May 4th Teach Ag Chat Prompts

May 4th 2017 #TeachAgChat Prompts

Hosted By: National FFA Education Development Team (@NationalFFA)

Topic: The Latest Generation of National FFA Educational Resources

Special Guests:

      Brett Evans (@sae_guy)
             SAE Education Specialist
      Brandon Braaten (@br_braaten)
             Corvallis FFA Advisor

When Where and How:

     On May 4th we will be having our final #TeachAgChat for the Spring Semester Hosted by the National FFA Education Development Team on "The Latest and Greatest of National FFA Education Resources". It will be on Twitter.com following the hashtag #TeachAgChat from 8pm - 9pm EDT / 5pm - 6pm PDT.   By following the hashtag on twitter you can join the fun in the professional development as we discuss with a series of prompts with our hosts and special guests. 

Prompts:

Question 1: Why are Supervised Agricultural Experiences important in the classroom?

Question 2: What types of unique SAEs do your students have?


Question 3: How do you make SAEs a part of your classroom?

Question 4: What resources do you use to enhance SAEs?

Question 5: Where do you go to find reliable, accurate, and innovative resources for SAEs?

Question 6: How do you guide/match students with SAEs?

Question 7: What resources do you know of to get funding for students for their SAE projects?

Question 8: What SAE resources would help you in the classroom?

Please join us Thursday May 4th to talk about SAEs and the latest and greatest of National FFA education resources. 

April 24th #TeachAgChat w/ CASE

How was last night's #TeachAgChat?
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April 20th Teach Ag Chat hosted by CASE

April 20th, 2017 Teach Ag Chat

Title: Questioning in the Agriscience Classroom

 

Hosts: The Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education (CASE Institute)

Time 8:00 PM EST Time

How: Follow the Twitter Account @TeachAgChat and the Social Media Hashtag #TeachAgChat for more information.

 

Schedule of Prompts

At 8:00 PM we will begin the twitter chat with Introductions:

Introduction of CASE and guest speaker Drew Perkins @TeachThoughtPD and #TeachAgChat

Introduction of those on chat – What is your role in the #AgED Community? What State are you from? #TeachAgChat

Order of Prompts starting at 8:05 PM:

1. How does inquiry-based learning differ from other instructional practices? #TeachAgChat
2. What questioning strategies have you found useful in your classroom? #TeachAgChat
3. How will you encourage more and better questions from your students? #TeachAgChat
4. What indicators illustrate you have achieved high-level #inquiry in your classroom? #TeachAgChat
5. What will you do to improve the use of standards-based essential questions in your classroom? #TeachAgChat
6. What first step will you take to incorporate more questioning in your classroom? #TeachAgChat

Please tune in Thursday April 20th, 2017 at 8 PM EST to join this Teach Ag Chat.

April 6 Teach Ag Chat Hosted by Tennessee Tech Prompts

April 6th, 2017 Teach Ag Chat

Title: Relationships between School-Based Agricultural Education & Extension Education

 

Hosts: Tennessee Tech Teach Ag

Time 8:00 PM EST Time

How: Follow the Twitter Account @TeachAgChat and the Social Media Hashtag #TeachAgChat for more information.

Schedule of Prompts

At 8:00 PM we will begin the twitter chat with Introductions:

Introduction of Tenn Tech and #TeachAgChat

Introduction of those on chat – What is your role in the #AgED Community? What State are you from? #TeachAgChat

Order of Prompts starting at 8:05 PM:

1. What are the similarities in SBAE and Ext Ed?
2. What are the differences in SBAE and Ext Ed?
3. How can students be active in each program and be successful and promote both?
4. How can we fund programs that combine Extension and School Based Agricultural programs?
5. In what part of the three circle model could Extension collaboration fit in?
6. What ways can Ext Ed and SBAE programs build off of one another?
7. What direct partnership can be made between the two?
8. What events could be created as a partnership between both SBAE and Ext ED?
9. How can they promote one another?
10. How can we eradicate the stigma that the two organizations are competitive instead of collaborative?

Pitch Time! Share with us the cool ideas you have in the #AgEdu Community #TeachAgChat

Please tune in Thursday April 6th, 2017 at 8 PM EST to join this Teach Ag Chat.

March 23 TeachAgChat Hosted by Texas A&M IMS

March 23rd, 2017 Teach Ag Chat

Title: Teach 'em, Group 'em, Test 'em

 

Hosts: Texas A&M IMS

Time 8:00 PM EST Time

How: Follow the Twitter Account @TeachAgChat and the Social Media Hashtag #TeachAgChat for more information.

Schedule of Prompts

At 8:00 PM we will begin the twitter chat with Introductions:

Introduction of PDA team and #TeachAgChat

Introduction of those on chat – What is your role in the #AgED Community? What State are you from? #TeachAgChat

Order of Prompts:

1. How do we create assessments to evaluate industry readiness?

2. How do you assess students’ individual performance in group exercises?

3. What group assignments have you found most successful?

4. What is your view on the role of testing in the classroom?

5. What do you believe are the necessary elements of designing effective group work?

6. In what ways do you evaluate student success in the classroom?

7. What style of teaching do you find most effective? Is this your primary teaching style?

8. How do we teach soft skills in the agricultural science classroom?

9. How do you address conflicts during group assignments?

10. How do you motivate students to meet high academic expectations?

Pitch Time! Share with us the cool ideas you have in the #AgEdu Community #TeachAgChat

Please tune in Thursday March 23rd, 2017 at 8 PM EST to join this Teach Ag Chat.

