The assignments is in the picture I added. The 2 sources you need have to come from the school website link.
https://library.miracosta.edu/home
The word count can’t include the work cited page Please and thank you!
Category: English
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“Exploring the Resources of MiraCosta College Library: A Research Assignment”
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Exploring Meaningful Relationships with Artificial Intelligence in Her and Very Bad Wizards
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0YuvwwO39nAVX9kBi…
Link to watch Her Links to an external site.
With listening to the Very Bad Wizards podcast and watching the film Her we might be able to understand why philosopher Neil Sinhababu believes that we can have a meaningful loving relationship with a girl in another possible world. Possible worlds are a metaphysical concept that philosophers use to think about strange things. We have the laws of nature, logic, and technology that can hold us into thinking that things can never possibly happen in our world. Metaphysically possible suggests that we just have to conceive of its possibility on some possible world and we can then examine the claims meaningfully (this is why a lot of metaphysicians write sci-fi on the side). With that being said, we also see Theodore Twombly falling in love with this personalized A.I. do you think that this can meaningfully happen? It seems possible in another world we can see ourselves intertwined with the most high-tech artificial intelligence in a way that is satisfying emotionally (and probably physically) for us. Do you think that artificial intelligence has the possibility of actually having a meaningful loving relationship with us, in this world? What are the similarities and differences between Sinhababu’s work and Her? Remember to respond to 2-3 of your peers and discuss where you agree and disagree. -
Title: The Impact of Filter Bubbles on Social Media and How to Break Out of Them
https://thecrashcourse.com/courses/social-media-cr…
https://thecrashcourse.com/courses/click-restraint…
https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_onlin…
tiktok-filter-bubbles. What do you think about filter bubbles? Do you believe you are in any? Do those bubbles reflect your true beliefs or maybe just trends of the moment? Do you believe that filter bubbles are dangerous? Explain specifically why or why not. How do you think folks can break out of said bubbles?
Respond to two or three of your peers in the group. Do you have similar bubbles or different? Explain why you think you have similar or different bubbles. Think about those similarities and differences and talk with your peer about the importance of recognizing bubbles. -
Analyzing the Importance of Time Management in the Workplace: A Close Reading of “Defending Your Time” “Effective Time Management Training: Maximizing Productivity and Efficiency in the Workplace” “Effective Time Management Training: A Key Investment for Employee and Company Success” “Maximizing Employee Engagement and Productivity through Effective Training Programs: A Cost Analysis”
First, review the Article Selection section of this week’s resources and choose one to use as the text for this assignment and project. Next, explain why you chose the text. Then, address the prompts related to content, genre, purpose, context, core idea, and details of the text using the template linked in the What to Submit section.
Specifically, you must address the following:
Choose the text you will use for your project. Then, explain why you chose that text.
What attracted you to the text?
Why are you interested in it?
Identify the topic of the text.
What is the text about?
Identify the genre of the text.
What genre do you think the text was written in?
Describe the writer’s purpose.
Why do you think that the writer wrote it?
Determine the historical context of the text.
What do you think is the text’s historical context?
Determine the cultural context of the text.
What do you think is the text’s cultural context?
Identify the core idea of the text.
Identify details of the text that are relevant to the core idea.
What are two to four places in the text that support the core idea?
THIS IS THE ARTICLE TO RESPOND TO:
Which is more precious, time or money? The answer is clear: You can always earn more money, but time is finite. Yet employees spend so much effort managing money and so little managing time that the result often is a stressed and less productive workforce, cramming work and home needs into shrinking hours.
HR professionals are finding that time management training can help employees juggle both work and family. Time management no longer focuses on time-saving tricks, such as using your commute to return calls. Instead, time management emphasizes a more holistic approach that teaches employees to set priorities and achieve goals in all areas of their lives.
“People used to look at time management as doing what we’re doing faster, running the conveyor belt more quickly,” says Don Wetmore, president of The Productivity Institute, a time management training firm in Stratford, Conn. “We’ve taken it to a different level. Time management is more than making up a to-do list. Not doing the right things to begin with gets you nowhere faster. Time management is the foundation for creating balance in our lives in vital areas, such as health and family,” Wetmore says.
But that foundation is missing from many employees’ lives. LifeCare Inc., an employee benefits organization in Westport, Conn., recently polled employees of its 1,000 client companies and found that 47 percent of respondents ranked time management as the No. 1 source of stress in their lives–an increase of 25 percent over last year, says CEO Peter Burki.
