Wikispace~Team+C

Angela Farwick || Angie Mendiola || Cassandra Bozikis || Rebecca Paulus || ||   ||
 * TEAM SCABA- Teamwork Makes the Dream Work! **
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 * **Instructional Design Problem ** ||
 * In regards to instructions to student teachers, the University of Akron faculty must now incorporate Teacher Performance Assessment requirements in their instructions for pre-service teachers. More specifically, academic content language is one of the TPA initiatives, and faculty members are in need of professional development in this area. Faculty members need to be aware of what academic content language is and how they can use it in their content to teach student teachers. According to surveys not all faculty members are aware of what academic content language is and how to use it in their instruction, thus, professional development in the form of a wiki will be available for them. ||
 * **SME: Dr. Kline** ||


 * **Initial Status Report** ||
 * [[file:Initial Status Report-Team SCABA.doc]] ||

Here is the link to our final project: http://teacher-performance-assessment-information.wikispaces.com/1.+Home
 * **Team Progress Reports** ||
 * 1.) [[file:Progress Report_TeamSCABA_Weekof10.16.docx]] ||
 * 2.) [[file:Progress Report_TeamSCABA_Weekof11.10.docx]] ||
 * 3.) [[file:Progress Report_TeamSCABA_Weekof11.20.docx]] ||
 * 4.) [[file:Progress Report_TeamSCABA_Weekof11.27.docx]] ||

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 * Embed Final Team Presentation Here: ||
 * **Please listen to the short introduction of our Instructional Design Project by clicking on the play button below:**
 * Development Phase: Due to space limitations, this portion of the presentation had to be split into 2 parts. Please view both parts.Also, once the presentation downloads to your computer, be sure to go to the "slideshow" menu and click "view slideshow" to hear the narration. **
 * Implementation Phase: **
 * Evaluation Phase: ** ||
 * Please question or comment in response to our presentation below. Feel free to add more rows if needed. ||

and over due. I found your presentation to be VERY informative and quite thought provoking. I will say that while doing the survey I had to look back so it made me look deeper. || Are there any studies or information out there that indicate what regions or areas the need for this is most prevalent? || Dave-if you are referring to the TPA process overall-we didn't come across anything specific. Our research gave us information and a timeline on what states are adopting the TPA. We think it is a great assessment tool for all pre-service teachers. If you are referring specifically to the area of academic language-all content areas would benefit from specific instruction related to this topic. We found a lot of research/articles that addressed the importance of academic language instruction for ESL students. || Our group struggled with survey participants, as well. I loved the picture of the little dude with the hat pulled down over his face! That was a great way to express your frustration with the lack of results. :) Lastly, I liked the information given about students receiving academic vs. nonacademic language! A very valid point!! ||  ||   ||
 * Your Name: || Comment: || Question: || Team's Response: ||
 * Kuhlins || This is something the absolutely necessary
 * Salli M. || This was quite a problem to tackle, and your team did a great job. I found the wiki easy to navigate. I appreciated that you offered diversity in multimedia. It certainly looks like it will be a useful source for The University of Akron. ||  || Thank you! ||
 * Nicole Spangler || I think that your group did a great job on this problem and in your wiki. I like the U of A colors as well. The rubrics attached are great, quick resources to use as well as the movie. Great job. ||  || Thanks! ||
 * Dr. Ward || One of the biggest challenges for your team was the unfamiliar content that you had to master and present to a challenging audience! Great job...love the diverse pieces of your presentation. Basically you pleased your SME and contributed much to learning about your topic! ||  || Yes Dr. Ward, I think our whole group would agree that a huge challenge for us was just researching and familiarizing ourselves with TPA and academic content language. Our whole group felt a little silly but we had to ask our SME what she meant when she said “academic content language.” It sounds obvious but none of us knew the actual meaning of the term. Thanks for your support with our group throughout this project. ||
 * Daryl Lepley || I have to agree with Dr. Ward, I thought that the different presentation styles were great. I am a big fan of Prezi and once this degree is over I plan on creating more of these. Your wiki looked great, too. ||  || Thanks for your comment. ||
 * Dalene Streeet || It had to be so frustrating for you to prepare such an important instrument and not receive the feedback you were looking for! I thought the wiki was designed very well, especially numbering the pages so they could be viewed in the order you chose instead of just alphabetically; very smart. I was impressed with the way you chose to present your project to us as well. Very organized and great use of so many media options. ||  || Yes Dalene, not getting any responses back from our target audience other than our SME was very frustrating and was overwhelming our group. This made our evaluation phase difficult to conduct. Also, thanks for pointing out the organization of the navigation bar. We wanted to make sure they actually read all the material before they completed the survey or participated in the discussion board. ||
 * Katie Heuer || Your team did a very nice job incorporating the different methods for delivery of your final project! As others have stated, I too am growing very fond of the look and use of Prezi. Seeing more and more projects delivered in this manner makes me want to create more with it. Great work :) ||  || Yes, Prezi was something new our group decided to experiment with. ||
 * Tara Young || I think your team did an excellent job with your project problem. I enjoyed viewing your Prezi and I am excited to use it in the future. I think your Wiki provided a wealth of information on the topic. It will be interesting to see the turn out of this evaluation method of student teachers in the future. Great job on the part of your team. ||  || Thank you! ||
 * Maria Daull || I am always encouraging my students to read the questions first and then go back to read the selection. I am lucky to have done this with the evaluation survey within your wiki. Your questions require the audience to pay attention in order to prove that they completely understand TPA!
 * Lynn Gagnon || This is one of those subjects that hangs in the air like the one ton elephant in the room. This is a difficult concept at first and then it clicks. . .yes, we really need language to talk to each other and to talk to evaluators about assessments, just like a sailor needs language on a ship to talk about how to make everything run smoothly. There are a many different words to describe wind, a puff, a whisper, a tunnel, a squall, but to someone who's never been sailing, it's not necessary to know them because it doesn't matter. ||  ||   ||