used the strategy or any questions you might have!

Episode 3: Student Blogging

Educating Jo

Episode 3

"Student Blogging"

I hope you enjoy episode 3 of Educating Jo about student blogging! Please share with anyone you think might be interested and I would love to see your comments here or on the YouTube channel! Thanks for watching!

Link to YouTube Video: Click Here
Link to Mary Vaughan's website: Click Here
Link to my Students' Blogs: Kidblog

Here is the outline I used to make the video!

3. Student Blogging

Hey Jo, This week I’m going to talk to you about my Students’ Blogging for class.

Intro

This week I want to expand on the last week’s episode. Last week I discussed skyping with experts, (link in the description) and this week I want to discuss student blogging. I have tried to have my students blog every year I have taught (all 4 years) and this year was by far the most successful. It really helped to tie skyping and blogging together.

1. How I set up my Student Blogs.
1. Kidblog.org
1. Recommended by Craig Badura
2. Complete control of posts, comments if desired
3. Promote by tweeting 1 link instead of 1 per student.
2. Come up with a topic based off of the skype.
3. Skype with someone Thursday or Friday
1. Give the weekend to reflect
2. Monday/Tuesday write the paragraph
3. Wednesday revise and post.
4. Promote every Wednesday called #weirdanimalwed
4. No grading.
2. Why is blogging important?
1. Super important science skill
1. Defending an idea using evidence.
2. Writing is how science is shared.
3. First sentence make it super obvious how you feel.
1. Next 4 are supporting details.
2. Some your opinions, some from the expert.
2. Super important life skill
1. Writing will always be important.
2. Blog form is becoming more common.
3. Authentic audience
1. Why make something you are proud of if only 1 person sees it?
2. 2500 people have seen their work.
4. Window into the classroom
1. Allows parents, grandparents, administrators to see what's happening.

Highlight: Student made mural Shout out to Sarah Wegenast and Heather Amundson and Mary Vaughan.

Struggle: Life catching up

Activity: Invasive Species Presentations

Outro: I hope you enjoyed this week’s episode and feel free to share, like, comment and subscribe! To all the other Educating Joes out there, have a great week teaching!

Thanks for your support and see you next week!

Episode 2 Skyping

Educating Jo

Episode 2

"Skyping"

I hope you enjoy watching my second episode of Educating Jo about Skyping. I hope you will subscribe to my YouTube channel to get notifications when the next episode is uploaded!
Educating Jo Episode 2 "Skyping"

Here is the outline I used to make the video!

2. Skyping

Hey Jo, This week I’m going to talk to you about skyping in the classroom.

Intro

I love to connect my students with experts from around the world. It gives me and my students a chance to meet some awesome scientists from around the world. Today I want to explain why I skype, how I set them up, and some stories from my skyping experiences.

1. Why skype?
1. Model networking skills
2. Nightmare-Won’t like science because they don’t like me.
1. Inspire female students to pursue science.
3. Science in high school is the most boring science out there.
4. Keeps me excited as a teacher. Live vicariously.
5. Students like it.
2. How skype?
1. Make a graphic on Canva
2. Tweet it out to twitter and see if anyone responds
3. Find people you think would be great and DM or email them.
1. Shocking how scientists are happy to explain their passion!
4. Email back and forth
5. Practice skype
3. Stories
1. Cephalopods Dr. Kat Bolstad superstar (top of the field) squid vs octopus
2. Brachiopods Zoey Hughes museum curator unappreciated animals
3. Zebrafish Adam Carte researcher using zebrafish for research
4. Millipedes Derek Hennen describing species adaptations
5. Sharks Lyndell Bade development
6. Loons Amber Hart citizen science breeding ground vs wintering grounds

Highlight of the week: Recording student presentations

Struggle of the week: Attendance

Activity of the week: Competition Share Out

Outro: I hope you enjoyed this week’s episode and feel free to like, comment and subscribe! To all the other Educating Joes out there, have a great week teaching!

Feel free to leave comments of future episode topics (or anything else) here or on YouTube!

Episode 1 "Teaching Philosophy"

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Episode 1

"Teaching Philosophy"

I hope you enjoy my first episode of Educating Jo. For the best viewing experience you can watch this video on YouTube. Educating Jo Ep 1 "Teaching Philosophy"

Here is the outline I used to make the video.

Preview: Hey Jo, This week I’m going to talk to you about my teaching philosophy.

Intro

I decided to talk about my teaching philosophy for the first episode of Educating Jo, because it helps everything I do make sense. This will be a synopsis of my views in general and I will go into more detail in future episodes. My philosophy can be broken into 3 main categories.

1. Students are AWESOME!
1. They are the reason I got into education and are capable of doing amazing things when put in the right situation.
2. Help them enjoy science, so they can shine
1. Its hard reach your potential w
2. hen you are miserable
3. Make them more likely to view science positively in the future when it matters.

2. Because students are awesome, it’s my job to show them off.
1. Being transparent (having a window into my classroom)
2. Led to the creation of this vlog.
3. Let parents or other people who care see what is happening in school and why
4. Someone will tell the story of school, shouldn’t it be the teachers?
1. Examples: student blogs, using twitter, recording presentations

3. Provide students with skills they will need for later in life.
1. Most students won’t go into a science field, what are they gaining in my class?
2. Collaboration, verbal communication, written communication, networking

Highlight of the week: telling my students that we are expecting!

Struggle of the week: Punnett squares and grading

Activity of the week: blood type mystery.

Feel free to leave comments here or on Youtube!