Teaching the Latino Student
EGED718
Latinos are the largest minority and the fastest growing ethnic group in the U.S. population. Many teachers are not aware of exactly how to provide a quality education that is relevant to Latino students; and will provide success, achievement, and high school graduation, as well as a solid preparation for college or career. This course attempts to provide that awareness and insight for successfully teaching Latino students.
Instructional Discipline
EGED720
This course is designed to help understand discipline as an instructional piece of both the classroom and school setting. In this course, discipline is explored as a skill deficit; therefore, students need to be taught corrective discipline strategies in order to be successful in your classroom. Most teachers leave the profession within the first five years due to a lack of management skills or a general inability to handle the students in their classrooms.
SSR Is Always OK!
EGED719
Teachers will find this course on Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) invaluable in two dimensions. First and foremost, it is an excellent tool for teaching reading comprehension and generating a healthy enthusiasm for reading. It is based upon giving the student a choice in the reading material and the student setting the pace rather than the teacher. Secondly, it is a wonderful tool for the teacher when he or she has finished that dreaded 15 minutes short of an hour...what on Earth do you do with students now? SSR is always OK!
Introduction to WEB 2.0
ECSI704
Tired of the same busy work assignments? Want to create assignments that not only will interest your students but incorporate the use of technology? Want to find out what this Web 2.0 stuff is all about? Well, this course is perfect for you. Introduction to Web 2.0 is an Internet-based class exploring the many tools that Web 2.0 has to offer educators. Incorporating Web 2.0 tools into assignments will help to enhance any assignment into an engaging assignment that will meet the needs of all learners, develop critical thinking skills, and prepare students to become life long learners.
21st Century Teaching and Learning
EGED721
This course explores how technology may be used as a tool in the 21st century classroom to facilitate changes in the ways teachers teach and students learn, and ultimately, to stimulate positive changes in education. It also examines how educators may increase their own productivity by using technology for communication and collaboration among colleagues, staff, parents, students, and the larger community.
Motivating Players: It's an Art
ESPE716
We would all like to be able to motivate our players to new levels of excellence, not only for the team but also for the individual. All coaches want to see their players elevate their game. But doing it is another thing. This course points the way. With an excellent DVD by Coach Theresa Grentz who has made a career of helping players achieve their potential, it stresses the mental side of the game and offers a motivational playbook.
Severe Weather: Nature's Killers
ESCI732
No matter what part of the country you live in, you experience a wide variety of weather conditions. Most of the time the weather will be normal, such as sunny skies or a passing shower. What happens when that shower turns into a life threatening thunderstorm? Or when a hurricane threatens millions in a coastal city? Severe weather can strike almost any location, and being able to recognize the causes and threats of each can help protect lives and property.
Teaching About Animals, A to Zoo
ESCI736
This course will focus on the biological science associated with zoos and aquariums. You will be expected to visit the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo or a zoo/aquarium of your choice and complete an animal profile project (just as students would be expected to do prior to a field trip to a zoo or aquarium), as well as a class conservation project. The lessons for this course are designed to introduce you to the animal profiles for local zoos/aquarium in an effort to prepare your students for the animals they will encounter.
Meet KoKo and Talk With Her
ESCI730
Ever wonder what it would be like to communicate with another species of animal and know what they are feeling or thinking, or how they look at the world? In this course, you’ll meet Koko, a 37-year-old gorilla who can communicate with humans through American Sign Language. You watch as Koko jokes, laughs, is stubborn, insults her trainer, and in general acts like a complete human being. Koko has 1,000 ASL signs and understands more than 2,000 English words. Your students will fall in love with her.
Rainforests: Are They Doomed?
ESCI738
The question of the diminishing rainforest is a perplexing one. It is one of our most precious resources yet we are rapidly destroying them. This course takes you into the rainforest with scientists to examine the wildlife and its plight, the extent of degradation, and perhaps a few ideas on what we can do to stop it. The DVD about the wildlife included in this course will have great appeal to students, especially those in the lower grades.
