...Culture & Cultivation English 4WS (Sec 2) – Critical Reading & Writing w/ Service Learning ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Instructor: Alex Zobel Email: akzobel@gmail.com Office: Humanities A82 Time & Location: T/R 9:00-10:50 Rolfe 3134 Office Hours: W 12:00 - 2:00 pm Mailbox Location: Humanities 149 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ COURSE DESCRIPTION English 4W aims to expose students to the three major forms of literature (poetry, prose fiction, and drama) through the art of close reading, which literary scholars broadly define as the practice of scrutinizing a text carefully in order to discern complex patterns of meaning. It is impossible to spend sufficient time on the works we will be exploring within the bounds of class-time, so you will be required to spend time reading and writing on your own; this is a practice that will enable you to bring your personal experiences with these works to our discussions in class and participate in an engaged way as part of our community of learning. But our community of learning is broader than the classroom—it also includes the community organizations you will be partnering with for your service-learning. We will be investigating and interrogating a versatile metaphor—cultivation—and how it impacts the cultures and communities in which we live...
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...Stereotypes are in everyday life and we should be working hard to rid of this but instead we are promoting typecasts through the media. In the movie Borat Sacha Baron Cohen portrays a man named Borat who is a Kazakstani reporter. He is sent by the Kazakh Ministry of Information to gain a better understanding of American culture and bring his findings back home. Borat and his advisor Azamat played by Ken Davitian set off to New York City. They face culture shock and are bewildered by the big city. Borat being moved from a very Gemeinschaft country to a Gesellschaft one causes him to be very touchy with strangers. The people whom live in New York City put off his behavior as a folkway and are less than pleasant to him and he starts to lose hope. Then one night while channel-surfing in his hotel room, he discovers the beautiful Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson. He is now determined to go to California marry Anderson and find the true essence of America. On his rode trip there he has many encounters with "typical" Americans. There are three types of stereotypes in the movie Borat. The first way Borat classifies against people is through the way Borat himself thinks. He believes; Jews are scary, blacks are cool, and women are pea-brained sex machines. In one scene Borat is forced to stay at a bed and breakfast owned by a homely Jewish couple. He and his partner Azamat are terrified and are unable to stay the entire night. In this scene Borat has an obvious font and back stage....
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...My favourite movie is “The Dictator”. It was produced in year 2012 and starring one of the most renowned actor, Sasha Baron Cohen. It is a comedy film and it features a little mockumentary. As a form of parody to current world issues revolving around the topic of democracy and dictatorship, it tells the story of how a ruler risked his life for the sake of oppressing democracy. The movie takes a straight pinch at the world politics by making jokes of those we called our leaders. The brave act from the actor cum script-writer to film such a mockumentary is indeed worth the praises. The reason why I chose this as my favourite movie is because of the following reasons: Firstly, the movie is indeed a great joy to watch. I am very sure that it captured my attention from the start of the movie, where it paid tribute to the late dictator of North Korea - Kim Jong-Il, till when it ends with the ruler finally giving in to democracy. The plot of the movie is entertaining throughout. Secondly, I could not remember laughing as much from other comedies I have watched in my entire life. It is really a humorous movie throughout and the contexts of its parodies are indeed easy to grasp. Lastly, I have always been a fan of Sasha Baron Cohen. He is an intelligent and genius, I would call it in script writing for such films. One other notable film produced by him is, Borat. This movie is definitely suitable for people who are stressed up and in need of some laughter to brighten up their...
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...The effects of service learning versus community service While service learning and community service are two very similar services, they are two very different entities and can teach us different moralities. Service learning attempts to intergrade schooling alongside community service in a wider range area. Community service is going around to close communities and simply helping out in different ways. They both achieve the aspects of helping the surrounding communities in a number of different ways. Service learning and community service have been studied by numerous psychologists. By doing so there has become a mountain of evidence suggesting that both service learning and community service promotes self-efficacy. Research reviewed by Richard Kraft and James Krug brought them to the conclusion that both approaches benefited students (Kraft & Krug, 1994). Although, similarities between the two leave them hard to tell apart from one to the other. It is the differences...
