Dear listers,

Here is an announcement from Julie McKinney of the Focus on Basics
Discussion list about a discussion on video as a professional
development tool.  Please see below for more information including how
to subscribe to that list.

Lynda Terrill
lterrill at cal.org 


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This is a REMINDER of our discussion starting Monday with author Jessica
Tomkins about her recent FOB article:

Video as a Professional Development Tool
http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=1107

The discussion will go from Monday, June 5 to Friday, June 9.

Please read the article at the link above, and think about the following
questions in preparation for the discussion. Please invite colleagues
who you think may be interested to join the Focus on Basics Discussion
List for this discussion.

Discussion Questions

1. Have you ever seen a video of yourself teaching? If so, what was your
impression?  Did it affect your teaching? How?

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> 2. What do you think you might gain from seeing yourself and your

students on video?

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> 3. How might your students benefit from you reviewing such a video?

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> 4. Have you ever used video as a professional development tool in your

program? If so, how did your group review and process the video in order
to share thoughts, give feedback and get the maximum benefit? How did
teachers receive this?

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> 5. After reading this article, what unanswered questions stay with

you?
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Julie McKinney
Discussion List Moderator
World Education/NCSALL
jmckinney at worlded.org



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