...Amanda Baron Final Research Paper Practical Uses of Online Gaming in the K-12 Curriculum History and Overview of Topic Online gaming in a classroom setting was unheard of twenty years ago. But now over the past few years, games have gone from social outsider to the sweethearts of the media, technology, and now educational industries. In 1973 John Daleske and Silas Warner created a simple space-craft war, your ship controlled by typed commands. This is thought to be the first ever networked multiplayer game (running on the PLATO network), before the internt as we now know it (Mark 2011). E-learning educators in particular stand to learn a lot about building next-generation learning environments from games. While online courses are usually little more than "online course notes," games offer entire worlds to explore (Gee 2005). While educators wonder if it is possible to create good online learning communities, game designers create virtual societies with their own cultures, languages, political systems, and economies. While completion rates for online courses barely reach 50%, gamers spend hundreds of hours mastering games, writing lengthy texts, and even setting up their own virtual "universities" to teach others to play games (Gee 2005). In short, games have developed a reputation for being fun, engaging, and immersive, requiring deep thinking and complex problem solving. These facts make functional and interactive games a necessity it the modern everyday classroom in...
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... Objective To attain an opportunity in a dynamic and reputed company where I can enhance and apply a broad spectrum of design processes, skills and knowledge and serve as a conscientious professional. Education Masters of Business Administration Institute of Business Administration (IBA) (currently) (MBA- Morning) B.Sc. (Hons) TIP 2011 Textile Design & Technology A-Levels Foundation Public School 2007 (Pre-Engineering) O-Levels The City School 2005 (Pre-Engineering) Major Projects Thesis: Fractal Geometry (2011) Focusing on the key aspect of fractals, I worked with action paintings and geometry to produce designs that depicted disorder at one glance but actually followed an order. My product was a Wall panel inspired by Origami. Print Design: Prints on floral, traditional, retro and organic themes, product creation, printing and finishing (trousers) and interior products created through weaving and printing. Weaving: I have hand woven the following on Khaadi: * Plain, Twill, Ribs, Satin, Basket, Checks (Plain), Sussi, Ikat & Double beam * And off-loom projects (Van Gogh reproduction of the Starry Night) Work Experience Junaid Jamshed (Pvt.) Ltd Jan 2014 – Feb 2015 (Karachi, Pakistan) Designer - Designing prints and developing cuts for women...
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...confines of a particular group or team that is comprised of people who possess different personality types and different styles of learning. There will be at least three different learning styles that are examined. The examination includes the design of a proficient strategy for the collaboration and communication between the various showcased learning styles. There will be at least three different types of personality that will be examined. The examination within the text includes the development of a method to proficiently collaborate and communicate between the varying kinds of different personalities. The assignments titled ³Multiple Pathways to Learning´ and ³Personality Spectrum´ are used as information resources within the text. This paper is meant to illustrate the concepts and strategies for success in a social contract that is known as working with others. Communication and Collaboration Strategy Paper The Intrapersonal Style- This is the learning style that represents people who need peace and quiet in order for them to successfully be able to think and develop strategic methods and answers to the questions that they may have in life during their learning process. People who have this learning style, According to the Multiple Pathways to Learning worksheet, ³Peoplewith the Intrapersonal Learning style prefer to contemplate issues before they voice themselves´(Carter 2002). As a result of their preference to stop and contemplate, they are afforded the opportunity to have...
