Week 3 Assignment 2: Text Messages
Due Week 3 10/25/17

Your internet was down last night and you weren’t able to turn in your last assignment. Your professor is away from her office, so you know the quickest way to reach her is via text message. Compose and send a text to your professor notifying her of this situation.

Create a text message in which you:

1. Construct a text message in two to three (2-3) complete      sentences.
2. Target the appropriate professional audience. Use      appropriate language for professional audience.
3. Follow appropriate netiquette rules for electronic      communication.
4. Meet fifty (50) word minimum requirement.
5. Use correct sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling,      punctuation, and style.

Your assignment must follow these APA formatting requirements:

• Include a cover page containing the title of the      assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title,      and the date. The cover page is not included in the required length.
• The specific course learning outcomes associated with      this assignment are:Demonstrate understanding of the basic fundamentals of      communication.
• Develop and practice communication skills, including      verbal, nonverbal, listening, writing, interpersonal, perception, and      critical thinking.
• Use various electronic communication platforms in      academic and professional work.
• Relate to the interpersonal and organizational dynamics      that affect effective communication in organizations.
• Analyze and assess effective communication. Use correct      sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
• Use technology and information resources to research      issues in communications.
• Write clearly and concisely about communications using      proper writing mechanics.

· Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

  

 
 

 

Criteria

Unacceptable   Below 60% F

Meets   Minimum Expectations 60-69% D

Fair
70-79% C

Proficient
80-89% B

Exemplary
90-100% A

 

1. Construct a text message in two   to three (2-3) complete sentences.

Weight:  25%

Did not submit or incompletely   constructed a two to three (2-3) complete sentence text message.

Insufficiently constructed a two   to three (2-3) complete sentence text message.

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Satisfactorily constructed a two   to three (2-3) complete sentence text message.

Thoroughly constructed a two to   three (2-3) complete sentence text message.

 

2. Target the appropriate   professional audience.

Weight: 10%

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3. Use appropriate language for   professional audience.
 

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4. Follow appropriate netiquette   rules for electronic communication.
 

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5. Meet fifty (50) word minimum   requirement.
 

  Weight: 10%

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6. Use correct sentence mechanics,   grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
  Weight: 10%

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7. Follow APA formatting rules for   cover page.
 

  Weight: 5%

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In the film, A Better Life (2011) by Chris Weitz  are the issues presented  relevant to what is occurring today in our world today? Does the film challenge the beliefs and assumptions of the audience, question and confront those beliefs, or support them. If so, why? Are the issues presented relavent to our readings in the text, to our culture or society today. 


Here are some questions to guide your discussion.  You may choose one or two, or create your own to structure your discussion and thesis.  

1. What is the Director’s purpose? What is the main point or message the filmmaker wishes to convey? Use an example or two from the film to convey your point. 


2. What is the major theme of the film? What philosophy or point is the director trying to convey and prove? Provide examples of how that theme is established. 


3. What are the minor themes — do they underscore the major theme. What subsidiary points is the director making along the way? 
4. What issues are being addressed: gender, racial, economic, ideology, class? How does the director convey these “realities” and make us aware of our differences and similarities?


4. What particular element of the film’s content relates to culture and societies values? How is this reflected in the film? For example, in the Duco-drama film, Lives of Others what values are being expressed? What sort of an attitude regarding life is being conveyed? Although this is a period piece (1984) set in East Germany before the wall came down, what does it convey about our culture today. Does this film make us aware that what we are viewing is an illusion?


5. What is the Central Metaphor of the film. A Metaphor is a word or phrase applied to an action to which it is not literally applicable: Example: “The moon was a ghostly galleon…” A thing representative or symbolic of something else. 


6. Are there Motifs (a visual symbol, musical or structural unit of plot line repeated within the 
context of a film to support the thematic content). If so, how do they support the thematic content. Does it help us to more clearly understand the theme?

• Be sure to use specifics, scenes, dialogue etc. from the film. In what ways (examples from the film, research, comparison and contrast) are you going to support your opinion?

• Use specific examples (scenes, technology -Lighting, Mise-en-Scene, Camera angles, narrative technique such as POV and/or dialogue to support your points.  

CIS 505- Assignment 5: Wireless Technology 

Due Week 9 and worth 80 points

There are a number of cellular phone companies each serving their own unique geographical areas. Likewise, they each may use a different technology to transfer communication. Research the pros and cons 3G and 4G technologies and its role in today’s applications.   

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

1. Compare the pros and cons of 3G and 4G technology to determine the best uses of 3G and 4G technology in today’s applications.
2. Describe how an enterprise would use 3G, 4G, WWAN, and WIAMX to improve business. Explain why they would use one (1) solution over the remaining three (3).
3. Analyze the changes in 4G technology since the printing of the textbook in 2009 and identify those of importance for a user of 4G technology.
4. Take a position on the following statement, “Wireless application protocol is a necessity for wireless communication organizations and their users.” Then, explain your position with supporting evidence.
5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Compare and contrast among local area and wide area network technologies and architectures.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in communication networks.
• Write clearly and concisely about communication networks using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

 

 

 

Week 9 Discussion 1

Digital Transmission.  Please respond to the following:

• Compare and contrast the data communication technologies of guided media and unguided media. This should include transmission media, data link control protocols, and multiplexing.

 

• Compare digital transmission to analog transmission to determine the advantages of digital transmission. Provide at least one example to support your response.

Week 9 Discussion 2

T-1 Lines.  Please respond to the following:

• From the e-Activity, analyze the multiplexing techniques of DSL and cable modem Internet and suggest the one you prefer. Explain your decision.

 

• Compare and contrast the use of leased lines in a WAN or LAN setting. Then recommend what you would use if you were a CIO. Support your response with evidence or examples.

 

 

Assignment 3: Position Paper

 

Due Week 8 and worth 220 points

 

 

 

This is a continuation of the first and second assignments and uses your accumulated research. Imagine you are two different lobbyists, supporting two different sides of the policy issue you wrote about in Assignment 2.

 

 

 

Submit your Assignment 1 and 2 revisions based on your professor’s feedback. You will be graded on your revisions. Then, write a 4-5 page paper in which you:

 

1. Write a one-page position in favor of the policy.
2. Write a one-page position against the policy.
3. Write a one-page response to the argument in favor of the policy.
4. Write a one-page response to the argument against the policy.
5. Use at least two (2) of the following arguments from Chapter 10 in your paper: normative, positive, anecdote, and evidence arguments. Clearly label these to receive credit.
6. Include at least four (4) peer-reviewed references (no more than five [5] years old) from material outside the textbook. Note: Appropriate peer-reviewed references include scholarly articles and governmental Websites. Wikipedia, other wikis, and any other Websites ending in anything other than “.gov” do not qualify as peer-reviewed.

 

Note: The Assignment 1 and 2 revisions must flow together with Assignment 3 as one seamless paper.

 

 

 

Your assignment must:

 

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the tile of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length. The Assignment 1 and 2 revisions are not included in the required page length.

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

• Analyze how historical trends and conditions have affected social, political, and management theories, and how they have influenced the evolution of public administration in theory and practice.
• Understand how relationships between participants in the policy process (including official and nonofficial actors) influence the policy process.
• Interpret what public policy is and how it is created.
• Understand the different policy types, and how policy type influences policy design, policy tool choice, and implementation.
• Analyze ethical issues and standards that influence public policy.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues and in politics, policy, and ethics in the public sector.
• Write clearly and concisely about policy for issues in politics, policy, and ethics in the public sector using proper writing mechanics.

 

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.