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...Cloud Computing Tutorial CLOUD COMPUTINGTUTORIAL Simply Easy Learning by tutorialspoint.com tutorialspoint.com i ABOUT THE TUTORIAL Cloud Computing Tutorial Cloud Computing provides us a means by which we can access the applications as utilities, over the internet. It allows us to create, configure, and customize the business applications online. This tutorial will take you through a step-by-step approach while learning Cloud Computing concepts. Audience This reference has been prepared for the beginners to help them to understand the basic-to-advanced concepts related to Cloud Computing. This tutorial will give you enough understanding on Cloud Computing concepts from where you can take yourself to a higher level of expertise. Prerequisites Before proceeding with this tutorial, you should have basic knowledge of Computers, Internet, Database and Networking concepts. Such basic knowledge will help you in understanding the Cloud Computing concepts and move fast on the learning track. Copyright & Disclaimer Notice All the content and graphics on this tutorial are the property of tutorialspoint.com. Any content from tutorialspoint.com or this tutorial may not be redistributed or reproduced in any way, shape, or form without the written permission of tutorialspoint.com. Failure to do so is a violation of copyright laws. This tutorial may contain inaccuracies or errors and tutorialspoint provides no guarantee regarding the accuracy of the site or its...
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...In this assignment I will be describing theories of learning, I will be writing briefly about 6 influences and refer to both positive and negative, I will also be writing about skills for learning, support for learning and learning opportunities. Theories of learning - Kolb's experiential learning theory works on two levels: a four stage cycle of learning and four separate learning styles. The four stage cycle are: - Concrete Experience (coming across a new experience of a situation, or interpretation of existing experience); - Reflective Observation (reviewing a new experience and reflecting on the experience); - Abstract Conceptualisation (concluding reflection which gives rise to a new idea, or a modification of an existing abstract concept); - Active Experimentation (planning and then trying out what you have learned to see what result you get). The four stages are: 1. Experience 2. Reflection 3. Conceptualise 4. Test. Honey and Mumford’s learning style theory has the purpose of persuading people to try their ‘test’ in order to find out their own personal way of learning which could be: * Activist like to be involved, like new ideas, lose interest quickly, like to dominate and have ‘jump first/think later’ mentality; * Reflectors like to observe from the edge of the group, consider things from a range of different perspectives, they let others contribute before they do, collect information before drawing a conclusion; * Theorists like to bring together different...
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...Definitions Paper OI 361 Week 2 Individual Assignment Organizational Impact Paper OI 361 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Benefits and Drivers Proposal OI 361 Week 3 Individual Assignment – Mental Models and Mindsets Paper OI 361 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment – Strategy, Process, Product, and Services Paper OI 361 Week 4 Individual Assignment Case Study Creative Thinkers Outline Paper and Presentation OI 361 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment – Mental Models and Mindsets Paper OI 361 Week 5 Individual Assignment – Organizational Transformation Q&A OI 361 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment – Innovation Process Paper and Presentation OI 361 Entire Course Purchase here http://homeworkonestop.com/OI%20361/oi-361-entire-course Product Description OI 361 Weeks 1-5 All DQ’s OI 361 Week 1 Individual Assignment Definitions Paper OI 361 Week 2 Individual Assignment Organizational Impact Paper OI 361 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Benefits and Drivers Proposal OI 361 Week 3 Individual Assignment – Mental Models and Mindsets Paper OI 361 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment – Strategy, Process, Product, and Services Paper OI 361 Week 4 Individual Assignment Case Study Creative Thinkers Outline Paper and Presentation OI 361 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment – Mental Models and Mindsets Paper OI 361 Week 5 Individual Assignment – Organizational Transformation Q&A OI 361 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment – Innovation Process Paper and Presentation OI 361 Entire Course Purchase...