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...What is Graphic Design? * Visual Arts * Typography * Page Layout * Cave Paintings * 105 AD- Paper was invented * The Moveable Type Press * Eliminated the need for hand written reproduction * Graphic Designer – invented by William Addison Dwiggins * Douglass Englebart- Invented the Mouse * 1984- The Macintosh was invented * Graphic Design has increased over the years since technology has come about * The GOALS of Graphic Design: * To create a visual representation of information with a sense of order and clarity to make it easier for the viewer to understand. * A graphic designer must keep up with technology and skills. What makes a design great? * Form * Visually appealing * Colors are in harmony * Well-chosen typefaces * Feeling * Stays on message * Cohesive mood throughout * Evokes the proper emotional response * Function * Serves its purpose * Easy to read and understand * Executable (Print, packaging, etc.) * Form without function is just a pretty sheet of paper –Unknown- Four main categories of graphic design: * Print advertisement * Ads should be: * Simple and Ironic * Representative of the brand * Able to tell a story without words * Business Cards * Clean and elegant * Legible * Informative ...
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...Ẅǻňģ ħǻș bųįŀț ǻ fǻșħįǿň ěmpįřě ẅįțħ ǻ břǻňđ ǻřčħįțěčțųřě țħǻț đěfįěș țħě čǿňvěňțįǿňș ǿf țřǻđįțįǿňǻŀ ŀųxųřỳ șțřǻțěģỳ. Ẅįțħ Bǻŀěňčįǻģǻ běħįňđ ħįm, ẅħǻț'ș ħįș pŀǻň fǿř țħě ňěxț đěčǻđě ǿf ħįș ǿẅň ŀǻběŀ? ŇĚẄ ỲǾŘĶ, Ųňįțěđ Șțǻțěș — Ǻ bųżżỳ ňěẅ đěșįģňěř bųșįňěșș čǻň ǿfțěň ǻțțřǻčț ǻ fǻňbǻșě ǿf ỳǿųňģ fǻșħįǿň đěvǿțěěș, ẅħǿ čřěǻțě ǻ fųșș ǿň șǿčįǻŀ měđįǻ, șňǻp ųp țħě břǻňđ’ș ěňțřỳ-ŀěvěŀ přǿđųčțș — ǻ $300 șķįřț, șǻỳ — ǿř șǻvě ųp fǿř șǿměțħįňģ mǿřě șųbșțǻňțįǻŀ. Bųț đěșįģňěřș ģřǿẅ ųp. Țħěįř șųppŀỳ čħǻįňș ģěț șŀįčķěř; țħěįř mǻțěřįǻŀș běčǿmě mǿřě čǿmpŀěx; ǻňđ, șǿměțįměș, țħěỳ fįňđ įňvěșțměňț. Běfǿřě ỳǿų ķňǿẅ įț, țħǻț bųżżỳ ňěẅ bųșįňěșș įș fǻșț běčǿmįňģ ǻ “ģŀǿbǻŀ ŀųxųřỳ břǻňđ” ǻňđ, șǿměẅħěřě ǻŀǿňģ țħě ẅǻỳ, įț běčǿměș ųňǻffǿřđǻbŀě fǿř įțș ǿřįģįňǻŀ čųșțǿměřș. Ňǿț Ǻŀěxǻňđěř Ẅǻňģ. Ħįģħ fǻșħįǿň, ŀǿẅ fǻșħįǿň; ŀųxųřỳ, mǻșș mǻřķěț — Ẅǻňģ đǿěș įț ǻŀŀ. Ǻ Ẅǻňģ fǻň čǻň bųỳ ǻ ŀěǻțħěř bǻțħřǿbě čǿǻț fǿř $2,995 ǿř ǻ ț-șħįřț fǿř $80. Șħě čǻň bųỳ țħě jěǻňș ǿř țħě șķįřț fǿř ǻřǿųňđ $300. Ǻňđ įf șħě ģǿț țǿ țħě șțǿřě běfǿřě įț șǿŀđ ǿųț, șħě čǿųŀđ ħǻvě șčǿřěđ ǻň Ǻŀěxǻňđěř Ẅǻňģ fǿř Ħ&M șẅěǻțșħįřț fǿř $59.95. Ẅǻňģ’ș įș ǻ đěmǿčřǻțįč fǻșħįǿň ěmpįřě. Ǻňđ, ẅįțħ 26 șțǿřěș ẅǿřŀđẅįđě ǻňđ řěpǿřțěđ řěvěňųěș ǿf ǿvěř $100 mįŀŀįǿň įň 2013, įț’ș ǿňě ǿf țħě bįģģěșț ǿf ǻňỳ ỳǿųňģ đěșįģňěř ẅǿřķįňģ țǿđǻỳ. Șǿ, ħǿẅ đįđ ħě bųįŀđ įț? Ǻňđ, ẅįțħ ħįș Bǻŀěňčįǻģǻ țěňųřě ňěǻțŀỳ țįěđ ųp ǻňđ řųmǿųřș ǿf įňvěșțměňț șẅįřŀįňģ, ẅħěřě įș ħě țǻķįňģ įț ňěxț? Ǻŀěxǻňđěř Ẅǻňģ’ș fįřșț čǿŀŀěčțįǿň ǿf șįx įňțǻřșįǻ-ķňįț șẅěǻțěřș čǿįňěđ ħįș șŀǿųčħỳ-bųțșěxỳ...
