Blog Due Friday, February 5, 2016

For TAFE State Participants Only

Title:  My State Teach Tomorrow Summit Highlight

Write a brief overview of your favorite highlight of the TAFE Teach Tomorrow Summit.  It may be about a featured speaker, the competitive events, a group activity, the talent/hypnosis show, the hotel experience, or anything that occurred during the trip to Houston, Texas.  Include why (or why not) you would recommend this experience for your fellow TAFE members who did not participate.

Reminder:  You must have a link to the blog prompt, a link to a related source (such as the Teach Tomorrow Summit on the TAFE website, and another media source; there are pics from the Summit on the RST Server)

Next, write a formal letter to Dr. Linda Anderson, Director of Career and Technology Education for BISD, thanking her for her support of TAFE at the State Teach Tomorrow Summit.  Her financial support covered the coach transportation, hotel costs, registration fees, meal money, and more. 

Be sure to follow the guidelines for writing a proper thank you letter.
Click Here for Thank You Etiquette

Print your letter, sign, and turn in. 

All Other Interns 

Title:  My Daughter, Malala

While TAFE members are competing in Houston, they will be viewing the movie, They Call Her Malala, in a private viewing.  You will get a perspective of this story by viewing the TED Talks below:

"Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman for advocating for girls’ education in Pakistan, and recently became the youngest Nobel Prize recipient in history. Her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, a Pakistani educator, explains that education gives girls in developing countries an identity and is equivalent to emancipation. He describes the power of Malala’s advocacy, and his message of not clipping her wings resonates with educators who understand that every child deserves access to an equal education. Yousafzai reminds educators of the value of their work and instills the power education can give to a child."



In Texas, there is ongoing discussion about who deserves a free public education and who does not. Should US citizens be the only group allowed a free public education?  What about children who immigrate illegally?  Explain your stance on the situation.  Are there any parallels between education for women in Pakistan and education for immigrants in the U.S.?  Discuss.

Remember, blog rules apply.  Meet the media requirements.

Blog Due January 19

Title:  Fold It!

Last week you learned about some basic (and some advanced) ways to fold paper to help students make visual sense and organization out of information.  

ASSIGNMENT: 
Using information (TEKS) that your students are learning, create a foldable activity that is grade appropriate for your site school classroom. This should be something you could actually use in your classroom.

• Include the following in your post:
• Name of foldable activity
• Topic/TEKS covered
• Materials/supplies needed (Be specific such as paper color, etc.)
• Write specific, detailed directions on how to create the foldable activity.
• Write detailed instructions as to what the students are to do to complete the assignment.  Go beyond the cutting and pasting.  What are they to do with the information?  What are they to learn from it?  If your description sounds like busy work, chances are you missed the point or you need to redevelop the activity.
• Include a picture of the finished product.  You may make a sample.  
• Remember:  Blog rules apply.  See first post.