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COLLEGIAL OBSERVATION St. Ignatius College Preparatory
A.M.D.G.Observation 2016
Teacher’s Name: Chad Zullinger
Department: Visual & Performing
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Observation Date: Mon. 11 April 2016 Observer: Patrick
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The purpose of the collegial observation is to provide
teachers with the opportunity tovisit other classrooms and learn
from their colleagues. These observations are collegial, not
supervisory, and are intended to promote collaboration.
LESSON SUMMARY
LESSON
OUTCOMES
Students will record a narrative for a video documentary about
an American
musician.
AGENDA
(1) how to use the hardware (computer vs. ipad);how to share
files among
small group colleagues for this project; timeline reminders(2)
time given to work on projects
OBSERVATION Use the space below to record what happens
during your visit.
• Class started immediately after the bell rang
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Chad begins by holding up both a laptop and an ipad and explains
to students whatwork they want to accomplish on each platform with
explanations of the rationale for
switching from one platform to another.
• Chad then spoke about how to share files for this
project and where to store them
(which to store in the cloud and which to store on a hard
drive).
• He then gave students a reminder about where to submit
their completed work andgave them time to work in small groups on
their projects. He explained to students
that they should share with me whatever information I asked for
about their
projects.• I spoke with four groups while they were
working.
• Group 1: this group explained that they had developed a
story board for their
documentary and that they were expanding the information from
the story board sothey would have the actual text for their
narration written out verbatim.
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Group 2: this group explained that they had their narration
written and that they hadselected and downloaded mp3 files, they
were waiting to record their narration whileone group member
started to assemble their project in iMovie
• Group 3: this group was in the process of recording
their narration and “bouncing”
the files into MP3 format
• Group 4: this group had already recorded their narration
and were in the process of
moving the files to their iPads to match narration with slides
and music
GENERAL COMMENTS & R EFLECTIONS What
activities, resources, or strategies did you observe that you might
be able to use in your class?
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1. I was impressed with the manner in which Chad had
prepared students to complete
a complex task by breaking the task into smaller assignments.
Students had
prepared for their documentary with background reading,
brainstorming essential
questions, choosing 4 distinct EQs among the members of the
group, conducting
research to answer the EQ, reporting / summarizing their
research with a two pageessay, transforming their essay into a
story board, editing their story board to two
minutes of narration
2.
Students spoke with great facility both about music and about
their researchsubjects. One student explained to me the difference
between tonal and atonal
music and another spoke about the difference between Pete Seeger
(who hadchronicled American folk music) and Bob Dylan (who was more
of an organic
intellectual whose working class roots afforded him with a
capacity to empathize with
civil rights activists).
3. Students understood how to work with the software and
hardware. Wow.
FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATION After your observation, please
email or meet to discuss questions or comments.
In our follow-up conversation, Chad and I spoke with each other
about how he taught
students to write essential questions. He described the
assignments through which heprovided the scaffolding students
needed to develop this skill. Several of these he
developed newly this year. He assessed the skill on the mid-term
exam.
Note:A copy of the completed observation should be placed in the
EIT portfolios of both the observer and
the teacher. Additionally, the observer needs to provide a copy
to Jeannie Quesada.