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...Autism http://aut.sagepub.com/ What can innovative technologies do for Autism Spectrum Disorders? Sven Bölte, Ofer Golan, Matthew S. Goodwin and Lonnie Zwaigenbaum Autism 2010 14: 155 DOI: 10.1177/1362361310365028 The online version of this article can be found at: http://aut.sagepub.com/content/14/3/155 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: The National Autistic Society Additional services and information for Autism can be found at: Email Alerts: http://aut.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://aut.sagepub.com/subscriptions Reprints: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsReprints.nav Permissions: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Citations: http://aut.sagepub.com/content/14/3/155.refs.html Downloaded from aut.sagepub.com by guest on November 12, 2010 Editorial What can innovative technologies do for Autism Spectrum Disorders? S V E N B Ö LT E , O F E R G O L A N M AT T H E W S . G O O DW I N L O N N I E Z WA I G E N B A U M autism © 2010 SAGE Publications and The National Autistic Society Vol 14(3) 155–159; 365028 1362-3613(2010) Technology deals with human usage and knowledge of instruments and techniques to help people control and adapt to their natural environments. The usage of technology is taking an increasingly prominent role in research and clinical practice related to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). At the International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR), where the idea for this Special Issue on Autism...
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...Advertisement his been in existence for some time now and in order to understand the term you must understand “Advertise.”Advertise is to announce or praise a product or service in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it. Advertise also used to give information to the public about and announce publicly in a newspaper, on the radio or television as well. Institutional advertising has for a century sought to build corporate reputations without appealing for sales. Political advertising solicits a vote or a contribution, not a purchase. Usually, to authors distinguish advertising from salesmanship by defining it as mediated persuasion aimed at an audience rather than one-to-one communication with a potential customer. In the 1700s, the year that advertisement began with Benjamin Franklin publishing the Pennsylvania Gazette in Philadelphia, which include pages of "new advertisements?” Then Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine prints the first American magazine ads." By 1784 The Pennsylvania Packet & Daily Advertiser, America's first successful daily newspaper starts in Philadelphia. Many publications banned advertising while others limited the space to one column width. Even though advertising was limited to one column, Benjamin Day publishes the Sun, the first successful "penny newspaper" in New York. By 1837, circulation reaches 30,000, making it the world's largest newspaper. However by 1870 there were over 5,000 newspapers in circulation...
