Course Syllabus
Teaching Foundations
Dr. Jason Richter, Ed.D.
Course Description
This is for students who need an introduction to basic teaching techniques.
Prerequisites
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Course Goals
- Establish foundation skills that will enable accurate and appropriate fingerspelling as the student's overall skill grows.
- Understand the concept of fingerspelling in context.
- Develop receptive skills to acquire fingerspelled words in the context of phrases and short stories.
- Develop expressive skills to display fingerspelled words in the context of phrases and short stories.
- Introduction to methods for basic numbers display.
Class Materials
Fingerspelling Basics Student by Missy Keast
Required Technology
Access to an internet enabled device such as a computer, iPad, tablet, or mobile device etc. is required. The school computer lab is a good place to start if you don't own your device. You also need to be able to video yourself signing.
Grading
Expressive: Each module requires that you submit a video of yourself signing a short story or anecdote. Each video is worth 10 points and is graded on your expressive skills.
Receptive: Each module requires that you watch a short story or anecdote then submit an online form with fill in the blank questions. Each question is worth 1 point and, depending upon the story, you might have 25 answers.
90 - 100 = A
80 - 89 = B
70 - 79 = C
60 - 69 = D
59 to below = F
Withdrawal policy
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Academic Misconduct
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Tentative Schedule
Week 1
Send me a short video of yourself. Include at least 5 fingerspelled words and tell me about your break, family, friends, job, hobbies etc.
Week 2
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