...APPLIED COMPUTER & APPLIED COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE (ACACOS '08), Hangzhou, China, April 6-8, 2008 Impact of Using Computer Applications in Education on TeachingLearning Process Ph.D. ANDREEA ZAMFIR Faculty of Management Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest 6, Piata Romana, RO 030173, Bucharest ROMANIA zamfir_andreea_ileana@yahoo.com, www.ase.ro Abstract: Today’s educational policies are largely devoted to fostering the development and implementation of computer applications in education. This paper analyses the skills and competences needed for the knowledgebased society and reveals the role and impact of using computer applications to the teaching and learning processes. Also, the aim of this paper is to reveal the outcomes of a study conducted in order to determine the impact of using computer applications in teaching and learning Management and to propose new opportunities for the process improvement. The findings of this study related to the teachers’ and students’ perceptions about using computer applications for teaching and learning could open further researches on computer applications in education and their educational and economic implications. Key words: computer applications, education, educational policy, teaching-learning Management, effects. benefits of web-based learning environments [3], and computer applications in education. Flexible and innovative teaching and learning based on computer applications will expand and will change the educational process. Within...
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...created the first Presidential Cabinet. Who was on the Cabinet, and what Departments did they represent? Secretary of State – Thomas Jefferson (March 22, 1790 – December 31, 1793) Secretary of the Treasury – Alexander Hamilton (September 11, 1789 – January 31, 1795) Secretary of War – Henry Knox (September 12, 1789 – December 31, 1794) Attorney General – Edmond Randolph (February 2, 1790 – January 2, 1794) Who is on the Cabinet today, and what Departments do they represent? Vice President of the United States – Joseph R. Biden Department of State – Secretary John Kerry Department of The Treasury – Secretary Jack Lew Department of Defense – Secretary Chuck Hagel Department of Justice – Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. Department of the Interior – Secretary Sally Jewell Department of Agriculture – Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack Department of Commerce – Secretary Penny Pritzker Department of Labor – Secretary Thomas E. Perez Department of Health and Human Services – Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Department of Housing and Urban Development – Secretary Shaun L.S. Donovan Department of Transportation – Secretary Anthony Foxx Department of Energy – Secretary Ernest Moniz Department of Veterans Affairs – Secretary Eric K. Shinseki Department of Homeland Security – Secretary Jeh Johnson Department of Education – Secretary Arne Duncan The following positions have the status of Cabinet – Rank: White House Chief of Staff – Denis McDonough Environmental Protection...
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...Roger Sherman (1721-1793) Roger Sherman was born in Newton, Massachusetts, and moved to Connecticut when he was two years old. He had little formal education, but he taught himself to become a lawyer, a surveyor, and a merchant. He was active in local and colonial politics, serving as a justice of the peace, a judge, a member of the legislature, and the first mayor of New Haven. He was also a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1781, and a member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence. He is the only person to sign all four major state papers of the United States: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution.Sherman was a strong supporter...
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...Hollie Ballard MGT 201-Z1 Professor Lau 6 Aug 2011 Changes Need to Be Made Illegal immigrants go through a rigid journey to cross the border into the United States of America. Crossing the border successfully does not mean the journey is over for these illegal immigrants, their life of living in the shadows is just beginning. In the article “America’s Divide,” it discusses the debated immigration reform legislation, which has been projected in the U.S. Senate, and well as the U.S. House of Representatives. This article tells the story of Irma Palacios’ story of her family and their legal status. It is not uncommon for legal immigrants to have family that have diverse statuses for legality. In Irma’s family she has members that are legal through birth, permanent residents, naturalized citizens, and some, like her brother-in-law Raymundo, undocumented immigrants. Raymundo, among others, are burdened with the stress of living a life unseen. He cannot achieve his full potential because he is stuck doing the work that citizens of the United States do not want to do, such a working in the fields and hard labored factory working. With the status of being undocumented, if he was to lose his job he does not get unemployment, and when he has a job his wages a lower than they should be. Raymundo stresses about is immigration status to a point where he will get a rash on his body. He has a wife and a child who are citizens of the United States, and if he gets caught, he will be sent...
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...more hopeful than Hamilton’s. He assumed that informed citizens could make good decisions for themselves and their country. “I have so much confidence in the good sense of men.” Jefferson wrote when revolution broke out in France, “that I am never afraid of the issue where reason is left free toexert her force.” Jefferson had great faith in the goodness and wisdom of people who worked the soil – farmers and planters like himself. “State a problem to a ploughman and a professor,” he said, and “the former will decide it often better than the latter.” Second is the form of government. Federalists believed that the country should be ruled by “best people” – educated, wealthy, public-spirited men like themselves. Such people had the time, education, and background to run the country wisely. “Those who own the country,” said Federalist John Jay bluntly, “ought to govern it.” Federalists favored a strong national government, they believed in loose construction, a broad or flexible interpretation of the Constitution. They hoped to use the new government’s powers under the Constitution to unite the quarreling states and keep order among the people. In their view, the rights of the states were not nearly as important as national power and unity. However, Democratic-Republicans had no patience with...
