ECE 353 Week 5 Final Project

ECE 353 Week 5 Final Project

Being an effective early childhood professional requires more than a passion for teaching or ability to work well with children. In the first five years of life, the most critical skills are formed by creating synaptic connections that are key to cognitive, social, physical, and emotional development. Because of their developmental stage, the environment you provide as an early educator will set the foundation for each child’s K- 12 learning experience and beyond. However, as an early childhood professional, you will not work in isolation. Other professionals contribute to service provided to this population, including speech and language pathologists, occupational therapists, school psychologists, and educational advocates. Therefore, it is essential that as an early childhood professional you are able to communicate effectively with other professionals.

Scenario: The principal from a local school district was impressed with the proposal you wrote for him about the role families and communities play in promoting optimal cognitive development. Based on your proposal, they have offered you a spot as a key presenter at a district-wide professional development workshop for teachers, where you will share your knowledge regarding cognitive development. All of these ideas will come together as you design your Professional Development Experience project. Before starting your Final Project, you are encouraged to view the Week Five Instructor Guidance for additional information, resources, and support, including a deeper look at the professionals you will work with in the field. Additionally, review the Grading Rubric for this assignment to understand how you will be evaluated and contact your instructor using the “Ask Your Instructor” tab before the due date with questions.

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In order to develop this comprehensive workshop for the targeted professional development population, the principal has given you specific talking points that must be addressed. You will use these talking points to guide your creation of a presentation using PowerPoint or Google Slides. In the slide notes section, please make sure to support the information you have shared on each slide. Finally, make sure to include a title and reference slide for your presentation.

The Professional Development Experience must include the following:

• Theoretical Framework (2 points): Explain a theoretical framework that supports early childhood cognitive development in a classroom environment.
• Language and Cognitive Development (2 points):Describe at least three ways language development impacts cognitive development using the theoretical framework you have identified.
• Motor and Cognitive Development (2 points):Describe at least three ways motor development impacts cognitive development using the theoretical framework you have identified.
• Motor or Speech delay (2 points):Explain at least three ways a delay in speech or motor functioning impacts learning and cognitive development. Describe the area of the brain responsible for these functions.
• Interplay of Genes, Biology, and Environment (2 points):Analyze the interplay of genetics, biology, and environmental factors on brain functioning and cognitive development by providing at least three examples.
• Neuroplasticity and Trauma (2 points):Apply the concept of neuroplasticity by providing one example from your current or future professional work. Discuss the impact that trauma has on the developing brain.
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders (2 points):Explain one specific neurodevelopmental disorder including the genetics, biological, and environmental influences related to this disorder.
• Family and Culture (2 points):Summarize the relationship between family and culture on cognitive development including the development of judgment and reasoning.
• Intelligence and Achievement Testing (2 points): Discuss one specific intelligence test and one specific achievement test and their use in education in determining appropriate services and resources for children.
• Application of Concepts (2 points):Apply one specific cognitive strategy you would use to improve working memory, attention, and executive function to children with diverse needs.
• Collaboration with Colleagues (2 points): Discuss where and when collaboration and referrals to other professionals including a speech and language pathologist, occupational therapist, school psychologist, and educational advocate would be appropriate and necessary.

The presentation:

• Presentation Features (2 points):Incorporate at least five images are relevant to the slide content.
• Presentation Length (1 point):Include a minimum of 12  slides (not including title and reference slides).
• Presentation Content (1 point):The content throughout the presentation is relevant to the main point.
• APA Formatting (1 Point):Use APA formatting consistently throughout the assignment, which includes citations in the body of the assignment, the title slide, and references.
• Source Requirement (2.5 Points):Utilize at least 4 scholarly sources in addition to the course text. All sources included in the References list must be cited in the content of the presentation.
• Syntax and Mechanics (0.5 Points):Display meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar.

ECE 353 Week 5 Discussion 2

Educators in the United States public school classroom often work with children of varying levels of ability. Children in your classroom may have Individualized Education Plans (IEP) that require specific accommodations and modifications. As part of the process of an IEP, a school psychologist evaluates the child’s intellectual functioning using a variety of intellectual and achievement tests. Once the IEP meeting takes place, various providers (including possibly speech therapy and occupational therapy) will also be present at the meeting. For the purpose of this discussion, we focus specifically on the role of a school psychologist and intelligence testing using a case study from your textbook. In addition to using the case study as support for your initial reply, read and include support from the article Intelligence: Foundations and Issues in Assessment (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.(Gottfredson & Saklofske, 2009). Before responding in this discussion, review the Week Five Instructor Guidance page for additional information, resources, and support.

