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GED: Science - Unit 1: Science Practices |
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Welcome to Unit 1: Science Practices. Science practices describe the ways we collect, process, and analyze information. Each question on the science test will incorporate science practice within the content area being tested. In this unit, we'll explore some of those science practices. We'll define scientific method, describe variables, and learn about sampling techniques. We'll also explore some of the ways scientists represent and analyze the data they collect. |
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Introduction to Assessment for Teachers |
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This course covers basic assessment information for teachers. It will be a refresher for basic concepts generally covered in a teacher preparation program. Educators must understand the reasons for assessment and its importance in supporting appropriately designed instruction for students. This course will help you develop new knowledge and review prior knowledge regarding the impact of assessment on teaching and learning. |
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San Diego Zoo - Interpretation Basics: Module 1 |
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An understanding of interpretation techniques is increasingly important for professionals and volunteers in zoos, aquariums, museums, and a variety of other tourism and hospitality organizations. This course will introduce the basics of interpretation, including the origins of interpretation, Tilden’s Six Principles of Interpretation, connecting tangibles with intangibles, and understanding visitors’ needs and motivations. |
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Strategy Tactic Task #1431a (Instructor Guide) |
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This is the Instructor Guide for Lesson #1431a Strategy Tactic Task. This instructor guide provides the instructor with lesson background, key points, and delivery methods. Required lesson materials including lesson plan, presentation, and evaluation quiz with answer key. Included in this guide is an explanation video of the presentation that describes each slide of the lesson. |
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E-Mail Etiquette: E-Mail Effectiveness |
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In this unit, you will learn the importance of considering the recipient before writing an e-mail; the factors to be considered before writing a message, such as your relationship with the recipient, the subject, and the purpose of writing the message; and how to effectively compose messages, anticipating negative recipient reactions such as skepticism and apathy. Finally, you will learn about managing your e-mail, checking your e-mail, handling large volumes of e-mail, helping others manage their e-mail volume, and setting the e-mail program to respond automatically. |
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Constructing: Airway Essentials—Part 2 |
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Most paramedics will remember walking around town during their original paramedic school and deciding which patients would be a "tough tube." If that describes you when you first started, you will appreciate this brief review. Dr. Christopher Galton takes the time to takes the time to give a memorable examples of the mnemonics LEMON and BONES, which prove to be a fantastic teaching tools. We think you will enjoy the illustrations that allow you to remember these important evaluations. Final Exam: This multiple choice exam is designed to test your knowledge of the material you just reviewed. You have two attempts to gain an 80% or higher on this exam. Please take your time and answer each question carefully.
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Reducing Turnover in Childcare Settings: Strategies for Administrators |
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This course covers strategies for administrators to reduce turnover in childcare settings. It is just one out of many educational courses we offer. This course will help you develop new knowledge about the childcare setting and help you better understand your role as an administrator. |
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GED: Math - Unit 5: Coordinate Plane |
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Welcome to Unit 5: Coordinate Plane. If you've ever graphed points, or read a graph, you've worked with the coordinate plane. In this unit, we'll learn about points, the lines that connect them, and the equations used to create them. |
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GED: Math - Unit 6: Polynomials |
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Welcome to Unit 6: Polynomials. We first learned about polynomials in Unit 3 when we learned how to simplify expressions. We'll work with them again in this unit, where we'll learn how to perform more complex operations with them. |
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Growth Mindset in the Classroom |
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This course covers how to incorporate a growth mindset in the classroom. It includes a comparison between growth and fixed mindset, as well as ways to help students have a "can do" attitude in school. It will help you develop new knowledge about this concept and how you can support a growth mindset in the classroom. This is just one of the many K-12 education courses we offer. |
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Sepsis - What's new in caring for these patients? |
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A comprehensive update provided for an intended audience of prehospital care providers. This update introduces new definitions for sepsis and septic shock, reviews sepsis epidemiology, pathophysiology, disease morbidity and mortality, and prehospital treatments. |
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Freelance Work |
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This course will teach you what freelance work is and why it's becoming a common career path for many professionals. Freelance work is completed by people known as freelancers, who are self-employed rather than having a permanent employment to a singular company. This type of work involves short-term jobs, such as gigs or temp jobs. |
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E-Mail Etiquette: E-Mail Messages |
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In this course, you will learn how to take advantage of the headers in e-mail messages. You will learn about the “To” field, in which you should type the recipient’s e-mail address. You will also learn when to send carbon copies and blind carbon copies of messages. You will learn the importance of writing a proper subject field for e-mail messages and that the header also includes the date and time of sending messages. Finally, you will learn how to construct the body of an e-mail message, add a personal touch to your messages by including a proper greeting, relay information by placing it in the appropriate order, and use different types of lists effectively. You learned the correct way to write long e-mail messages to keep recipients interested in the information and how to effectively close e-mail messages. |
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Paraprofessional Math Skills 2: Geometry and Measurement |
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This course covers Paraprofessional Math Skills: Geometry and Measurement. It is just one out of three Paraprofessional Math Skills courses, and one out of eight ParaPro prep courses that will prepare you on K-12 topics. This course will help you develop your knowledge of these mathematical concepts and help you apply them to abstract and real-life situations. After taking these prep courses, you should be prepared for the ETS ParaPro Assessment. This course can be taken as a stand-alone learning event, as part of a broader paraprofessional curriculum, or in preparation for the ParaPro Assessment.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
Understand and represent time and money in more than one way.
