Humanities Homework Help

Just a reminder, module specific discussion boards for EDN 301 will ask all students to BOTH respond to one required question, and then choose from a list of several additional questions to respond to. All student responses should be reflective of your thoughts and assertions supported by your course readings and available resources. You will continue to be required to respond to your classmates’ initial posts and develop an ongoing professional discussion with one another. I will be reading all of the posts and responses. Each DB consists of three main portions overall:

1. Required Question/Topic
2. Choice Question/Topic
3. Responses to classmates’ initial posts.

The questions or topics in each discussion board are to be used as probing questions for facilitating a professional and ongoing conversation. Discussion boards will cover information within the module to reflect assigned readings, assignments, and reflective application that are intended to help you grow in your educational path and into your ‘teaching persona’. Many times discussion boards end up with students saying that they feel they are repeating the same thing their peers are posting, so to avoid that in this course you have the option to choose (for the second portion of your post) the question or questions that you would like to use as your starting point for your discussion board post.

While the DB requirements are the same for the content of this assignment, the format is similar to DB #2. For this discussion board you will again create a video of yourself discussing the questions/topics. You may use any resource/tool that will capture video of you talking through the topics. There is video capture tool built directly into Canvas! This video is a strategic requirement so that you can put a face with the names of your classmates and to prepare you for your instructional video assignment later in this semester. Many students will use their smart phone to record a video of themselves talking, which is perfectly fine. If you do use that option, please make sure your video is formatted to be viewed correctly and is not sideways or upside down. You may choose to use Screencast-o-matic as well. I would prefer you have a YouTube account and host your videos on the YouTube server so that you do not run into any file size glitches with uploading videos. Be sure to make your content UNLISTED so we can all view your video yet it will not be searchable.

Students have asked, “How long should the video be?” That’s a very difficult question to answer and depends on whether a student has scripted a response or if a students it simply talking in reflection. For the sake of argument, I would envision a 4-6 minute video as being long enough to accomplish both the required question and the choice question(s). Your video post should not be longer than 10 minutes.

Discussion Board 1 Questions/Topics

PART 1 – Required Question/Topic:

• In what ways could you vary your teaching techniques to ensure you are reaching all of the various ‘learning abilities’ you may have in your classroom?
• What if you were asked to teach online or in a virtual environment, would those techniques change? If so, how?
• Refer to Chapter 6 – Sequencing and Organizing Instruction.
• This is a video discussion response. Many students like to script their response prior to delivering it ‘on screen’. So, if you do script something, I would expect respondents to utilize at least one – two full paragraph(s) for their responses.
• Please refer to your textbook or assigned reading reference.

PART 2 – Choice Question(s)/Topic(s):

(You must choose at least one option below):

• What is your main take-away about learning objectives and lesson planning that you learned from this module in our course? What advantages or disadvantages does the concept of thinking styles have compared to learning styles?
• Why are analogies a powerful advance organizer? When can an analogy be a poor advance organizer?
• What graphic organizers could you use to present concepts in your subject area of teaching? How do graphic organizers work for children?
• How can sequencing help you to bring together isolated pieces of information to form an organized body of knowledge? Give an example.
• This is a video discussion response. Many students like to script their response prior to delivering it ‘on screen’. So, if you do script something, I would expect respondents to utilize at least one – two full paragraph(s) for their responses.
• Please refer to your textbook or assigned reading reference.

PART 3 – Professional Conversations:

• Respond to at least 3 of your classmates’ initial posts for this discussion board. The number of classmate’s that is required for you to respond to is not very high because the purpose is to develop in depth conversations and it is not easy to do that with a multitude of people. With that said, please make sure your conversations with one another are professional, respectful, and reflect a conversation that would help you and your peers grow pedagogically. You can choose to respond with a video or with written text in the discussion board threads.

Grading Rubric

Graded Criteria	Points
Part #1 – Initial Post includes response to required question/topic Learning Styles (5 Points) Length and Depth of Response (5 Points) Online or Virtual (3 Points) Reference to text/resources (2 Points)	15
Part #2 -Initial Post includes response to choice question/topic Response (5 Points) Argument (4 Points) Length and Depth of Response (4 Points) Reference to text/resources (2 Points)	15
Part #3 – Response to classmate’s initial posts min. 3 responses in-depth responses	15
Professional Product	5
Total Points	50

*Professional Product refers to your video submission using correct grammar, making a cohesive argument, having a confident presentation style and being turned in on time, etc. When preparing for any assignment, refrain from talking in slang and/or shorthand.

*APA Format Example:

• In-line Citation: (Orlich et al., 2012, p. 15);
• Reference: Orlich, D. C., Harder, R. J., Trevisan, M. S., Brown, A. H. & Miller, D. (2018). Teaching strategies: A guide to effective instruction. Cengage Learning.