This assignment will be a review of literature dealing with planning in organizations generally, and planning for distance education, specifically.
A reference page should be included, and citations should be used where appropriate.
Here are some assignment specifications and suggestions:
Double-spaced, in 12 point Times New Roman font, and in .doc or docx file type.
The phrases “the writer” or “the author” are not suggested. For the most part it’s best to avoid personal pronouns (e.g. “I” or “me”) in an academic paper.
No quotations.
Avoid lists and bullets.
It’s helpful to describe your thoughts on the topic but don’t rant or bash the ideas presented; this is unprofessional. Eliminate expressions that are flattering, disparaging, vague, or clichéd.
Use appropriate headings/subheadings to organize your paper. Be sure to include “Introduction” and “Conclusions” headings.
Use APA style for citations and the reference list.
Category: Education
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“Planning in Organizations: A Review of Literature on Distance Education”
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Title: “Assessment Strategies for Effective Classroom Instruction: Using Data to Guide Teaching and Learning”
There are various assessment strategies that teachers should use in their classrooms. Different assessments can be used for a variety of purposes, including determining if each student achieved the desired outcomes of a lesson or evaluating data to determine if re-teaching needs to occur. Assessing students before, during, and after instruction guides the teacher in how to modify and adjust instruction to meet the various learning needs of students.
Imagine your principal has noticed how successful you are in using various types of assessments in your classroom and has asked you to present your knowledge in an upcoming professional development for grade level teachers.
Create a 10-12 slide digital presentation introducing the types and purposes of classroom assessments and the use of assessment data to guide future instruction and next steps in planning.
Address the following assessment types in your presentation:
Preassessment/Diagnostic
Formative
Summative
For each assessment type, provide the following:
Brief description of the assessment type, including its purpose and link to classroom instruction.
At least 3-4 general strategies or tools for the assessment type.
At least one specific example of the assessment type, using your learning objective and lesson summary from Part 2 of the Topic 1 assignment to align with the assessment examples. Ensure your learning objective has been revised if instructor feedback was provided.
Additionally, include the following in your presentation:
Discussion of the importance of using multiple methods of assessment, prior knowledge, and learner interest to support student engagement, monitor student progress, and guide decision-making.
Description of 4-5 technologies /digital tools that can be used to assess student learning, record assessment data, and/or communicate assessment information to students, families, and school or district stakeholders.
Support your presentation with a minimum of three scholarly resources.
Presenter’s notes are required for each content slide. Presentation must include a title slide at the beginning, and a reference slide with documentation of resources at the end. The title slide and reference slide are not included in the total number of slides.
Note: This assignment may be added as an artifact for your Topic 1 Teacher Toolkit.
While APA Style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite Technical Support Articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
Resources Provided:
https://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/teachers-essential-guide-to-formative-assessment
https://www.icevonline.com/blog/formative-vs.-summative-assessments-what-do-they-mean
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/tech-based-formative-assessment-monica-burns
https://www.edutopia.org/article/formative-assessment-distance-learning -
Title: Applying the SAMR Model to Examine Emerging Technologies in Educational Leadership Introduction As teacher leaders of technology, it is important to recognize and understand emerging technologies in order to effectively lead and make decisions in our schools. One useful tool for
Knowing how to recognize emerging technologies is one of the roles of teacher leaders of technology. As you grow in your knowledge about educational technology, you may find yourself in a position of decision-making in your school wherein you have the opportunity to suggest or implement the various technologies; therefore, the SAMR model can be a useful tool for leadership.
In this first assignment, you will apply the SAMR model to examine technologies that you use in your organization or institution, rationalize their adoption, and to acknowledge other technologies that might have been replaced or affected by the tool. In your written response, identify two different technologies (either hardware or software) with which you have the experience, and preferably, use frequently in your organization.
Explain each tool through the four levels of the SAMR model.
What does it redefine?
What does it modify?
What does it augment?
What does it substitute or replace?
In addition, respond to the following:
Try to rationalize its adoption if you were not part of the decision-making to adopt this tool.
Why did school leaders choose to adopt and implement this tool?
Did political, societal, or financial factors influence its adoption?
Identify the intended and unintended effects of this tool adoption.
Determine what other tools/technologies this tool replaced or made obsolete.
Describe the potential impact of the technology on teaching and learning, and then explain why a school might or might not want to adopt this particular technology.
Please use APA-style headings to organize your paper according to your responses to the questions above.
Length: 5-7 pages, excluding title and reference pages.
