Technology supports communication, but it is also changing the way we communicate.How do you network virtually? Describe several of your online interaction and examples of relationship building.

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Technology and the tools it provides are changing the way we connect and interact with each other both personally and professionally. In a paper, you will reflect on how technology is transforming collaboration, communities, and connections.

Technology supports communication, but it is also changing the way we communicate. In this 3- to 5-page reflective writing assignment (not including the title and references pages), respond to the following:

  • How do you network virtually?
  • Describe several of your online interaction and examples of relationship building.
  • What pros and cons have you encountered while connecting and interacting virtually?
  • What has virtual communication revealed about your personality and learning preferences?

Explain how you feel about networking online and the building of PLNs? From your perspective, what are the benefits and challenges? What concerns you most about privacy and security?

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Using technology to network is a way to build connections in online personal learning communities or PLNs.
• In an original post, explain how you feel about networking online and the building of PLNs?
• From your perspective, what are the benefits and challenges?
• What concerns you most about privacy and security?
Comment on the posts of at least two peers. APA citations are required only in the original response.

Describe the specific ways in which you enact change. What model of counseling (or application of theory) best fits the treatment of the issue, based upon your description of pathology?

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Write a 5 to 6-page APA style paper describing your current theory of change (papers that exceed the 6-page limit will be subject to a points deduction). Apart from succinctly describing the nature of change in humans, you will choose a counseling theoretical model that most closely fits with their personal style of counseling and preference.You will also describe why they have chosen that particular model and how it fits with them. This paper will fulfill the Graduate Writing Requirement (GWR). Late submissions subject to course policy. Please answer the following prompts in your paper:

    1. What:  What is the problem that someone would bring to you or that you would be seeing in your counseling practice? What is the pathology of the issue? What are the factors contributing to the development of the problem (i.e. mental, behavioral, emotional, physiological, biological, academic, relational, etc.)? The factors that you choose should be connected closely to the theoretical assumptions for what leads to the dysfunction or issue. Take note that most theories and models for change typically address one primary factor when making change. What are healthy/ unhealthy characteristics of those specific factors chosen (ex. What does an unhealthy relationship look like)? What theory of development best aligns with the pathology or can be used to best explain the pathology?
    2. How:  How do you enact or facilitate change?

Describe the specific ways in which you enact change. What model of counseling (or application of theory) best fits the treatment of the issue, based upon your description of pathology? What interventions, from your model, would you use? Describe how change occurs, don’t just give a list of interventions or describe the interventions. NOTE: must go beyond regular core conditions!

  1. Why:  Describe your rationale for choosing the factors of change you focus on. Include any small or brief personal experiences you have had that have contributed to your selection of a model and factors of change. Include any empirical evidence you have come by to support your theory of change.
  2. Who:  Describe the counselors’ role within your particular model. Describe how the specific model fits your counseling style. Describe how you use yourself in counseling. What personal characteristics of yours do you use in your counseling and how does who you are affect change in your clients?

Constructivist theories regard children as active learners or “little scientists”. Based on your understanding of constructivism, how would you describe active learning?

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Constructivism and Active Learning.
Constructivist theories regard children as active learners or “little scientists”.
Based on your understanding of constructivism, how would you describe active learning?
• What instruction methods support this approach?
• How does this approach support the developmental needs of young children.

The original post must include information from a professional, scholarly source that is outside the course. Cite the source in APA style (author’s last name, year of publication, page number) within the post, and include a complete bibliographic reference in APA style at the end of the post. Note: A Web site can be cited (with a URL) but does not count as the outside article unless it is clearly an entire Web site that uses peer-review. This permits use of an online scholarly journal, for example, that does not have a print version. But a Web site such as Wikipedia would not qualify because, while edited and vetted (to a degree), it is not a refereed source.

Develop an activity which supports the cognitive development needs of preschool-age children.Create the lesson plan in a Word document.How does the lesson support cognitive development?

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Planning a Preschool Lesson

This module addresses the key developmental areas of infancy and early childhood and its relation to cognitive and socio-emotional development in later life including milestones, theorists and theories, and educational practices.

For this assignment, you will develop an activity which supports the cognitive development needs of preschool-age children.

