...Individual Analyzing Internet Sources Week 2 What did you learn? I learned more than I expected from the Pearson student lab activities. In the first activity I knew most of the information presented, but in the second activity I learned quite a bit about researching a topic. I did not know that the URL .org is no longer limited to a non-profit or research organization; which makes it harder to use that as a reliable resource but it can still be useful. I learned it is important to look for non-bias opinions, information with publish dates are resourceful, research based, and the best domains to find good information on are .org, .gov, .mil, and .edu. Although just because the site has one of these domains it does not mean the resource is accurate or correct necessarily. What did you not learn? Well as I said in the previous paragraph in the first activity most of the information that was present I acquired before. The comparison between the library and the internet are basic knowledge to most people. The Library is based for research purposes, with trained staff to help you, but closes at certain times. The internet has multiple reasons for use, with no trained assistance, but it never closes. They each have great traits that can be used for study. I also knew it is not safe to purchase items online you must be careful when doing this. You need to do research and make sure the site is reliable. Some people think because a paper has a title and author that it is true but...
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...RAFT Task Card: Science (Life Cycle of a Butterfly) Objective: You will be able to describe the process a caterpillar goes through to become a butterfly. Student Role: A news reporter of a science television station Audience: Your favorite television station viewers Format: An informative newscast report Topic: Have you ever wondered what a caterpillar goes through to become a butterfly? Directions: 1. Visit The Children’s Butterfly Site to learn more about the butterfly life cycle. 2. Use a storyboard worksheet to map out your script. 3. Type your script so it is easy to read. 4. Practice reading your script aloud until you feel you can read it fluently and with expression. 5. Create a video at Screencast-O-Matic. 6. Read and record your script as a professional news reporter. Resources: Websites to visit: The Children’s Butterfly Site http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/life-cycle Enchanted Learning : All About Butteflies http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/lifecycle/ Learn About Nature theButterflySite.com http://www.thebutterflysite.com/life-cycle.shtml The Life Cycle of a Butterfly http://www.tooter4kids.com/LifeCycle/Butterfly_Life_Cycle.htm The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Its Life Cycle http://education.nationalgeographic.org/activity/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-and-the-butterfly-life-cycle/ Assessment: Prepare a 3-5-minute script for a newscast segment to explain how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly...
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...Barings Bank and Nick Leeson Introduction I would like to present the case of Barings Bank, one of the most famous histories in the world when one man led to the bankruptcy the oldest British bank. Barings collapsed on February 26, 1995, due to the activities of one trader, Nick Leeson, who lost almost $1.4 billion. The loss was caused by a large exposure to the Japanese stock market, which was achieved through the futures market. Leeson, the chief trader for Barings Futures in Singapore, had been accumulating positions in stock index futures on the Nikkei 225, a portfolio of Japanese stocks. As the market fell more than 15 percent in the first two months of 1995, Barings Futures suffered huge losses, which were made even higher due to the sale of options, which implied a bet on a stable market. As losses mounted, Leeson increased the size of the position, in a stubborn belief he was right. Finally, on 25 February 1995 he walked away, when he realized that bank was unable to make the cash payments required by the exchanges. Later, he sent a fax to his superiors, offering “sincere apologies for the predicament that I have left you in.” Nick Leeson had totally wiped out the venerable 233-year-old Baring Investment Bank, which proudly counted Queen Elizabeth as a client. He left behind huge liabilities totaling $1.4 billion, more than the entire capital and reserves of the British institution. This situation - and a similar scam at the New York branch of Japan's Daiwa Bank in October...
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...Barings |The activities of Nick Leeson on the Japanese and Singapore futures exchanges, which led to the downfall of his employer, | |Barings, are well-documented. The main points are recounted here to serve as a backdrop to the main topic of this chapter - the | |policies, procedures and systems necessary for the prudent management of derivative activities. | |Barings collapsed because it could not meet the enormous trading obligations, which Leeson established in the name of the bank. | |When it went into receivership on February 27, 1995, Barings, via Leeson, had outstanding notional futures positions on Japanese | |equities and interest rates of US$27 billion: US$7 billion on the Nikkei 225 equity contract and US$20 billion on Japanese | |government bond (JGB) and Euroyen contracts. Leeson also sold 70, 892 Nikkei put and call options with a nominal value of $6.68 | |billion. The nominal size of these positions is magnificent; their enormity is all the more astounding when compared with the | |banks reported capital of about $615 million. | |The size of the positions can also be underlined by the fact that in January and February 1995, Barings Tokyo and London | |transferred US$835 million to its Singapore office to enable the latter the meet its margin obligations on the Singapore | |International Monetary Exchange...
