Category: Education

Book review of Cultivating Calm.                          
For the review you are to address many of the points in the book. Remember if you have a calm class, your assessments are most likely going to be more valid than if the class is wild and unruly. 
You may address the review by chapter or by topic. 
You are expected to have a graduate quality review which will be several pages. In a good book review, you point out pros and cons and not opinions such as ‘I liked the book and it was fun to read.’ Yes, at the end you may state something in the effect as it was a good book ..
All work is submitted with Ariel or Ariel Narrow Font. No fancy fonts in 11 or 12 size. Never smaller than 11. Headings may be size14 if needed. Please add page numbers to all documents in the right margin. Never use single spacing unless it is in a table. Always use 1.5 or double spacing.

Examine the impacts of policies and edicts of king Cyrus on the Social-Enomomic and religious life of the Jewish people in Babylonian exile and after the return to Judah

Yes it needs to be between 5-700 words and I also have another choice that can be picked for a topic as well… Topic: what brought you to a career in aviation did anyone or anything inspire you to want to be in this career field

Chapter of my capstone needs to be rewritten with more recent sources. Will attach file once accepted. 

In
what ways could curriculum be adapted by school leaders so that it integrates
technology in a way that meets the expectations of a new generation of
tech-savvy students? Tailor your answer to a grade level to which you are most
familiar.

See attachments for the discussion subject, discussion instructions, and the IIP project where you can see the topic that is being used. 
Reply to the two below:
Christine:
Kahoot Link: https://create.kahoot.it/share/lets-define-the-terms/4076a86b-a146-475b-919c-78253b2c344eLinks to an external site.
The assessment I chose to do was on Kahoot. I know students love this resource and thought it was a fun way to engage students in learning their vocabulary. The name of my assessment is called Let’s Define the Terms! This assessment is for 1st grade and is designed around the learning standard SOL 1.9. The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of fictional texts. f) Identify characters, setting, and important events. h) Identify the main idea or theme. My learning objective is for the students to identify terms such as character, setting, plot, and theme, with 6 out of 8 accuracies. Each vocabulary word is worth 2 points. Students must hit 6 points to achieve the learning objective successfully. Upon reflection of this assessment, I felt I did a good job connecting standards to the Kahoot assessment. I felt that I created questions that were appropriately intended for 1st-grade readers. One weakness I feel I had was that I could have created corresponding pictures to go along with the questions. This would have been great for visual learners, as well as ELL learners. I think moving forward I would take more time on the Kahoot and add those extra details.
Feedback on the scores will help me determine who has learned the meaning of the vocabulary words and who has not. For those students who are under 6 points, I would pull those students at my back table and begin modeling for them what I am looking for. I would show them our vocabulary words and give each definition. I would make this fun, like singing the vocabulary words and definitions.  Then I would come up with a matching game for the words. I would let each student take turns and do my own verbal assessment before the students leave the table. If all went well, each student should be leaving with more accuracy on their words. An effective formative assessment should include feedback that teachers can use to help improve their students’ learning objectives. With that being said, teachers will need to effectively plan their formative assessment. “Formative assessment is not just about the evidence collected; it is mostly about how this evidence is used by teachers and students to influence student learning” (Schildkamp, 2020, sec. 4.1).
Schildkamp, K. (2020). Formative assessment: A systematic review of critical teacher prerequisites for classroom practice.         International Journal of Educational Research, 103, 101602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2020.101602
Megan:
WednesdayJun 12 at 9:15pm
My topic for the digital formative assessment was labeled, “Reading Fluency.” This was taken from my tutoring plan for a student needing reading intervention in the 4thhttps://create.kahoot.it/share/long-vowels/d81aec3a-2af4-486e-8627-97f73c09e112Links to an external site.
SOL.R.4.5L: The student will read with fluency and accuracy.
Mauricio will demonstrate increased knowledge in phonics and word decoding, aiding to a quicker reading fluency (wcpm) score.
My self-reflection on this assignment was that it was rather challenging to make a formative assessment based on work done in a reading intervention class. I have made Kahoots before using grade level standards, but as my student’s whole lesson plan was made on long vowel sounds, I used what we were doing in our tutoring lessons. A strength for this assignment is the ease to access and use this format of assessment.
If the results of a formative assessment show that a student (or class) is struggling to learn the material, the best practice would be to go back and reteach! Reteaching may mean going back and using hands-on methods, whole group discussions, or changing up the materials (Bakula, 2010). I also listed that my focus student received ESL services, and may need to be retaught explicit instruction on the correspondence between phonemes and graphemes (Brooks, 2019, p. 96).
An effective formative assessment should include adjustments to teaching and learning in response to the assessment’s results. Students should also receive immediate feedback on their learning, with advice on what they are doing well and what they can improve (Heritage, 2021, p. 7).
Adding a tidbit to close my discussion out. I worked with a student who was consistently struggling on his math assessments, so one day he was really frustrated and said, “I am going to pray, but this time I don’t need the son. I’m praying right to the father!” That tickled me. He scored a 92 that day. Maybe we all just need a little more prayer before assessments.
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References:
Bakula, N. (2010). The benefits of formative assessments for teaching and learning. Science Scope, 34(1), 37. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A235194569/BIC?u=vic_liberty&sid=summon&xid=4a15bda5Links to an external site.
Brooks, G., Beard, R., & Ampaw-Farr, J. (2019). ‘English has 100+ phonemes’: some errors and confusions in contemporary commercial phonics schemes. Research Papers in Education, 36(1), 96–126. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2019.1646795
Heritage, M. (2021). Formative assessment : Making it happen in the classroom. Corwin Press.