Create the lesson plan in a Word document. See the outline provided below.
After completing the lesson plan, answer the questions in Step 2.
Use citations and references in APA format to support your responses.
Step 1.
Complete the lesson plan, addressing all of the fields.

Step 2.
After you have completed the lesson plan, address the following questions about your lesson plan in a 1- to 3-page paper. Answer each question in a well-developed paragraph. Include an introduction and a conclusion.

How does the lesson support cognitive development?
How does the lesson align with developmentally appropriate practice?
What theoretical foundations support your lesson?

Explain your position on using social media in educational contexts. What is appropriate and inappropriate? How much is too much? Critique the latest research on social presence and best practices for connecting engaging, and interacting online with students.

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Content on social media and social presence are woven throughout this course. As a final project, you will design a presentation in a format of your choice on these topics.

You will begin your project by conducting a literature review on the social aspects of online learning, including social media, social presence, and best practices for connecting, engaging, and interacting online with students or colleagues

Explain your position on using social media in educational contexts. What is appropriate and inappropriate? How much is too much?

Critique the latest research on social presence and best practices for connecting engaging, and interacting online with students.

Describe how the best practices you plan to adopt for social media use and social presence within educational organizations fit within the current literature.

Discuss the boundaries educators should consider when using social media to promote learner interaction and engagement. Support your response with references from the literature.

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Web 2.0 tools are readily available for use in online courses and training programs and provide ways to diversify presentations. The use of social media is emerging as a best practice in online learning environments. Suppose you are designing an online learning experience.

  • Discuss 2-3 Web 2.0 tools you plan to incorporate into the learning experience to promote learner participation and engagement. Describe how you will use the tools (e.g., announcements, feedback, instructions).
  • What has been the impact of social media on educational organizations and learning environments?
  • Discuss the boundaries educators should consider when using social media to promote learner interaction and engagement. Support your response with references from the literature.

How do you rate the different aspects of speaking, for example fluency, accuracy, vocabulary, pronunciation? Do you assess other speaking skills such as conversation strategies?

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Reflect on your own experience assessing speaking with your students. Use these questions to write a journal entry.

• How do you rate the different aspects of speaking, for example fluency, accuracy, vocabulary, pronunciation?

• Do you assess other speaking skills such as conversation strategies?

• What assessment tasks do you use with your students and what information do you gain from these assessment tasks?

• Are there any problems you encounter with these assessment tasks? If so, what would you like to change?

Write 2-3 sentences about the challenges your space/home presents in establishing an area where you can concentrate on school you will need to write what you think could be improved in your work environment how you can overcome these challenges.

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Write 2-3 sentences about the challenges your space/home presents in establishing an area where you can concentrate on school you will need to write what you think could be improved in your work environment how you can overcome these challenges. Write about the steps you took to enhance and improve your work area. Consider additional enhancements other than charging your room and cleaning up the space, you could take to make studying more efficiently and effective for you. Lastly think of someone you know who is very protective. Describe that person and the characteristics that makes them successful and most importantly how you might try to incorporate that same trait in your life as a Cal-Pac student.

Research the role of active learning in the design of online courses and learning communities. How does active learning promote student engagement? What strategies support active learning?

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Active learning is authentic learning. It is achieved through effective instructional design and the use of multiple strategies, including online learning communities.

In the assignment, you will graphically design two learning objects to demonstrate your understanding of active learning and how it is beneficial to student engagement and the building of online learning communities.

  • Create a Word document. Follow the steps to complete the assignment.
  • Use APA format for in-text citations and references.
  • Follow the directions to submit your final products.

Step 1. Research
Research the role of active learning in the design of online courses and learning communities. How does active learning promote student engagement? What strategies support active learning? How can active learning help build successful online learning communities?

Step 2. Introduce
Introduce your two learning objects by describing the role of active learning in online course design and how it can be used to build learner engagement and community.

 

Step 3. Design
In a graphic organizer of your choice, design a learning object to describe the benefits of designing an online course that promotes active participation by students. List some of the dos and don’ts, and explain why these are critical for student engagement and the building of online community.

Step 4. Design
In a graphic organizer of your choice, design a learning object to suggest strategies for engaging students in online learning communities. What are the benefits of such engagement?

Step 5. Conclude
Conclude your paper by suggesting a potential audience for the implementation of the two learning objects. Who could benefit from having access to this information?