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...America was founded and built by the hands of immigrants from across the globe. Irish, German, British, Jewish, Catholic, Russian, Polish, Swedish- the list goes on. But where did we draw the line? At what point were immigrants considered “illegal” and obligated to obtain citizenship? Why is immigration at its highest? Most immigrants are in desperate search of the “American Dream” and the freedoms that our country offers. But the toll it is taking on the American people and our pockets is terrifying. To find the balance of helping all who seek citizenship and establishing a stable financial boundary is impossible. Americans are becoming weary of the decrease in jobs and even housing. In 1790, Congress used the power to establish a uniform...
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...the history of state and federal prisons. Comparison of the similarities and differences between security levels in jails, state prisons and federal prisons. Explanation of factors influencing growth in jails, state, and federal prisons. In colonial america where humiliation, workhouses, and corporal punishment to was used to punish criminals by 1790 where penitentiary era begins. In 1786, Pennsylvania Quakers said honest labor was a humane way to deal with convicts and to provided labor for public projects wearing thee ball, chain and bright unstylish clothes to prevent escapes. In other colonies had replaced public humiliation with incarceration and early lockups were under local control with mixing convicts of both genders from petty thieves to violent offenders. Our nation took shape each county and state maintain its own incarceration system where jails were maintain by the local sheriff’s department housed small infractions like loitering to severe crimes like murder until disposition. State or federal authorities in prisons provided confinement for offenders sentenced to over one year of incarceration. Penitentiary Era in 1790, attribute to separate and silent system, sought penance in total solitude, created or aggravated mental instabilities,handicrafts introduced to help maintain sanity and philosophy is to rehabilitation and deterrence. In 1825, was called the Mass Prison Era due to the growth of the population in prison forced changes in solitary system by introduce...
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...study law with George Wythe 1767-admitted to practice law before the General Court. 1768- Elected to House of Burgesses. 1772- Married Martha Wayles Skelton 1774- Wrote a summary view of the Rights of British America, and retired from legal practice. 1775- Elected to continental congress. 1776- Drafted declaration of independence, elected to Virginia house of delegates, and appointed to revise Virginia laws. 1777- Drafted Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, passed by General Assembly in 1786. 1778- Drafted the Bill of the More General Diffusion of knowledge. 1779-1781 – Served as a governor of Virginia. 1783- Elected delegate to Congress. 1784-1789 – In France as Commissioner and Minister. 1787- Published Notes on the State of Virginia. 1790-1793- Served as the first U.S Secretary of State. 1797-1801- Served as U.S Vice President. 1797-1815- Served as the President of the American Philosophical Society. 1801-1809 – Served as U.S president. 1803 - Louisiana Purchase concluded, and Lewis and Clark's expedition launched. 1809 - Retired from the Presidency and public life. 1815- Sold 6700 volume library to Congress. 1817 - the Laid cornerstone of Central College (now University of Virginia) 1825 - Opened University of Virginia. 1826 – Died on July 4th, at Monticello Thomas Jefferson was born in Shadwell, Virginia, on April 13, 1743. His father, Peter Jefferson, patented 1,000-acre tract which became Monticello. He had been among the earliest settlers in this wilderness...
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...Three Issues Considered The first question I will address is “Are science and philosophy closely interrelated, or are they different in their goals and methods? Science supposes that there is only one proper basis of knowledge, it is experiment and rational analysis of nature. Philosophy tends to say that there are many ways of understanding, just as there are many forms of knowledge and many beginnings of that knowledge. In the beginning there were sciences but no actual scientist. They were all known as philosophers. Philosophy invented intellectual thought and rigorous reasoning which in turn is what invented the sciences. Philosophy continues to influence science by questioning the science's weaknesses. Some people think that the sciences can stand apart from philosophy. That philosophy is all questions, never giving a real answer. Where as, science is a methodology that is based on research and experimentation. “The specific sciences cannot and should not break their connections with true philosophy” (Spirkin, A.). By doing this they would have no questions for them to research and experiment. According to Wolff, the Milesians who are considered philosophers were also scientist. Thales who is known as the first philosopher was an astronomer. By his knowledge of the stars he could predict the weather (Wolff, 14). “Following Thales were the Milesians Anaximander and Anaximenes, who expanded and developed speculative theories about the basic components of nature and...
