TACTics Journal

A Publication for and by TOC for Education Practitioners

May 4, 2001

 

CONTENTS

Connections

    (1)   Conference Flier!  Kay Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A. Edwards

Editor’s Notes

(2)         Kay Buckner-Seal

 

CONNECTIONS

(1)   Conference Flier!

From Kay Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A. Edwards

 

This week’s TACTics is intended for your distribution because its contents is actually a flier advertising The 5th Annual TOCFE International Conference held in Detroit, June 25-28!  Now, we know that people can access this flier from our website, but how many people really visit the website?  Let’s not leave it totally up to chance; help spread the word.  You have two options for distributing this information:

1.              Electronically— Highlight, copy, then paste the information below onto an e-mail page.  Then forward it to your colleagues.

2.             Paper copies— Notice that we have featured an attachment.  The attachment is a formatted copy of the flyer.  All you have to do is drag the attachment to your desktop and open it from Microsoft Word!  Print it and make copies to give to your colleagues! 

 

We really could use feedback on option #2.  If you have few problems opening the attachment, then let us know.  If we find that most people can open it with ease, then we may consider sending TACTics out as an attachment each week along with our regular e-mail version.  You will be surprised at the clarity you will gain by opening it as an attachment!  Send your feedback to one of the addresses listed in the Editor’s Notes below. 

 

Okay, the following is the e-mail version.  See #2 for directions to open the attachment.

 

TEACHERS!

Do these things bother you?

·         Students not knowing how to use higher order thinking skills or how to explore a subject for “deep knowledge.

 

·         Not ha!ving sufficient strategies for differentiating instruction.

 

·         Students not seeing the relevance of what they are learning to the world around them.

 

·         Students lacking skills for substantive discussion.

 

·         Students not knowing how to complete assignments/projects or set and reach goals.

 

·         Students not knowing how to make decisions, solve problems or control their behavior.

 

What if there was a way to solve these problems?

TOCFE offers training in generic, logic-based thinking process tools that will help you provide your students with authentic learning opportunities. These concrete tools can be used for instruction in your classroom tomorrow.

 

WHEN and WHERE?

5th Annual TOC for Education International Conference

June 25-27, 2001

Northfield Hilton

Troy, MI

 

3 day teacher training session, materials & refreshments— $99

Module 1- Elementary        

Module 2- Secondary

Wayne State University Credit / SB-CEUs Available

 

For more information and to register contact:

Cheryl A. Edwards redwards@sault.com or www.tocforeducation.com

 

 

EDITOR’S NOTES

(2)                 Kay Buckner-Seal

 

Your help in distributing this information and giving us feedback will be greatly appreciated and will add to our POOGI.  We hope to see you at the conference!  Send your feedback (as well as ideas, experiences, etc.) by mail to Cheryl A. Edwards, 2253 S. Hill Island Rd., Cedarville, MI 49719, USA.  Or, send hyperlink to <redwards@sault.com> or <bucknek@earthlink.net.

 

 

To view TACTics in its intended formatting and to read previous issues, visit the TOC website at: www.tocforeducation.com