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The Impact of Language on America: A Discussion on Anti-Asian Hate Crimes and Divisive Rhetoric In recent years, there has been a significant rise in anti-Asian hate crimes in America, fueled by divisive language and rhetoric.
https://hbr.org/2022/11/frontline-work-when-everyone-is-angry
Watch the YouTube video, The History of anti-Asian hate crimes in America, (link above), and read the article, Frontline Work When Everyone is Angry, (link above). In 300+ words discuss at least three concrete points from the material and how language can impact America. Feel free to bring in additional reliable research such as how divisive language impacts children or anti-Semitic hate speech ( if so, be sure to use in-text citation as well as a reference list with functioning web link). -
Title: Professional Development Plan for Addressing a Curricular or Instructional Need in a School District
In this task, you will identify a curricular or instructive need within your school district and plan a professional development opportunity to address that need.
A. Identify a curricular or instructional need within your school or district.
1. Describe the existing data that helped you to identify the need from part A.
2. Discuss two specific examples of how addressing this need will improve school effectiveness.
B. Create an outline for a specific professional development opportunity related to the need identified in part A by doing the following:
1. Identify the outcomes that you seek to achieve and explain how they relate to the need identified in part A.
2. Describe how three principles of Knowles’s adult learning theory will be incorporated into the professional development opportunity.
a. Explain how each of the three principles from part B2 will address the needs of your adult learners.
3. Explain how the professional development opportunity will provide coaching and expert support. Include specific examples.
4. Explain the new knowledge and skills learners will obtain from the professional development opportunity.
5. Explain how learners will be able to provide feedback regarding the effectiveness of the professional development opportunity. Include any tools used to collect feedback in your response, as well as the timeframe in which the feedback will be collected.
6. Explain how the professional development opportunity will offer learners the chance to reflect on what they have learned. Include specific examples.
7. Explain how the professional development opportunity outcomes can be reinforced over the academic year. Include specific examples.
8. Explain how you will evaluate whether you achieved your outcomes.
C. Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
D. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission. -
“Customer Communication in the Digital Age: Strategies for Effective Stakeholder Engagement and Business Success”
This assignment Customer communication in the digital age meets the following student learning outcomes: pose of analysis within an organization for effectiveness taking into account stakeholder groups and social contexts.
Identify appropriate communication strategies for responding to a critical event from multiple stakeholder viewpoints.
Analyze the effect of critical events on interpersonal and intercultural communication responses across audiences.
Analyze the effect of critical events on communication within public relations, public affairs, and media.
Develop a comprehensive communication strategy for an organization addressing stakeholders, business flow and ethical concerns
Partial of what the essay consists of: Customer communication in the digital age is a pressing issue for businesses across industries. By delving into this topic, I can contribute to understanding and addressing challenges faced by businesses in today’s digital landscape. With the topic ‘Customer Communication in the Digital Age’.
I will be exploring how businesses communicate with customers in today’s digital world. By combining research methods like surveys, interviews, and case studies, I aim to answer questions like how businesses can enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty through effective digital communication. This topic interests me because it’s relevant to day to day business challenges as it directly impacts customer relationships and the overall success of a business in the modern market as technology continues to evolve.
It’s essential to explore not only how businesses currently communicate with customers but also how these communication strategies are evolving in response to technological advancements. Additionally, considering the impact of new technologies such as artificial intelligence and chatbots on customer interactions could provide valuable insights into the future of digital communication. By examining these evolving trends and technologies, we can better understand how businesses can adapt and thrive in an increasingly digital world while maintaining strong customer relationships.
Additionally need 10 refences with 1 paragraph on each on how and why I picked them related to this paper
. In addition to delivering an original, creative product, students produce an argument-driven paper that:
creates a justification for the creative task based on ideas gathered from extant scholarship (of at least 10 sources) in communication by addressing questions such as: What are the sources of its creative vision? What communication concepts can be explored or applied? Who would be the target audience?
documents the creative process and describes the final product with sufficient detail.
performs an analysis that results in an argument (how does the final artifact embody its artistic vision, engage with its guiding concepts and principles, appeal to its ideal audience?) -
The Role of the Superintendent: A Case Study of Michelle Rhee’s Impact on the District, Principals, and Teachers Introduction The role of the superintendent is crucial in the success of a school district. Superintendents are responsible for
Write a paper on the role of the superintendent. Further, read the article about Michelle Rhee. Discuss how her role and actions as superintendent affected the district, principals, and teachers, etc. What did she do right? What did she do wrong? What can you learn from the decisions she made? Please provide a title page and references as well as complete in APA format.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-school-scandals-tell-me-that-its-not-great-and-that-youre-dealing-with-it/2018/03/10/b73d9cf0-1d9e-11e8-b2d9-08e748f892c0_story.html -
Title: Maximizing Daily Profits for Alliance Air: A Simulation Analysis
Please complete the problems using Excel, answer the questions asked in Word, then submit both files.
