EDU 692 Culture

EDU 692 WEEK 6 FINAL PROJECTFinal ProjectCreative Teaching: Designing Creative and Culturally Relevant InstructionFor this final project, you will be a classroom teacher developing a creative and culturally relevant idea, concept, or movement for your school. Think about everything you have seen, heard, discussed, shared, and viewed over the past five weeks. What information stuck out as something you would want to implement in your school

EDU 692 WEEK 6 DISCUSSIONDiscussion Creativity, Innovation, and Culture Prior to completing this discussion, view the video Beatrice Coron: Stories cut from paper.In this final reflection, you are asked to describe a set of skills you acquired over the years that allows you to be creative in some way. This might be musical instrument skills, cooking, knitting, writing, model-building, gardening….anything you consid

EDU 692 WEEK 5 ASSIGNMENTAssignmentA Case for Problem-Based LearningFor this assignment, you need to assume the role of a classroom educator. This can be based on a class that you are currently teaching, one that you have previously taught, or one that you hope to teach in the future. Suppose you are participating in a department team meeting with the other teachers in your grade level discussing an upcoming unit.. One of the teachers indic

EDU 692 WEEK 5 DISCUSSIONDECISIONS! DECISIONSTeachers are professionals who must make many decisions throughout their day. Some decisions are immediate, spur of the moment choices like disciplining students or revising a lesson that is not working. Others decisions are more calculated, like developing a semester-long project designed to incorporate community resources into a problem-solving scenario. All the small decisions teachers make thr

EDU 692 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION 2Discussion 2TRIANGLE OF SUPPORTHave you ever seen Blue Man Group perform? If not, watchBlue Man Group – Part 01(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., a ten-minute video that showcases the group’s unique, creative talent. Something you might not know about the Blue Man Group is that the members have created a school specifically designed to encourage and cultivate the creative spirit in children. Bl

EDU 692 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION 1Discussion 1Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated. Models of Creativity Robinson (

EDU 692 WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENTA number of important resources supporting the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of culturally relevant instructional experiences are available online. Throughout this course, you have had many opportunities to view a number of such resources. This assignment encourages you to reflect on the key concepts presented in the course through the creation of a presentation that you can use in the future t

EDU 692 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION 2Discussion 2Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated. Equal Versus Equitable It can b

EDU 692 WEEK 3 DISCUSSION 1Discussion 1Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated. Creating an Evaluation Instrument for C

EDU 692 WEKK 3 ASSIGNMENTIn Chapter 12, Wardle (2013) summarizes the important characteristics of a culturally relevant teacher. Use this information as a guide or resource throughout this assignment to help inspire your thinking as you apply your knowledge of culturally relevant pedagogy toward specific solutions to problems facing a teacher with a very diverse student population. This exercise provides excellent practice over the applicat