What were your observations? Did you see unprofessional conduct? If so, please explain. Was there exceptional or good customer service? Compare a good employee and a bad employee? Who would you hire and why?

This is a response paper in essay format, 3 pages long. You will be conducting participant observations and also taking part in the experiment. This assignment will assess 2 specific parts, your participant observations and taking part in an experiment. First, the participant observations in laymans term is, people watching, not only that, but also listen, note conversations and employee to employee and employee/customer interactions. Etc., etc., etc. Second, in taking part of the experiment your job is to go to retail posts where you see customer and employee interactions. Great places to go are car dealerships, cellphone stores and kiosks at the mall, high-end stores and even gyms or nutrition shops. Watch how people interact, communicate, watch their non-verbal gestures. Pay attention to how employees react to customers. Pay attention to how employees approach, how employees act, whether it is professional or not. Listen to their conversations, were the conversations appropriate and professional.

To what extent is the protagonist of the story youve chosen responsible for the conflict or predicament he or she faces?

This essay of a minimum of 500 to a maximum of 700 words requires you to choose any one of the seven stories assigned in Modules 1, 2, and 3. You may not, however, choose the same story that you used for your diagnostic assignment. Review the list of stories to identify which one youd like to write about: Royal Beatings by Alice Munro Sonnys Blues by James Baldwin Rules of the Game by Amy Tan Pauls Case by Will Cather Death by Landscape by Margaret Atwood To Room Nineteen by Doris Lessing Assignment 2 contributes 15% toward your final grade for the course. Submit your paper as soon as conveniently possible. Although youre not required to follow the suggested schedule in the Course Guide, its a good idea to complete Assignment 2 by the end of Module 4 or roughly at the end of week 5 of the course. You arent required to do any research for this essay. Critical Essay Topics Choose just one of the following topics: How does the antagonist in the story youve chosen contribute to the storys overall meaning? To what extent is the protagonist conditioned by his or her physical and social environments? Which is more important in the story you choose: the physical environment or the social environment? Instructions Your essay should have three parts: an introductory paragraph, a body containing fully developed paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. Following is a general guide for what to include in each section of your essay. In your introductory paragraph: Provide the complete title of the story youve chosen and the authors complete name. Identify clearly your essay topic. Include a strong thesis statement on your topic. Forecast the main stages of your essay. In your analysis in the body of your essay: Make effective use of topic sentences to identify the main ideas of your analysis. Support your comments with evidence (paraphrase and direct quotations) from your chosen story. Explain the significance of each piece of evidence you present. Contribute to the readers understanding of the story as a whole. In your concluding paragraph: Summarize how your analysis supports your thesis. Restate your thesis in different words. This is the end of Assignment 2. Refer to the following submission procedures.

Demonstrate your understanding of the concepts covered in this course by developing a plan to assess learners in the online environment.

This plan should be a more developed version of the preliminary plan you drafted in Week 2, and should incorporate your instructors feedback. It should be 8-10 pages in length, excluding title and reference page, and formatted to APA. Purpose: Describe the purpose of your assessment plan. Tip: This purpose must involve the learning of some knowledge or skill (for example, a course or a corporate training need). Learning Outcome: Develop a learning outcome that supports the purpose you have described. Tip: Refer back to Chapter 2 of your text for information on learning outcomes. Learning Activity: Briefly describe the means through which your learners will achieve the stated learning outcome (e.g., reading assignments, activities, research, interviews, etc). Formative Assessment: Design a formative assessment that you would use, explaining how it aligns with your learning outcome. Describe in detail how you will support its reliability and validity, and how you will discourage academic dishonesty in it. Tip: This assessment can take any form (e.g., essay, project, exam, etc.), as long as it aligns with the stated learning outcome. Application of Formative Assessment: Explain what you would do with the results of this assessment to monitor learning and inform your instruction. Summative Assessment: Design a summative assessment that you would use, explaining how it aligns with your learning outcome. Describe in detail how you will support its reliability and validity, and how you will discourage academic dishonesty in it. Tip: You can further develop the performance assessment you described in your Week 3 Performance Assessments discussion for this assessment. Holistic Scoring Rubric: Create a fully developed holistic scoring rubric, with five performance levels, for one of the two assessments you designed. If you use the rubric you developed in week three, you must incorporate your instructors feedback into this final version. Holistic Scoring Rubric Justification: Briefly explain the reasoning behind the elements of your scoring rubric, keeping in mind the content, level of capability required, and learning outcomes each element supports.

write THREE concise, compelling descriptions of your museum study object from the museum of your choice.

