Week 5 extra credit  Here is a great article entitled “How to Grow Great Talent: Balancing Passion with Compassion,” which was shared with me and I want to pass on to you.  Please click on the link to open the article at  http://winning.jwmi.com/team-building-human-resources-leadership/ This is a great message presented by Bill Conaty, former senior vice president of human resources at General Electric and President […]

The Assignment  According to the text, a room that is developmentally appropriately designed will set the stage for learning and growing.  Read the following article:  Infant and Toddler Spaces.docx Infant and Toddler Spaces.docx – Alternative Formats   After reviewing the article, each of the following should be discussed: Choose three of your favorite classroom qualities that should be a part of an early childhood design. […]

  Review the peers’ response Compare and contrast your experience to that of your classmates. Share an idea that might help your peers with their frustration moving forward. Your responses should be at least 100 words PEERS RESPONSE:  My thoughts at the beginning of the activity were very off-setting I was extremely worried that I was going to fail and not be able to understand […]

  (if you have any question please let me know) Technology Changes Everything This assignment provides another opportunity for you to evaluate a variety of digital and assistive technologies for supporting diverse learners. For this assignment, you will create a presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint or other presentation software of your choice. To prepare for this assignment, it is recommended that in addition to reading  Edyburn (2013) […]

   This discussion provides an opportunity to evaluate a variety of digital and assistive technologies for supporting diverse learners. Based on the required readings from Housand & Housand (2012), McCombs (2000), and Page (2002), you know that research shows that effective technology integration can support student motivation, engagement, and interest in learning. Furthermore, research has shown that through thoughtful integration of audio, video, and other […]

  Prepare Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 5 in your course textbook, College Writing Handbook, and the article Find the Coaching in Criticism: The Right Ways to Receive Feedback. In a course like this, some of the feedback you receive takes the form of a number or letter grade, but that’s only a small part of the picture. You can […]

  a Work Product in which you will design a set of learning experiences that could be implemented as part of an effective curriculum for preschool children (ages 3–4). Ideally, curriculum planning is a collaborative process. For this Work Product, you will interview a teacher to learn more about his or her curricular goals and find out how you can collaborate with one another to […]

Student behavioral and academic outcomes are improved by teachers having a clear understanding of what they are teaching and how they are going to teach it. Creating clear goals and objectives for a lesson with aligned, engaging activities and opportunities for well-defined social interaction can reduce the occurrence of challenging behaviors and improve student performance. Create a 12-15 slide digital presentation  to be shown to […]

Case Study 1: The school has been buzzing all week in preparation for the upcoming multicultural parade. As the supervisor, you are thrilled with the wonderful classroom and hallway displays that represent how your school embraces and values each and every culture. As you are outside one of the kindergarten classrooms looking at the display, you overhear a conversation between the teacher and her teaching […]

 In Module Nine, you will submit your Capstone Components 1 and 2. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This submission will be graded with the Final Project Rubric. For additional details, please refer to the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document.  Follow rubric […]