Category: Education

Many families may struggle with understanding how to support their children when it comes to schoolwork. In this session, you will create a set of tips, strategies, resources, and ideas on how to help at home that is tailor-made for families and their children that ties into your content area.
1) Read and annotate the materials below on how families can help their child with homework, studying, learning, and organization. Use the ideas you learn in your work here to help you prepare resources for the remainder of this session.
https://studyskills.com/educators/parent-involvement-creating-success-study-skills/ Engaging parents in study skills
https://www.ldonline.org/ld-topics/study-skills/study-skills-handout-parents Handout for parents about study skills
https://www.c2educate.com/study-skills-for-parents/ Study skills for parents
https://yourteenmag.com/teenager-school/teenager-middle-school/help-your-teenager-get-organized Organizational skills for teens
https://www.understood.org/en/articles/at-a-glance-7-ways-to-teach-your-high-schooler-organization-skills Teach your high student organizational skills
https://www.additudemag.com/getting-and-staying-organized-neat-tricks/ At home tips for organization for kids with ADHD
https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/center/homework-help.html Homework help for parents
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2021/12/03/addressing-the-digital-divide-in-education-technology-and-internet-access-for-students-in-underserved-communities/?sh=3c00ec2a5cec Addressing the digital divide in education
2) Create a handout that contains two strategies for families on each of the topics below. When you are choosing strategies to share in your handout, be sure to use the feedback you collected on the families in your school community to share the most helpful and appropriate ideas and tips. In addition, inherent in the strategies you share here should be evidence that you considered the cultural and personal identities and backgrounds of your students and their families.
a) Homework Help
b) Study Skills
c) Content-related learning tips or resources
d) Organization tips
e) School-related stress management
3) Share your handout with your Learning Partners and other course participants in Forum 5 to solicit feedback on the tips and ideas you included in your handout. Ask others to comment on the perceived benefits on student learning that the tips you shared should have for classroom students.
4) Make any necessary or suggested changes to your handout after reviewing the feedback you received from your Learning Partners.
5) Design a short survey to share with your handout for families. The purpose of your survey is to help you determine if families found your handout helpful or not.
6) Share your handout and survey with families. Collect feedback if you can, and use that feedback to help you plan future activities and learning experiences.
7) Reflect upon this assignment and prior assignments. How do they help students with learning outcomes? How do they help with family engagement? Write a one-page reflection paper.
8) Upload your survey, handout, and reflection paper here for grading.

Assessment Description
Read “Read-Only Participants: A Case for Student Communication in Online Classes,” by Nagel, Blignaut, and Cronje, which is located in the e-Library Resource section of the Topic 1 resources.
After reading the Nagel, Blignaut, and Cronje article, write a 250-500-word summary of it.
Refer to the guidelines for writing an effective summary presented in the Topic resources as a guide.
Be sure to include a discussion of the research problem, questions, method, findings, and implications discussed by the authors.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/215774113_Read-only_Participants_a_Case_for_Student_Communication_in_Online_Classes

-Complete newsletter to send home to parents.
you write a letter to the parents explaining the concepts you are covering in Science. You will give some suggestions on how they can help their child increase literacy skills and science content knowledge. You should include a variety of resources the parents can use to increase their knowledge of the subject as well as their child. This should include other books, videos, online information resources, possible field trips within the city (Philadelphia PA) , online games, etc. You should provide a brief summary of what each resource is and how it connects to the unit. You should also list and define the vocabulary you are focusing on and some suggestions of how they can increase their child knowledge of the content.
-Teaching student “States Of Matter (Grade 2)
Book you can include in the letter: What is the World Made Of?” by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

The research is a systematic review. I only want the parts of methodology and analysis of results at a maximum of 4,000 words based ONLY on the RESEARCH PROPOSAL that I have uploaded to you.

In a well-written paragraph (5 sentence minimum), explain/answer the following:
* Imagine this scenario: You’re the teacher in a preschool classroom. A parent whose child will be going to kindergarten next year shares with you that he is worried that his child doesn’t know how to add and subtract yet. He tells you that he’s been working with his child at home doing addition and subtraction problems such as 2+3=? or 6-3=? but that his child needs more practice. He asks if you could do these types of worksheets in school. Think about how you would respond to this parent. Write a one paragraph response that answers these questions:
How would you explain your perspective about appropriate pre-k math while respecting his perspective?
What activities could you suggest he do with his child at home to prepare for kindergarten math that would be more developmentally appropriate than doing worksheets with arithmetic equations?

Week #6: Continuation of communication skills
Readings:
Chapters 10 & 11 in Hanson & Lynch (Understanding Families).
Discussion post: Discuss communication patterns and ways to utilize skills within the family unit.
Chapters 10 & 11 and Module 6 Week 6 Resources
Please look at Chapters 10 & 11 and Chapters 3-5 in Wilmot and Hocker (Interpersonal Conflict) review the links for additional readings regarding the assignment directions and respond to the directions accordingly. Your response should reflect assignment directions completely. You should write a thoughtful
response that clarifies that you have read and understood the material. You may
also draw upon outside references (e.g., journal articles) as well as professional
and/or personal experiences to make your point. These responses should be no
longer than a few paragraphs. You must also include a reference list.
Assignment to complete: Chapters 3-5 in Wilmot and Hocker (Interpersonal Conflict) #1- Family Communication Paper
Observe a family for at least 15 minutes and note the way in which they communicate. The observation can be a family that you know or one you observe in a public setting. Once you have completed the observation analyze, the family’s communication pattern. Write a 3-4 page paper on your findings in the context of the assigned readings from the syllabus.
Please see the attachments for Ch. 10 & 11 and Chapters 3-5 in Wilmot and Hocker (Interpersonal Conflict) book reading, assignment directions and resources, and rubric.

