ACTIVITIES THAT REACH AND TEACH

Course overview

This course teaches the importance of active learning and techniques for selecting and implementing quality activities that insure student learning and retention of content. It features strategies for activity selection that considers age appropriate content, as well as, engagement of a diverse student population. It explores what is necessary for creating a safe and caring educational environment that encourages interaction, understanding, team building, communication, problem solving, and conflict resolution. It provides several examples of successful activities that can be used to assess learning across subject matter. It is focused for educators, SLPs, SLPAs, OTRs, and anyone else who works in an educational environment. Objective Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: Describe how the use of activities meets students' basic needs, enhances learning, and helps to define the purpose behind the use of activities to achieve specific academic and/or social skill development. Describe the principles that insure successful implementation of activities, including allowing for sensory learning preferences and attention span, from the giving of directions through active student engagement. Apply the skills that help in selecting activities that are age appropriate and content specific. Identify questioning strategies for debriefing activities as a means to assess student learning. Describe several examples of the concepts, strategies, and techniques taught. Additional Information Duration: 3 Hours CE Credit: .3 Course Level: Introductory, Professional Course Timeline: 30 minutes: Why use activities? Purpose behind activity selection and use. 30 minutes: Activity Selection - Filter Development - Begin with end in mind. 30 minutes: Continue: Activity Selection - Filter Development - Begin with end in mind. 75 minutes: Activity Implementation - Safe and Effective Learning Environment - Unpacking the Learning - (examples) 15 minutes: Question and Answer