IMPORTANT:
A. You do not need to automate your table. Just run six simulations and input your values manually.
B. If for some reason your Excel worksheet would not recalculate your formulas automatically as you change the numbers for your demand (unless you manually force it to do so), you need to turn on the Automatic feature as shown on the picture below (click here for PDF)
Question 1
Alliance Air is a service in which customers pay a flat-rate to Alliance Air and are guaranteed a seat on an airplane between any two locations. To offer this service, Alliance Air pre-purchases daily seats between every pair of major cities. A route, which has been growing in popularity, is between Phoenix and Dallas. Alliance Air is seeking your advice on how many seats to pre-purchase between these two cities so that they maximize their daily profit.
Whenever an Alliance Air customer flies on a pre-purchased seat, Alliance Air obtains $150 in profit. However, if not all of the pre-purchased seats are taken, then Alliance Air has a profit of -$80 by selling the seats at a discount to passengers outside of their customer base. In addition, if Alliance Air has more customers seeking a seat than they have pre-purchased, Alliance Air is forced to book that passenger on a seat purchased that day. In this case, Alliance Air has a profit of -$70 due to the high cost of same-day flights.
Alliance Air understands that its demand is uncertain. Therefore, they have been keeping track of their historical daily demand.
Using this information, complete the following tasks/questions:
Develop an Excel spreadsheet model which can calculate the daily profits for Alliance Air, assuming any particular demand for that day and that Alliance Air pre-purchased 37 seats on the plane. Hint: Your model should include an understock and an overstock formulas.
Fit distribution to Historical Demand data to find a statistical distribution that fits these data best. Then apply this distribution to your demand, and set-up your spreadsheet as a simulation model using daily profits as an output. Run a simulation assuming Alliance Air pre-purchased 37 seats on a plane. What is the average daily profit in this scenario?
How many seats would you recommend Alliance Air to pre-purchase if they wanted to maximize their average daily profit? To answer this question, modify the number of Pre-Purchased Daily Seats from 25 to 55 (in the increments of 5) and fill in the table provided with statistics about the expected daily profits (Note that the average, min and max might keep changing slightly as you record those values, that’s ok). What are the minimum and maximum daily profits if they were to purchase this quantity? -
Title: “5 Comprehension Strategies for Middle School Art Classrooms: Enhancing Literacy in Content Area Instruction” 1. Visual Note-Taking Visual note-taking is a strategy that involves using drawings, symbols, and other visual aids to
List 5 comperhension strategies to fit in the (middle school) Art Classroom setting.
Include a visual representation of each strategy.
Write at least 2 sentences to describe how to use each strategy to teach literacy. Give credit to the source of the information after each description.
Scoring guide: 2 points given for each strategy
1 point = The strategy could effectively be used to teach literacy in the content areas at the secondary level and is effectively represented with a visual.
1 points = The strategy has a well written, 2 or more sentence description of how to use the strategy to teach literacy in secondary, content area instruction. Credit is given to the source where the information was found using APA formatting.
Resource:
Vacca, R. T., Vacca, J.A. L., & Mraz, M. E. (2020). Content Area Reading (13th ed.). Pearson Education (US). https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9780135761069 -
Title: Increasing Parental Involvement for Diverse Students: A Proposal for School Administrators
Maintaining communication with family members and actively including them in the education of their children is a very important component of student success in school. Unfortunately, many parents of diverse students cannot attend conferences and school events; they may also struggle to receive and respond to letters or telephone calls from schools.
For this week’s assignment, you will develop a formal proposal you could present to a school administrator or other educational body aimed at increasing parental involvement for all parents in your school or classroom, while specifically addressing diversity issues.
Write a proposal covering the following points:
Proposal Audience
Problem: In 3-5 sentences, describe the problem as you see it in your school. Begin with the “The problem is…”
Causes: Discuss the reasons you believe some parents do not participate in the school environment. (1-2 paragraphs)
Possible Solutions: Describe several successful practices you have read about aimed at promoting a parent/caregiver/school partnership. Include citations from the literature to support your points. (1-2 paragraphs)
Specific Solution: Choose one idea to propose to your school leader/organization.
Be specific and include objectives, timeframes, budget needs, a complete and thorough description of the activity, and a sample of one required material for the activity (handouts, charts, PowerPoint, related student assignment, letter, etc.). Describe how you will maintain connections throughout the school year. (1-2 pages)
Rationale: Why is the activity appropriate for all parents, including those of diverse students? What adaptations can you make to encourage the involvement of diverse groups of parents?
Length: 3-5 pages, not including the reference page
References: minimum two references