9-Administration

(1) The Influence of Social Media on Society

• Assignment - Most of what is posted on the Internet has never been subjected to the rigors of peer review common with many traditional publications. Students must learn to evaluate the reliability of information of the websites they visit. and the influence of Social Media. Watch The Social Dilemma (Netflix)  OR Read these articles, and write a one page summary of the   potentially negative aspects of social media.

  • • Summary of the Documentary: The Social Dilemma (Children's Health Defense)

    • Radical Ideas Spread Quickly through Social Media (Nova)

    • Social Media & Self Doubt (Child Mind Institute)

    • Spot Fake News (UC Berkeley Library). 

    • AllSides - Bias Detection

    • Increasing polarity in American Society (Chilren's Health Defense)

(2) Plagiarism

• Assignment - The ease of information access can accelerate the learning process, but it can also be counter-productive by facilitating plagiarism.  

  • Discuss the importance of intellectual honesty with your students and illustrate how you can easily identify work plagiarized from sites on the Internet.  

  • Use the online plagiarism detection service tunitin.com to check a suspect document.   Upload a screen capture that shows sources where material may have been plagiarized  from. 

(3) Assessment

• Assignment - Teachers must regularly assess student progress. Many textbook publishers make test construction easier by providing test generators, software which allows the teacher to quickly compose tests and keys from question databases. Large language models (LLM) like Gemini and ChatGPT can be used to generate questions relevant to your curricula.  Work together with colleagues to generate a test in class in Google Forms.  Make the quiz auto-grading.  Provide a link to the quiz as well as to a sample scoring.  (Sample - Lab Safety)

(4) Professional Growth

• Assignment - Teachers should model "life-long learning" by attending workshops, reading journals, and participating in professional organizations.  Describe a professional conference (related to your field) you may benefit from attending. Describe the purpose and scope of the professional organization sponsoring the conference and provide a synopsis of the conference and one or more selected workshops or presentations you would like to attend. Include a link to the professional organization and to the specific conference. 

(5) Employment Opportunities

• Assignment - Most schools and districts advertise job openings on the Internet. Teachers should use such resources not only to find employment for themselves, but also to attract others to their schools and thus build strong departments. 

• Find a job announcement for a teaching position for which you are qualified. Include a screen capture of the advertisement. Describe the school and community using information found on the Internet. Cite your resources. 

(6) Posting your Resume

• Assignment - Post your resume online, either using LinkedIn or one of the professional job sites. (Note: If you prefer not to put your resume online, you may simply embed your resume as a doc; sample resume.)  

(7) Learning Management Systems (LMS)

• Assignment - Describe the key features of a learning management system such as Canvas, Schoology, or Google Classroom. Describe how you can use a LMS such as Google Classroom  to promote mastery learning. 

(8) Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom

• Assignment - List and describe 5 or more possible uses of AI in the teaching and learning of your subject.  Describe multiple ways you can detect AI in student work.