Reflections about STEM in EC Paragraph 1: Discuss STEM as you understand it. Define the terms and discuss the importance of considering building a foundation for future STEM content areas in the early childhood classroom from the teacher’s perspective. Paragraph 2: Discuss your views on STEM education and provide examples. What do you find important about how foundational skills in STEM content areas impact […]

Discussion Board Forum 1 Topic: Alcohol Abuse Alcohol abuse continues to be the most serious drug problem on college campuses throughout the United States. Every year, drinking kills more than 1,700 students and injures about 500,000 more; it is also a factor in 600,000 assaults and 100,000 rapes on college campuses. Enzyme-mediated metabolic pathways break down the toxic ethanol in alcoholic beverages. Ethanol kills liver […]

Write a three-page essay on one of the following topics.  Do not write in the first person or second person.  In addition, do not use contractions.  Give your essay a title and type in the most recent MLA format.   Include at least four article sources from Ebscohost.  Your explicit-thesis statement should be the last sentence in the introduction. 1.  Over the past few years, educational […]

For this assignment: Observation Purpose – Identify something you would like to (or theoretically like to) observe about a child (aligned to cognitive, socio-emotional, and/or physical development) Observation Context/Setting – Explain the context and why you want to observe him or her Type of Data – Explain how you could collect quantitative data and qualitative data and which you prefer and why Data Plan – […]

   In special education, the use of technology is a necessity in every classroom. Such technology can take the form of digital resources (high tech) or other non-digital tools (low-tech). Teachers must take the time to be comfortable with the use of both types of technology in their lessons and instruction. While it does not replace quality instruction from the teacher, technology can enhance concepts […]

Drawing on both of this week’s readings, explain in what way the cases of Yolande and her immigration to the US via Guantanamo and the case of Jesus, who went from Cuba to Congo and back to Cuba, talk about structural violence. Although both tested HIV positive, they had access to different resources, political and health systems. In order to fully answer the question for […]

  Due Thursday  Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:  It is common these days to hear that the arts in public schools are losing funding or have been cut altogether. What was once a regular part of a well-rounded education is now increasingly marginalized by those who say the arts serve no practical purpose.  Imagine you heard that funding for the arts […]

Stock Journal Assignment This week, you will find out if you have made money on your original (pretend) investments or if you will need to find a side job to recoup your losses. This is the last of the three stock journal assignments you will complete during this course. For this assignment, you will add your work for Week 10 to your previous work from […]

Warren Buffet’s love for investment in shares started when he was barely out of his teens and most of the lessons he’s held on to date he learned from books. Lots of other successful people have confessed to teaching themselves most of what they know, which has led to the belief that books and discipline could replace actual courses.  While this is true, some things […]

  Go to the TeachThought website at https://www.teachthought.com/technology/34-assistive-technology-apps-from-edshelf/ (Links to an external site.) and review the 34 assistive technology apps from Edshelf.  Choose five apps that you would use in your future classroom and align each one with one of these strategies:  strategies for students with cognitive disabilities strategies for students with physical disabilities strategies for students with sensory disabilities strategies for students with ASD strategies […]