...turn around, but don't see anything. "Thud." There it is again. You walk closer with your hands out but you still can't see anything. "Thud." It makes a noise and you reach a wall. You move your hands up the wall onto this circular shape sticking out from the wall itself. You touch the shape and find two sticks in the center pointing out wards. One is pointing straight up while the other is positing out towards the right. You follow these hands and reach to what they're pointing at, dots. You feel these dots and you immediately knows what it means. It's three o'clock. You're blind and what you were feeling was a Braille clock. The thuds were there to inform you to check the time. Those who were blind, were often left behind. They would almost never be as successful as those who could see. This was true, until the invention of Braille, which gave a light of hope to those who were blind. a 15 year old Louis Braille from Coupvray, France, liberated them from the world of darkness. Braille, which was invented by a 15 year old Louis Braille from Coupvray, France, is a form of writing using an array of six small and large dots. It has become a writing system for those who are blind. Since the invention of Braille, thousands of books have been translated using the system to give the blind the same experience. A girl named Helen Keller, who was both blind and deaf, learned Braille and was finally able to communicate with people outside her family. She told the world of her life, of...
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... |to communicate this. | |Sender encodes the idea in a message. |Prior to sending any emails, or instant messages on our work flow, I go through each | | |site to see how many are needed, as well as how many auditing days we have in the | | |month. This will tell me how many need to be completed each day to get the work done | | |by our deadline. I do write this down on paper to keep track of all the numbers. | |Sender produces the message in a medium. |I then write all this information out in an email to be sent to the team and carbon | | |copied to our supervisor so she is aware...
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...Literature Robert Frost says, "There are three things, after all, that a poem must reach: the eye, the ear, and what we may call the heart or the mind. It is most important of all to reach the heart of the reader." (Clugston, 2012) How true is this? Each writer has to tap into the sense on the reader to convey each ones feelings. How is it that we can take their attempts to do just that and understand it from a reader stand point? The answer is key literary elements; there are many kinds of literary elements that can allow readers to do this without completely getting frustrated and giving up on wonderful pieces of literature. Identifying the key literary elements in literature allows for a deeper understanding and appreciation for the particular piece that’s being read. The elements help articulate a response and a reactions to what the author is trying to convey, or wants to you grasp from it. While reading a particular piece of literature by Willaim Wordsworth called “She dwelt among the untrodden ways” (Wordsworth, 1798) I found that the three key elements that help me gain a response and capture a reaction to the poem were figurative language, tone and theme. Each one allowing me to better understanding of what the author was trying to convey. Some people might get one thing from it and other another but non-the less his message will be convey something to whomever reads it. The poem I read was Willaim Wordsworth’s, “She dwelt among the untrodden ways.” (Wordsworth, 1798) The...
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...Reach Out and Touch: Using NFC and 2D Barcodes for Service Discovery and Interaction with Mobile Devices Eamonn O’Neill1, Peter Thompson2, Stavros Garzonis1, and Andrew Warr1 1 Department of Computer Science, University of Bath, UK, BA2 7AY {eamonn, s.garzonis, cspaw}@cs.bath.ac.uk http://www.cityware.org.uk 2 Vodafone Group R&D, Newbury, UK, RG14 2FN peter.thompson@vodafone.com Abstract. We investigate the use of 2 tagging technologies: Near Field Communication (NFC) and 2-dimensional barcodes. Our investigation combined a field trial and interview based study with an experimental evaluation. The field trial focused on users’ experience of the usability of NFC for a range of trial services, users’ perceptions of NFC use in their daily life context, and users’ suggestions for potential applications of NFC. The tags were embedded in a variety of postcards, table-top signs and posters. The experimental evaluation compared the ease of use of NFC and 2D barcodes, operationalised in terms of time taken to read a specified sequence of tags on posters. We found that for untrained users the 2D barcodes were quicker to use than the NFC tags but that training significantly improved users’ performance with the NFC tags while having no effect on their performance with the barcodes. 1 Introduction The use of ambient tags read by mobile devices presents new possibilities for service discovery and user interaction. Service discovery is an increasingly important issue as we move towards...
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...Last year was the best year in North Carolina's history with a graduation rate of “85.4 percent” (NC State Board of Education). The title of the article is “Hidden Intellectualism” from the book Clueless in Academe; How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind by Gerald Graff. The book was written in 2003. The purpose of this text is to teach people that people can be taught to use academic methods and thoughts for items in the domain of “street smarts” Graff tries to tell readers about different intelligence and how they could be reached. Often they are deemed street smart and told and treated as if it is incompatible with academics. To overcome this he tells about his experiences bridging both and how others can do this. In “Hidden Intellectualism”graff uses a unique style of writing to show how we can write about subjects usually considered non-intellectual in an academic way. he does this by mixing a professional style of writing with a simple and easy to understand style of writing using reminders of childhood and modern language. The book that the essay is from was released short after the passing of “No Child Left Behind”. This legislation was an attempt to...
