Tue.+July+25

•Gathering/cafe. (as needed)

•Work Time.

•Report in/meeting.
 * discussion continued
 * reading: what is status and how does it work
 * ci presentation
 * What did you think or wonder about from the reading?
 * 1) make connections between yesterday's DI video and Cohen's ch. 1-3.
 * 2) what are the other types of groupwork besides that which uses roles
 * 3) it just emphasizes the need to know kids well
 * 4) makes me think about schooling as the last American frontier - rugged individualism
 * 5) mattering - how you learn to matter
 * 6) the relationship between your place in the status order and mattering
 * 7) the power of the interaction (verbal, dialogue, discussion, disagreement, agreement, etc.)
 * What specific (learned) teaching behaviors did Suzanne need to do the teaching she was doing?
 * 1) how to assess prior knowledge - what kids knew and could d0
 * 2) write content relevant to what kids can do (as opposed to what they can't do)
 * 3) observe (see) and describe what kids are doing that is an ability
 * 4) how to teach collaborative skills so kids learn to collaborate and know how to control their collaboration
 * 5) how to construct a rich task
 * 6) how to assign competence correctly
 * more of the DI movie

•Next Steps/426.
 * Cohen: Chapters 4, 5.
 * Answer these questions:
 * Is CI a form of DI?
 * If so, how?
 * If "sorta," how "sorta?"
 * If not, how not?
 * If not, is it better or worse than DI in terms of supporting kid's learning?