Your internet was down last night and you weren’t able to turn in your last assignment. Your professor is away from her office, so you know the quickest way to reach her is via text message. Compose and send a text to your professor notifying her of this situation. Create a text message in which you: Explain what happened with the internet and how […]

Main Idea: We understand conflict when we understand that we live in communication as culture.  James W. Carey’s cultural approach to communication presents the idea that we live in and through communication and this human capacity is what creates culture. This isn’t a new idea. The book of Proverbs is full of wisdom about the creative power of our words. In fact, we could go […]

   What are ways that instructional practices can enhance students’ learning of content and learning strategies? Content Objectives: · Select learning strategies appropriate to a lesson’s objectives. · Incorporate explicit instruction and student practice of metacognitive and cognitive strategies in lesson plans. · Identify techniques for scaffolding verbal, procedural, and instructional understanding.   Language Objectives:  · Identify language learning strategies to use with students. · […]

   Research Article Review Instructions Rationale: The teaching profession is increasingly influenced by research on effective instructional practices. For instance, teacher candidates are licensed to teach only after they demonstrate proficiency in research-based standards. Once they are licensed and enter the field, they will be evaluated according to criteria that originated from research-based best practices. It is, therefore, insufficient for teachers to justify decisions on […]

Select a 1-5 grade level and a corresponding Arizona College and Career Ready Standard or other state standard based on the Number and Operations in Base Ten domain. Design and complete the National/State Learning Standards, Specific Learning Target(s)/Objectives, and Learning and Teaching Activities sections of the COE Lesson Plan Template. Be sure to include appropriate support and guidance for fostering academic language. Upon completion of […]

   Social Cognitive Theory Analysis Assignment Instructions For this assignment, you will view the video about “Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory” (Davidson, 2003). Complete this Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory Video Notes document. You must answer each question using complete sentences and following current APA format. For the final question, you will construct at least one solid paragraph of at least 400 words in answer to the […]

 Guided Response: Respond to at least two classmates over the course of the week, comparing your successes or challenges to theirs and offering additional suggestions for ways they might lower their footprints (particularly in terms of reducing the amount of waste that they generate) and live more sustainably in the future.  DeEdmund’s Post:   On the past weeks I have taken a couple measures to […]

  Last week, you enriched your “Diversity Profile” with new insights about your family culture. You continue this process as you reflect on another dimension of diversity: experiences with being an insider and/or an outsider of a dominant culture. Title this assignment: Diversity Profile—Week 3 and complete the following: In response to the question “Who Am I,” add three new insights related to: Your relationship […]

  Topic 5 DQ 1 Often, students enter school with delays of which parents were not aware. What resources would you offer a family when they are first discovering their child may have a disability? How can you support them, and help their child get the appropriate referrals, services and supports?   Topic 5 DQ 2 Parents may not know the expectations of them or […]

   Assignment  1. Briefly describe six of the eight criteria (below) a teacher considers when selecting a story to tell the class. 8 CRITERIA Age-Level Appropriateness Plot Style Values  Memorable Characters Sensory and Visual Images Themes and Story Structure Storyteller Enthusiasm Next, name a story for each of the three main categories of stories.  Then create a numbered list showing the steps teachers typically go […]