Guy+Cooper

**Final Day Assignment: Cooper, Campbell, and Stewart**
Should teachers be paid based on student course completion?
 * -Controversial Question-**

1.For (Bryce, Dan, John, Mohyna, Nadine,, Ritchi)
 * __Instructions__**: Please add your group's responses to the list below. Make sure you add something new that hasn't already been said. Cooper will give a brief wrap up at the end of this discussion.
 * quality teachers only
 * increases enrollment
 * freedom for teachers to recruit (including international students)
 * increases competition among teachers
 * incentives to attract higher achieving students

2.Against (Guy,Chris, Marg, Jeff, Trevor)
 * based on standardized testing--teaching to the test
 * dumbed-down courses
 * teachers cheating/ excessive pressure on teachers to complete courses
 * student motivation
 * lack of depth of material
 * no social education of students
 * short term gains vs. long-term achievement
 * lack of literature on payment scales

3. Combined model of traditional and course completion model? ((Luke, Derek, Deb, Aaron)
 * Combines teacher incentive, but has a guaranteed salary for the teacher.
 * Allows for blips in student demographics.
 * Allows for accountability and seniority.

Research used in preparing this discussion: Teacher performance incentives and student outcomes Teacher performance pay: A review Barriers to learning in distance education Teacher incentives


 * __Ustream:__

__// History & Origin: //__

Originated in the US military, used to connect sattelite soldiers with headquarters far away.

Can be utilized in classrooms --virtual, DL, etc..

It is a social network or interactive web-streaming platform that allows broadcasting of information through various web-streaming platforms (ie. myspace, facebook, etc..

Ustreaming can allow live broadcasts and can also archive material for future use and review.

Simple requirements of internet connection and a webcam.

Ustreaming captured audiences during the US Presidential election of 2008.

//__Significance__://

It allows dialogue between users and provides a means to build connections across town, country or the globe, allows for greater opportunity for free access to education and entertainment.

__Capabilities__:

Live chats, improptu dialogue, can gauge and measure user feedback, really encourages online interactions and promotes the sharing of ideas and content.

__Downsides__: requires steady internet connection, needs significant bandwidth.

__// Benefits for students: //__

Post questions, share URL's, share conversations, community experts can be used to enrich resources for students through Ustream. **

Ustream Article []

