(1) Israeli
TOC Club Notes, Limor Kraemer
(2) International Virtual Conference for
Educators, Zzippi Margalit
(3) 5th Annual TOCFE International Conference/First Annual TOCFE
International Student’s Conference, Cheryl A.
Edwards
(4) Grant Frasier
(5) Kay Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A. Edwards
(1) Israeli
TOC Club Notes
From Limor Kraemer, Israel
As always, at our
Israeli TOC Club meeting last week we had plenty of good work and fun! Gila caused us all to feel welcomed and at
home… a very ambitious target for an Israeli group.
Our group of about 60
people comes together every six weeks, along with many new people! This week Rami Goldratt and Mira Grinberg
presented:
The Content Cloud - How
to use our regular text books to:
·
Teach the content material better
·
Teach TOC thinking tools
·
Make the content relevant to student’s life
·
Give the student something to help him with hes
personal life
The main steps of the
process:
1.
Create a cloud from the text. Usually the text has more than one
cloud. Sometimes the cloud is clear,
sometimes it is hidden, and sometimes you get the injection. Then construct the cloud.
2. Transfer
the specific cloud to a generic cloud (like we do when we go from 3 UDE clouds
to basic conflict).
3. Look
for situations from the student’s life that have this generic cloud and write
the student’s personal cloud.
4.
Discuss the cloud with the class and come to new
understandings, injections, and sometimes "a new behavioral rule.”
During our meeting we practiced
the steps and we discovered the beauty of the process. We also heard implementation stories and how
to measure the power of "The Ambitious Target" process.
(2) International Virtual Conference for Educators
From Zzippi Margalit, Israel
Dear Colleague,
It is my privilege and
pleasure to invite you to attend two presentations dealing with Theory of
Constraints in Education to be held during the International Virtual Conference
for Teacher Educators.
·
Theory of Constraints (TOC) is a management theory
that provides a set of logic-based thinking and research methods to
systematically solve problems and is adapted recently from business, industry,
and politics into education. Dr. Danilo
Sirias’ presentation will take place on Wednesday, February 14, 2001, at 15.00
Israel time (13.00 GMT), at the conference site. The subject is: Using
Theory of Constraints to Improve the Delivery of Academic Content.
·
My presentation will take place on 13th of February
2001, at 18.00 Israel time (16.00 GMT), at the conference site. The subject is: Integrating a Theory Of Constraints Methodology into Computer and
Internet Literacy Courses in a Teachers' College.
These sessions will be
conducted in English and will be followed by a short interactive discussion. The conference will be on the Internet 24
hours a day for the entire conference.
"Opening
Gates in Teacher Education"
International
Virtual Conference for Teacher Educators
February
12-14, 2001
Conference
Information and Registration:
English
site: http://vcisrael.macam.ac.il/promo/eng
Hebrew
site: http://vcisrael.macam.ac.il/promo/heb
Hoping to meet you
there.
Yours,
Zzippi
(3) 5th Annual TOCFE International Conference/First Annual TOCFE
International Student’s Conference
From Cheryl A. Edwards
“The best way to predict the future is to create it through
TOC."
TOC
for Education, Inc. presents the 5th Annual TOCFE International Conference and
the First Annual TOCFE International Student’s Conference!
Date: June 25-28, 2001
Location: Detroit, Michigan USA
Hotel: Northfield Hilton
5500 Crooks Road
Troy, Michigan 48098
248. 879. 2100
The
Northfield Hilton is adjacent to Interstate 75 at Crooks Road, Exit 72
Reservations: 1. 800. HILTONS
Ask for TOC for
Education’s special room rates.
Single
or Double Occupancy
Per night $139.00 U.S. + Tax (6% Michigan Sales Tax and 7%
Occupancy Tax). This rate includes
breakfast for two.
Transportation: Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW)
(4) From Cal Haliburton, Iowa, USA
"The world is full
of obstacle illusions." —Grant Frasier
(5) Kay Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A. Edwards
Thanks to all who
contributed to this week’s TACTics.
If you would like to contribute to TACTics, send your ideas via
snail-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>.