Week+Two

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The outcomes for the course that are specific to this week are as follows:
 * Students will be able to explain the major events in infant and childhood development

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 * Students will reflect on the issues in developmental psychology

Week Two Assignments:

1. Preschool Wiki

Please scroll down to locate the instructions for the preschool wiki.

2. Discussion

The objective of this discussion is to prepare you for the AP exam in May. You are to thoroughly read and post a response to the prompt based on how you would approach this question if seen on the AP exam. In responding to classmates, you need to provide support for their response, refute points in their response, and/or provide suggestions for approaching the AP exam. Therefore, your posts to classmates can pertain to the content or the FRQ portion of the national exam. Once complete, you will be able to successfully read, interpret, and respond to an FRQ as on the national exam in May. Please use the discussion tab above to respond to the development prompt. By day 3, you are expected to have made your initial post to the respond to the prompt and by day 7 you need to have responded to at least two fellow classmates. Please locate and use the discussion rubric located on the homepage as a reference for how you will be evaluated. In addition, please follow this linkto view a short video pertaining to this week's discussion.  **If you are having difficulty viewing the video, please read this document as it follows along with the video.**  

Preschool Wiki

What do you want us to achieve Mrs. Mitchell? (Objectives)

Students will be able to compare and contrast various stages of development by completing a Wiki that requires the creation of pre-school curriculum. The lesson plan has to meet mastery standards as stated in a discussion rubric. Students will learn how to use WikiSpaces. As a group, their Wiki will entail the planning out of a pre-school curriculum based on the abilities of a child at that age. This will include addressing cognitive abilities, social abilities, motor abilities, as well as activities that are inappropriate for children of that age.

Okay, then what do we do? **(Task and Instructions):**

Have you ever heard of a Wiki? A Wiki is a group webpage; multiple people can have access to edit and author a webpage. You can even add pages to your Wiki making it a little more complex. Of course, the usual goes of being able to add text and images to your Wiki as well. You need to select one person from the group I assign you to set up your Wiki (I will be posting your groups as a news announcement so be on the look out!). Then follow the linked instructions to help you learn how to manage your Wiki. I suggest emailing all group members and decide on a time to meet to discuss how you all are going to approach this collaborative project. I would be happy to set up Elluminate time for your group if necessary. Just let me know! Follow the link to access WikiSpaces!

**Is that it Mrs. Mitchell?**

Of course not! You need to know what your Wiki needs to be about! Imagine that you and your fellow classmates are going to open a preschool for children ages 3-4. What types of activities would be appropriate? I want you as a group to design a curriculum that would address the needs of the cognitive, social/emotional, and physical/motor development of a preschool child. Also identify some activities that would be inappropriate at this age. Your group must use the theories and research of Piaget, Erikson, and Kohlberg to justify your ideas. Your examples and ideas should either support or refute the concept that development occurs in stages as Piaget, Kohlberg, and Erikson all suggested. However you map your Wiki is up to you all as a group, but I need to see certain elements present. Those elements are basically lesson plan ideas and explanations. Feel free to spruce up the appearance of your group Wiki by adding pictures but remember all ideas must be unique to your group!

**Sounds exciting! Are we being graded as a group or individually? And how do we know what elements you want to see?**

You will be graded as a group for 5 categories and individually for one. I will receive feedback from your group is necessary to help with the individual evaluation. Also, here is a rubric to answer that question exactly! The content, links, files, media and images are relevant and connected to the topic. The content is obviously written by the students and the students have shown a good depth of understanding and knowledge. The page clearly addresses the learning objectives. || Information is clearly focused in an organized and thoughtful manner; information constructed in a logical pattern to support ideas || No spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors; high-level use of vocabulary and word choice || Multimedia is used to clarify and illustrate the main points; format enhances content; presentation is organized and well thought out || curriculum addresses the needs of the cognitive, social/emotional, and physical/motor development of a preschool child; identifies activities that would be inappropriate at this age || Consistently and actively works toward group goals; willingly accepts and fulfills individual role within group ||  ||
 * **Score Levels** || **Content** || **Organization** || **Conventions** || **Presentation** || **Engagement** || **Collaboration** ||
 * **4** || The page shows insight, depth and understanding.



understood the content; the content has relevant links or images and the links or images may be referred to. The page addresses the learning objectives. || Information seems organized and thoughtful; seems logically constructed || Few (1-3) spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors; good use of vocabulary and word choice || Multimedia is used to illustrate the main points; format appropriate for content; presentation well organized || curriculum addresses some of the needs of the cognitive, social/emotional, and physical/motor development of a preschool child; identifies some activities that would be inappropriate at this age || Works toward group goals without occasional prompting; accepts and fulfills individual role within group || understanding. Entries are short and for the most part relevant to the topic. The page shows some understanding. The page attempts to address the learning objectives. || Has focus but strays at times; seems to have a pattern but not consistent; loosely supports topic || Minimal (3-5) spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors; low-level use of vocabulary and word choice || Multimedia loosely illustrates the main points; format does not suit presentation; loosely organized || curriculum minimally addresses the needs of the cognitive, social/emotional, and physical/motor development of a preschool child; minimally identifies activities that would be inappropriate at this age || Works toward group goals with occasional prompting || superficial. Entries are short and frequently irrelevant to the topic. Shows little understanding. || Content is unfocused; information does not pertain to topic; no apparent pattern || More than 5 spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors; poor use of vocabulary and word choice || Presentation appears sloppy and/or unfinished; multimedia overused/underused; format does not enhance content; no clear organization || curriculum does not address the needs of the cognitive, social/emotional, and physical/motor development of a preschool child; does not identify activities that would be inappropriate at this age || Works toward group goals only when prompted || Rubrics referenced: [] and []
 * **3** || The page shows the students have read and
 * **2** || Simple page which shows some depth or level of
 * **1** || Simple page which lacks insight, depth is

<span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**But how do you want us to turn this in?**

In the dropbox function of the course, you will see a dropbox item labeled Development Wiki. In a Word document, submit the final link to your Wiki by the due date. I want every group member to complete this step. To ensure this was done correctly, you will automatically receive a confirmation receipt email.