Assignment: Project publish PowerPoint Presentation
Using the feedback you have received from your colleagues and Instructor and the information you gained from your literature review, expand your project outline into a complete description of your project plan or proposal. Develop your project publish into a PowerPoint presentation that you will be able to share with your stakeholder audience. Use the following general guidelines for creating your presentation:
Problem statement and rationale: 2–3 slides
Summary of literature review: 2–3 slides
Goals for the project: 1 slide
Description of the local context: 1–2 slides
Activities, initiatives, or strategies to be used: 2–3 slides
Deliverables or outcomes – what the project should accomplish: 1–2 slides
How the project, if implemented, could be evaluated or assessed: 1–2 slides
A proposed timeline that could be followed to implement the project: 1–2 slides
A list of budgetary items – financial, human, or other resources – that would be needed to support the project: 1–2 slides
Appendices and bibliography as needed
Assignment length: 12–20 slides

Data collection and analysis are important parts of the improvement process. Organizational leaders must be able to read and interpret the results of the data analysis to determine what areas to focus on when developing an improvement plan.
For this assignment, you have been provided with a set of survey data from a large learning organization. The purpose of this survey was to evaluate organizational culture. Begin by creating a visual representation of the data, such as a chart or graph. Study the results carefully and determine areas to address in the improvement process. Answer the following questions:
Areas of strength. What data support this?
Areas in need of improvement. What data support this?
What additional data might you need to make an informed decision? How will you collect them?
Length: 2-3 pages, plus a visual representation (e.g., chart, graph)
References: No references required, though any resources used should be cited
Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.

You will be expected to provide a critical evaluation of an article published after December 2017 which is not otherwise assigned for this course. The article should be a research study, not a literature review or conceptual essay. The article should focus on college students and be from one of the following journals:
Research in Higher Education
Journal of Higher Education
Review of Higher Education
Journal of College Student Development
Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice
As you critique this article, areas to emphasize include:
Literature Review: What are the main theoretical frameworks used? Are they compatible with the research question? Would other theoretical frameworks be more useful?
Research methods: What is the research question? What subquestions exist? What research method was used to address these questions?
Results: Highlight the most compelling findings in the results. You can use graphical depictions (tables, figures, charts) to make this easier to describe. What interested you, and why?
Discussion: What are the important points discussed? What implications for further research or for practice do you see here? Does this address the research question and the theoretical framework described earlier in the article? Is this a credible part of the ongoing research-based conversation about this topic?

Review the upcoming units in your curriculum. Select one to
use as the foundation for a project-based learning experience
that integrates technology.
* IMPORTANT: Use The Solar System (6th Grade Georgia Standards)
Read the following resources related to project-based learning
and use the Walden University Library to search for additional
resources to guide your own project-based learning
experiences:
*Buck Institute for Education. (2019). What is PBL?
https://www.pblworks.org/what-is-pbl
LINK: https://www.pblworks.org/what-is-pbl
* Jones, B. (2019). Good practice: scaffolded,
collaborative project-based learning. Journal of the
European Honors Council, 3(1), 11- 27.
https://jehc.eu/index.php/jehc/article/view/85/81
Complete the SMART goals assessment and review the ISTE
standards for students.
* Walden University, LLC. (2016a). Are your goals
S.M.A.R.T? [Interactive media]. Walden University
Blackboard. https://class.waldenu.edu
LINK: https://cdn-media.waldenu.edu/2dett4d/Walden/EDUC/2016/CH/mm/smart_quiz/index.html
* International Society for Technology in Education
(ISTE). (2016) ISTE standards for students.
https://www.iste.org/standards/for-students
LINK: https://www.iste.org/standards/for-students
Using the standards and outcomes aligned to your selected
unit, create 2- to 3-SMART goals for your learning experience.
* Note: Your SMART goals must align to your curriculum
standards and outcomes and at least 3 ISTE
standards.
Create 2- to 3-learning objectives for your project-based
learning experience based on your SMART goals. Use the
following resource as needed to publish your learning objectives:
Buck Institute for Education. (2019). What is PBL?
https://www.pblworks.org/what-is-pbl
Write a 1- to 2-paragraph summary of your activity being sure
to note the project-based learning elements and teaching
practices.
Post your SMART goals, Learning Objectives, and description
to the Final Course Assignment Feedback forum to receive
feedback from your Instructor.
Review the following technology resources as needed, as you
think about how to present your PBL learning experience to
your students:
• Canva. (2020).
https://www.canva.com/create/infographics/
• Visme. (2020). https://www.visme.co/presentation software/
• A Sampling of Digital Tools for Educators (PDF)
Select an innovative method to introduce the project-based
learning experience and process to your learners.
Create an outline of your project that includes:
* The step-by-step process for your students
* The resources and technologies your students will use
* The questions your students will need to answer
* The product your students will need to create
* How your students will be assessed
Review the following resources to support your project
description and process:
• Laan, K. (n.d.). What are the essential tools for better
project-based learning? TeachThought.
https://www.teachthought.com/education/better-project based-learning-2/
• International Society for Technology in Education
(ISTE). (2016). ISTE standards for students.
https://www.iste.org/standards/for-students
Write a 2- to 3-paragraph description of your activity being
sure to note the project-based learning elements, method used
to introduce the learning experience and process as well as
teaching practices.
Post your SMART goals, Learning Objectives, description and
project outline to the Final Course Assignment Feedback
forum to receive feedback from your Instructor