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...Narrator: It was 12:45 p.m. and classmates Joe and Rebecca were still at the John F. Kennedy library studying for their Physics final which they had the following morning. Joe: I don’t understand why we are studying so much for this exam, I mean it’s not like failing will kill you. Rebecca: It’s true that failing won’t kill you however, it will kill your grade and your opportunities of graduating with Honors. Joe: I really don’t care to be honest and even though it is true that if I don’t pass I won’t be able to reach my goal of graduating with honors I’m just so tired and weary that it has come down to the point where I don’t care anymore about much. Rebecca: I totally understand, but you can’t just give up you have to be optimistic and you...
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...for free.” “I’ve tried posting to my blog multiple times per week, commenting on other blogs, guest posting, and pretty much everything. None of it is working.” “I’ve got no idea how to even get started with attracting subscribers. I write a lot of blog posts, but the traffic is just trickling in.” If you said “Yes,” to any of the above, block out 15 minutes and read this entire free ebook. Because it’s not your fault. Here’s the truth: Much of the “common sense” wisdom that “experts” share about building a readership is, at best, flawed and, at worst, flat out wrong. As an example, has anyone ever told you that “the secret to building a blog readership is by regularly updating your blog with engaging content each week?” That couldn’t be MORE WRONG. I’ve already debunked this myth on several occasions. You can read more about it on my blog. The real secret is about 80% promotion / 20 % creation. Read about it here. You see, many of these “experts” who dish out flawed advice fall into one of two categories. They are either: 2 A) Experts who built their readership back in the day, back when there was almost no competition. Back when it was EASY to build a readership. B) Experts who are trying to “fake it til they make it” by...
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...Hospital has been increasing their safety standards in all three general categories, Conduct a pre-procedure verification process, mark the procedure site and a time-out is performed before the procedure over the past year. Nightingale Community Hospital’s value for safety states: “We believe that excellence begins with providing safe environment. We put our patients first as we seek to exceed the expectations of our customers with superior service, outstanding clinical care and unsurpassed responsiveness.” To reach this goal there is always more that can be done. Based on the safety reports several areas need to be looked at: Hospital-wide compliance of reporting critical results within 60 minutes as evidenced by documentation has been stagnant for the past five months. The Hospital was running in the upper 50’s to the low 60’s for the first 7 months at which time it jump to the upper 70’s to low 80’s the last 5 months. Verbal Orders/Read-Backs hospital wide is in the 90% plus range with the exception of the ortho department which is 62%. Unacceptable abbreviations have been very good with the exception of the ones left blank which accounts for 63% of the errors. Time outs hospital wide started the year at 75% and has had a steady increase threw out the year with a few minor exceptions until they reach 100% in December. Long with this data there are also three universal protocol standards that are used. These standards are designed for all hospitals to follow and...
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...Today’s agenda Agency credentials Media Scenario of 2010 Channel profile p Agency Working process & Planning Process & Tools used NMS findings Media Planning process Channel performance Channel reach & share Peak Vs Off peak analysis Resources/tools to use R / l Market, Industry & data analysis GREY : At a Glance Name Establishment Corporate Address No. of employees Male Female ratio No. of Clients No of Department : GREY Advertising BD Ltd. : 1996 : House # 6, Road 137, Floor 5, Block SE(D), Gulshan 1, Dhaka – 1212. : 75 : 5:1 : 18 : 6 (Client Service, Media, Creative, Finance, IT & HR) 2 Major Clients acquired by GREY Brac is world s largest Micro Financer Brac is world’s largest Micro Financer The Daily Prothom Alo Th D il P h Al Largest National Newspaper 3 Team Experience Grid Project Media AOR Media AOR Media AOR Media AOR Media AOR Media AOR Client Aktel P&G Reckitt Benckiser Apex GSK Nokia Person Md. Abdullah Al Kafi Yeasin Arafat & Md. Shah Alam Md. Abdullah Al Kafi & Md. Shah Alam Md. Abdullah Al Kafi, Md. Ziaunnur Md. Shah Alam Tanvir Yeasin Arafat Role Sr. Media Planner Media Planner Sr. Media Planner Media Planner Sr. Media Planner Media Executive Media Planner Media Planner Activity value (in BDT) (i ) 550 million 30 million 120 million 80 million 90 million 250 million Expertise Particulars Abdullah Al Kafi Mobile Operator/Handset Development Organizations / NGOs Media relations Strategy, Strategy planning and buying...