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Case Study: Please refer to the case study in the Introduction section of Chapter 10 of your textbook to review the case study for this week’s discussion. After reading the case study and article, reflect on the following in your initial reply:

• Discuss the importance of intelligence testing and one of the controversies discussed in the article and/or the course textbook.
• Explain whether or not it would have been appropriate for Dr. Williams to provide some hints to help the child during testing. Why or why not?
• Discuss whether or not you believe an intelligence test would provide enough information to make a decision about Michael’s educational placement. Why or why not? If not, what other information should Dr. Williams gather?
• Considering that Michael is a very young child, explain how her age could factor into the decision in favor of or against placement into a special education program.
• Describe other factors (e.g., environmental, genetic, biological, etc.) that may be contributing to Michael’s performance and IQ score during testing (without mentioning any diagnoses).

Guided Response: Respond to at least two peers. Discuss whether or not you agree or disagree with your peer regarding the need for additional information in order to place Michael in a special education program. Also, discuss how your views are similar or different from your peer’s view on the importance of standardized testing, including administration and scoring procedures conducted by Dr. Williams. Though two replies is the basic expectation, for deeper engagement and learning, you are encouraged to provide responses to any comments or questions others have given to you. This will further the conversation and provide you with opportunities to demonstrate your content expertise, critical thinking, and real-world experiences with this topic.

ECE 353 Week 5 Discussion 1

ECE 353 Week 5 Discussion 1

Formal schooling plays a large role helping children to develop cognitively. Along with their home and social environments, experiences in school continue to foster children’s development of cognitive skills and strategies. In school, children learn new ideas, concepts, skills and are provided with the opportunity to engage in activities where they can explore and experiment. For this discussion, you will begin by reviewing one of the videos below. Before responding to this discussion, review the Week Five Instructor Guidance for additional information, resources, and support.

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1. Discuss three different strategies the teacher used during the lesson to enhance cognition. Some ideas include memory, social/emotional needs, cognitive skills necessary for different academic areas, or the characteristics of effective classrooms.
2. Examine how the three strategies influence cognitive development.
3. Explain how the teacher could continue to reinforce the cognitive abilities of their students after the lesson.

Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your peers. Share an additional strategy that the teacher used to enhance cognition that your peer did not mention. In addition, suggest an activity that families could use at home that would reinforce the strategy that teacher was using in the video. Though two replies is the basic expectation, for deeper engagement and learning, you are encouraged to provide responses to any comments or questions others have given to you.

ECE 353 week 4 journal

Reflecting on your learning is a useful strategy for ensuring you have a solid understanding of the content being learned. With four weeks of our course complete, it is an ideal time to stop and reflect on what you have learned and how you will use what you have learned in your work with children. Create a one page document that considers your learning from the course to date. Include your thoughts on the following:

• Which activities have been most enjoyable to you and why?
• Which knowledge or skills have you acquired that have been the most meaningful to you and why?
• What have you learned that you feel has application for you professionally? Provide a specific example to help explain your thinking.
• What topic that has been discussed in this course do you feel like you still need a better understanding of?
• How might you go about gaining a deeper understanding of this topic?

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Reflecting on your learning is a useful strategy for ensuring you have a solid understanding of the content being learned. With four weeks of our course complete, it is an ideal time to stop and reflect on what you have learned and how you will use what you have learned in your work with children. Create a one page document that considers your learning from the course to date. Include your thoughts on the following:

• Which activities have been most enjoyable to you and why?
• Which knowledge or skills have you acquired that have been the most meaningful to you and why?
• What have you learned that you feel has application for you professionally? Provide a specific example to help explain your thinking.
• What topic that has been discussed in this course do you feel like you still need a better understanding of?
• How might you go about gaining a deeper understanding of this topic?

Reflecting on your learning is a useful strategy for ensuring you have a solid understanding of the content being learned. With four weeks of our course complete, it is an ideal time to stop and reflect on what you have learned and how you will use what you have learned in your work with children. Create a one page document that considers your learning from the course to date. Include your thoughts on the following:

• Which activities have been most enjoyable to you and why?
• Which knowledge or skills have you acquired that have been the most meaningful to you and why?
• What have you learned that you feel has application for you professionally? Provide a specific example to help explain your thinking.
• What topic that has been discussed in this course do you feel like you still need a better understanding of?
• How might you go about gaining a deeper understanding of this topic?

ECE 353 Week 4 Discussion 2

Cognitive, language, and motor skills are often thought to be closely interrelated developmental areas, because as children develop in these domains, they appear to demonstrate correlated developmental pathways. For this discussion you will need to choose one age group from the chart below and review all three videos for the age group you choose. After watching Pollack’s (n.d.) videos, address the points listed below. Before responding to this discussion, review the Week Four Instructor Guidance for additional information, resources, and support.

• Explain the cognitive, linguistic, and motor milestones for this particular age group.
• Discuss the connection and/or relationship between cognitive, language, and motor skills and the areas of the brain associated with language and motor functioning.  Support your discussion with at least one additional scholarly source.
• Give an example of how you might see this relationship inside and/or outside of the classroom. Make sure your example addresses the connection between each domain.
• Discuss how you can apply a strategy in the classroom or in a professional setting that incorporates and utilizes these three developmental skills.

