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Introduction to Financial Literacy for High Schoolers - the Implications of High College Student Loan Debt
This 8-week course will provide high school students with the necessary information and tools to calculate the amount of student loan debt they will accrue if they do not seek alternative methods for paying for college such as grants, scholarships, and other sources of free funds. In this course, students will learn how to:
- Imagine the components of their dream life
- Create a financial plan for paying for college
- Investigating alternatives to a 4-year college education including military, community college, internships, mentorships, volunteering, etc.
- Obtain a more concrete understanding of student loans
- Use internet tools to find scholarships and grants
- Identify organizations and business sources for free funds and part-time jobs
- Create a project plan for realizing their college experience and career goals
The topic for my Moodle Course is “Music Through Composition”.
It is a music elective that will be offered to high school students grades 9th-12th. Students will use online notation software (such as Noteflight) to create and share compositions. Each module will consist of a discussion, where students analyze a piece of music from a different time period, and a composition project. Students will be given a large amount of freedom in how the compositions are created, with helpful guidelines to make sure it is completed in the correct style. Students will be graded on their participation in class discussions, their analysis of compositions, and the completion of their original compositions.
Fundamentals of U.S. Civics
This course will provide an overview of the United States government and civics. Having fundamental knowledge of the government and citizenry’s obligations within a society is key to having an informed, engaged electorate. This course seeks to provide a basic overview of the responsibilities and limitations of the United States government. Topics covered include principles of democracy and the Constitution, civic engagement, the structure of the federal and local branches of government, and the role the government plays in our lives.
This online course will provide a study of six United States Presidents who are regarded by many historians as transformational to our country for their various political, social, and executive contributions to the history of our great land. Students will analyze both primary and secondary sources, watch videos, listen to speeches, and engage in thoughtful discussions with their peers on what each U.S. president has contributed to our country and whether or not they can be considered transformational leaders.
Topics included in this elective course (designed for 9th through 12th grade history students) will include:
- Studies of Washington, Polk, Lincoln, FDR, Reagan, and Obama.
- Analysis of primary and secondary sources related to their administrations.
- Engaging in discussion about the transformational status of these presidents.
- Understanding the executive office and the duties of the President of the US.
- Understanding the executive office and its broader relation to US Civics.
- How to analyze multimedia and other resources in order to form objective, education opinions to share with peers.
- Produce a case study on one of the aforementioned presidents and discuss the qualities (or lack thereof) that make this president a transformational president to US History.
Bad statistics lie to you and are more common than you think (advertising, politics, and the media). This course will lead you down the path to good statistical techniques, which can help you make sense of complex topics. This will be accomplished by providing you with the opportunity to acquire analytical skills to empirically evaluate ideas using statistics. Statistics is as much about logical thinking and decision making as it is about mathematical calculations. This course will emphasize the thinking process over the mathematical calculations, making statistics accessible and allowing you to know when to use a statistic and to assess if other people’s uses of statistics are appropriate. This approach is appropriate at this level because computers will do almost all statistical calculations whether they are appropriate or not.
By the end of this course you will be able to use statistics to evaluate and form a defensible opinion on various controversial topics such as: “The link between Downs Syndrome and vaccines,” “The impact of classical music on IQ,” and “Do brain training games increase intelligence or memory?” You will be able to identify misleading or implausible statistics reported by politicians, the news media, and academic research.
This course offers an overview of teaching health literacy to different populations. Health Literacy is defined as the "the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions"(National Library of Medicine/NIH). Over the years, Health Literacy has become not only an issue for practitioners wishing to obtain medical consent from their patients but also a public health issue.
According to the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality Report, low levels of health are associated with “higher risk of death and more emergency room visits and hospitalizations” (National Library of Medicine/NIH). Through health information outreach and instruction, we can attempt to lower these health literacy-related fatalities.
Topics covered in this course includes various health literacy models and definitions; identifying reputable consumer health information; health literacy information resources for different demographics, such as for children, adults, the elderly and non-native speakers; creating and marketing accessible health information for different populations.
Principles of STEM Education is a course design to teach instructors about the integration of science curriculum into Kindergarten through 5th grade classrooms. Instructors will study the various learning theories of science education and strategies that will leverage their instruction. There will be an emphasis on the Next Generation Science Standards and the Engineering Design Process as they relate to the planning and development of science curriculum. Students will also develop a working knowledge of supplemental science programs that enrich STEM education such as robotics and maker faires.
This course provides an overview of cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular ultrasound.
Course discussions include methods for optimizing the quality of diagnostic data obtained during an ultrasound examination. Specific applications are then addressed beginning with a review of the relevant anatomy and physiology followed by in-depth presentations on examination techniques, protocols and diagnostic criteria. The specific applications that will be addressed include: extra-cranial and intracranial cerebrovascular, abdominal, and peripheral arterial and venous imaging and non-imaging assessments. Emphasis is placed on a thorough understanding of the basic principles underlying the Doppler examination and clinical applications using color and spectral Doppler techniques.
Additional topics covered in this course will include recent advances in technology, practice issues as well as quality assurance measures. This course is appropriate for preparing for the vascular ultrasound registry examination (RVT or RVS).