The directions are on the Word document. The examples should be creative and should be original. The sources are there to answer the questions and must be cited. 

Leadership at My Excellence Center became concerned when reimbursements began to shrink with the advent of pay-for-performance for Medicare patients. As they began to evaluate their performance metrics, they noted that there were large variations in outcomes across their patient care units. One safety outcome in particular, patient falls, seemed to show the greatest variability from month to month and across patient care units. Leaders determined to set improvement of falls as a priority for the organization.
A transdisciplinary team was formed to review evidence and make recommendations for practice change. The team reviewed evidence for acute care fall reduction programs, developed a protocol, and gained stakeholder support for its implementation. The team met to determine what outcomes should be measured.
a. Why is it important to monitor outcomes?
b. What key criteria must be taken into account when deciding what outcomes you will measure? 
2. a. In this scenario, what outcomes might the team measure?
b. Thinking about the sources of data within healthcare organizations, where might the team find data to address the outcomes identified? 
Simultaneously, leadership put a dashboard up to track progress and make data readily available to both unit leadership and staff to increase awareness and allow them to monitor data around the unit’s patient fall rates. Additionally, the dashboard allowed nurses to monitor potential relationships among patient falls, changes in staffing, volatility of admissions, discharges, transfers, and case mix. Nurse managers knew the literature suggested that there is a relationship between falls and staffing levels but were unsure how staffing levels were affecting their own units. With the implementation of the new dashboards on their units, they were able to evaluate factors surrounding times of patient falls in order to look for patterns. They became excited about their ability to monitor progress based on their own data.
3. What are some different mechanisms to report data to stakeholders in a meaningful, understandable way? 
Create a 1-2 page APA style paper and submit to the dropbox by 6/23/2024.

Students’ mindsets can affect their approach to dealing with challenges in the classroom and in their lives. Teachers need to have the knowledge and skills to set goals with students and to help students develop motivation. In this task, you will develop a presentation focused on how student agency affects student mindsets, learning goals, and student motivation.
A.  Create a slideshow presentation that clearly indicates each task requirement listed below is being addressed and demonstrates how you can improve student motivation in your classroom.
1.  Discuss how you help students develop a growth mindset by doing the following:
a.  Explain the difference between a fixed and growth mindset.
b.  Submit one artifact that demonstrates how you help students develop a growth mindset (e.g., created activity, summary of student meeting, lesson summary).
c.  Reflect on how the artifact in part A1b would help students develop a growth mindset.
2.  Discuss how you guide students in setting appropriate learning goals by doing the following:
a.  Describe one method you can use to develop learning goals with students.
b.  Describe one method you can use to guide students to achieve learning goals.
c.  Submit one artifact that demonstrates how you help students achieve learning goals (e.g., summary of student meeting, created activity, timeline to meet the goal, learning goals plan).
d.  Reflect on how the artifact in part A2c helps students achieve learning goals and affects student motivation.
3.  Analyze your use of timely and specific feedback in a lesson you have given by doing the following:
a.  Describe the frequency and timing of when you provide feedback and how the feedback attributes student success to their own efforts.
b.  Describe one method you can use to improve your practice of providing timely and specific feedback.
4.  Discuss how you use agency to help students develop intrinsic motivation by doing the following:
a.  Describe one strategy you can use to help students develop intrinsic motivation and how it contributes to student success.
b.  Describe one method you can use to improve students’ development of intrinsic motivation.
B.  Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
C.  Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.

Using the outline provided in the syllabus, you will submit an outline of your Key Assessment Paper and at least one scholarly article you have found in your research (you must have at least 2 in your final paper). This is a way to ensure that you are making adequate progress on your paper. The outline is simply that, an outline. I expect that
you will add resources and information before your final submission.
Link (Copy and Paste): https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/educationallearningtheories3rd/chapter/chapter-9-theory-of-multiple-intelligences-2/
If the link does not work please let me know. 
The purpose of this assignment is to ensure that you are making adequate progress toward the completion of your key assessment. A fully developed paper or ideas are NOT expected as this time. 
Education Theorists:
●Howard Gardner
You will use the provided template to help you complete the Key Assessment Outline assignment. 
For this assignment, you do not have to use complete sentences. 
You will erase the red text in the document. Leave the blue text. Save it. 
General ideas are okay…fully developed sentences/paragraphs are not required at this point. 
To receive full credit, you must complete MOST of the outline and at least show an attempt on each sub-bullet.