Putting It All Together Topic 6 Mano a Mano Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

Why put it all together? We want you to take all the parts and see them as a whole In order to do this, you will be asked to investigate your understanding of how all the topics are connected You will also be asked to go back to your original plan and think about how all this impacts that plan and ultimately your early childhood classroom… Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

What Is It We Are Putting Together? Theories of Learning Brain Development Team Building Early Childhood Environments Change and Mentoring Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

Theories of Learning What did you learn about learning that you can/should relate to –Brain development –Team building –Early childhood environments? –Change and Mentoring? Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

Brain Development What did you learn about brain development that you can/should relate to –Team building? –Early childhood environments? –Change and mentoring? Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

Team Building What did you learn about team building that you can/should relate to –Early childhood environments? –Change and mentoring? Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

Early Childhood Environments What did you learn about early childhood environments that you can/should relate to –Change and mentoring? Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

One way of looking at how all this goes together On the following slide, you will see a visual representation of how I see the general connections between these topics What’s missing is an explanation of WHY I made these connections Go ahead and look at it! Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

Brain Development Team Building Early Childhood Environments Change and Mentoring Theories of Learning Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

Why? In the last slide, you saw my construction of one way to connect the different topics we have covered in Course 1 Why do you think I made some lines thick double arrows? Why do you think I made some lines dotted connectors? Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

Activity #1 We are going to do something new as we near the end of this course! I am going to create teams, and you will work on Activity #1 within that team, using ! Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

Teams Team A –Carol –Beatriz –Poli –Patricia Team B –Mia –Rosa –Jeanette –Johanna Team C –Claudia –Nicole S. –Ana Maria Team D –Nicole B. –Celeste –Luz –Guadalupe Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

Teams cont’d Team E –Cassia –Grey –Luisa –Keisha Team F –Ana Teresa –Mercedes –Angeles Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

Working Together as a Team Remember what you need and what you expect! Communicate with your team members! There are times when one team member, for one reason or another, can’t or won’t participate fully –Be prepared for everyone to work together –But also be prepared to make the project work even if there’s a problem with a team member –Bottom line, do your best to work as a team, but do get the assignment in on the due date (3/28)…we WILL accept individual work… Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

Before you get started Practice putting it all together! &fr=yfp-t-501http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid= &fr=yfp-t-501 OK, now get to work! Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

Activity #1 Go to Activity #1 You may use the form I have provided OR you may come up with your own way to visualize and explain the relationship between the topics; this must be decided as a team What are the connections? There is no one right way to do this activity! And be prepared! I am asking you to engage in higher order thinking! Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

Higher Order Thinking I am asking you to –Analyze –Synthesize –Evaluate So take your time…be patient with yourselves Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

Bloom’s Taxonomy Here’s a quick overview of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning Review it to refresh your knowledge of higher order thinking skills! Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

Activity #1 your completed Activity (one per team) to your primary instructor (Ellen or Cathy) Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

Activity #2 Yep, we want you to do one more thing!!! Look one more time at your original Plan of Action Identify at least one modification you really should make so that your plan reflects what you have learned during this first online course Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.

Activity #2 Go to the discussion board and discuss the change (or changes) you have identified for your Plan of Action Ellen Marshall, Ph.D. & Cathy McAuliffe-Dickerson, Ph.D.