Due by 5 PM  EDU 695  Creativity and Innovation Educators strive to create a classroom that instills creativity and innovation. In this discussion, you will think about the creative and innovative instructional approach known as the flipped classroom while making direct connections to the Common Core State Standards and teacher decision making based on student assessments. Reflecting on your previous discussion on CCSS in Week […]

  Assistive technology (AT) offers many ways to support individuals with language impairments in a variety of settings. Special education services may include identifying assistive technology supports, involving assessment, collaboration, and recommendations of available technology tools and supplies.  Educators frequently need to request materials and complete requisitions for materials and assistive technology supplies. It is important to understand how to justify AT use and locate […]

As the Director of  Homeland Security, you are faced with determining the  seriousness of threats  from countries such as North Korea. The “dirty bomb” is  a major concern one must  consider when mitigating terrorist attacks against  targets within the United  States and with its interests abroad. Terrorists can  access nuclear waste even  in the United States, and nuclear waste is readily  available in countries which […]

  TITLE: Prop Boxes Introduction Prop Boxes were designed as tools for the teachers to develop the language and literacy of their children. Each prop box is based on a common theme used in early childhood classrooms and contains books, concrete objects related to the theme, and lesson plans (with theme related book reading suggestions, circle time ideas,  and child centered center activities and explorations). […]

 Write a 3-5 page essay discussing the impact of standardized testing at your school. Use the following questions to guide your writing:   What type of school do you work in (public, private, high, middle, elementary)? What are the demographics?   How much emphasis is given to standardized assessments at your school? Identify which assessment appears to be most important.  How does the emphasis […]

   Statement of intent for application for Master of Arts in Child and Youth Study, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS, Canada. I am applying to the master’s degree in Child and Youth Studies program at the Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada to build my capacity in problem solving on societal issues that affects my country and society that I live in. I have a […]

 The IG Policy that you develop should be specific to Merchant Bank of America, and designed specifically to meet the organizational needs, and should be limited in scope to MBA as it applies to its Merchant customer. (What I mean by this is that while MBA is a commercial bank with for example, a loan department, your IG Program, will not address that department as […]

 There are many ways in which cultural differences impact cognitive development. One of the areas in which we see the impact relating to cultural differences is with the development of reasoning and problem solving skills as is discussed in Chapter 8 of our textbook. “Because our habits of mind are influenced by our cultural and historical circumstances, the decision-making strategies that we seek to promote […]

     Upon arriving to your department today at 8 AM, notice of a mandatory staff meeting beginning at 9 AM is announced. The usual talk about what it could be about ensues.  At 9 AM, everyone files into the meeting room where Fire Chief Williams begins the meeting. “Today, I am holding a special meeting to announce the creation of a new position within our […]

  Types of Assessment Tools [WLO: 1] [CLOs: 2, 5] Prepare Prior to beginning work on this discussion, Read Chapter 1.1: The Purposes of Educational Assessments Read Chapter 5: Placement, Diagnostic, and Formative Assessment Read Chapter 6: Summative Assessment Choose one of the following videos to watch: Reflect Consider how the teacher in the video you selected was assessing for learning. Make any connections with your […]