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...similarity between household and economics? Copyright © 2004 South-Western/Thomson Learning TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS • A household and an economy face many decisions: • Who will work? • What goods and how many of them should be produced? • What resources should be used in production? • At what price should the goods be sold? Copyright © 2004 South-Western/Thomson Learning TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS Society and Scarce Resources: • The management of society’s resources is important because resources are scarce. • Scarcity. . . means that society has limited resources and therefore cannot produce all the goods and services people wish to have. Copyright © 2004 South-Western/Thomson Learning TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS Economics is the study of how society manages its scarce resources. Copyright © 2004 South-Western/Thomson Learning TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS • How people make decisions. • • • • People face tradeoffs. The cost of something is what you give up to get it. Rational people think at the margin. People respond to incentives. Copyright © 2004 South-Western/Thomson Learning TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS • How people interact with each other. • Trade can make everyone better off. • Markets are usually a good way to organize economic activity. • Governments can sometimes improve economic outcomes. Copyright © 2004 South-Western/Thomson Learning TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS • The forces and trends that affect how the economy...
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...Outreach Library services for Distance Learners *1 M. Manthira Moorthy * 2 S.M. Mohamed Lukman 1. Librarian and Information Assistant, Anna Centenary Library, Gandhi Mandapam Road, Kotturpuram, Chennai – 25 2. Librarian and Information Assistant, Anna Centenary Library, Gandhi Mandapam Road, Kotturpuram, Chennai – 25 Abstract Distance Learning has made tremendous growth all over the world during the last three decades. The growth in number of distance learning institutions, increase in number of programmes/courses, exponential growth in literature on distance learning, increasing number of conferences and th growth in number of distance learners all these have contributed...
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...The Learning Business Research Report BX2174: Research & Decision-Making for Business KARAN LAKHANPAL Student Number: 12908897 QIN YANG Student Number: 12653971 Lecturer: Dr Andre Kuah Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................ 2 2. BACKGROUND TO THE BUSINESS DECISION OR PROBLEM .............................................. 3 3. THE SPECIFIC RESEARCH OBJECTIVES TO BE ADDRESSED .............................................. 5 4. CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE METHODS ...................................................................... 6 5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ....................................................................................... 8 6. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE BUSINESS DECISION OR PROBLEM ........................................... 10 7. ETHICAL ISSUES .................................................................................................... 11 8. REFERENCES......................................................................................................... 13 9. APPENDIX ............................................................................................................ 14 The Learning Business Research Report | Campus: 10. 1 CHECKLIST OF ASSESSMENT CRITERIA .................................................................. 18 The Learning Business Research Report 1. Executive Summary ...
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...Chapter 02 The Role of IMC in the Marketing Process Multiple Choice Questions 1. According to the marketing and promotions process model, the marketing process begins with the: A. development of the marketing mix. B. development of a marketing strategy and analysis. C. development of the promotional mix. D. determination of the target market. E. establishment of marketing objectives. 2. A(n) _____ is a document that evolves from an organization's overall corporate strategy and serves as a guide for specific marketing programs and policies. A. strategic marketing plan B. integrated marketing communications plan C. situation analysis D. opportunity analysis E. competitive plan 3. _____ is a detailed assessment of the current marketing conditions facing the company, its product lines, or its individual brands. A. Strategic marketing plan B. Integrated marketing communications plan C. Situation analysis D. Opportunity analysis E. Competitive plan 4. _____ are defined as external areas where there are favorable demand trends, customer needs and wants are not being satisfied, and where a company thinks it can compete effectively. A. Market opportunities B. Market segments C. Competitive advantages D. Market strengths E. Market plans 5. To reach tweens (8-12 year olds), Jell-O brand gelatin marketers introduced X-treme Jell-O in wild berry, green apple, and watermelon flavors. The ads describe the gelatin flavors as...
