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Sir James Dyson Learning to Achieve Success
Sir James Dyson: Learning to Achieve Success
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James Dyson who invented the best vacuum cleaner by revenue is a British inventor and industrial designer who believes that success is achieved through hard work, failure and frustrations since it demands putting several things apart before joining them together. James believe in solving problems and use mistakes as a stepping stone to the next level by describing inventor’s life as life full of failures before major achievements. Dyson says that it does not matter how many attempts one makes and that the final product is always a product of the frustrations, attempts and disappointments one goes through in the process (Debra & Quick, 2012).
Dyson’s success is attributed to tireless effort and perseverance towards achievement of an individual’s dream by pushing a little bit harder when things tend to go against them. He asserts that achievement is just around the corner hence giving up is the biggest mistake one can ever make. He claims that everyone was against his idea of coming up with the vacuum cleaner by saying that the clear bin would repulse people but he pressed on with the idea without listening to the people’s view (Cassidy & Kreitner, 2009).
Dyson knew that what were important to him were his instinct and his positive attitude towards failure. Dyson’s idea was initially not achieved positively welcomed by most of the existing manufacturer perhaps because they did not take him serious. Failure to buy his great idea by manufacturers prompted him to pursue his dream alone regardless of the fierce financial and failures demands. Through his sheer determination and perseverance, he came up with 5,127 prototypes within a period of fifteen years without giving up (Debra & Quick, 2012). Dyson’ vacuum cleaners became the best-selling vacuum cleaner in UK within a period 18 months despite the numerous attempts that nearly bankrupted him thus making Dyson an expert and success via hard work and fresh thinking. James Dyson’s wish to make things work better made him develop products that have achieved sales of over $10 billion globally.
Each failure was a lesson Dyson himself learned personally and he has credited tough lessons and a “great attitude to life success. There is no shame in failing but it would be a shame not to learn from it and one great thing someone should do is to protect his idea and this would unleash the winning streak after spate of failings. People like Steve Jobs who heralded as one of the most influential entrepreneurs after tough sailings and fluctuation in sales but perseverance helped him regain control of Apple and catapult it to success (Cassidy & Kreitner, 2009).
Lessons learnt from Sir James Dyson’s success are unending and they are applicable almost in every area of life particularly the start-ups. It is important for an individual to receive opposition from the people around them by not expecting their approval. It is only appropriate to find someone who believes in ones’ idea and the person who would not discourage the innovator or the start up from achieving his dreams but solely boost the accomplishment of the person (Debra & Quick, 2012).. Entrepreneur and start-ups must pursue what they believe in without accepting second best due to unsuccessful attempt of the initial idea. Dyson proved that anyone who works hard without giving up may turn out to be different from what he expected since, like Dyson who started out in speedboats and wanted to run a product design studio ended up as a manufacturer by circumstances (Cassidy & Kreitner, 2009).
The product or service should be kept in charge by ensuring that individuals never get above themselves and believe that they are there because of the idea they have. People should keep their ideas real by strongly believing in their work and idea. Individuals should connect to the brand they design by giving it a quality attachment thus making it spectacular and the business human. It is also apparent from Dyson’s story that someone can start small from the scratch without looking back or being pulled back by peers. Age, financial status and one’s profession is not relevant to success but perseverance and determination is the key to success. Improving on already existing products can be very challenging but very rewarding especially when one makes something that is user friendly and meets the customer’s needs (Cassidy & Kreitner, 2009). People can tap into their talents and skills to achieve success by doing something they love and care about. Generally, indomitable spirit may steer people to take risks, make plenty of mistakes but still continue to pursue their dreams through improving on their failures and having positive attitude towards achievement of success.
References
Cassidy, C., & Kreitner, R. (2009). Supervision: Setting people up for success. Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.
Debra, N., & Quick, J. C. (2012). Organizational behavior: Science, the real world, and you. Mason, Ohio: South-Western.
SIOP Lesson Plan for Learning English Language
SIOP Lesson Plan for Learning English Language
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SIOP Lesson Plan for Learning English Language
Created by Usher McDonald for Spencer Educational Center
Amsterdam public schools
Lesson Topic: correct pronunciation and spelling of English words
Grade Level: 4th grade
Length of Lesson: 2 hours
Content Objectives
The students should be able to pronounce and spell English words correctly following the American English pronunciation and spelling. A focus will be made English vocabulary because it is the most challenging part at their level of learning (Wolfe, 2006).
