Ideas+for+next+semester

>> > Need at least 16 topics but only 4 clusters or 5 at most (each cluster is a class follow-up)
 * Find all the Education Dive articles and link directly to their source (and not the ED articles)
 * update FERPA and mention inBloom but also all the issues with Google and Terms of Agreement (see ACTEM listserv)
 * Class Dojo has a lot of issues like this, too. From Cheyenne spring 16: "Natasha Singer also reports on privacy concerns with ClassDojo. This is an app that can be downloaded and used without explicit permission from the school districts, and does not require parental consent to log information about students. While the company states that none of the information logged in the app will be given or sold to third parties, the nature of the app is still a privacy concern. It works around a reward system, giving and taking away points from students, and many teachers use it in a public format. This means that students are being publicly rewarded and punished through the app, in front of their classmates. But with ClassDojo, it all depends on how the teachers choose to use the app. They can honor privacy by requiring parental consent and keeping the reports private from other students, or they can use it publicly, which turns it into a privacy issue."
 * Go through prior textbooks to figure out other topics that are needed; add a page in Tool Kit for each topic (use good textbooks as resources)
 * After each presentation do a shorter version of 2 stars and a wish and then also allow time for students to enter information into their kit based on what they learned (include a hyperlink to their page in the email feedback?)
 * Still do humor as a class and make that the first entry: Humor in the classroom (after class activity & discussion)
 * Possible Clusters:
 * Logistics
 * The first day
 * Arranging the room--the furniture not the people
 * School Policies and the Law
 * Emergencies (fire, bomb threat, lockdown,...)
 * Student privacy: FERPA and dealing with students who think they know what's going on with other students and call you unfair
 * Plagiarism (after Mission Possible)
 * Relationships
 * Cyberbullying (after Mission Possible)
 * Cooperative Learning...under construction
 * Parents as Partners
 * Reporting on Academic Progress (conferences, phone calls)
 * Communicating academic expectations
 * Homework
 * other
 * Feedback Types
 * Feedback Types