In brief passages of approximately 250 words, describe your artwork as fully and completely as possible. Dont analyze, dont research. Think of these descriptions as textual substitutes for the artwork itself. Hints: Focus only on what you see. If you cant see it, dont say it! You shouldnt include any historical information except for the name/date/accession number of the artwork. Identify the materials if you know them, but if you dont, simply describe their effect. Choose your language carefully in order to keep the description as concise, specific, and vivid as possible. Avoid technical terms or vague language. Make every word count! Begin the longer descriptions with the single-sentence overview and add additional detail, including artist/title/accession as appropriate. Establish a clear logic and organizational framework for your long description. If you are discussing a narrative artwork, make sure you summarize both the plot and describe its visual elements. Check the longer description for repetition and clarity; read it ALOUD to yourself. Be sure to proofread for errors. Recommended Museums for Museum paper Try to fully utilize these resources and expose yourself to actual art objects as often as you can!! You can choose an object(s) for your paper from any of the following collections and exhibitions. Newark Museum http://www.newarkmuseum.org/pages/collections/asian.htm The closest collection of antique art and A Asian art. To begin your analysis, you must first: 1) IDENTIFY THE WORK COMPLETELY Who? – artists name, if known What is it? – title/subject (underline or italicize titles) – medium/materials of composition Where? – for architecture, attached sculpture and mural decoration you need to give the physical location . You do not need to know which museum houses a work! When? – stylistic/historical period – B racket date Examples of complete identifications: Riace Warrior , bronze, Early Classical 480 – 440 BC Kallikrates, Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, Athens, High Classical, 440 – 400 BC Justinian and his At tendants, mosaic, San Vitale, Ravenna, Byzantine, 500 – 1453. STYLE – Describe the formal characteristics (elements used to interpret the subject.)How does it look? What was the intended viewpoint of the observer? How did the artist organize the composition, ie, howare the forms, objects and figures arranged to shape the work? – Color is it representational or expressive? Do the colors unify the composition?

Evaluate the positive insights you discovered in the Chapter 1 of the article.2) Apply the principles from the Chapter to a current issue in society, to any field in daily life (e.g. business), or to a story of an individual or group (i.e. company or organisation).*Be as creative as you can be. (e.g. Applying the principle of God in all things in the area of Social Media or in preserving the environment)

Evaluate the positive insights you discovered in the Chapter 1 of the article.2) Apply the principles from the Chapter to a current issue in society, to any field in daily life (e.g. business), or to a story of an individual or group (i.e. company or organisation).*Be as creative as you can be.
(e.g. Applying the principle of God in all things in the area of Social Media or in preserving the environment)

write 1650 word about The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor that occurred on 26 April 1986 was the most serious accident ever to occur in the nuclear power industry.

The reactor was destroyed in the accident and considerable amounts of radioactive material were released to the environment. The accident caused the deaths, within a few weeks, of 30 workers and radiation injuries to over a hundred others. In response, Soviet authorities immediately evacuated, in 1986, about 116,000 people from areas surrounding the reactor and subsequently relocated, after 1986, about 220,000 people from Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. The accident caused serious social and psychological disruption in the lives of those affected and vast economic losses over the entire region. Large areas of the three countries were contaminated with radioactive elements, and radionuclides were measurable in all countries of the northern hemisphere. This essay discusses the professional ethics violations that took place in the construction of Chernobyl’s reactor 4 and the Chief Engineer’s failure to keep his duty to public welfare as paramount when ordering a test to continue even after safety concerns were raised by engineering subordinates.

does the society exist at this very moment? If so, why? If not, why not? (Note: You are requested to choose a stance and explain your stance using concepts and ideas covered in class.)

Assignment Questions:

1)Peter is fed up with the tedious and busy life as a university student. Today, he decided to have some me-time and stay alone in his locked bedroom at home. All his family members are out. He switched off his computer and mobile phone and stayed comfortably in his bed enjoying a precious moment of silence. Peter told himself, Now that I am away from my family members, friends, classmates and teachers, I am finally out of the society.

2)Fred never felt the need of belonging to any group. Nonetheless, as a PolyU freshman, he feels obliged to join the orientation activities organized by his departmental society. Back at the activities, he did a lot of things that he would otherwise choose not to do. He hates speaking up; but he yelled loudly on the podium slogans he considered stupid. He enjoys eating alone; but he had lunch boxes and chatted with other students. He dresses to outstand himself; but he put on impersonal departmental tee-shirt, which made him looked exactly like other students. More importantly, Fred observed that lots of freshmen were willing to act the same way.

Question: From a sociological point of view, how would you explain Freds choice? Meantime, how would you explain the choice of those freshmen who did not join any orientation activity?