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Classroom Overview

Classroom Overview

For this assignment, focus on the group of students in your Program of Study.
Create a classroom overview that will be used at the beginning of the school year with parents/guardians and students. You may make a newsletter, pamphlet, or mock-up of your webpage on the school website. Be creative, but include the following:
Introduce yourself, including contact information
Explain your classroom engagement and management plan with examples of:
Procedures
Rules and consequences
Reward system or not
Classroom expectations
What students will be learning and how they will be graded
Your communication with parents/guardians with consideration of various methods
A parents/guardian page to help build a relationship between them and you.
Consider the following:
Acknowledge receipt of the information
Parent/Guardian contact and communication information
Parent/Guardian and student questionnaires
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

TRIBUTE SPEECH

TRIBUTE SPEECH

OBJECTIVES:
To pay tribute to a person, group of people, institution or an idea.
To practice planning and delivering a commemorative speech.
To give students experience in speaking from manuscript.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Your tribute speech gives you an opportunity to formally honor a person, group, institution or idea. Choose someone, something, or an idea that has been particularly influential in your life. This could be someone very close to you, like a family member, or it could be someone you?ve met only once or even have never met. Maybe you came across an idea in a book that really had a profound influence on you.

For example, you might honor someone who served as a mentor to you as you were going through high school or college, praise a person or group who has made a difference in your life or the lives of others, eulogize a loved one who has died, celebrate the anniversary of your school, business, or church, or memorialize a significant event (e.g. ending of Vietnam War).

REQUIREMENTS & EVALUATION CRITERIA:
You must have an audience of at least 6 people over the age of 16, including your camera operator. You should pan your audience before you begin your speech, begin your speech without stopping or splicing the video, then pan the audience again at the conclusion of your speech. Failure to have less than the required 6 audience members will result in failing the assignment.
A preparation outline is NOT required. This speech should be written out and delivered from manuscript (word-for-word). The manuscript should be typed, triple-spaced, large enough font to be seen easily, and be printed out on only one side of the page. Each page should end with a complete thought. You can mark up your manuscript with reminders for eye-contact, breathing, smiling, holding up visual aids, or use a highlighter to distinguish certain points.
Use language imaginatively and use this opportunity to further experiment with using the language devices discussed in Chapter 12 of the text.
Rehearse your speech thoroughly. Practice your speech in front of a mirror or friends to increase eye-contact, enthusiasm, sincerity and conversational delivery. Demonstrate that you know the subject of your speech well by not being overly dependent on your manuscript.
Visual aids are optional for this speech, however using a visual can really add a personal touch or make the speech more memorable.
Attach your typed manuscript to the assignment in Connect. After you submit the video, there is a place to attach documents. Browse your computer to find your speech manuscript. In order for your speech to count as ?on time? you must submit your typed manuscript at the time you submit your video and by the due date on the calendar.
Practice your speech several times before you deliver your speech in front of your audience. Check the timing to know what will fit in the 3-4 minute time limit and make cuts as necessary.
After you submit your speech video, you should watch your video again, and complete the self-evaluation on Connect. This counts as part of your speech grade.
This assignment is worth a possible 50 points. Evaluation criteria include: Manuscript, Introduction, Organization & Flow, Vivid Details, Practiced Delivery, Conclusion, Time Limit, and Audience.

airport projec

airport projec

After more than 7 years, the airport project is complete. The Carson County Regional Airport was schedule to be complete in 5 years, but funding problems delayed the purchase of big machinery needed for a bulk of the project work. When asked to provide updates to the community officials, you put your best foot forward, and you were transparent that funding was the main impediment to the project success. While the project was two years late, the Carson County area now has a gateway to connect it to the big airports, especially Chicago O?Hare. When having a discussion with a colleague, you state the following: ?We had our bumps and bruises, and our growing pains, but we delivered ? albeit a couple years later. We met the project objectives, which matters the most. Their airport is complete, and as I look outside my window, a United Airlines jet is landing. That?s all that matters to me!?

While it?s true that Carson County now has a working regional airport, it?s estimated that at least 30% of the airport?s cost ($34M) were consumed by change fees. To your knowledge, some of the procurement contracts are still open, even a couple months after the project closed. This means the vendors are still collecting payments for machinery that has not been returned. It?s basically collecting dust. You?ll get to it, but it might take a couple more months.

Please address the following questions:

What is your take on whether this project is a success or failure?

You?re hired by the city leaders to review the procurement process. What might you include in your final report?

What is your take on the point made about providing a huge travel benefit for the Carson County area? Is this a legitimate point? Please explain.

Why do you believe the Closing Process Group is usually the most ignored of the process groups?

What are the key Lessons Learned that the project manager can share with someone working on a similar project? In other words, please discuss what went well, and what could be improved.

Suppose we have a spot exchange rate of 0.8685 U.S. dollars per 1 Australian dollar. However, the 3-month forward rate is 0.8625 U.S. dollars per 1 Australian dollar. Calculate the premium or discount of the Australian dollar in the forward rate (calculate it at an annual % rate). Explain how this premium or discount can occur because of interest rates.

Suppose we have a spot exchange rate of 0.8685 U.S. dollars per 1 Australian dollar. However, the 3-month forward rate is 0.8625 U.S. dollars per 1 Australian dollar. Calculate the premium or discount of the Australian dollar in the forward rate (calculate it at an annual % rate). Explain how this premium or discount can occur because of interest rates.

Suppose we have a spot exchange rate of 0.8685 U.S. dollars per 1 Australian dollar. However, the 3-month forward rate is 0.8625 U.S. dollars per 1 Australian dollar. Calculate the premium or discount of the Australian dollar in the forward rate (calculate it at an annual % rate). Explain how this premium or discount can occur because of interest rates.

Three electrolytic cells are connected in a series. The electro-lytes in the cells are aqueous copper(II) sulfate, gold(III) sulfate,and silver nitrate. A current of 2.33 A is applied, and after sometime 1.74 g Cu is deposited. How long was the current applied?What mass of gold and silver were deposited?

Three electrolytic cells are connected in a series. The electro-lytes in the cells are aqueous copper(II) sulfate, gold(III) sulfate,and silver nitrate. A current of 2.33 A is applied, and after sometime 1.74 g Cu is deposited. How long was the current applied?What mass of gold and silver were deposited?

Three electrolytic cells are connected in a series. The electro-lytes in the cells are aqueous copper(II) sulfate, gold(III) sulfate,and silver nitrate. A current of 2.33 A is applied, and after sometime 1.74 g Cu is deposited. How long was the current applied?What mass of gold and silver were deposited?

Explain the differences between functional, discipline-based, product, region-based, matrix, team, and network organization.

Explain the differences between functional, discipline-based, product, region-based, matrix, team, and network organization.

Question
Explain the differences between functional, discipline-based, product, region-based, matrix, team, and network organization.

Why is planning a major function for engineering management?

Explain what cross-functional teams are. What are the advantages of using cross-functional teams for an organization?

Discuss the concept of delegating and it benefits to an organization.

Explain why technology forecasting is critical for organizations in the New Millennium.

Explain why engineering managers need to learn how to effectively resolve conflicts. Elaborate on some key conflict resolution techniques that engineering managers could use in the workplace.

Why is organizing a critical function for engineering management?