Morning Blog Question - OCON Training 7/28/11

Recognizing that some of you are veterans and some of you are new to OCON, reflect on the Civic Dispositions presented this morning.

Which civic disposition do you think was/will be the easiest for your students to understand?

With which one did/will they have more difficulty?

What are some instructional strategies you used/might use to help them grasp this civic disposition?

January 19, 2011 OCON Mid-year Reflection

Now that you are mid-way through the year, describe how the OCON lesson experiences have impacted your classroom community, your students' engagement, and/or your social studies instruction.

November 4, 2010

How can you use the following resources to help your students develop and carry out their action plan?

• Learn and Serve Packet
• Centers in Lesson 5
• OCON Away website

The great flood learning experience in the purpose of goverment lesson will be really interesting for the children and myself. I have only lived here for a couple of years, so I will be learning with the children.

September 29, 2010

Which lesson are you looking forward to teaching and why?

The Bridge to Civility: Empathy, Ethics, and Service

How do you see the vision in the article come to fruition in the classroom through the OCON Curriculum? Use some specific examples from some of the lessons you reviewed the past few days.

Follow Up Day 1 - July 28, 2010

The role of teacher is crucial to empowering students. Describe some of the effects you believe the OCON Curriculum will have in helping students address social justice.