Employers can pay a high price for that stress. “The retention of key employees becomes a big issue as workers in droves leave companies to search for a better life,” says Laura Stack, president of The Productivity PRO, a time management and employee productivity consulting firm in Highlands Ranch, Colo. “If [employees] don’t leave, they’re stressed about wanting something different while being terrified to let go of a well-paying job in a tough environment, resulting in an unmotivated workforce.”
Time management training can increase employee morale, increase productivity and decrease turnover, Stack says. “It’s not how long you work, it’s how you work,” she says. “You could work a 12-hour day and be more unproductive than someone who works a sixhour day.” Teaching employees to be more productive and get the same amount of work done in less time can help them get home earlier, Stack says.
Defending Your Time
What does time management training teach? Employees should learn how to plan, set priorities, avoid procrastination and become more organized. Basic skills include how to use a daily planning calendar and how to set priorities and goals, says Jim Bird, president of WorklifeBalance.com, a time management training company in Atlanta. Advanced skills focus on relationships and project management, he adds.
Time management also can train employees to examine tasks more critically. For example, Wetmore says, a time log helps employees catalog how they spend their time. Employees rate their time “in terms of its productive value: critical is A, [worthwhile] is B, not much value is C and little value is D,” says Wetmore. When employees do this, “almost universally, 20 percent of time is spent on A and B, 80 percent on C and D. They have to learn how to shift over some of the unproductive time–Cs and Ds–to As and Bs.” Once employees recognize which tasks have less value, they will choose higher-value tasks, Wetmore adds.
Coors Brewing Co. in Golden, Colo., began time management training in one division after an employee survey. “Based on the results and [employee interviews], I heard many comments about ‘people working a lot,’” says EvaMilko, Coors’ director of strategic sourcing in corporate procurement. “Our team needed a refresher on how to manage disruptions, manage priorities and work with their values in mind.”
Coors’ training program offered three sessions delivered over two months, Milko says. One full-day session for all employees covered personal productivity, addressing reasons for stress and the ways stress affects performance. The session also discussed work/life balance and strategies for leaving the office earlier, Milko says. The second full-day session for all employees dealt with information overload, giving employees hands-on training in setting up filing systems, managing incoming e-mails and documents, and using Microsoft Outlook calendar and e-mail software effectively. Finally, a halfday session for managers covered delegating work and managing others’ time.
The results? “Team members reported finding 30 to 60 minutes per day of incremental ‘free’ time because of the training,” Milko says. “The work we did on filing systems and using Outlook more effectively allows us to retrieve information faster for quicker decision making and project management. Many employees began to use Outlook to manage not only their work activities, but also their personal appointments, reducing the redundancies of managing two different calendar systems.”
The training also inspired employees who work in cubicles to defend their work time against interruptions. Now, employees have a scarf that they can draw across the cubicle entrance, telling others not to stop by. The signal has “eliminated many of the daily disruptions, allowing people to get work done,” Milko says.
What’s the Problem?
To find the most effective time management training for your workforce, determine what types of time management problems employees have, decide who should attend training and choose the training style and vendor that best suit your needs.
Focus training on specific issues. Are employees complaining about working late? Seek techniques to help people leave the office earlier. Are employees feeling overwhelmed by paperwork? Emphasize systems that streamline paperwork and eliminate redundancy.
For example, Denver Water, a government utility in Denver Water, a government utility in Denver, Colo., implemented a time management program called “Handling Information Overload” because huge amounts of information were overwhelming employees, says Lori Wurth, manager of training and organization development. The training gave participants tips to keep on top of e-mail, voice mail, snail mail, paper, meetings and projects.
Who should attend the training? “The simpler and more repetitive the job, the less impact time management training will have,” Bird says. So focus training on employees who have a great deal of flexibility–and the potential for conflicting priorities–in their schedules and projects.
“A common practice is for time management training to be thrown at poor performers,” notes Stack. However, time management is best suited for peak performers whose departure would jeopardize the company.
Should you require participation? Stack says participation should be optional because “no one will learn anything if forced,” but Wetmore disagrees.
“The least effective way of approaching training is on an optional basis,” Wetmore says. “If [employees] understood what they needed, they would get it. They don’t understand what they need. The folks who sign up are often not the ones who need it most.”