Language Objectives
The students shall be able to use prior knowledge and experiences to understand meanings in English. However, special attention will be put to focus on each child as an individual.
The student shall be able to monitor oral and written language production, and employ self-correctness techniques or other resources.
The student shall be able to use strategic learning techniques such as concept mapping, drawing memorizing, comparing contrasting, and reviewing to acquire basic grade level vocabulary. They are very important aspects which can help them in their day to day development (Tileston, 2003).
The students shall be able to speak using learning strategies such as requesting assistance or expressing non-verbal cues, and using synonyms and circumlocution.
The student shall be able to internalize new basic and academic language by using and reusing it in meaningful ways in speaking and writing activities that build concept and language attainment. Language should not be learnt by listening, but by practice.
The student shall be able to use accessible language and learn new and essential language in the process. It ensures that already acquired language is used to get some new knowledge.
The student shall be able to demonstrate an increasing ability to distinguish between formal and informal English and an increasing knowledge of when to use each one commensurate with grade level learning expectations (Ladouceur, 2005).
The student shall be able to develop and expand repertoire of learning strategies such as reasoning inductively or deductively, looking for patterns in language, and analyzing sayings and expressions commensurate with grade level learning expectations.
Key Concepts
English words spelling and pronunciation
Supplementary materials
Situation cards for sampled English words, American English Dictionary and PowerPoint
Graphic organizers and charts
Microsoft PowerPoint mounted on a projector display
Preparation
Positioning the objectives where the students can see them clearly probably on one end of the chalk board mounted in front of the students.
Using PowerPoint presentation in the lesson, the presentation should be displayed on the screen that is big enough for the students to see clearly.
Preparing the situation cards containing the sampled English words to be spelt and pronounced.
Putting learners into small groups depending on the level of their proficiency in English language. It makes it easy for the teacher to employ the best teaching techniques that best suit the two levels of proficiency so that those with low proficiency levels may also get the best environment for learning.
Most of the students are in their early production stage of English language acquisition. The teacher is going to apply the following techniques:
Asking either/or and yes/no questions.
Accepting short responses containing one or two words because students at this level cannot connect many words to come up with wordy responses.
Granting students the chance to take part in a bit of the whole class activities. It should a learning centered to some extent on the student and not entirely the teacher.
Using pictures and realia to back up the questions.
Modifying content information to suit the language level of the ELLs so that English learners at this level do not have hard time learning things meant for higher levels or grades
Building vocabulary by use of pictures on cards, situation cards.
Providing listening activities.
Simplifying the content materials to be applied in the lesson. The focus is made on the vocabulary and concepts.
Using the simple books with predictable text.
Supporting the learning with graphic organizers and charts.
Practice/Application
In the two proficiency level groups, the students should read out loud the English words in the situation cards as they understand them. The students will be allowed to discuss how the spelling and pronunciation can be performed.
The same is done for the sampled words on the PowerPoint. Then, students will have an interactive segment in which they try to share what they already know or do not know about spellings and pronunciations of English words (Serdyukov & Ryan, 2008).
The teacher or instructor comes in after to clarify on the areas where the students experienced difficulties and or asked questions. He/she explains the underlying rules for particular pronunciation and also puts stress on the exemptions there may be.
Assessment
The teacher uses the most effective method of evaluation to find out if any meaningful learning has taken place and if the students have conceptualized the ideas highlighted during the lesson. This is because assessment constitutes a very important process in the learning and learning process.
The teacher collects what the students have been writing during the entire lesson period and asks questions about what he/she has taught.
Extension
The teacher asks the students to suggest some of the English words that are spelt and pronounced in a way they think.
Then, the students are given a class assignment to be done and marked in class. He/she gives a takeaway assignment to be done at home and handed the next day.
References
Ladouceur, R. (2005). Correctness of spellings of spelling and pronunciation and presentation
techniques for English learners. American journal of language education, 34(5), 272-277.
