Seminar requirements - Changes

[Anonymous]

I am confused about the requirements. Would you please post the final requirements in one place if you are no longer following the requirements listed in the original materials? Is there particular places the 30 posts are supposed to be, or particular topics, or just one per a session (13 sessions, correct?) and then 17 more?

[Anonymous]

Also, is there a template you prefer us to use for the curriculum plan?

[Anonymous]

I was also wondering about a specific template for the curriculum plan. And, I wanted to know where to submit the final essay, too.

Also, are the lesson plans to be submitted under the lesson plans on the main page, or through email, or both?
edited by tsmith on 8/1/2012

[Anonymous]

Xin- maybe you guys could find a lesson plan template we could all use so tht there will be continuity

[Anonymous]

Hello, I have written down in my notes from the first day, 2 blog entries into this forum per each day (16 total) of the seminar. I looked for a printout of the requirements in my notebooks and I didn't find anything about these requirements. I currently feel the lesson plan requirements are too vague for my taste, but if I missed that info then please direct me there. Thanks!

[clay dube]

Several people have the requirements, so I suspect that in some cases it might be in your junk mail folder of your email program.

The requirements handout lists what you are expected to submit for your curriculum project. It is attached. If you submit a detailed lesson plan that contains a rationale (identifying the course, discussing where in the course the lessons would be taught, and explaining why you chose to focus on these skills or this content), the learning objectives, the materials to be used, the activities to be engaged in, the means of assessing student skill/knowledge acquisition, and possible extension activities, then you'll be just fine.

We don't want you to just recycle what the textbook gives you, something you pull off the web, or something you've already been doing. It's unlikely that what you come up with will be entirely original (others have used these materials and tried to teach about many topics), but we want you to draw on the topics and materials suggested (including web, video, and other resources) to develop your lessons.

You will mail the hard copies of your lesson plans to (as the requirements hand out explains):

USC U.S.-China Institute
ATTN: Outreach Coordinator
3535 S. Figueroa Street, FIG 202
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1262

You can put the digital versions on a cd that you include with the hard copies. That's the best way to send them. You can send the digital files as email attachments, though that's less desirable since files can be too big for some email systems. The hard copies will be mailed back to you with comments. We'll save the digital files for our records.

Some of you have been really working hard, taking notes, making connections, using your imagination on how some of what you are getting exposed to might be used with your students. I loved the way that some chimed in this afternoon on how some aspect of Korea's long past, rich culture, and complicated present might be made part of some lesson. We're looking for you to use your imagination and develop lessons that your students will benefit from and will serve our shared aim of strengthening American understanding of East Asia.

The quality of one's participation in the seminar and the lesson plans are quite important when we evaluate applications for study tours and in making recommendations for other programs. We also look for proof of impact in the form of letters of recommendation from supervisors and colleagues who have seen the lessons being taught or know that information has been shared with one's department or even more broadly (for example, several teachers have made presentations at regional and national professional meetings). You probably won't have a chance to teach this material before you turn it in to us, but we look forward to hearing how it went with your students. Many teachers like to photograph or scan student work or share photos of classes debating topic or doing other sorts of things. You can share these via the seminar forum, which remains open only to other seminar members.

You should post your reflective essay to the seminar forum.
You should post your film review to the film festival forum (if someone has already written on the film, add it as a reply, if not, you can create a new topic).
You should post your website review to the web resources forum (again, if it's a site others have written about, add your comments as a reply, if it's new, please create a new topic).
edited by Clay Dube on 8/1/2012

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[Anonymous]

Regarding the US paying Korea for soldiers in Vietnam, and not paying the solders themselves, this is not rare. The UN pays countries for soldiers as peacekeepers, but the country pays the soldiers what they want. I met a taxi driver in Fiji who had been in Africa I think for the UN ,where Fiji does not have a great interest.

[Anonymous]

Where in the forum should we post our reflective essay?

[Anonymous]

The original documents listing the requirements you gave said 20 forum posts. I attached the original document here. We never previously received the updated requirements that you posted here last night. I appreciate having the requirements all in one place, however if it gets changed during the seminar, it's important to have the updated documents.

I have 30 posts, and I did the film review and website review already, and posted in the appropriate places, I just know that for some people it can be confusing when there are last minute changes.

Also, do you want us to start a new thread for the reflective essay, or are you going to start one for us to use for our essays?

Thank you!

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

Hi all,

Clay mentioned that minimum 30 posts in total are required including at least one posting about film review and one about website review. Please make sure you post your film and website reviews in the appropriate forum.

With regards to the lesson plan, please cover at least 3 days of instruction.

If the requirement Clay said is different from the "Seminar Requirement" posted in the forum, please go with what Clay said.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

I agree with Gabrielle; the original documentation that was sent to us is very different than the one that we are seeing posted here, in the middle of the seminar. I do not have any documents in my spam folder and seeing that I was notified of my admittance into the program closer to the start date, this should not have been an issue. Nevertheless, I will adhere, as I suspect many of us will, to the current pdf that is updated here.

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