March 9th #TeachAgChat Hosted by Virginia Tech ACLE

March 9th, 2017 Teach Ag Chat

Title: Cooperation and Cooperative Learning

 

Hosts: Virginia Tech ACLETime 8:00 PM EST Time

How: Follow the Twitter Account @TeachAgChat and the Social Media Hashtag #TeachAgChat for more information.

			Cooperation and Cooperative Learning
#TeachAgChat Thursday March 9th from 8 – 9 PM EST
1)      How do you incorporate cooperation or cooperative learning in lessons and FFA activities? #TeachAgChat #CooperativeLearning					6)      What practices do you use to help students understand and appreciate (not necessarily agree with) the perspective of others? #TeachAgChat
2)      How do students handle working together in cooperative teams and depending on each other in the classroom and for CDE’s? #TeachAgChat					7)      How do you incorporate student reflections or self-assessment in cooperative learning activities / protjects and team CDE’s? #TeachAgChat #metacognition
3)      How can individual accountability be established and managed in classroom cooperative learning and FFA projects? #TeachAgChat #CooperativeLearning					8)      What are your biggest challenges in getting students to work together cooperatively in teams in the classroom and for FFA activities? #TeachAgChat #CooperativeLearning
4)      How do you engage students in building positive peer interactions and helping each other learn in the classroom and in FFA activities? #TeachAgChat					9)      What are your strategies for building cooperation between local businesses / organizations and your Ag program + FFA chapter? #TeachAgChat
5)      How do you help students to develop and improve their small team interpersonal skills and link them to career development? #TeachAgChat #CareerSkills					10)   How do you cooperative with other Ag teachers and what impact does that have on your professional practice and your work life balance? #TeachAgChat #AgEdLife
Moderated by @DrMattSpindler and @opmccubbins

Schedule of Prompts

At 8:00 PM we will begin the twitter chat with Introductions:

Introduction of PDA team and #TeachAgChat

Introduction of those on chat – How long of you been teaching? What State are you from? #TeachAgChat

1)      How do you incorporate cooperation or cooperative learning in lessons and FFA activities? #TeachAgChat #CooperativeLearning					6)      What practices do you use to help students understand and appreciate (not necessarily agree with) the perspective of others? #TeachAgChat
2)      How do students handle working together in cooperative teams and depending on each other in the classroom and for CDE’s? #TeachAgChat					7)      How do you incorporate student reflections or self-assessment in cooperative learning activities / protjects and team CDE’s? #TeachAgChat #metacognition
3)      How can individual accountability be established and managed in classroom cooperative learning and FFA projects? #TeachAgChat #CooperativeLearning					8)      What are your biggest challenges in getting students to work together cooperatively in teams in the classroom and for FFA activities? #TeachAgChat #CooperativeLearning
4)      How do you engage students in building positive peer interactions and helping each other learn in the classroom and in FFA activities? #TeachAgChat					9)      What are your strategies for building cooperation between local businesses / organizations and your Ag program + FFA chapter? #TeachAgChat
5)      How do you help students to develop and improve their small team interpersonal skills and link them to career development? #TeachAgChat #CareerSkills					10)   How do you cooperative with other Ag teachers and what impact does that have on your professional practice and your work life balance? #TeachAgChat #AgEdLife

Pitch Time! Share with us the cool ideas you have in the #AgEdu Community #TeachAgChat

Please tune in Thursday March 9^th, 2017 at 8 PM EST to join this Teach Ag Chat.

February 23th #TeachAgChat Hosted by PDA Prompts

February 23th, 2017 Teach Ag Chat

Title: Connecting Careers & Curriculum

 

Hosts: PDA (Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture)

Time 8:00 PM EST Time

How: Follow the Twitter Account @TeachAgChat and the Social Media Hashtag #TeachAgChat for more information.

Schedule of Prompts

At 8:00 PM we will begin the twitter chat with Introductions:

Introduction of PDA team and #TeachAgChat

Introduction of those on chat – How long of you been teaching? What State are you from? #TeachAgChat

Order of Prompts:

Q1) How do we get students thinking more about careers as they participate in our agriculture programming? #TeachAgChat

Q2) How have you gotten businesses involved in your program of skills-based training and career development? #TeachAgChat

Q3) In what ways are SAEs a tool in encouraging more thought about career development and specific occupations? #TeachAgChat

Q4) Have you used other forms of work-based learning (job shadowing, visits to businesses) to introduce careers? #TeachAgChat

Q5) What resources have you used to widen the vision of students about careers? #TeachAgChat

Q6) What are the careers in agriculture and food to which you direct your efforts?  Specific occupations or clusters of careers? #TeachAgChat

Q7) Does your approach differ for young people who go on to college and those who go into the workforce after high school? #TeachAgChat

Q8) How do we keep more of our agriculture students in agriculture and food careers? #TeachAgChat

Q9) Are there any additional questions from the audience to the hosts? #TeachAgChat

Pitch Time! Share with us the cool ideas you have in the #AgEdu Community #TeachAgChat

Please tune in Thursday February 9^th, 2017 at 8 PM EST to join this Teach Ag Chat.