Book Summary of The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt & Jeff Cox. Write a Book Summary of 2 Pages The book is called “The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement” 3rd Edition by Eliyahu M. Goldratt & Jeff Cox
The purpose of this project is to demonstrate your understanding of the following course concepts: 1. How companies or organizations and individuals use digital or social media to effectively communicate ideas, information, arguments, and messages to achieve a specific goal. 2. How digital or social media has transformed the communication of an idea, information, and arguments in society. 3. Access, analyze, interpret, and evaluate digital media to foster learning and to guide decision-making. 4. Make responsible choices in the creation and consumption of digital media based on awareness of global, social, ethical, and legal contexts. Project Description In this project, you will select a topic discussed in class from the list provided below, conduct additional research on the topic, and share this information in a research paper. Project 3 consists of: 1. Project Requirements (topics and content to cover) 2. Paper Requirements (content organization) 3. Submission Requirements (how to submit your assignment) 4. APA Resources (how to cite and select sources) 5. Due Date Information and Late Policy Project Requirements Select one of the 12 research topics below and complete ALL THREE sections: RESEARCH TOPICS Topic 1: Digital Media as a Distraction (Week 1) Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier – Chapter 1: Distracted by Everything PBS Online Video Documentary Series – Chapter 1 (00:00 – 08:28 minutes) Topic 2: Digital Media’s Effects on the Brain (Week 1) Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier – Chapter 2: What’s It Doing to Their Brains? PBS Online Video Documentary Series – Chapter 2 (08:29 – 10:40 minutes) Topic 3: The Use of Digital and Social Media in Politics (Week 2) (Smartphone political ads target non-political events to talk directly to voters, one by one (web page) Topic 4: Digital Humanitarianism (Week 2) Innovations in Humanitarian Relief (PBS online video) Topic 5: Virtual Worlds and Their Impact on Society (Week 3) Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier- Chapter 7 Virtual Worlds PBS Online Video Documentary Series – Start the video then Navigate to Chapter 7 (52:05 – 1:01:26) Topic 6: Fake News (Week 3) Fake News Vs Real News (PBS Online video)
ACTIVITY ASSIGNMENT Students will design an activity based on a topic related to safety for young children, for example, Fire Safety, Water Safety, Winter Safety, etc . This resource must be a teaching activity which is “reusable” (material which can be used over and over again). Commercial (store bought) games and products may not be used. The activity must be homemade. Students may select either the toddler (18 – 30 months) or preschool age group (2 1/2 – 5 yrs) for this assignment. Students will complete a written document to accompany the materials. The written component will explain the concepts that the child will gain from this activity. Template must be used or students will receive a mark of 0. Students are required to include at least two pictures of the assignment that show all aspects outlined in the marking criteria, and the completion of the activity. The written component will include the following headings: 1. Name and Description – name of the activity and describe of the activity that you created 2. Selected Age Group – age group of children is outlined 3. Reasoning for Activity Choice – why the activity would be appropriate for the selected age group; 4. Materials – list all materials required to implement the activity with a group of children 5. Concepts/knowledge – what development/learning will the child gain from this activity? List at least 4 points 6. Instructions – how does the child use or participate in the activity? 7. Resources – outline resources (at least one planning resource, and one children’s book) used to develop the activity, cited in APA format 8. Health and Safety Considerations – include all health and safety issues to be considered when presenting the activity NOTE: this is not the health and safety content that the activity addresses, but rather any health and safety related considerations, e.g. using non-toxic materials. *Activity Template and marking scheme is outlined below. ACTIVITY TEMPLATE- WRITTEN COMPONENT: Name of Student Teacher: Name and Description of Activity (2 marks): Age of Children ( 1 mark): Planning Resources : (APA Format) (1 mark) Children’s Storybook (APA Format) (1 mark) Reason for Activity Choice (3 marks): Materials Required for Activity Implementation: (3 marks) Concepts/ Knowledge (4 marks): 1) 2) 3) 4) Instructions, Rules/Guidelines (include 3) (3 marks): 1) 2) 3) Health and Safety Considerations ( 4 marks): 1) 2) 3) 4) Add pictures here.
Choose a topic within the field of cognitive development. Be sure that your topic is within the cognitive domain, and that it is a developmental topic. Please feel free to do some reading in sections that sound interesting and see if that leads you to something that interests you.
Read George Katsiaficas, The Global Imagination of 1968, foreword, preface, and pp. 1-210. Here, you will learn about what Katsificas (following the philosopher Herbert Marcuse) calls the “politics of eros”and the “eros effect”–respectively, radical politics based on a sense of limitless possibility and great waves of activism that express such politics. The book presents a global survey of such uprisings from 1968 into the early 1970s and, in some places, beyond. (You do not have to read the book, just familiarize yourself with the Eros Effect and Eros Politics). Essentially, I will be providing a photo of the French Revolution of 1968. Explain the revolution and the student involvement .Then explain how the primary source exemplifies the Eros Effect. The essay should be typed in a standard font and double-spaced. It should also be proofread and copyedited before it’s submitted. Papers that fall short of these minimal standards or do not meet the requirement as to length will have to be revised and resubmitted.
Public Administration/Policy Brief (See Below)
Professor Instructions: Policy Brief Choose a policy topic related to your chosen MPA Certificate. You will be required to develop a policy brief related to the topic. Assume as if you are a government administrator in charge of an agency. You should write the policy brief to an elected policymaker in state or local government in Florida with regard to the initiation of a NEW, but politically and policy realistic course of action for the government agency. For example, a hot topic in public finance and human resources is the future of the traditional defined benefit pension system. Assume you are Florida’s Senior Defined Contribution Programs Officer (Links to an external site.) (yes, this is a real position). You could then write a piece titled “What form of pensions should public agencies adopt?” You could define the problems facing public pensions and give the pros and cons of adopting the form of pension that is typically given. Another example is from the emergency management realm. A major question for an emergency manager/ resiliency officer/ chief planner in a coastal city in Florida could be: “What should the city do to combat sea level rise?” You might outline the pros and cons of various methods and speculate on how we could do it better. Ideally, you should use some form of weighing between the alternatives (e.g. cost-benefit analysis, SWOT analysis) to arrive at your recommendation. (Yes, you might do well to revisit the materials from the Policy Analysis course.) Your policy brief should: lay out the nature of the problem provide extensive background analysis drawing from real data and actual policy information from relevant agencies present policy alternatives (more than one) to address the problem being discussed (including those individuals or groups likely to support or oppose each of the policy options) evaluate the alternatives on certain independent criteria advocate what appears to you to be the best possible solution to the problem. The analysis should include the political implications of the course of action that you propose. This paper will have a one or two page executive summary at the beginning. The major focus of this assignment is a complete and comprehensive review of the nature of the problem and evaluation of the policy alternatives.
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These workshops are about general skill development and are simple exercises.Workshop 1 has a series of questions for you to find the answers. We mark very quickly so you can keep your answers brief. Don’t bother with referencing, there are no marks for providing a reference (except for in question 1b which just shows us the source of your information in your provided hyperlink). Please only send in the answers as we know the question and we would like your report to be no more than two sides of an A4. There are no marks for format, keep it simple and quick. A good source for general information is the online encyclopedia called Wikipedia, especially since you don’t have to provide references. Remember only use Wikipedia to help you understand a topic, it should not be used as a reference.
Identify a social service need in Newark, NJ. Then discuss various ways in which this need could be documented (from Royse et al, p. 68).
