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Write three objectives aligned to the standard selected following the Know, Understand, and Do guidelines. For each objective, write a rationale supporting how the standard and objective are properly aligned. Write a summary of a lesson that could teach the objectives created

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Review the “COE Lesson Plan Example” located in Topic Materials. On the “Aligning Standards and Learning Objectives” template, write 250-500 words, responding to the following prompts, as they relate to the lesson plan:
What is the academic standard?
What is the learning objective?
Are the standard and objective aligned? How do you know? Provide a rationale.
What is the lesson about? What does this lesson cover?
Do the assessments effectively measure the academic standard and learning objective? Justify your response.
Part 2: Unwrapping the Standards
Below your analysis, complete the template by selecting a grade level K-8 and an Arizona K-12 academic standard (different from the one provided in Part 1).
Write three objectives aligned to the standard selected following the Know, Understand, and Do guidelines.
For each objective, write a rationale supporting how the standard and objective are properly aligned.
Write a summary of a lesson that could teach the objectives created.

Conduct a SWOT analysis of Amazon. What outcomes of the analysis stand out, and how do the identified outcomes influence the business success of Amazon? Be specific, and provide an example to support your conclusion.

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Question 1
– Amazon’s business operations depend heavily upon the use and application of technology.
Review the following quote *(from Jeff Bezos) found in the case study, and comment on the wide variety of technologies employed in Amazon’s operations.
Focus on how these technologies act as strengths and contribute to competitive success.

“We use high-performance transactions systems, complex rendering and object caching, workflow and queuing systems, business intelligence and data analytics, machine learning and pattern recognition, neural networks and probabilistic decision making, and a wide variety of other techniques[. . .]. Many of the problems we face have no textbook solutions, and so we—happily—invent new approaches. [. . .] Technology infuses all of our teams, all of our processes, our decision-making, and our approach to innovation in each of our businesses. It is deeply integrated into everything we do. Invention is in our DNA and technology is the fundamental tool we wield to evolve and improve every aspect of the experience we provide our customers.”

Question 2
– Discuss the significance of the leadership of Jeff Bezos to Amazon’s business strategies.
Be both specific and thorough in your response.

Question 3
– Conduct a SWOT analysis of Amazon.
What outcomes of the analysis stand out, and how do the identified outcomes influence the business success of Amazon?
Be specific, and provide an example to support your conclusion.

Question 4
– Conduct a value chain analysis using the example within “The Concept of a Company Value Chain” in your text as a guide. What conclusions can you draw from your analysis?

Question 5
– Patrick O’Brien, a lead analyst at Verdict Retail is quoted in the case study saying: “They’ve [Amazon] managed to get top of mind on every category without doing anything creative – Amazon’s 20 years isn’t a marketing story, it’s all about availability and scale.” Do you agree or disagree with O’Brien’s assessment?
Explain your response and provide at least one example that supports your perspective

Imagine how different leaders respond after a crisis situation such as the immediate days after a Level 4 hurricane. Describe how leaders react based on their leadership style. How do responders show appreciation to folks involved? Do they expect special recognition?

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What is the most creative “thank you” you’ve ever given or received in a work setting? Have you ever wondered why the Queen of England knighted Paul McCartney of the Beatles? What would it mean if your photo essay in a weekly newspaper won the Pulitzer Prize? Would you go to kindergarten if your daughter won Student of the Month? How much trouble was it to get all the thank you notes written for graduation or wedding gifts? Do you bristle with cynicism when management rewards people you don’t particularly admire as “employee of the month” because the person can bully folks into meeting department production goals?

Step 2 Research.
Go to the library, stop in a bookstore, or use your favorite search engine to generate ideas. Use keywords such as “employee performance,” “national recognition,” “international awards,” “recognition ideas,” or “awards programs” for ideas that express appreciation.

Step 3 Write a report.
Write 1-2 page APA formatted paper that includes the following:

Imagine how different leaders respond after a crisis situation such as the immediate days after a Level 4 hurricane. Describe how leaders react based on their leadership style. How do responders show appreciation to folks involved? Do they expect special recognition?
Compare those kinds of awards and recognition for a crisis response to the ways different leaders and supervisors might show appreciation for every day “just doing my job” situations, such as working overtime or mentoring a new employee? What motivates you to say thank you? How and when do you show appreciation?

Who is the smartest person you know? What are you “smart” about? Are you common sense smart, book smart, street smart, or a combination? Is it realistic to expect employees to be able to leave their problems at home? Why or why not?

