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2. AED 201 Week 7 CheckPoint Technology Use Timeline • Check Point: Technology Use Timeline • Resource: Appendix D • Research the use of technology in schools from 1980 until present day. • Use Appendix D to fill in a timeline with events to depict the changes in school technology since 1980. You must discuss a minimum of two events per decade, for a total of at least six events.

3. AED 201 Week 6 Assignment Rights and Responsibilities of Educators and Students • Assignment: Rights & Responsibilities of Educators & Students • Resources: Appendix C, the University Library, and Ch. 9 of Introduction to Teaching • Complete Appendix C by filling in the following:

4. AED 201 Week 6 Exercise Teacher Liability • Exercise: Teacher Liability • Resource: Introduction to Teaching companion Web site at http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_kauchak_intrototea_2 • Answer three questions on the text companion Web site. • Navigate to http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_kauchak_intrototea_2 • From the Select a Chapter drop-down menu, choose Chapter 9.

5. AED 201 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 Discussion Questions Determine which factors may explain that most of the higher per-pupil expenditures are found in the Northeastern and upper-Midwest states and the lower per-pupil expenditures are found in the South and West. In your opinion, what must happen to create a balance in school funding across regions?

6. AED 201 Week 5 CheckPoint Govern. Effecting Change in Schools • CheckPoint: Governance and Effecting Change in Schools • Resource: p.275 of Introduction to Teaching • Write a 200- to 300-word response to the following: • Assume you are a teacher who would like to address a technology issue at your school. Many of the students’ textbooks provide Web links for engaging enrichment activities. Each classroom has five computers, but there is only one computer connected to the Internet per room and the computers are

7. AED 201 Week 4 Assignment Characteristics of At-Risk Students • Assignment: Characteristics of At-Risk Students • Resources: The Online Library and Ch. 4 of Introduction to Teaching • Read p. 134 of the text, which discusses the way one school district addresses the needs of a group of at-risk students.

8. AED 201 Week 4 CheckPoint History of American Education • Checkpoint: History of American Education • Resource: Interactive Timeline and Ch. 5 of Introduction to Teaching • Identify the three major periods and the two major eras in the history of American education as discussed in Ch. 5 of Introduction to Teaching • Copy and paste the following Web site address for the history of American education timeline into

9. AED 201 Week 4 CheckPoint Socioeconomic Status, Stud. Achiev. • Check Point: Socioeconomic Status and Student Achievement • Resource: School Matters Web site at http://www.schoolmatters.com and p. 134 of Introduction to Teachin • Navigate to http://www.schoolmatters.com and locate the district you live in or want to work in. Browse either district or school-specific data regarding SES status, then complete the following:

10. AED 201 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • Discussion Questions • Is it best to adjust instruction to teach in accordance with individual learning styles or should students experience and be encouraged to participate in activities that require learning styles other than those they naturally prefer? In other words, if a child’s preferred learning style is visual and field independent (prefers to work alone), should all instruction be based on visual, independent activities, or should the student also be accountable for participation in group activities that

11. AED 201 Week 3 CheckPoint Learning Needs of Diverse Students • Check Point: Learning Needs of Diverse Students • Resource: Appendix B and Ch. 3 of Introduction to Teaching • Identify at least two types of diverse learners as discussed in Ch. 3 of the text • Search for effective teaching practices for the two types of

12. AED 201 Week 2 Exercise • Exercise: Case Study: The Roles of a Teacher • Resource: Case Study on p. 62 of Introduction to Teaching and the text companion Web site • Answer question #5 on the text companion Web site. • Navigate to http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_kauchak_intrototea_2

13. AED 201 Week 2 checkpoint managing a daily teaching schedule part 1 • Check Point: Managing a Daily Teaching Schedule • Resource: Ch. 2 of Introduction to Teaching • Use a Microsoft® Excel or Word table function to propose and create a schedule of school-related tasks for a typical teaching day from the time you arrive at school until the time you leave school at the end of the day. Remember to take into account the education level you expect to teach (elementary or secondary).

14. AED 201 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • Discussion Questions • Identify internal or external rewards that affect recruitment and retention of quality teachers. How do such rewards influence recruitment or retention? How might these rewards shift as new accountability-centered teacher reforms are proposed, such as merit pay and competency testing?

15. AED 201 Week 1 CheckPoint Teaching as a Professional Career • Check Point: Teaching as a Professional Career • Resource: Ch.1 of Introduction to Teaching • Write a 200- to 300- word paper in which you list 3 to 5 factors that define teaching as a professional career. Elaborate on how these factors are employed by teachers on a daily basis.

16. AED 201 Entire Course • AED 201 Week 1 CheckPoint Teaching as a Professional Career • AED 201 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • AED 201 Week 2 checkpoint managing a daily teaching schedule part 1 • AED 201 Week 2 Exercise • AED 201 Week 2 Assignment Interview with Teaching Professional • AED 201 Week 3 CheckPoint Learning Needs of Diverse Students • AED 201 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2

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