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Karen,

Please "clutter" the list!  

TBL has traditionally been mostly higher-ed, but pioneers like you and Scott are finding that it doesn't need to stay there.  WE IN HIGHER ED. ARE DESPERATELY CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE OF IT IN K-12!

So, far from being a newbie or interloper please consider yourself one of the few specialists who can offer insights and questions that we all want to know about, but don't have the background to ask ourselves.

Also--just like in the classroom--when one person asks a "simple" question, usually 10 other people have had that question but not gotten around to asking it.

So, welcome--and fire away!  :-)

-M


-----Original Message-----
From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of K. Hoff
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 10:31 AM
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Subject: introduction

Hello,

I just recently joined this listserve, so I don't know who makes up the 
members of this list.  Sorry if I repeat something you have already 
discussed.

I am a high school chemistry teacher.  Are most of you college professors? 

I will admit that I didn't know anything about TBL until last month when 
I saw a post on the chem-ed list by Richard Hake.  I was intrigued by 
the name "Team-based learning" so I immediately read the article in the 
NY Times.  I then purchased and read the book Team Based Learning, A 
Transformative Use of Small Groups in College Teaching.

Last night, however, I watched the TBL podcast listed on 
http://www.teambased.org/ and things really started to make sense.  If 
you are new to TBL and have any questions, I think you will find it very 
informative.

A few of my many questions:
1. Do you know of anyone using TBL at the high school level?
2. Is anyone here a chemistry teacher/professor?  I really need to see 
an in-class team activity.
3. I have many specific questions.  Should I "clutter" the list with 
them?  Or maybe I can talk with one person specifically.

Thanks for your time.

Karen Hoff
Timberland High School
Wentzville, MO