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Different strokes for different folks. Seems as if it’s an almost universal truth for choosing rewards systems. Based on volumes of research, experts and everyday people seem to innately understand that there are many different kinds of “smarts” among people who lead happy, productive, and successful lives. Emotional Intelligence explores human behaviors in addition to IQ test scores and technical skills. Some feel strongly that Emotional Intelligence the ability to “keep a level head in all the confusion” is mostly hype and folks should leave their problems at home when they clock in.
What do you think?
Who is the smartest person you know?
What are you “smart” about?
Are you common sense smart, book smart, street smart, or a combination?
Is it realistic to expect employees to be able to leave their problems at home? Why or why not?
Describe the five personality characteristics needed to understand employee behavior.
How can you apply Emotional Intelligence when dealing with employees?
How could you use Emotional Intelligence to increase morale and productiveness with your employees?
Describe other theories used to motivate employees. How might you apply them on the job as a supervisor?
Step 3: Read other students’ initial posts (I can see the students post only after submitting the Step2)

Narcan Medication, discuss the medication’s Route, Action, Side Effects, Indication, and Contra-Indications. You should also mention what conditions the medication is used to treat.

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Narcan Medication and Primary Assessment- Airway and breathing.

Write 500 words on the medication you have been assigned Topic:

Narcan Discuss the medication’s Route, Action, Side Effects, Indication, and Contra-Indications. Mention what conditions the medication is used to treat. Write as two separate assignments.

Topic: Primary Assessment- Airway and breathing This topic section has several “steps” involved in order to perform the assessment. Go through each of these “steps” and explain when or how you would perform them. You do not need to discuss treatments at this time.

Identify an organization that has been significantly affected by the COVID-19 outbreak and recommend how the organization can leverage digital innovation to sustain the business and enable growth.

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The Covid-19 pandemic is a situation that will have long lasting effects in our global economy. The outbreak showcases the value of digital operating models and is likely to force many companies to speed up their digital innovation and transformation.

For this assignment, consider the following scenarios:

Identify an organization that has been significantly affected by the COVID-19 outbreak and recommend how the organization can leverage digital innovation to sustain the business and enable growth.

Propose a change in its operating model, supported by digital efforts, that will mitigate the impact during the crisis.

Describe which business processes would be affected and describe the capabilities and elements that will enable these changes.

Criteria for selecting an organization:

  • The organization must be a mid-sized company with more than just one customer-relations office or retail outlet
  • The organization must have an existing (pre-Covid-19) business strategy and business model that you will describe and use as a basis for your discussion
  • The existing business strategy and model you identify will then be used to evaluate the extent to which the organization has been affected by the Covid-19 crisis
  • The existing busines and model you identify will then be used to evaluate the relevance of the 5 steps, below, for your analysis and proposed solutions.
  • The organization you select must have its information in open online sources and it must be in English.

Provide an individual Project Report which covers theoretical application of a digital business strategy, including the development and recommendations for a digital transformation solution in the organization. Demonstration of the use of digital interface, applications and understanding of new business models and disruption are expected.

The project should include recommendations for the implementation of digital technologies and solutions as a strategy.

Student must provide an individual project addressing the 5 steps described below, showing advanced knowledge, and understanding of the digital business models described/analyzed, and critical evaluation of strategies already implemented. Digital technologies application is expected in the proposed solution.

The project report will compromise the following 5 steps of analysis and discussion:

  1. Audit of the current landscape od the organization’s industry sector
  2. Evaluation of the competitive environment
  3. Definition of SMART objectives, strategies, and tactics

SWOT of the current landscape and TOWS matrix of proposed solution Outline of the proposed solution implementation.

Select any crime problem or type of crime, and after supplying an overview of the issue, apply criminological theories that tend to explain the causes of the criminal activity.

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Each student will prepare a paper written in APA style that has eight to ten pages of text.
•Select any crime problem or type of crime, and after supplying an overview of the issue, apply criminological theories that tend to explain the causes of the criminal activity.
• References should include a balance of journal articles, text books, and current popular literature.
• An example of a paper might include an overview of recent riots with a criminological explanation that the crime is so because people in authority are abusing their power. This might be explained through the application of Conflict Theory. A more simplistic approach could be that according to Classical Theory, people are making a free choice to riot and break the law.

