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Attending live Seminars is important to your academic success, and attendance is highly recommended. The Seminar allows you to review the important concepts presented in each unit, discuss work issues in your lives that pertain to these concepts, ask your instructor questions, and allow you to come together in real time with your fellow classmates. There will be a graded Seminar in Units 1 through 9 in this course. You must either attend the live Seminar or you must complete the Seminar alternative assignment in order to earn points for this part of the class.
Cross-Curricular Plans
Throughout this course you have developed a basic understanding of the curricular areas and learning domains that are the framework for curriculum development. The Unit 8 text readings now integrate all areas and domains. Creating plans that are multi-dimensional make it more likely all students will learn as they tend to address multiple intelligences and multiple learning styles.
For Seminar be prepared to discuss the following:
1. Share why it is important to integrate curriculum.
2. Explain different ways to integrate curriculum. Identify a theme you would use and what activities you would implement.
3. Point out ways to accommodate special needs children in their play and/ or participation in project work.
Option 1: Participate in a synchronous Seminar discussion. You are strongly encouraged to fulfill your Seminar requirement through this option if possible. Many students find the Seminar very helpful because your instructor will clarify information and your classmates may pose questions that you also have about the material.
Option 2: Complete the Option 2 written assignment by answering the Seminar topics. Your responses should be composed in complete sentences and paragraphs and be 300-400 words in length. You should create your Seminar responses in MS Word making sure to follow APA format and cite all references used. Save your answers and submit them to the Unit 7: Seminar Dropbox. The Dropbox is located at the top of this class on the blue toolbar.
Be sure to complete all questions to earn your Seminar points. You are also strongly encouraged to review the Seminar transcript for gain the full educational benefit intended.