For this assignment, you will analyze two short LEGO-style political videos as primary sources. This means you are not treating them as neutral news reports or as factual evidence of what happened. You are treating them as artifacts of political communication: evidence of how someone wanted audiences to feel, think, laugh, blame, sympathize, or share. […]

Educational leaders should actively encourage staff to use school database systems and the available student assessment information. Leaders who promote and model data-driven cultures have opportunities to gain teacher support for the process. Describe ways to collect data for identifying the technological needs of teachers to improve their use of data for instructional decision-making. Summarize […]

Figure 14.1 (Chapter 14, p.281) outlines an example of a reinforcer survey. Create your own survey that could potentially identify reinforcers for employees. When creating your survey, individualize the options to your specific organization/field. ( (Remember the items/activities on the survey should be ones that could reasonably be implemented in your workplace–avoid items that might […]

Anika and Daniel, two geriatric nurses, are discussing a patient with worsening dementia. Anika insists they should continue following the doctor’s orders to use a mixture of cholinesterase inhibitors to treat the patient. In her view, because the doctor’s orders are based on peer-reviewed literature and because rigorous testing has shown that these inhibitors help […]

develop a 3 page essay that explores the concept of authorship in the age of technology. You will use the narrative form (the I pronoun) and use the concepts you have learned from the course as a foundation for your ideas. For example: creating an argument with logos, ethos and pathos, I did an essay […]

By this point, you are required to have completed at least one of your field notes interviews. Describe your experience with the field notes interview(s) you have conducted to date. Include some details (technical, logistical, personal, professional, etc.) about the interview and the interview process itself. Use these prompts to help guide your description: · […]

In this assignment, you will use QGIS to create maps for administrative analysis. The purpose of this assignment is to introduce you to how geographic information can support public and organizational decision-making. In administration, location often matters. Managers may need to understand where complaints are concentrated, where services are lacking, or whether certain neighborhoods appear […]

By this point, you are required to have completed at least one of your field notes interviews. Describe your experience with the field notes interview(s) you have conducted to date. Include some details (technical, logistical, personal, professional, etc.) about the interview and the interview process itself. Use these prompts to help guide your description: · […]

Creswell and Poth (2023) state, “We have always felt that the best way to learn how to write a qualitative study is to view a number of published qualitative journal articles and to look closely at the way they were composed” (p. 135). Thus, you will be given the opportunity to examine articles about two […]

Chapter 8 in Good to Great describes an important concept known as “The Power of the Flywheel.” Describe this concept and its importance. Discuss the responsibility of a leader for implementation and ensuring effectiveness. How can the leader know when to keep pushing the flywheel and when to change directions? Remember, consistency over time builds […]