Describe Balanchine’s neoclassical style of ballet and how does the dance Agon illustrate this style. Which Balanchine dancer was the first artistic director of the Miami City Ballet? What were some of his most notable ballets while he was working with Balanchine

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  1. In the Middle Ages/Renaissance, feudalism stratified society. How was dance expressed in the upper and lower classes?
  2. What was Catherine de Medici’s role in the evolution of ballet?
  3. Watch the Royal Ballet video on the evolution of ballet and describe how the technique evolved.
  4. George Balanchine started the first formal school of American ballet with Lincoln Kirstein in 1934. Where and how did these two individuals meet?  What were their roles in launching the school?
  5. Describe Balanchine’s neoclassical style of ballet and how does the dance Agon illustrate this style.
  6. Which Balanchine dancer was the first artistic director of the Miami City Ballet? What were some of his most notable ballets while he was working with Balanchine.
  7. 7. Both in Alonzo King’s Writing Ground and La la la Human Steps Amelia, there is an exploration of the female in society and her emotions. In these pieces, what themes and emotions are expressed in each? This is your reflection.  (Answer in 100 words)
  8. Martha Graham’s technique includes contraction/release of the spine, which became a signature of her approach. How was this connected to the expression of emotion, according to Graham?
  9. In Mary Wigman’s Witch Dance, she portrays raw emotion. How does it reflect German Expressionism, an artistic movement that flourished during her time?
  10. In the Moor’s Pavane, Jose Limon takes a modern look at the dances of the Renaissance. What were Limon’s creative objectives in this piece?
  11. 11. In Kurt Jooss’s iconic The Green Table, how is the anti-war message expressed in dance? What war was he referring to? (answer in 100 words)
  12. Name an important work by Pina Bausch and why it’s historically significant. (answer in 100 words)
  13. 13. Describe the contribution of Merce Cunningham to the post modern dance movement? Why are his works/approaches significant to dance history?  (answer in 100 words)
  14. Describe Trisha Brown’s choreographic objective and methodology in her piece Set/Reset?
  15. Define Steve Paxton’s contact improvisation method and how it reflected his aesthetic.
  16. Deborah Hay is a postmodern dance artist working today. In her work, Figure a Sea, what are some of the tools she uses to help dancers generate movement? (hint: in the video posted in the Power Point)
  17. What are the objectives of Ohad Naharin’s Gaga method?
  18. 18. Rennie Harris and Crystal Pite work in completely different genres. Compare/contrast their approaches to choreography.  What are their similarities and differences? (answer in 100 words)
  19. Select the video you liked the most and describe how it illustrates your definition of dance.(answer in 100 words)
  20. What was Jack Cole’s contribution to Jazz dance?
  21. In the video Hellzapoppin, what is the commentary being made on race/class?
  22. Describe Bob Fosse’s style of jazz dance?
  23. Master Juba, Bojangles and Savion Glover are important figures in tap dance. Please summarize their contributions to the genre. (answer in 100 words)
  24. What are the differences between Modern and Contemporary Dance as they are practiced today?

What was the Arab Spring? How did it start? Why should scholars of terrorism be concerned with it? Should the United State intervene in Syria? Why? If not, when should the US intervene in an international situation?

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What was the Arab Spring? How did it start? Why should scholars of terrorism be concerned with it?
Should the United State intervene in Syria? Why? If not, when should the US intervene in an international situation? Do we have the moral duty to act when others are being killed, even if it is outside of the United States? Why or why not?
Who do you believe is the “good guy” in Syria? Who is the “bad?” Why?
Should the United States close its borders to Syrian and Iraqi refugees due to the risk of terrorism? If so, why? If not, what safeguards should be in place?
How can instability and civil war lead to terrorism?

Examine the academic language used in your state college and career readiness standards and language proficiency/development standards. How does the language affect the clarity and measurement of the intended learning?

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Identify and review the college and career readiness standards from your state (this may be the Common Core standards or some other set as defined by your state). Based on these materials, compose your post to address the following:

Discuss whether the standards are more academically and linguistically demanding than previous state standards that you may have experienced. Explain. If you have not experienced other standards, discuss the evolution of the standards with another teacher that has seen more than one set of standards set as the academic expectation.
Examine the academic language used in your state college and career readiness standards and language proficiency/development standards. How does the language affect the clarity and measurement of the intended learning?
Identify a neighboring state and find the standards used there (if you can, choose a state where you share a border or from which you frequently get new students). Compare and contrast to see the extent these standards are similar in the different states.
If your chosen state uses different standards than your home state: What are the implications of an analysis of this type for curriculum, instruction, and assessment for your ELs since many EL students move around from one state to another often and in the middle of the year?
If your chosen state uses Common Core as does your home state: What are the implications for assumptions that might be made about what happens in common ways? What are the issues for timing of the standards and the curriculum?