Serdyukov, P. & Ryan, M. (2008). Writing effective lesson plans: The 5-star approach. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Tileston, D.E. (2003). What every teacher should know about instructional planning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Wolfe, S. (2006). Your best year yet! A guide to purposeful planning and effective classroom
organization (teaching strategies). New York: Teaching Strategies.
single_sign-on_access
Single Sign-On for User Authentication
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Single Sign-On for User Authentication
In the corporate world of today, most of the businesses have resorted to using Single Sign-On (SSO) for the purposes of user authentication and authorization. It is a new technique that rubs off the old practice that involved frequent logging in and out whenever access is desired irrespective of the system in use. Nevertheless, invention of SSO has brought more positive impacts to the operations in most of the organizations that apply its use. from the information as already mentioned above, this paper attempts to answer given questions regarding various components of SSO relative to the configuration of both; Kerberos-based SSO configuration to a smart card based configuration (Gaskell et al., 2012).
Problems experienced by employees in an enterprise where Single Sign-On (SSO) has not been implemented: Basically, there exist an array of problems to employees regarding businesses that has not yet implemented Single Sign-on technique of authentication and authorization. The first problem is that it heightens ‘help desk’ operations. Absence of SSO denotes to the old practice of frequent logging in and out. It accompanies hardships to the employees that include the requirement of having to master sequence of long lettered passwords. It also heightens the likelihood of forgetting passwords of certain applications. It in turn lowers the operations of the entire organizations in the event that a single application comes to a halt. Absence of SSO denotes slow operations in the organization (Dawson et al., 2014). It is a situation that in turn leads to customer dissatisfaction. It owes to the situation in which there exist overall slow progress of logging in and out of a system. Employees also face a challenge of losing given passwords hence putting the company at risk of a third party having access to its applications. In the long run, an array of applications certainly becomes vulnerable to threats from the third party.
Active Directory (AD) in Provision of SSO access to the enterprise
Advantages: Use of AD-centric has an array of pluses both to the employees and to the organization at large. The first advantage is its capability to develop footprint in administrations. It owes to the availability of expertise employees who are capable of regulating AD. In turn, it leads to submerging expenses of IAM into the overall expenditure of the Information and Technology department. Its implementation is therefore less costly. Similarly, Active Directory has the capability of delivering a compact authentication technique. Through the use of either Native Windows or Kerberos authentication mechanism, it thereby enhances an extension of the compact authentication in regard to on-premise applications. Last but not least, most of corporate applications are capable of provisioning AD authentication. In the long run, it enhances effective incorporation of Active Directory (Gallo et al., 2011).
Disadvantages: One foremost shortcoming of Active Directory involves its incapacity of provisioning future anxieties of both mobile computing as well as cloud. Initially, explosion of cloud applications requires solutions for handling abridging of access as well as regulation of identities. However, it raises security apprehensions with the use of either Kerberos or LDAP in the internet.
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LADP)
Advantages: According to modern research, the application of lightweight Directory in provisioning of SSO access to the enterprise has several benefits to the given business. Nevertheless, the utmost merit of exhausting LADP involves its capability to consolidate specific data within a structure of an organization. An example is the situation in which LADP amalgamates profiles of each and every user of an organization into a sole manual. On the other end, each and every application facilitated by LADP has the capability of probing the directory for any given data needed. Similarly, any individual in need of obtaining information from the manual can also use the technique. Correspondingly, LADP is an advantage as it is not all that complex in implementing. It is an advantage that at the same time corresponds to its definite amorphous application programming technique. From this capability, there is a likelihood of an upsurge in the figure of both gateways and applications of LADP in the coming times.
Disadvantage: The chief demerit of LADP applications is the requirement of having LDAP gateways in order to operate LDAP. On the other hand, the use of LDAP application has seen tremendous decline mostly in Linux.
Kerberos-based SSO configuration to a smart card based configuration
Configurability
Kerberos is an application technique whose configuration has a consideration of provisioning resilient authentication to the end users. It achieves this through the use of clandestine fundamental cryptography. Kerberos entirely denotes the transitioning mechanism as a technique verifying individuality to Kerberos’ server system. Similarly, it continues by validating the set individuality to other servers for the extent of the assembly. Another important intervention is its capability for substantiation on substantially apprehensive networks.
