Consider the following segmentation basis variables and note potential strengths and weaknesses of employing each in a segmentation framework:

a. Demographics

b. Technology

c. Culture of technology adoption

d. Perceived value subject to industry standards

e. Point of technology adoption of the customers' customers

As a learner and as an instructional designer, review the latest version of The New Media Consortium’s The Horizon Report.

Choose between the Higher Education or K–12 Editions.

Select an emerging technology that the report lists as one that will be adopted within the next five years.

Drawing from the examples you explored on the Edutopia Web site to inform your response, provide an example of how that technology could be utilized in an instructional environment.

What learning theory would you consider to be the likely foundation for the implementation of this emerging technology into an instructional setting?

Provide rationale to substantiate how this technology will truly enhance the learning process, as opposed to being a way to simply integrate the “latest and greatest” technology bells and whistles.

Post a summary of your responses to the above questions about how to best utilize a selected emerging technology into instruction. Support your response with references to the Learning Resources.

Personal Use of Technology:-

Create a list of at least 4 examples of technologies used by you within the last 2 months.  

For each:

Classify them by IT Component types

Research and identify approximately what year each technology was introduced, and when your specific version was introduced.

Indicate how you have used the technology.  

Indicate what your next-best alternate would have been if you did not have the technology. Estimate the associated impact to you if you did not have the technology (additional time, cost to you per day/week etc.)

Indicate 1 example of something you currently do manually (and that there currently is not a technology solution available yet). Investigate if anyone in the world is already innovating and working on it, and if so, provide a reference (name and link) and some details.

Response should be in table form, 1-3 pages max.

I learned that the Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates, which in turn lowers WACC. According to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, “the Federal Reserve lowered the target range for the federal funds rate to 0 to 1/4 percent. By lowering the target range, the Federal Reserve pushes down borrowing costs to help consumers and businesses handle the financial challenges posed by the coronavirus,” (Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), 2020). Interest Rates were lowered in order to increase capital within the market which will in turn lower companies WACC.

Required:

Provide additional suggestions for how the concepts and/or skills provided above could be used in the real world. Reference other research to support your assertions.

Shamrock Cosmetics Co. purchased machinery on December 31, 2016, paying $45,000 down and agreeing to pay the balance in four equal installments of $45,600 payable each December 31. An assumed interest of 8% is implicit in the purchase price.

Prepare the journal entries that would be recorded for the purchase and for (1) the payments and (2) interest on the following dates. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 38,548. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)

Blossom Cosmetics Co. purchased machinery on December 31, 2016, paying $48,000 down and agreeing to pay the balance in four equal installments of $47,200 payable each December 31. An assumed interest of 9% is implicit in the purchase price.

Prepare the journal entries that would be recorded for the purchase and for (1) the payments and (2) interest on the following dates. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 38,548. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)

Mortgage Loan Analysis: Mr. Davidson plans to buy a new house at Sugar Land in June 2019. The sale price of the house is $500,000. He plans to pay 20% down payments and borrow additional 80% from Bank of America with a 30-year, 3.875% fixed-rate mortgage loan. He is expected to pay an equal MONTHLY payment starting from July 2019 for a total of 30 years.

(1) Calculate the required monthly payment for Mr. Davidson.

(2) Construct 2019~2021 amortization table (30 months) for Mr. Davidson.

1.    Mr. Davidson should prepare his 2019 tax filings in early 2020. Estimate the total mortgage interest payments for his 2019 tax deduction.  

Type into Google: "globalfoundries sand to silicon", and a Youtube video will come up (accessed on 3/17/2020). The address is:

youtube.com/watch?v=UvluuAIiA50

Watch more than once if needed.

The video will go over various parts of the process steps in making a silicon computer chip integrated circuit (IC). On this page (and on the back if needed):

1. List (in order) the major steps in the fabrication process described in the video set. I do not expect you to have a detailed description of each step – just write down the "highlights".

2. Explain why the ICs are fabricated in the "clean rooms" depicted in the video.

3. A representation of the silicon crystal is used in some of the animations in the video. Explain what is wrong with the representation.

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