eight

Welcome to Week Eight! You made it!

 * Readings**
 * 1) Read Chapters 7 and 8 (pages 170-205) of the Jackson book.
 * 2) Read "When Students Track Their Progress" from Marzano, ASCD Ed Leadership Dec/Jan 2010
 * 3) Optional--Read the bonus chapter.


 * Tasks**
 * 1) Watch the lecture (which posted below in VoiceThread); if you want a copy of the presentation it's here. [[file:Week 8.pdf]]
 * 2) Finish the unit assignment--if you are not going to do a unit, please note that as well so people can complete the feedback form for someone else.
 * 3) Complete the Metacognitive Reflection assignment.
 * 4) No discussion questions

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Malcolm Gladwell on his book Outliers: This is a short interview clip from CNN (5 min), or here you can watch his full keynote from NECC 09 (50 min)

The Surprising Science of Motivation from Dan Pink media type="custom" key="5649551"

Here's an interview with Dr. Couros, creator of The Networked Teacher. There's a lot of background noise, but sometimes it's fun to hear ideas straight from the source. :-) media type="custom" key="5642873"

Tip Sheet from Robyn Jackson for Giving Work Back to Students