Describe the three types of virtual collaborative projects teachers and students could undertake.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary and include: Virtual collaborative projects could be: (1) Information exchange tasks - Learners provide information about their personal biographies or aspects of their home cultures to their long-distance partners; (2) Comparison and analysis tasks - In addition to requiring learners to exchange information, they also carry out comparisons or critical analyses of cultural products from each culture (e.g., books, surveys, films, and newspaper articles); (3) Collaborative tasks - Learners are required to work together to produce a joint product or conclusion.
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a. Consistently talk to the child about her actions. b. Quickly tell the child “no!” when she misbehaves. c. Ignore negative behavior until she outgrows it. d. Tell the child repeatedly that she needs to follow the rules. e. All of these strategies would be equally effective.
Which of the following statements reflects the influence of center-based childcare on the development of infants and toddlers?
a. Infant development is more likely to be compromised in center-based child care than in family child care settings. b. High quality child care and responsive parenting predict the most beneficial outcomes. c. Well trained staff are better able to care for an infant's developmental needs than most parents. d. Infants and toddlers with poor quality parenting receive no benefit from high-quality child care.
Which of the following components is NOT included in ISTE's model for Professional Development for Effective Technology use?
A. Online learning B. Electronic gradebooks C. Modeling of technology use by trainers and experienced teachers D. Communities of practice
Older adults, who remain actively bilingual, show better executive control and may stave off symptoms of dementia longer than monolinguals of the same age
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.