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Guided Response: Respond to at least two peers. For your response, choose two peers’ post that discussed an age range that was different than your chosen age range and compare and contrast how the motor and linguistic milestones vary among the age range you chose and that of your peers. Then, after watching the video Top Warning Signs Your Child is Developmentally Delayed (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., discuss one way to identify a motor, language, and/or cognitive delay in children (Pollack, n.d.). Though two replies is the basic expectation, for deeper engagement and learning, you are encouraged to provide responses to any comments or questions others have given to you. 

ECE 353 Week 4 Discussion 1

ECE 353 Week 4 Discussion 1

There are many ways in which cultural differences impact cognitive development. One of the areas in which we see the impact relating to cultural differences is with the development of reasoning and problem solving skills as is discussed in Chapter 8 of our textbook. “Because our habits of mind are influenced by our cultural and historical circumstances, the decision-making strategies that we seek to promote in students reflect our own culture” (Brenner & Parks, 2001). We must be aware of this and ensure that we are taking the cultural backgrounds of the children we work with into consideration as we help them to develop the ability to reason and solve problems. In this discussion, you will examine the social and cultural impacts on cognitive development by taking a deeper look at the development of reasoning and problem solving skills. Before responding to this discussion, review the Week Four Instructor Guidance for additional information, resources, and support.

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• Explain how cognitive characteristics help children learn how to reason, when these abilities to reason develop, and the role social skills play in the ability to reason. Use examples to support your thinking.
• Discuss the cognitive characteristics that help children learn how to develop problem solving skills including the role culture plays in the way a child reasons or solves problems.
• Describe how the development of reasoning and problem solving skills relates to Vygotsky’s social constructivist approach and the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). Use one additional scholarly source and examples to support your thinking.
• Examine the cultural considerations that need to be taken into account when planning strategies to develop reasoning and problem solving skills. Provide a specific example for both reasoning and problem solving that supports your examination.

Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your peers. Using one of the ideas shared in your peer’s initial post, provide an example of a strategy that you would use to help children develop reasoning or problem solving skills. Make sure to describe how the strategy fits within the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)  

ECE 353 Week 4 Discussion 1

There are many ways in which cultural differences impact cognitive development. One of the areas in which we see the impact relating to cultural differences is with the development of reasoning and problem solving skills as is discussed in Chapter 8 of our textbook. “Because our habits of mind are influenced by our cultural and historical circumstances, the decision-making strategies that we seek to promote in students reflect our own culture” (Brenner & Parks, 2001). We must be aware of this and ensure that we are taking the cultural backgrounds of the children we work with into consideration as we help them to develop the ability to reason and solve problems. In this discussion, you will examine the social and cultural impacts on cognitive development by taking a deeper look at the development of reasoning and problem solving skills. Before responding to this discussion, review the Week Four Instructor Guidance for additional information, resources, and support.

• Explain how cognitive characteristics help children learn how to reason, when these abilities to reason develop, and the role social skills play in the ability to reason. Use examples to support your thinking.
• Discuss the cognitive characteristics that help children learn how to develop problem solving skills including the role culture plays in the way a child reasons or solves problems.
• Describe how the development of reasoning and problem solving skills relates to Vygotsky’s social constructivist approach and the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). Use one additional scholarly source and examples to support your thinking.
• Examine the cultural considerations that need to be taken into account when planning strategies to develop reasoning and problem solving skills. Provide a specific example for both reasoning and problem solving that supports your examination.

Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your peers. Using one of the ideas shared in your peer’s initial post, provide an example of a strategy that you would use to help children develop reasoning or problem solving skills. Make sure to describe how the strategy fits within the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)  

CIS 534 WEEK 4 CASE STUDY

Case Study: The Ethical Hacker
Due Week 4 and worth 70 points

Imagine for a moment that you are a hacker; an ethical one. You are called upon by law enforcement based on your expertise to hack into a network of a business known to be launching crimes against humanity as its primary mission for operation and capital gain. Assume you are not to be concerned with any politics of the job and your actions are legal and ethically justified. This nefarious business takes its own security seriously and therefore has implemented several forms of network security such as firewalls, Web proxies for its Web gateways, and VPNs for remote users. You also know that this business exists much like any normal corporation, renting several floors of office space to accommodate between 100-200 employees. Also imagine that the business’s entire network topology is located in that same location. Your goal is to infiltrate the security enough to find evidence included in the local MSQL database. You need to remain anonymous and operate within the reasonable parameters of the law.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

1. Explain your method of attack and operation within reasonable parameters of the law.
2. Discuss specific malware, social engineer, or any other type of attacks you would deploy to achieve your desired goals.
3. Assess the hurdles you expect and how you plan to overcome them.
4. Determine how you would remain anonymous without blowing your cover.
5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

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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; citations and 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 assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Explain the essentials of Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP) behavior and applications used in IP networking.
• Explain the concepts of network security and associated ethical issues in addressing exploits.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in network security design.
• Write clearly and concisely about Advanced Network Security Design topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.