Board of Directors retreat, Aug 3

The board of directors retreat is Aug 3 in southern Minnesota. Please contact Kari if you are interested in attending or being a part of a committee. It is very rewarding to be a part of a professional organization and to help make the Family and Consumer Sciences Programs stay strong.

remember you can go to the Minnesota Association of Family and Consumer Sciences web page by searching MNAFCS

While at the national conference Alice, Cherry and I went on a tour of the smokey mountains. Guess what our bus got stuck in the mud and we watched in get unstuck for about an hour and a half......here is a photo of the exciting moment. Ha Ha..

National Conference in Knoxville, TN

The national conference was great fun and a great time for learning and celebrating. This year was very special because of the 100 year celebration. There was a wonderful slide presentation along with a laiser light show.

It was great seeing our own Jean Knack as national treasurer and Kathy Norquist as Chair of the Development committee.

I was honored to represent Minnesota as our teacher of the year and enjoyed my presentations and the lovely teacher of the year luncheon.

Jane and Alice on the bus tour in the Smokey Mountains.

national tests

Today I received an e-mail from FCCLA in regards to national tests for Career Pathways.  There are two tests that are ready to be piloted.  If you have students that can take a test in child development or consumerism please contact Wendy Ambrose at the FCCLA office for more information.

Jane

National Conference/Deb Larson

You can still sign up to go to the national conference of American Association of Family and Consumer Science. The 100 year celebration will be in Knoxville and the board is looking forward to seeing you there.

As those of you that are teachers see the year wind down I hope that you have a good summer and you are able to relax and get yourself ready for another exciting year.

Our very own Debbie Larson did a wonderful Math presentation at the conference and she will be presenting her findings nationally and we commend her for her in depth study using Math in FACS. She is hoping to line up a summer workshop for those of you that want to use Math as a focus in your classroom to highlight the importance of what FACS teachers do to compliment core curriculum courses.

Happy Summer, Jane Hinrichsen

Conference

The conference was a success and a nice celebration of the organizations 100 years. If you have any feed back about the conference please give us your thoughts under the comments spot.

I know that there was some frustration witht the length of speakers and awards. I personally think the gala went too long and know that few want to speak of it publically but it should be addressed.

Please make sure you give feedback so that the future conferences can adjust and make corrections.

Video Choice Processing from Nicole Schiffler at MAFCS Conference

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Choices

Box 1-Choose One

How would you describe it?
How would you define it?
Which words are related to it?
How could you illustrate it?
How would you summarize it?

Box 2-Choose One

What are some examples of it?
What are the pros and cons of it?
How would you categorize, classify, or group it?
What would you compare it with and why?
Box 3-Choose One

How do you feel about it?
How would you support your feelings?
How does it compare to your life and what you know?
Do you agree or disagree with it and why?

Box 4-Choose One

How would you improve it?
Can you develop a new use for it?
What if it didn’t exist—how would life be different?
What solutions can you devise for it?

Video Log from Nicole Schiffler Workshop at Conference

Video Log

Name Mod/Class

Complete the following chart for the video. You are responsible for completing all section of the chart. The summary at the end should cover only the main idea(s) of the video, not the details.

Before Viewing
Preview: What do I predict that I will learn by viewing this video? What evidence do I have for this prediction?







During Viewing
Clunks: Clunk the information into sections. The Gist: Write the gist for each section of video.
















After Viewing
Wrap-Up: Write questions you still have about the content from the video.








What did you learn? Write a summary of the information.