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...Benefits of Technology in the Classroom The benefits of technology in the classroom are broad and deep. When schools utilize education technology like SMART® Interactive Whiteboards, students are more engaged, more motivated, and more excited about learning. An interactive smart classroom enables teachers to prepare dynamic multi-media lessons with hands-on components. The benefits of technology in education reach across all grade levels, from K-12 all the way up to colleges and universities. ComputerLand Network Technologies of East Texas has been helping schools with integrating technology into the classroom for over 30 years. Benefits of Technology In The Classroom: Preparing The 21st Century Workforce One of the most important benefits of technology in the classroom is that it can help to prepare students to become successful members of the 21stCentury workforce. Schools can leverage computer technology to create a project-based learning environment that teaches students essential skills they will need to thrive in the real world of work. Not only do they gain competence and experience using the technology itself, but students in the 21st Century classroom learn critical thinking and workplace skills that will prepare them well for their future. It is not just about learning facts and figures, but learning about collaboration, problem-solving, communication, leadership, motivation, productivity, and self direction. Simply put, integrating technology into the...
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...3 Learning Objective: 2 2. What is KrisWorld? a) It is a religious weapon used for prayer ceremony. b) It is a dance club offering trance music. c) It is a courier service offering delivery within 24 hours worldwide. d) It is the individualized in-flight entertainment system of Singapore Airlines. e) It is a series of travel guide books produced by a company in Singapore. Ans: d Feedback: Singapore Airlines found customization and choice in in-flight entertainment to be important to airline customers. Page: 3 Learning Objective: 2 3. What is the basic concern of airline customers? a) Moving in good time from point A to point B. b) Having more leg room in the plane. c) More products for in-flight shopping. d) Nice food and drinks. e) Beautiful air stewardess. Ans: a Feedback: Moving in good time from point A to point B is the basic concern of airline customers and that is why Singapore Airlines emphasizes the reliability and punctuality of its flight operations. Page: 4 Learning Objective: 1 4. What is one method used by Singapore Airlines to find out about customers’ views of the company’s performance? a) Passenger opinion surveys b) Observation c) Bookings for their flights d) Usage and consumption level of the in-flight entertainment system and beverages offered. e) All of the above Ans: a Feedback: Passenger opinion surveys are conducted in all its flights by Singapore Airlines to monitor the quality of its services. Page: 4 Learning Objective:...
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...Emerging role of Knowledge Management with special reference to educational sector Chitranshi Verma Research Scholar & Faculty in Centre of Management Studies, G.S.College of Commerce & Economics,Jabalpur(chitranshi.verma@gmail.com) Purpose of the study: To find the effective use of new concepts like knowledge management in the education sector. Research Methodology: The study on this topic would mainly be conducted through the available secondary data. Globalization has brought in new opportunities to developing countries. Greater access to developed country markets and technology transfer hold out promises for improved productivity & higher living standards. It is a very positive force that has lifted the developing countries. With its advent various new concepts have emerged, one of them is knowledge management. Introduction- Knowledge Management (KM) comprises a range of strategies and practices used in an organization to identify, create, represent, distribute, and enable adoption of insights and experiences. Such insights and experiences comprise knowledge, either embodied in individuals or embedded in organizational processes or practice. Knowledge management is the process of transforming information and intellectual...
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...Analysis of Competitors: Direct Competitors and Indirect Competitors Nowadays, the educational trend is getting huge. Not only the number of people who are attending to college is increasing, but also there are more educational software is out now more than ever before. The Engaged Learning system will have many competitors who have been already exist in the industry. These learning systems have been proven to help you learn more outside the classroom. The direct competitors for the Engaged Learning are consisting of other educations software companies such as Pearson, Cengage Learning, McGraw Hill Education/Connect, iSpring, and Articulate. Indirect Competitors include Blackboard, Moodle, Edmodo, Cornerstone, and Schoology. Competitor Location and Accessibility Competitors are mostly online, which means it is very accessible to all customers. The technology is getting better and better, that means people are very used to searching or learning anything they want to know through internet. The official website for Pearson showed that the main office is located in London and the United States office is located in New York. Pearson is a worldwide company that also set up some offices at Americas Region, Asia-Pacific Region, and Europe, Middle East, Africa Region. Cengage Learning's main company office is located in Boston, but not only has one location, but they also have many offices located in North America, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. McGraw-Hill Education/Connect...
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