Carnegie Learning Initial Implementation Courses: ELA

Mirrors & Windows Initial Implementation


Description
LEARNING INTENTIONS:
Participants will be able to…
- Recognize how activities and bundles are used within the Online Learning Environment to create a collaborative ELA classroom environment.
- Explain how the resources provide an opportunity to create a context, practice & assess, engage in social learning, and build 21st-century skills.
- Address standards and student needs using the Carnegie Learning ELA resources.
- Plan a Mirrors & Windows lesson that incorporates core resources and tools.

PD Hours: 6 Course Instructor(s): Heather Sampselle

Content
  • Start Here
  • Welcome!
  • Getting Set Up in Passport 
  • Discussion Board: A Mirror or Window Reading
  • Ink Your Thinking: KWL Chart
  • Mirrors & Windows: Philosophy, Design, and Overview (60 mins)
  • Section Overview: Mirrors & Windows | Philosophy, Design, and Overview
  • Padlet: My ELA Teaching Philosophy
  • Philosophy & Design
  • Gradual Release of Responsibility Model (GRRM)
  • Mirrors & Windows Unit Walk-Through
  • Unit Walk-Through Exploration Grades 6-8
  • Unit Walk-Through Exploration Grades 9-12
  • Padlet: Connections to the Pillars
  • Resource Roundup (60 mins)
  • Section Overview: Resource Roundup
  • Resource Roundup
  • Lesson Plan as a Guide
  • Resources Exploration Using a Lesson Plan
  • Did you catch that?
  • Padlet Return: Connections to the Pillars
  • Functionality of the Online Learning Environment(40 mins)
  • Navigating the Passport Platform
  • Anticipating Passport Features
  • Assignments in Passport
  • Guided Navigation of Passport
  • The Student Experience (20 mins)
  • Section Overview: The Student Experience
  • Lesson Walkthrough
  • Padlet: Share Out
  • Digital Resource Explorations: Assess, Assign, & Create (90 mins)
  • Section Overview: Digital Resource Explorations Section Overview
  • Introduction to Three Explorations
  • Edulastic
  • eReader Selections
  • Custom Activities
  • Discussion Board: Explorations
  • Assessing Assignments
  • Padlet Return: Connections to the Pillars
  • Lesson Planning: Putting the Pieces Together (40 mins)
  • Section Overview: Lesson Planning
  • Notice and Wonder: Scope & Sequence Reading
  • Notice and Wonder: Scope & Sequence Reflection
  • Building a Lesson - Introduction
  • Building a Lesson
  • Short Term Planning (20 mins)
  • Section Overview: Short-Term Planning
  • Things to Consider as You Plan
  • Next Steps
  • Final Tips for Implementation
  • Closing Activities (10 mins)
  • Section Overview: Closing Activities
  • Revisiting Ink Your Thinking: What Have You Learned? 
  • Resources and Support
  • Learner Feedback Survey
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever
Prerequisites