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...Topic: The biggest scams in the banking history Course: Banking Students: Nino Vepkhvadze, Gohar Trchunyan, Giorgi Menteshashvili & Giorgi Paksashvili Date: 04.06.2012 A fraud, by definition, is the act of deliberate deception of people to secure an unlawful gain. These are mainly for the purpose of defrauding money as well as prestige rather than immediate financial gain. A study by BBC has revealed that the average woman lies twice a day while a man tells three lies a day. However, the lies they tell differ from each other a lot, both in essence and the results yielded. This is why we decided that the frauds and scams of the banking industry as well as their influence on other financial institutions would be quite interesting and intriguing. Let us together investigate how far a human mind can go to earn as much money and glory as we desire. Jerome Kerviel’s case-Societe Generale on the edge In January 2008, A French court sentenced former Société Générale trader Jérôme Kerviel to three years in prison for his role in one of the world's biggest-ever trading scandals and ordered him to repay his former employer €4.9 billion—a sum it would take him 180,000 years to pay at his current salary. In convicting Mr. Kerviel of breach of trust, forgery, and unauthorized computer use, the judge also handed Mr. Kerviel a lifetime trading ban. The prison sentence handed to Mr Kerviel is for five years, of which two years were suspended. Throughout the trial, Mr. Kerviel and...
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...The Nikkei 225 Reconstitution The objective of this case is to understand the effects of demand on security prices, and to understand the role of price impact on trading decisions 1. As a portfolio manager for the UNIL Advisors Nikkei 225 Index fund, which has ¥100 billion of assets linked to Nikkei 225 index, what would you do when you hear the news of index reconstitution? 2. What would you do if, instead, you were at the proprietary trading desk of Goldman Sacs? Strategic Capital Management, LLC (SCM) The objective of this case is to develop an understanding of how arbitrage acts to enforce the law of one price. It also provides a venue to discuss the various real world imperfections that can prevent arbitrageurs from eliminating mispricing in the equity markets. 1. Is there an arbitrage opportunity based on market valuations of Creative Computers and Ubid as on December 9th, 1998. 2. If yes, how would you take advantage of it? 3. What are the potential risks of such a strategy? AXA MONY The objective of this case is to understand the pricing of convertible bond and how it may be utilized profitably in merger transactions (you may ignore the part of the case dealing with issues of corporate control) 1. How would you price the ORAN at issue? Is it fairly priced? How does the price of ORAN on Feb 9th, 2004, imply about the probability of deal succeeding? 2. What is the fair price of MONY stock? If this is different from the market price of $31...
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...Case study- The Collapse of Barings Bank 1. What was Nick Leeson’s strategy to earn trading profits on derivatives? The play here was very simple – trading futures on the Nikkei 225 as the underlying. The Nikkei 225 was traded as a future on both the SIMEX and the Osaka markets. There were always known to be differences between the two markets which could be arbitraged. The idea was to exploit the differences between the 2 markets , and execute in the cheaper market on client orders. This would then allow Barings to net a profit as they execute in the cheaper market but quote the client the price in the more expensive market. The underlying idea was of course to always be long one and short the other. Leeson was long Nikkei 225 futures, short Japanese government bond futures, and short both put and call options on the Nikkei Index. He was betting that the Nikkei index would rise, but instead, it fell, causing him to lose $1.39 billion. 2. What went wrong that caused his strategy to fail? Nick Leeson’s strategy failed because the Nikkei 225 index kept falling while he continued to bet that it would rise. On the 17th of January 1995 a huge earthquake struck Kobe in Japan. The Nikkei plummeted putting Leeson’s positions under a lot of stress. The Nikkei plunged to 17950 by the end of that week and Leeson started recording big losses. Leeson’s solution was however to ask for extra funds from London to meet his margin calls and continue trading. His view was that the move down...