Convert between units or measures in the same system.
Identify basic geometrical shapes.
Perform computations related to area, volume, and perimeter for basic shapes.
Graph data on an xy-coordinate plane. |
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Foundational Literacy Strategies for Paraprofessionals |
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This course covers foundational literacy strategies for paraprofessionals. It will walk you through different strategies you can use throughout the reading process. The content of this course is divided into three parts: strategies you can use before reading, during reading, and after reading. It is just one out of many paraprofessional courses we offer. This course will help you develop new knowledge about students and will help you better understand your role as a paraprofessional. |
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GED: Social Studies - Unit 5: Post-Test |
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Welcome to Unit 5: Post-Test. This post-test covers civics and government, US history, economics, and world geography. At the end of this post-test is a table that matches each test question to the content it covers. Use it to review and content you haven't mastered. |
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GED: Reasoning Through Language Arts - Unit 8: Post-Test |
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Welcome to Unit 8: Post-Test. This post-test covers reading comprehension, writing, and editing. At the end of this post-test is a table that matches each question to the content it covers. Use it to review any content that you haven't mastered. |
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Understanding Cognitive Behavioral Therapy |
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This course covers the fundamental principles of cognitive behavioral therapy. It explores how educators can apply them to assist students with cognitive distortions or specific disorders that may affect them. It is just one out of many educational professional courses we offer. This course will help you develop new knowledge about students and will give you specific resources to help you in the classroom.
Please note, educators are not trained psychologists. This course is meant to serve as an introduction to cognitive behavioral therapy concepts so they understand what resources are available to their students. For true cognitive behavioral therapy, students should consult a registered psychologist. |
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Mang Mountain Pit Viper |
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In this module you will learn about an elusive, beautiful—and highly threatened—species from China. The Mang Mountain pitviper Protobothrops mangshanensis is just as important to the ecosystem as the giant panda—if a little less cuddly. |
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Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness for K-12 |
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This course covers child abuse and prevention awareness. This course will help you develop new knowledge about students and will help you understand how children who may be abused can be helped within schools. |
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2021 Quarter 1: COVID-19 Quality Care Updated |
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Providers in Western NYS have learned a great deal about treating patients that suffer from COVID-19 infections. This session was recorded in January 2021. Paramedic Shawna Rizzi does a fantastic job of interviewing Dr. Christopher Galton. Dr. Galton draws on his experience as a paramedic, EMS medical director, intensivist, and anesthesiologist to summarize the changes that every paramedic should know.
Final Exam: This multiple-choice exam is designed to test your knowledge of the material you just reviewed. You have two attempts to gain an 80% or higher on this exam. Please take your time and answer each question carefully. |
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Salvage Operations |
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This introductory level course introduces the concept of salvage operations. The course defines salvage operations and describes techniques used to protect buildings and contents from damage caused by fire suppression operations and preserve evidence of fire origin. This course is evaluated with a final quiz. The clock time for this course is approximately one clock hour. |
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Advanced Interpersonal Communication: Supervisors |
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When you think of a supervisor, you probably think of your immediate boss. However, in the workplace, most people have several supervisors. Your workplace might be divided into teams, departments or divisions. Within each level, there is a supervisor to whom you are accountable, even if you do not deal with that person on a day-to-day basis. Company executives and board members can also be considered supervisors because they might have the power to make decisions regarding your employment, salary, promotions, and work assignments. It is important to communicate effectively with all of your supervisors to maintain an efficient workplace and to be able to promote your own ideas for improvements.
In this course you will learn to: identify the types of ineffective supervisors and ways to interact with them, and negotiate a raise with a supervisor and offer an effective resignation. |
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Helping Children with ADD Succeed In School-Age Programs: Characteristics and Needs of Children |
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Children with ADD regularly experience struggles and challenges at home, in school, and in the community. Without the help of knowledgeable, understanding, and supportive people, they often experience multiple failures and frustrations on a daily basis. In this course, we will explore characteristics and needs of children with ADD. |
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Providing Homework Support: Types of Homework Support |
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Research indicates there are many different ways to provide effective homework support in school-age programs. When planning a homework support program, it is important for school-age programs to develop a homework philosophy that is consistent with the program’s overall philosophy, and reflects current research on best practices for providing homework help. The homework philosophy should also reflect the needs of parents and children in the program, and strike a balance between homework needs and other experiences that help children grow and learn out-of-school. In this course, we will explore the various types of homework support. |
