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May 9, 2017:  Mr. Smith's students reviewed for final exams and started a project on the Magna Carta.

Students participated in a Quizizz and Kahoot for vocabulary review in preparation for their final exams.

Students then watched the Virtual Field Trip on the Magna Carta from Discovery Education.

Students were instructed to take notes during the video on the rights the Magna Carta afforded the British people and it's long-term effects.

Students used the Magna Carta resources page mentioned in the archived virtual field trip to plan their own Magna Cartas.

Students then came to consensus about which rights are inalienable and wrote their own versions of the Magna Carta.

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February 8, 2017: Mr. Smith's students were learning about the Hundred Years' War.

They watched a video on the Hundred Years' War from Discovery Education.

During the video, students were asked to use the Make It Concrete SOS Strategy.

As an extension of the strategy, students participated in a gallery walk and found one similiarity/difference to their products.

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January 25, 2017: Video from Erik's Renaissance stations.

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Check out this padlet for resources from our cohort DLC PD sessions.

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January 25, 2017: Mr. Smith's students participated in a stations activity to start their Renaissance unit with guided inquiry.

Students went through a total of 5 stations for 15 minutes each.

Mr. Smith reviewed the rules and expectations at the beginning of the period.

Three stations focused on written resources (primary, secondary & literature), one focused on paintings and sculptures, one focused on a video.

Mr. Smith selectively grouped his students into their stations and appointed a group leader for each group. The group leader was responsible for notifying Mr. Smith if classmates weren't on track or if they were having trouble analyzing the materials at their station.

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January 11, 2017

Mr. Smith's students used multiple Web 2.0 Tools in today's exam review session.  They completed collaborative World Geography reviews using Kahoot (video below), Quizizz, and Plickers.

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December 6, 2016

Mr. Smith's students participating in a Plickers review.

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December 6, 2016
Mr. Smith's students watched a video on economics from Discovery Education.

Mr. Smith then had students respond to a writing prompt on Google Classroom and utilize evidence from the video.

At the end of the period, students participated in a Plickers review of the class's content.

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Complete DLC "homework".

Create varied assignments based on student readiness, interest, and learning style.

Incorporate the ideas of rigor and scaffolding into assignments.

Create an authentic Learning Lab experience in the classroom.

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November 3, 2016

Mr. Smith's students drew pictures into NearPod of vocabulary terms.  After they submitted their images, Mr. Smith projected the class's images on the Promethean board and the class guessed what the words were based on the images.

They were excited and engaged to identify their classmate's drawings.

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October 27, 2016

Mr. Smith's students participated in a Quizizz interactive online quiz.

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November 3, 2016

Mr. Smith's students watched the Global Wrap and used an AnswerGarden to summarize the video as a class.

After students submitted their ideas to the AnswerGarden, Mr. Smith refreshed the AnswerGarden on the projector and they reviewed what they thought was the most important as a class.

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AnswerGarden " What did you find interesting from the video?

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AnswerGarden is a new minimalistic brainstorm tool for online brainstorming, real time audience participation and classroom feedback.

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October 27, 2016

Mr. Smith debriefed with his students after completing a Snowball Fight on October 27.

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Mr. Smith de-briefing with his students after their Snowball Fight on October 27.

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October 27, 2016

Mr. Smith's students watched a Global Wrap video and participated in a Snowball Fight.  This video is of the Snowball Fight.

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This is a video of Mr. Smith's students participating in a Snowball Fight to summarize a video on October 27.

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Help participants complete DLC "homework".

Apply instructional strategies using digital media and technology to increase student engagement.

Create an authentic Learning Lab experience in the classroom.

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Mr. Smith created two boards for his unit on characteristics of culture.  These boards supplemented direct instruction.  He gave direct instruction in short bursts then asked students to immerse themselves in digital media from Discovery Education to supplement his lecture.

Board #1- Characteristics of Culture

Board #2: Characteristics of Culture 2

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Your coach is Sarah Lasater.  She lives in Fayetteville, NC and spent her teaching career teaching ninth-grade World History in NC.

Email: slasater.depd@gmail.com

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Coaching work will be focused around the I CAN Learning Targets from the 5 days of PD content. Select one of these areas to focus your work.

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- Overview & purpose
- Review Goals Matrix & set goals
- School Profile & Principal Interview