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...Jacqueline Stovall Edu-225 05/27/2013 Mrs. Tara Armstead My vision: is to teach my students to uses the technology, and digital media in their academic curriculum. As a teacher, I will make sure that my students embrace and challenge themselves, in a new way of learning in technology and in digital media. Therefore, they can formularize and having some knowledge about the uses of technologies in the future. My mission: is to teach my students to reach their highest potential and to overcome any obstacles that comes their way either if it's real or not. I am going to lead them with compassion and firmness, letting them knows that I am, here on their side, and I want them to know that I am a teacher with understanding and aware that each child has their own level in learning. However, showing my students as much patience that I can give them, creating new academic curriculum with technology. For instance; my students in the levels of 1-3 graders, I will introduces them technology and digital media, sure as ABCya.com, Turtlediary.com, and leapfrog, and other resources. When it comes to my students in 4-8 graders their level is different, I know today’s students have some knowledge with technical skills, I will enhances their skills in academically with technology and digital media; such as the computer, iPads, iPods, and many other devices, other resources. Addition; letting them know that they can make a difference in their education, even with the digital media...
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...on the Internet. Every website has a name called domain name. Each computer on Internet is also known as host. It is identified on the Internet by its unique IP address. There are two methods of IP addressing: Letter Addressing System Number Addressing System Letter Addressing System: It is an addressing system where unique identification names are given to websites. Each website is assigned to unique name. The user just puts in the name of the website and the corresponding website opens up in the browser. Few examples are given below: google.co.in cbse.nic.in Here the last letters are important as they provide information about the kind of organization to which the address belongs. Some of the important abbreviations are: edu: Educational Institution gov: Government Organizations org: Nonprofit Organization The letter addressing system also uses country code to specify the country. These codes normally comprise of two letters. Examples: in: India uk: United Kingdom us: United States of America Number Addressing System: A numeric address is a unique number used to designate the address of website. This unique number address is known as IP address. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers...
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...M. Kelley EDU 225 11/03/2013 When it comes to students having knowledge of technology there is a list of required skills that they must master during a specific grade level. Pre-K through Second must acquire skills based off the standards located on the ISTE website before being considered competent on their grade level. These standards are on a national level to insure that all students are technology literate and competent. Students must illustrate and communicate original ideas that involves the use of digital tools and resources. They must be able to identify, research and collect types of data using the appropriate resources and providing the correct solution. All must engage in learning activities with learns of different cultures through the use of email and other means. Students must work well in a collaborative group using a variety of technology to produce presentations and provide safe demonstration and cooperative use of technology. They must acquire the knowledge to evaluate information on a current or historical person using digital resources and have the ability to use stimulations to explore depict patterns of growth. Without the help of instructor, apply independently appropriate tools and resources that address problems and communicate adequate terminology. Lastly, all students must demonstrate the ability to navigate in virtual environments such as electronic books, software and websites. The above standards is from the International Society of Technology...
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...LaTanya Evans EDU 225 April 7, 2015 Cecilia Szymanski Technology to Support Assessment of the Comprehensive Classroom Technology Plan Today being able to assess our students is a great deal. Assessing our students lets us know if our kids are progressing. Many teachers teach lessons all week and then get test on Fridays to see what the kids have learned. We are at a point where technology has completely taken over. There are so many innovations that can be used to assess kids other than by written tests. Students should be prepared for the future, and this is why they should be introduced to technology in the form of assessments. Assessments are more likely to be valid and productive measures of student development if they are underpinned by a model of learning that both explains and charts the trajectory of learner development from novice to expert in the discipline (Pellegrino, Chudowsky and Glaser, 2001). This particular way would allow kids to be independent, and they would enjoy test taking even more. There are specifically two types of assessments that can be used with any type of learning. Formative assessment and Summative assessment are used quite frequently. Formative assessment would allow a teacher assess kids through a series of assignments and activities to make sure that the students are working towards mastering the information. Summative assessments can be given at any time. Many teachers let kids take online quizzes on books that they have read...