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...this fact it was possible to use your own cogitation and build your own conclusions As you can imagine, it is a world of industrial food production and high-tech farming. The film producer tried to give a wide spectrum on insights. They showed a series of amount from farms, fields, salt mines and packing plants, to show naked truths about how the food many Europeans eat is harvested, slaughtered, quartered, and packaged. It seems really strange, but if you think at the modern consumer, the intention of the documentary is clear. In this case, we are all participants in a phenomenon that has been different designations from consumerist culture to consumer society. This means that people always want to consume more, and they find relevance and satisfaction in life, through the purchase of new consumer goods. Consumerism developed within a historical process that has created mass markets, industrialization and cultural attitudes that ensure that emerging incomes are used to purchase an increasingly output. But here is the question, what do we need? If everyone just by things they need, there would be enough for everybody. But in the current situation people in Europe don´t appreciate their social affiliation and they are really unsatisfied if they can´t buy from designer clothes, beyond sports cars as well as houses. In addition there isn´t an appreciation in the case of food. For people here in Europe it is the most normal thing in the world to have their daily...
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...misrepresenting power’ (Croteau 2010, p. 159). However, in this literature review, the implication of the term ‘Ideology’ will be defined by Associate Professor of Communication at Indiana University, Illana Gershon, as “a set of beliefs about communicative technologies with which users and designers explain perceived media structure and meaning” (2010, p. 3) Gershon expands upon this definition, explaining that ideologies are a set of beliefs that each person will compose in their own mind, mouldings people’s understandings regarding their use of technology and media. Ideologies, however, can also be shaped through the individual's use of media and interaction with others through them. Linda Kenix, Associate Professor of Social and Political Sciences notes, ‘When individuals' media ideologies differ, it can often lead to times in which tensions arise and can cause confusion, misunderstanding and eventually conflict between the individual users and the media community’ (2011 p. 171). This conflict actualises itself in unique forms. ‘From one standpoint, media texts can be seen as key sites where basic social norms are articulated’ (Croteau, p. 163). The media pushes images of social interaction and institutions that, by sheer repetition on a daily basis, can play important roles in shaping broad ideology. In essence, the accumulation of media images suggests...
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...contains a broad spectrum of learning styles. The traditional education model works well for students used to sit at desks, eat during the breaks at scheduled times, students who learn best by listening, doing worksheets, reading. Studies show that these students are actually in minority; the majority-those that have different learning styles- learn best within alternative structures. Some of them learn to adapt, but others become labeled as behavioral problems, lazy, learning disabled. The main challenge for teachers is finding the time, resources and tools necessary to differentiate instructions in ways that will engage the multiple learning styles and preferences of students. While some students have an individual educational plan (IEP) already in place that specify the adaptations, modifications, and supports that teaches must provide as part as the classroom instruction. Unfortunately not every student has an IEP. Students without an IEP can “fall through the cracks” of the educational system because although they may need different learning experiences on a regular basis. An individualized curriculum is impossible to be put in place; however a teacher should use different instructional methods in order to reach each student in the class. A teacher can use different methods and each of these steps by differentiates the learning, but none of these steps by themselves will provide what every student needs to succeed. Every teacher is an instructional designer, deciding everything...
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... Introduction “..An era based not on what we can extract from organisms and their ecosystems, but on what we can learn from them...” Janine M. Benyus scientific writer Today, more and more increasing relevance of ecology and environmental protection. At this stage of human life has become an urgent task of creating a process in which the daily needs of people interact with the natural world. Green design - it is nothing but an attempt to recreate the natural environment in everyday places of human habitation. Its purpose is unity and appeal to nature. Design "ideas" and "technology" are far superior to human nature. They - the result of billions of years of evolution. On the basis of this designers and developers finally turning to nature as a source of ideas and example to follow. My opinion is that green design will be the basis for design and construction in the future, as its development is becoming very fast and it is already possible to say that the future holds in 10-15 years. These projections are striking! In this essay, I will discuss what green...
