Syllabus

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 * Course Overview Learning Outcome: At the end of this course, I am hoping you will be able to socialize well with other students, stay in your classrooms as much as possible, and understand what behaviors will get you taken out of your general education classrooms. I want you to learn how to become more independent and learn more skills about your individual goals. You will be able to talk openly about emotions and role play situations that use problem-solving skills as well as real life situations.
 * Course Objectives: You will be able to navigate through this website on your own and understand what is being taught. You will learn more about your emotions so that you can problem solve on your own in your general education classroom and stay in the general education setting more often. You will be able to make friends and problem solve on your own so that you can have fun at recess and be successful with your peers. You will be able to choose positive solutions to problematic situations in online discussions and real life situations.
 * Course Communication: All of us will be communicating through the wiki. If you need to get a hold of me, contact me in the Problems & Questions page or email me (jchomic at pcs.k12.mi.us). Each of you as students will be able to communicate with each other through the discussion tabs and wiki entries. Make sure to read through them and comment on others ideas. A big part of the communication task through this class will be with your parents. Discuss all of these questions and lessons with your parents at home before you leave any entries.
 * Required Text(s) and Readings: There are no required texts for this class other than the links provided in the lessons.
 * Technology Requirements: The only requirements for this class will be to Microsoft Office, the Internet, and flash player. If you don't have access to any please let me know and we will make arrangements for you in another location or accommodate you in some other way.
 * Class Procedures and Requirements: Each week we will do a new lesson. Each lesson will have four parts: 1. Discussion Question, 2. Lesson, 3. Assignment, and 4. Wiki Entry. You will find what to choose from for each part on the page for the week. Discussion Questions should be answered in the discussion tab on the Discussion Questions page. Lessons will be read, watched, listened to, and played on the page for the week, with links to click out to sometimes. Assignments are to be done on the page for the week, also. Along with the Wiki Entry. That will always be at the bottom of the page of each week's page.
 * Evaluation Criteria: You will be evaluated on participation, completion of tasks, and understanding of the new information. Discussion entries will be worth 20% of your grade. Lessons will be worth 20%. Assignments will be worth 40% because it is the main part of showing what you have learned. And your Wiki Entries will be worth 20% of your grade. This brings our total to 100%.
 * Grading Scale: The grading scale will be a point by point basis. The more work you do, the more points you earn. All Discussion Questions will be worth 10 points. Wiki Entries will be worth 10 points. Assignments and Lessons will depend on the amount of work and extent of difficulty. You may always earn extra credit for doing Short Answers, worth an extra 5 points per question answered.
 * Late Assignments or Projects: Late work will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. As all the material is important to the student's life, and the course builds upon itself, students should expect to makeup work missed in the same manner as their general education classes.

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