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...Jessica Billings EDU- 225 June 17, 2012 Unwrapping the Technology Standards Colorado Standards * Knowledge of Literacy * Knowledge of Mathematics * Knowledge of Standards and Assessment * Knowledge on Content * Knowledge of Classroom and Instructional Management * Knowledge of Individualization of Instruction * Knowledge of Technology * Democracy, Educational Governance and Careers in Teaching National Education Technology Standards for Teachers * National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers: * Facilitate and inspire learning and creativity * Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments. * Model Digital-Age Work and Learning * Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility * Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership Today computers are in every classroom. Technology has changed since 1988, going from very little to so much in a classroom. The first time I used a computer was in Elementary school. I had a lot of problem’s learning technology, even still today I do. Learning doesn’t come easy tome and although there are helpful tools, technology is not always the answer. Technology has been progressing and it changes the way we teach and learn today more than in the past. Technology is helping teachers teach our students in a whole new way. Chalkboards are leaving and dry erase or smart boards are replacing them. By the time students reach the fourth grade, most have...
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...Comprehensive Classroom Technology Plan Name Grand Canyon University EDU-225 Date (all 12 pt., Times New Roman & text 1 or black font) Comprehensive Classroom Technology Plan Introduction (Remove this instruction – An Introduction is a short paragraph that states what this plan will entail. Give an overview/summary. This should not be shorter than 3 sentences-no longer than 7. Set your page layout to double spacing from the beginning. You will need to copy this Introduction into Task Stream as the Rationale; a Rationale and the Introduction are the SAME THING. Copy your Introduction into Task Stream as the Rationale using the TEXT/IMAGE button as directed in the Task Stream Tutorials) Section One: Mission and Vision Statement (Remove this instruction – Your Vision and Mission from our Main Forum discussion in Topic 07 will go here. Revise any changes that were asked of you. Do NOT use citations or references in this Section. These are YOUR ideas not someone else’s. Avoid first-person pronouns – I, me, my and mine.) Vision: Mission: Section Two: Communications Plan (Remove this instruction – COPY AND PASTE YOUR CORRECTED BLOG ENTRY FROM WEEK THREE HERE. I gave you embedded feedback for every assignment you turned in.) (Three to five academic citations are expected in this and all remaining Sections. DO NOT list References directly after this section. All references will go in alphabetical order at the end of the document). Section Three: Integrating Instructional...
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...Sharon Palumbo 10/22/10 EDU 225 Instructional Technology Ethical Uses of Technology in the Classroom The internet has become a useful tool for gathering information and teaching students, but with all technology there are safety precautions that we must set-up to teach our children how to be safe. It is the responsibility of the parents and the teachers to inform students about internet safety. “Keeping students safe while online cannot be left to filters and firewalls placed on the network …these filters do not catch everything” (Andrew, 2009) Since the internet is relatively new technology many students are “far ahead of their parents in terms of Internet usage” and many parents have limited experience on the use of computers much less the knowledge they need to educate their children on its safety (Lemos, 2006). It has become necessary to offer parents information “about internet security, such as what Facebook privacy settings their children should have” in order to keep children safe (Butler, 2010). Technology aids such as “filters, firewalls, activity reports and spyware are all ways that you can keep an eye on more than one child at the same time” (Feldman, 2007). A filtering program allows teachers to enter types of sites that are inappropriate and the software blocks these sites from loading so that students are unable to access them. Firewalls help to protect a child from the repercussions of giving out personal information on the internet by blocking outsiders...
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...Vera Goss EDU 225 Integrating Instructional Technology February 23, 2014 Integrating Instructional Technology Everyday teachers are faced with the task of integrating technology into their instruction. They want to make each and every lesson engaging as well as educational for their students. In the 21st century where technology rules, it is important to incorporate it as much as possible into whatever lesson they a teacher is teaching. In this paper, I will tell you how to integrate instruction technology into your classroom, give the pros and cons in using technology to facilitate learning and the difference between wired and wireless classrooms. The right technology has the ability to grab and hold the attention of children at any age. There are several ways to integrate instructional technology into the classroom. One way to integrate technology in the lesson is by using the SMARTBOARD. The SMARTBOARD gives a teacher access to the internet with a wide range of text, graphics, audios, videos and animation (p.242). It is also a tool that students can interact with. The SMARTBOARD has taken the 21st classroom to a whole new level. In the past and probably still present in some places today, the chalk board or dry erase boards are still being used. The smell from the markers is not good for all students and the chalkboards are very messy. The SMARTBOARDS are clean and there are no strong smells. The only down side to a SMARTBOARD is that the teacher will...
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