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**EMAT621 Unit Resource Page for Students in Dr. Danielson's Curriculum and Instruction in Early Childhood Education Class at Mercer University (Summer 2011)**


 * Focus Topic** **Group Assignment**

May 16 – Explanation and group assignments May 23 –Class time will be given to work on presentation June 6 – Group #1 – Focus Topic: Integrating Technology June 6 – Group #2 – Focus Topic: Literacy Integration June 6 – Group #3 – Focus Topic: Parent/Community Involvement June 13- Group #4 – Focus Topic: Differentiated Instruction June 27 –Group #5 – Focus Topic: Managing the Learning Environment
 * Timeline of Assignments**

Your group will have 60-75 minutes for your presentation. Your group is responsible for gathering **strategies** and resources on your topic to share with the class. The goal is to help your classmates get instructional techniques so they can complete your unit topic component. There must be **interactive learning** about the topic. Do not **just** lecture or show slides about the topic. Include some way to involve the class! Your group will be giving the class an overview of the topic including these components:
 * Presentation Criteria:**
 * 1) Hook/Activator
 * 2) What is it?
 * 3) What are examples of a **variety** of ways that this topic can be incorporated into a learning unit for several different content areas?
 * 4) You **mus**t include some hands-on or interactive activities that would model strategies related to your topic.
 * 5) What are resources or web sites where information and/or strategies can be found on your topic? Create a **WIKI** page of strategy ideas and resources related to your topic. Seehttp://emat621summer11.wikispaces.com/. You’ll need to subscribe to this wiki to create your page. As part of your presentation, share your Wiki page with the class.
 * 6) Summarizer - Have students in class **tell or** **demonstrate what they learned** from presentation.
 * 7) Leave a few minutes at the end for questions/feedback from summarizer

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 * Group Assessment:**
 * Everyone in the group participated in the creation and delivery of presentation.
 * All components of the presentation criteria listed above were effectively presented.
 * A Wiki Page was created with strategies and resources to use in units.
 * Group stayed within the time limit (not too short or too long)
 * Group used effective presentation strategies to engage the audience.