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...School-> __ __ Author Note: This assignment is being turned in on (DATE __/__/__) for ( Teacher-> ___ ____ online Comp 1 Course. * Which memoir did you select? I selected "The Good Immigrant Student" by Bich Minh Nguyen. * What is the theme of the memoir you selected? The theme of the memoir was, how she is a foreign student feeling like an outsider. * Based on the author's biography provided in the textbook, how do you think their background influenced the memoir you read? Bich Minh Vguyen felt alone, scared and she stated several times invisible. She was a Vietnam refugee who escaped when the war came to an end. She felt like an outsider trying to get by without drawing much attention to herself. She lacked social ability as a child and learned through her differences of being observant, quiet and listening. * Have you experienced something similar to what the author reflected on in their memoir? How did it affect you? Although we are much different I also found myself fearful of being called on, asked to speak or read out load in class. Partake in presentations or anything which included me standing in front of a class room and judged by my peers. It affected me in which I felt people would laugh at my inability to read fluently, how people would judge me, how I would be observed while giving speeches in front of class while my face would turned a shade of red and a change to my voice as if the words I were trying to speak didn’t want to come...
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...securing recovery. Assuming that ABC will use contract employees for part of the recovery, describe how the company can mitigate the threat from using contract employees. 2. Britain plans to establish a dedicated military unit to counter cyber attacks. The unit will comprise of hundreds of computer experts to help defend Britain's national security. The plan is for the "cyber reservists" to work alongside regular forces in the new Joint Cyber Reserve Unit in a bid to protect key computer networks and safeguard data. According to Prime Minister David Cameron, the new capability would be able to "counter-attack in cyber-space and, if necessary, to strike in cyber-space as part of our full-spectrum military capability". "In response to the growing cyber threat, we are developing a full-spectrum military cyber capability, including a strike capability, to enhance the UK's range of military capabilities," the Conservative Defense Secretary Philip Hammond said. a. Should governments and businesses set up dedicated units to counter cyber attacks, protect key computer networks and safeguard data? Give at least one argument in support as well as against the proposal. Justify your opinion. UK’s Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude said in a written statement that 93% of large...
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...and dedication, reaching success and wealth is never too far, everyone receives as much as they put in. America is one of the world’s leading nations, with a high quality of government, development, military, and more. Many factors of our nation that put us at the top of the chain come from support of Americans themselves, the individuals living in the United States, through taxes. It is required that anyone who receives an income must pay taxes. Taxes are certain fees or charges that the government requires people to pay in order to live and work in their state or country. The government needs money to operate, and taxes are a way for them to get this money. This money is used to fund various types of programs such as education, military, social security, and more. Each and every American generating an income is subject to pay for these taxes. Although, not every American makes the same amount of money. It isn’t fair for those individuals who don’t receive as much income to pay for the same fixed tax amount as the wealthier citizens in the state. The rich should pay more taxes because they have a greater amount of money. The wealthy are the individuals who receive a much higher income than those on the lower end who face challenges receiving money. Unfortunately, not everyone in America is able to live up the great “American Dream.” It is only right that those individuals who generate a great amount of income pay a higher amount of tax. It is completely unfair for those...
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...This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and education use, including for instruction at the authors institution and sharing with colleagues. Other uses, including reproduction and distribution, or selling or licensing copies, or posting to personal, institutional or third party websites are prohibited. In most cases authors are permitted to post their version of the article (e.g. in Word or Tex form) to their personal website or institutional repository. Authors requiring further information regarding Elsevier’s archiving and manuscript policies are encouraged to visit: http://www.elsevier.com/copyright Author's personal copy Organizational Dynamics (2010) 39, 353—356 a v a i l a b l e a t w w w. s c i e n c e d i r e c t . c o m journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/orgdyn Why Nike kicks butt in sustainability Marc J. Epstein, Adriana Rejc Buhovac, Kristi Yuthas Nike Inc. has a unique combination of capabilities and competencies that position the company as a leader in sustainability. Nike is among the world’s most prominent sustainable corporations, and is regularly recognized by organizations that rank sustainable performance. For example, Nike has been named one of 100 most sustainable corporations in the world by Innovest, ranked third in Corporate Responsibility Officers 100 Best Corporate Citizens list, and named one of the World’s Top...
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