The best way to market time management training to employees is to pitch its personal benefits, Wetmore says. Don’t say that the program will make the company more profitable. Say, “‘You will accomplish more, have more time and less stress, go home on time, be a better parent,’” Wetmore suggests.
Although the emphasis is on employees’ personal needs, the employer also will benefit, Bird adds. Time management tools applied off the job will become a habit that workers will carry over to the workplace.
Shopping for a Vendor
Seek a training vendor that is willing and able to customize training. “All programs need to be tailored to the individual company, focusing on their burning needs,” says Wetmore.
Avoid training that focuses solely on using any vendor’s particular calendar or daily planner products, cautions Bird. “In most organizations, a high percentage of individuals are highly committed to their current planner type” and aren’t likely to surrender favored planners, Bird says. So look for training dealing with behaviors and techniques rather than products alone.
Training delivery takes many forms, including seminars, books, audiotapes, videotapes, videoconferences and online training. What you use should depend on your audience and needs. Some consultants and employers say in-person seminars seem to have the greatest impact, especially when followed by individual consultations, and that other media are economical and useful for reinforcement. However, some consultants tout blended learning or web-based training.
“The most effective time management [class] is best performed in person, at least initially,” says Burki. “Once you have that firm foundation, you can use [technology] for online reminders, follow-up instruction, refresher courses, etc.”
But Bird says, “The ideal is the blended approach, using live and web-based training for advanced training and ongoing reinforcement of skills. High quality video-driven, web-based training can produce results equal to or exceeding high-quality live training. Not textbased or talking heads. I’m talking about high production–with multiple camera angles–web-based training.”
Linda Holmes Rogers, vice-president of HR for Fiserv Southern Region, a financial technology company in Atlanta, recently completed a web-based worklife balance training program. “We compared it to the instructor-led program and were very impressed,” Rogers says. “It is a time-saver. The quality of the web-based product is just as good as the instructor-led program.”
Individual Follow-up
No matter which training method you choose, individual follow-up, over time, is key, Wetmore and Stack add. “Huge changes [in behavior] take place over an extended period of time–six months to a year,” says Wetmore.
After an initial one-day class, Denver Water gives each participating employee a one-hour session with a time management consultant, Wurth says. The consultant and the employee develop a six-week action plan, and, after six weeks, the consultant reviews the plan and holds the employee accountable.
“The program has been very popular and well received–the one-on-one [consultations are] consistently cited as the most beneficial part,” Wurth says. “We find the accountability and personal attention really increases the application. We follow up with the employee and supervisor three months later to determine what worked and if they are satisfied with the results.”
Wurth found that selling senior management on paying for individual followup sessions was not easy, but “the results spoke for themselves, and now support is given without question,” she says.
“You can do a one-shot, full-day training for $7,500 or so for 20 people, but the organization will not experience long-term change in employee behavior” from one-time training, Stack says. Some short-term training can cost less, around $3,000 to $4,000 per day for a group of about 20 people. But for a year-long program with follow-up, expect to pay about $2,000 per employee, Stack says.
Employers have to find new customers, cut costs and improve productivity daily, Coors’ Milko notes. “We need a healthy and engaged workforce to help us in reaching those objectives,” she says. Time management training helps employees “be more effective throughout the day so they can leave the office and be with their families and friends, support their communities, and pursue their passions,” she says.
KATHRYN TYLER, M.A., IS A FREELANCE WRITER AND FORMER HR GENERALIST AND TRAINER IN WIXOM, MICH.
Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2003 Society for Human Resource Management
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“Exploring the Extrovert vs. Introvert Dynamic: A Summary of Five Articles on Personality Diversity and Its Impact in the Workplace”
You will summarize 5 articles when assigned and use at least 4 in your Research Paper.
II Extroverts vs. Introverts
1. Personality Diversity: Extrovert and Introvert Temperaments
https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-4329.12091Links to an external site.
2. Introversion vs. Extroversion: What They Are and 7 Key Differences By Indeed Editorial Team
3. Introverts vs. Extroverts: How Each Adds Value to the Workplace
4. Learning Styles of Introverts and Extroverts https://onlineprograms.ollusa.edu/Links to an external site.
5. https://www.inc.com/john-rampton/23-amazingly-successful-introverts-throughout-history.htmlLinks to an external site.
6. Quiet by Susan Cain (excellent book on introverts)
7. Any youtube or TedTalk on extroverts vs. introverts
Links to an external site.