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...AIDS: The Modern Black Plague The AIDS epidemic has reached a crisis level in Africa and needs to be addressed by the United States. Efforts to teach the population AIDS prevention, reduce the price of certain medications, and influence the local leaders to teach their citizens about AIDS should be considered by the United States. Along with those efforts, the United States needs to help with the aftermath of the epidemic. In order to fully understand what the United States needs to do to help, we must first realize why the AIDS epidemic has risen to a crisis level in Africa. When the HIV virus matures it turns into what is known as AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). It is a life threatening disease that when contracted is eventually fatal. There are treatments and medications that can help slow the painful symptoms of the disease, but so far research has not found a cure. Since the early 80’s AIDS has become quite a scary issue because of its life-threatening nature. Unlike the common cold or other viruses transmitted through the air, AIDS is only transmitted by sexual contact or by the sharing of needles. AIDS, though a worldwide problem has now climbed to an epidemic level in Africa. CW Henderson, writing for AIDS Weekly, reports that, “70% of the world’s AIDS cases are located in sub-Saharan Africa”(20). Anderson goes on to report that, “The disease kills 6,000 people a day in Africa, has orphaned about 15% of children in the worst-hit cities, and by some...
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...Anthony Mitchell Hessler 5/8/12 The Social-Economic, Political, and Environmental Impacts of Unregulated Population Growth Ladies and gentlemen of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, mankind is well on its way to answering a seldom asked yet vitally important question pertaining to its sustainability. "How many people can inhabit this planet sustainably?" This is a question that should have been looked into decades ago, yet the answer is still unclear. With no regards to what the answer may be mankind persists in rapidly escalating its population as if the worlds sustainable population capacity is limitless. With the numerous problems that currently plague mankind, overpopulation is perhaps the most threatening and overlooked issue. If current population trends continue there will undoubtedly be terrible repercussion to face in the future. Problems arising from overpopulation will eventually have a grim impact on the socio-economic systems and political systems of the world along with the environment as a whole, the worst of which could lead to the annihilation of the human race. This is why population growth should be a global concern that should be recognized, examined, and dealt with immediately. To understand the impacts of overpopulation one must first understand the concept of overpopulation. Overpopulation is a state wherein the population density of an area has grown large enough to exceed what would be the natural sustainable inhabitant capacity...
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...I believe that an “Indian policy” is needed to prevent continual warfare while opening lands to the West for settlement. I believe that Native-Americans do have rights to the land that they have inhabited and I believe that land transfers should be done through treaty agreements. There was even an Indian Act of 1790 that was passed which declared public treaties ratified by Congress to be the only legal means of obtaining Indian land. I do believe that Native Americans should be given more rights to land and rights in general and the government is taking action in order to have Native-Americans be more represented. Also, I believe that men are more fit to do the governing. Men have always been powerful figures in our history and I believe that...
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...worthless, unimportant, servants to the men of the world, however men were viewed as strong, brave, hard workers who “wear the pants” in the household. Modern society has drastically reshaped how gender roles are applied to men and women. Today’s society has acknowledged that gender does not define a person in any way other then their sex. Society has evolved to create a neutral standard between gender roles including personal interest and education/employment along with participation in government affairs. Stereotypes continue to exist thus differentiating men and women into separate social “norms”. According to the rules of society only men enjoy cars, sports, and wrestling, meanwhile only women can find interest in shopping, sewing, and cooking. In the past women were viewed to be delicate so while the men did the dirty work outdoors the women stayed inside completing household chores such as cooking, cleaning, sewing garments, etc....
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...mother while he was gone or they would get a butt whopping when he got home. As one can see, there is much of a division between gender roles during this time period was due to the lack of knowledge and education that women were able to receive. According to the textbook, there was a major gap of education between men and women during this time period. In order to really understand the major educational differences, there are three aspects to consider, which are the highest level of school each gender received, the boundaries that were set on education for each gender, and the careers that they were limited to because of their education. The highest level of education that a woman could receive during the eighteenth or nineteenth century was a degree to be a teacher or a nurse. The first woman to receive her teaching degree during this time period was Elizabeth Blackwell. Although teachers during this time period received a degree, they were unable to teach anything other than elementary school aged children. While men were able to be bosses, managers, chiefs, and go to college to pursue a doctoral degree or a physician degree. The reason why women and men were able to do certain things during this time period was due to their boundaries based on gender roles in their education. The things that women could do within their boundaries were _______________, _____________, and _______________. The things that women were unable to do however were __________, __________, and ___________...
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...centuries; many ‘brand-new’ approaches actually possess long beards (however often forgotten). Hans-Walter Lorenz (FSU Jena) A Short History of Economic Thought Winter 2012/13 3 / 93 Outline, Relevance, and Contents Outline, Relevance, and Contents Contents The Classics – Quesnay, Smith, Ricardo, Say, Malthus, Marx The Neoclassics – Marshall, Walras, Menger, Gossen The Keynesian Revolution The Neoclassical Synthesis and the New Classical School Strategic Behavior and Game Theory Evolutionary Economics Hans-Walter Lorenz (FSU Jena) A Short History of Economic Thought Winter 2012/13 4 / 93 The Classics The Classics The Most Influential Classical Writers: Francois Quesnay (1694 - 1774) ¸ Adam Smith (1723 - 1790) David Ricardo (1772 - 1823) Jean-Baptiste Say (1767 - 1832) Robert Malthus (1766 - 1834) Karl Marx (1818 -...
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