On the other hand, configuration of smartcard involves validating of individuality through bestowing of a certificate. The certificate is meant for the purposes of ascertaining the entity that presents it. The authentication process involves the use of the credentials that are merged in a ‘smart card’. Also known as token, it is a trifling hardware device. In the event that an individual operates the smart card either through swiping or inserting, it requests for user identification subsequent to provision of credentials. In turn, authentication takes place (Gaskell et al., 2012).
Established standards
Kerberos basically uses Windows 2000 security as the perception of user substantiation. Similarly, there is an obligation of consistent substantiation procedure of network log-on for the consolidated account administration. With a basis on RFC 1510, Kerberos type 5 delivers heightened substantiation for its set systematic structures. In doing so, it thereby has the capability of inter-operating with additional operating systems (Garman, 2013). The authentication practice in this set up includes NT LAN Manager. Similarly, it is engaged in the Active Directory purview situations that have the requirement of authenticating the Windows NT structure. It is also important to note that type 5 of Kerberos is often typical in each and every window 2000. From this capability, there is assurance of utmost safeguarding to network capitals. On the other hand, the progression of Kerberos is based on three naming technique. It is referred to as ‘3 headed dog figure’, a naming classification borrowed from the Greek folklore denoted as Kerberos. The set three leads of Kerberos consist of; client user, the system whose chief purposes involves anticipation to authenticate access as well as KDC (Key Distribution Center). Installation of KDC is a subsection of the domain regulator. From this perspective, it undertakes two package roles including; TGS (Ticket-granting service) collectively with AS (Authentication Service).
Smart Card on the other hand, is sole responsible to adhering to its own credentials as well as to its sole owner. For appropriate communication, there is the occurrence of a disclosure of Microsoft CAP1 subsection. It is subsequent to validation of the smart card amid the given interface. From this perspective, CSP has the capability of validating the pin of the smart card. It also enables still approach of operation for the purposes of not stimulating either entry of the pin, insertion of the card itself as well as assortment of the certificate. There is also a set standard of detailing and validating smart card credentials. At the same time, the smart card conforms to executing RSA cryptographic operations. Generally, the authentication process in smart card handling often occurs due to the availability of both X.509 collectively with a consistent RSA key brace. From the given information as already mentioned above, one can tell that the certificate has a requirement of permitting key pair so as to enhance validation of the user as well as the digital signatures. On the other hand, smartcard entails a safeguarding PIN called ‘The user’ whose main purpose involves provision of security to private keys (Garman, 2013).
Implementation challenges
The main challenge of implementing Kerberos includes its incapability to host protocol. At the same time, there is an obligation of resolution harmonization for the purposes of achieving a safeguard system.
Processing of Smart card accompanies several challenges. First, there is a difficulty of corporeal issuance to many owners. It also conforms to frequent modification of legacy applications for the acceptance of certificate credentials. There is also a requirement of consistent establishing and management of premises where the card is used. It includes administration systems of web-access as well as portals.
Cost
Kerberos conforms to high costs in order to attain commercial authorization of operating it. It is subsequent to unforeseen costs needed subject to provisions of structuring the costs. On the other hand, there is a requirement of relatively high costs as per regard to the POS structures capable of interpreting the smart cards. Similarly, banks and monetary organizations require a lot of money in millions, for the purposes of improving the general networks. Similarly, smart cards just like any physical component of a business must undergo sort of purchasing relative to continuous maintenance. Similarly, s substantial amount of money is required so as to enhance viable configuration process. The general costs of implementing and running smart cards are generally high.
References
Dawson, E., Golić, J., & International conference Cryptography: policy and algorithms. (2014). Cryptography: Policy and algorithms : international conference, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, July 3-5, 1995 : proceedings. Berlin [etc.: Springer.
Gallo, M., & Hancock, W. M. (2011). Networking Explained. Burlington: Elsevier.
Garman, J. (2013). Kerberos: The definitive guide ; [cross-platform authentication & single-sign-on ; covers Unix and Windows]. Beijing [u.a.: O’Reilly.
Gaskell, G. I., & Queensland University of Technology. (2012). Integrating smart cards into Kerberos.