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=Welcome to Facilitated Study Groups 2 and Facilitated Study Groups 6=

Participants in the Facilitated Study Groups 2 course will select a topic to study. They will work in small groups or individually to study a selected topic such as classroom management, lesson design, cooperative learning, student achievement, assessment, or another topic. Participants will explore and share research, resources, classroom activities and instructional strategies. The study participant group will provide a collaborative and supportive forum for discussion, inquiry, reflection and research. Participants will develop an action plan for their classrooms based on their research and collaboration. *Required out of class work will include the development of group or individual action plans and resource/research documents posted on the wiki. Participants will communicate with the facilitator by email after the first session. Participants will post their work to a wiki. Participants will learn how to use the wiki on the first night of class. The first night is the only face to face class. The rest of the class work will be completed independently and posted to the wiki.

Participants in the Facilitated Study Groups 6 course will work in small groups or individually to study areas related to the improvement of student achievement or special studies related to special education students and regular education students. Participants will explore and share research, resources, classroom activities and instructional strategies. The participant group will provide a collaborative and supportive forum for discussion, inquiry, reflection and research. Participants will develop an action plan for their classrooms based on their research and collaboration.*Required out of class work will include the development of group or individual action plans and resource/research documents posted on the wiki. Participants will communicate with the facilitator by email after the first session. Participants will post their work to a wiki. Participants will learn how to use the wiki on the first night of class. The first night is the only face to face class. The rest of the class work will be completed independently and posted to the wiki.

We will learn about wikis as a place to share information. Our login name will be our last name and first initial. Please make sure that you write down your login name and password. You can use the same login and password on each wiki that you join.

We will go to http://maralinaberger.wikispaces.com/ and find wiki workshop to help learn about wikis.

We will join wikispaces.com and then FacilitatedStudyGroups2.wikipaces.com.

We will post our assignments on our class beginning date page. Each document posted should be included under your name. Just type your name one time and then post all documents and assignments under your name.

Please contact Jarol DeVoge at jadevoge@comcast.net or 412-215-0703 with questions.