Find an article that covers Trends in Educational Technology.  Using the website www.gloster.com, make a glog to summarize the points you found important and/or interesting from the article.  Include 1 video  in your glog.       Write a one page reflection over completing the glog.

  The purpose of this discussion is for you to prepare a presentation to inform parents in your school/center about the benefits of play in the classroom and explain how play and learning are interconnected. You will collaborate with two peers in this discussion by offering feedback directly in their presentation (see the Guided Response instructions below). The scenario for this discussion is that you are hypothetically working in a school or center serving young children. Recently, at the school or center there have been some concerns brought up by parents about the amount of playtime that children in your classrooms are getting compared to the opportunities for academic learning. Your goal with the presentation is to communicate to the parents the importance of play. First, prepare for this discussion by considering the quote below:   Even if you are wholly in charge of your class or group of children, you may have a co-teacher or assistant, or you may be part of a bigger teaching team, which means that other individuals will influence or perhaps have some control over your planning. For example, teachers in a center or school, often plan collaboratively, as a group, by grade or age level. (Jaruszewicz , 2013, section 6.1, para. 4)   Do you notice how the author of your text emphasizes that there are many stakeholders who will interact with your students and possibly in your classroom, such as a co-teaching arrangement? To further prepare for this discussion, aside from reviewing the Instructor Guidance for Week Two and considering the quote above, read the NAEYC articles “Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 ” and “Maximizing the Impact of Teacher Collaboration.” Additionally, if needed, review the Microsoft Office (2014) article about creating effective presentations, which is listed in the Recommended Resources for Week Two.    Initial Post: Create a PowerPoint presentation that is seven slides in length, including the title and references slides, and that is designed as a presentation you might give to an audience of parents and other adult stakeholders affiliated with the school/center described in the scenario for this discussion. Attach your PowerPoint presentation to your initial post. Your presentation slides must   Describe sensory play and give an example activity.  Describe construction play and give an example activity.  Describe dramatic play and give an example activity.  Explain how play is supported by NAEYC by addressing the tenth principle from the article “Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8.” Summarize the benefits of working collaboratively in the classroom or a center based on your reading of the article “Maximizing the Impact of Teacher Collaboration.”

***ALSO SEE ATTACHMENT******************* Prepare: To prepare for this discussion, make sure to read the assigned chapters of the primary text and to review the required resources, including the videos about arguments (in the “Lectures” link on the left). Before responding to the prompt, make sure as well to participate in the interactive scenario at the top of this page titled The Raise (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. to gain more appreciation of the importance of constructing good arguments in life.        Reflect: Choose a topic from the PHI103 Final Paper Options  list. It should be a topic that you find interesting, but also for which you will be able defend a position with careful logical reasoning. Construct the strongest argument that you can on each side of the issue. Strengthen your arguments by contemplating possible objections to each  argument, and revise your arguments in light of the objections. Continue this process until you feel that your arguments for each side are as convincing as you can possibly make them.   Write: Present your two arguments (one on each side of the issue) in standard form (with each premise and conclusion on a separate line) on the topic you selected from the PHI103 Final Paper Options list. The two arguments should defend different positions on the topic. For example, if your topic was the existence of Santa Claus, then you would present one argument for the claim that Santa Claus does exist and another argument that Santa Claus does not exist. The premises of each argument will present reasons for thinking that the conclusion is true. Here is an example of what an argument in standard form looks like: Premise 1: If Santa Claus exists, then he lives at the North Pole. Premise 2: No one can live at the North Pole. Conclusion: Santa Claus does not exist.   For each argument, provide a brief explanation of the strengths and weaknesses of the argument. You might explain whether the argument is inductive or deductive, or you might provide a diagram of the argument. Think about how the two arguments compare to each other. Is one better than the other? If so, what makes that one better? Is each a fair presentation of what someone taking that position would say? Are the premises reasonable? How might each argument be made better?  

Using this week’s readings and guidance (SEE ATTACHED FILES), along with outside academic and professional research, discussa particular issue in which philosophical ethics and political theory could be helped by taking into account a focus on gender.Consider issues like personal rights and freedoms, the gender wage gap, poverty and social welfare, and sexual rights through the prism of gender.    Do our considerations of justice need to account for difference and different needs in terms of sex and gender representation?     300 word count

Assignment 2: Understanding Change and the Capacity for Change   This module taught you about understanding organizational change and recognizing an organization’s change capacity and introduced you to ideas to foster new mind-sets and skill sets to lead/manage change. For this discussion assignment, consider your understanding of organizational change. Evaluate your mind-set and capacity for change within the context of your current (or previous) professional position and organization or that of an organization with which you are familiar.   Tasks: Research theories and models of change leadership and organizational change. Use resources from professional literature in your research. Professional literature may include the Argosy University online library resources, relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles, and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu, .org, or .gov).   On the basis of your research and experience, in a minimum of 400 words, respond to the following points: Evaluate your own understanding of organizational change and explain whether it is the same or different from your readings of the text and researched articles. What is your mind-set and skill set for leading and accepting change? Evaluate your organization’s capacity for change. Explain how the organization perceives and justifies change. Do you agree with the organization’s viewpoints? Why or why not?                 PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT FOR JOB DESCRIPTION Submission Details: By Wednesday, post your responses to this Discussion Area. Assignment 2 Grading Criteria Maximum Points Initial response was: Insightful, original, accurate, and timely Substantive and demonstrated advanced understanding of concepts Compiled/synthesized theories and concepts drawn from a variety of sources to support statements and conclusions. 16 Wrote in a clear, concise, formal, and organized manner. Responses were error free. Information from sources, where applicable, was paraphrased appropriately and accurately cited. 8 Total: 24