E. MLA method: Documenting sohttps://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-creativity-p2-3986725urces
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The Power of Mindset: Insights from Chapter 10 and Carol Dweck’s TED Talk In Chapter 10, we learn about the concept of mindset and how it can greatly impact our beliefs, behaviors, and ultimately, our success.
READ: Chapter 10
WATCH: https://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshareLinks to an external site.
REVIEW: Chapter Review (pages 661-662)Links to an external site.
RESPOND:
What are your major insights/takeaways from the Chapter 10 material? Please be specific (and make direct connections to the reading) as you discuss concepts, terminology, or other information you found particularly valuable/meaningful. Lead Posts (20 points each)
Post your response to the discussion questions (200 or more words for your main response). Do make sure you write your posts in a Word document first and then transfer it to Canvas in case you lose your writing in the transfer. Always use spell check before transferring your writing. The written material should meet a high standard for grammar, spelling and critical thinking. For full credit you must properly cite the chapter material. Responses that are not supported with citation may result in limited credit. -
“The Evolution of Montag: Analyzing Character Development in Fahrenheit 451”
how does Montag character develop throughout the novel. Analyze Montag character in each sections of the novel examine and analyze montag transformations from the start and finish
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“Audience and Writing Situation Analysis of [Chosen Text]”
this assignment, you will continue to work with the text you chose for the project. Like the reading response you completed last week, this activity will guide you in analyzing key aspects of the text. This assignment will prepare you to explain the writer’s choices in relation to the genre of the text and explain the writer’s choices in relation to audience, purpose, and/or subject of the text. It will also prepare you to identify an audience for the second version of your paper, describe the needs of that audience, and describe the needs of the writing situation for the second version of your paper.
Directions
For this assignment, you will address prompts about the audience and writing situation in relation to genre, core idea, and purpose using the template linked in the What to Submit section.
Specifically, you must address the following regarding your chosen text:
Identify a possible primary audience of the text.
On the basis of the core idea and purpose of the text, who do you think could be the primary audience of the text?
Remember that in this assignment, you are thinking about who the writer of your chosen text might have intended to address, not the audiences that you will address in your project.
Identify other possible audiences for the text.
What are other possible audiences for the text?
Explain why both possible audiences (primary and other) are appropriate regarding the genre of the text.
Why are the audiences appropriate considering the genre of the text?
Explain why both possible audiences (primary and other) are appropriate regarding the writing situation of the text.
Why are those audiences appropriate considering the writing situation of the text?
Describe how the writer attracts and guides the audience.
How does the writer capture the attention of the audience?
How does the writer guide the audience in the text?
What to Submit
Submit your completed Module Two Reading Response Template for grading. Although you will refer to your selected text in your assignment, you will not refer to any sources from outside this course.
Supporting Materials
The following resources will support your work on this assignment:
Student Exemplar: Module Two Reading Response Exemplar
This is an example of a completed reading response template for this assignment. You may want to use this as a guide when addressing the rubric criteria for this assignment. -
Title: The Power of a Single Sentence: Examining the Impact of Powerful Writing on Social Justice
The impact of a sentence, whether long or short, should be such that anyone who reads it, feels something. Whether the reader becomes angry, enlightened, or is left with any other emotion, the writer’s purpose is always to give the reader something to think about.
For example, in his 1864 speech, “The Mission of the War,” Frederick Douglass spoke on the jolt the Civil War rendered to the United States saying, “It has planted agony at a million hearthstones, thronged our streets with the weeds of mourning, filled our land with mere stumps of men, ridged our soil with two hundred thousand rudely formed graves and mantled it all over with the shadow of death.” This bold statement carries weight generations later.
From your readings this week in Four Hundred Souls, identify a single sentence that expresses your feelings on the state of social justice today. This sentence may be long or short but must express a complete thought. What strategies do you notice the writer using that we’ve explored over the past few weeks that help create such a strong statement? -
“Lights, Camera, Screenplay: A Hands-On Guide to Writing Original Scripts”
Designed to teach students how to write an original screenplay from award-winning screenwriters at DePaul
University. Participants will analyze a series of films studying screenplay format, visual writing style, scene craft, story structure, character development and dialogue. The program culminates with each participant writing their own short movie/tv script and actors from DePaul’s Theatre School doing a table read of their work. During the program, youth will also be visited by industry experts and go on experiential field trips including a tour of Cinespace, the largest film studio outside of Hollywood. Participants earn $15.80/hour for up to 120 hours over six weeks.