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Here is the Field Study Summary Document that you need to fill in at the end of the semester:

Dates/Locations/Topics for meetings during the year:
[|Fall Course Outline] You must have registered with SFU for five credits of field field study work before August 31. It is important to note that you must have paid the $100 registration deposit prior to registering. As it may take a couple of days to go through your account, don't leave paying the $100 deposit to the end of the month. Monday, __September 22__, 4:00 - 7:00 at Kwayhquitlum Middle School, - Dave Truss will be speaking between 4 and 5:30, followed by a short break and then mentor meetings. Wednesday, __October 29__, 4:00 - 7:00 at Kwayhquitlum Middle School - Here are the notes from this session on working through your data Notes from the Oct cohort meeting: [|Data Collection.pdf] [|Data Analysis.pdf] Tuesday, __November 25__, 4:00 - 7:00 at Maillard Middle School, 1300 Rochester Coq. (thanks Sharon) We will be meeting in mentor groups for short presentations of your findings from your field study and a summary of your learning statements. In preparation for registering for your Spring term, you should be sure to have $100 in your SFU account before November 15. Please watch for a notice from Bridget with the registration code for your spring course. All field study work for the fall term should be completed by Tuesday, November 25. Register for 5 credits of field study work before the end of ..... (TBA) Please have the final copy of your Field Study intent for the winter term submitted electronically to your mentor by Friday, December 19 Please have the final copy of our Field study Action Plan for the winter term submitted electronically to your mentor by Wednesday, January 14, 2009. Wednesday, __January 14__, 4:00 - 7:00 at Kwayhquitlum Middle School Wednesday, __February 18__, 4:00 - 7:00 at TBA Thursday, __March 26__, 4:00 - 7:00 at TBA All field study work for the winter term should be completed by Thursday, March 26. Register for 2 credits of final demo work in the summer session before the end of..... (TBA) Thursday, __May 7__, 4:00 - 7:00, FINAL DEMOS at Terry Fox Secondary If you can host a TLITE meeting at your school and/or have ideas for speakers/presenters please let Betty know (Betty_GIlgoff@sfu.ca)

Coquitlam TLITE Summer Institute @ Terry Fox Secondary School, August 2008
Link to google docs http://docs.google.com/#all Educational Blogs to note
 * Resources**

Workshop facilitators planning sheet Program Capacities The Field Study Process Field Study Intent form Field Study Action Plan form [|Apple Learning Interchange] - this is the lesson repository where the lesson "[|chasing metaphors]" is from. Tech Inventory Summer Institute Assignments Constructivism in the classroom (please read)

How-to's using Jing

Breaking Tech News: [|www.FriendFeed.com] (From the National Post on August 20th, 2008: "For the online, friend obsessed, FriendFeed rounds up all those internet updates your friends make to their online Web sites and places them on one relatively spartan page for you to view. FriendFeed starts trolling 43 different Web 2.0 services, alerting you when your friends do, well anything. Whether they've updated their FaceBook status, uploaded photos to Flickr, Talked on Twitter, or found a cool Web site on StumbleUpon, you'll be in the loop.")


 * Recommended Books on Action Research:**

Dana, N.F & Yendoll-Hoppey, Diane. (2003). The Reflective educator’s guide to classroom research: Learning to teach and teaching to learn through practitioner inquiry. Thousand Oaks, California: Corbin Press. (This is the "middle of the road book" that I recommended if you want to purchase just one.)

Hubbard, R. S. & Power, B. M. (2003). The art of classroom inquiry; A handbook for teacher-researchers. Heinemann: Portsmouth.

Johnson, Andrew P. (2008). A Short Guide to Action Research (Third Edition). Boston, Mass: Pearson Educational Inc.