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...common models used today. It was developed by Neil Fleming in 1987 as a way to assist students in learning more about their individual learning styles (Cherry, 2012). VARK stands for visual, Aural, Read/Write, and Kinesthetic. A student can have a single learning style or multiple learning styles. If the student has multiple learning styles their learning preference would be called multimodal. The majority of learners fall under the multimodal as much as 60% of any population (Fleming, 2011). Educators can use the module as well they can use it teach more effectively. With it they can gain a better appreciation of how they process information which is what they use to teach. They can use their findings to develop teaching methods that can reach a broader student population encouraging their students to learn (Marcy, 2001). The VARK assessment was used to asses a student who is currently enrolled in college classes. The student was assessed for this paper and was found to have a multimodal (AK) learning preference meaning more than one learning preference. A multimodal learning can have several different combinations of styles. In this case the student scores showed Visual: 4, Aural: 6 Read/Write: 3, Kinesthetic: 6. Meaning the learner is more aural and kinesthetic than visual or read/write (Fleming, 2011). Let’s review the two strongest styles first aural. Aural learners learn through listening to discussions, reading their notes out loud, perhaps even recording the...
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...JOHN CLARE John Clare was born in July 13, 1793, in Helpston, near Peterborough, Northampton, England. Clare lived his life for seventy-one years then died May 20, 1864. John Clare, a man who started working at such young age, at age seven. Though Clare had to work at an early age he still had access to many books. (though they were limited). Getting knowledge from the books he would read on his time off, he got the ability to write the romantic poems we might know today. For example, one of the first poems he wrote was “First love”. Clare wrote many poems but he wasn't famous for all of them. Till early in the 1820’s in London he became noted poet of the Romantic Era. John Clare was the son of a poor labourer and was forced to work due to the lack of money. John Clare himself was a ploughboy,reaper,thresher and a pot-scourer. Even after going home tired of his jobs he still managed to read some of the books, he would check out from the library and obtain good amount of information, that helped him better himself. After working so many jobs as a child he still managed to go to school and get the education he needed. John Clare attended school in “Glinton church” until he was twelve years of age. Though the years may not seem like a lot Clare was able to get a lot of education during...
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...VARK Analysis In order for students to make the most of their learning experience it is important for them to be aware of their preferred learning style. A great tool used in determining learning style preferences is the VARK (visual, audio, read/write, kinesthetic) questionnaire. The VARK learning style assessment was developed by Neil Fleming in 1987. The questionnaire consists of 16 questions with multiple answer options. Respondents are allowed to skip a question or pick multiple answer choices if necessary (Barman, Jaafar, & Rahim, 2009). Those taking the questionnaire find the questions easy to relate to since they are based on real life situations (Rogers, 2009). Once the questionnaire is completed a score will be provided along with the corresponding learning preference and identified learning strategies. It is necessary for students to be aware of their learning style preference and to know the best way to study in order to reach their full learning potential. This paper will discuss the VARK questionnaire results of the author of this paper. After completing the VARK questionnaire, results for this author showed a multimodal learning preference. Those falling into this category have no defined preference. According to the VARK website, “If you have multiple preferences you are in the majority, as approximately 60% of any population fits that category” (http://www.vark-learn.com). This author finds using different combinations of the VARK modes to be most...
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...of writing and reading because some years I liked to read and write but other years I didn’t like it. I liked reading short stories, poems, and nonfiction books but I didn’t like historical stories, research, or long books. I’ve never a finished a book until high school because I never found a book I liked considering I never tried since I didn’t have an interest in reading. Although, now I can say I like to read if I find the right book when i use to say that i hated reading. The youngest I remember writing was in 6th grade when I would write letters to my dad. I wrote letters to my dad after my parents got divorced since I didn’t get to see my dad from it. My letters would be about how much I missed him, how school was going, and how things were different. I wrote...
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...Throughout this eight-week Literature class we have read many short stories and poems. When I started the class I didn’t know what to expect and as the class went on I continuously learned more about different types of writing and most importantly myself. Even the pieces of writing that I didn’t like I could connect with, there was always an underlining symbolism or metaphor that made it possible. But like any person I had favorites and least favorites. Walt Whitman’s ‘I saw in Louisiana a Live Oak Growing’ all the way from week one was one of my favorite pieces of writing we have read all semester. The writing speaks, telling the reader to reach out for friendship and companionship. The last two lines ‘uttering joyous leaves all its life without a friend a lover near, I know very well I could not,’ (Whitman pg. 7). Whitman is telling the reader that life would mean very little without the company we keep. I can relate to what he is saying because it couldn’t be more true. There is not a single person in this world, no matter how strong or independent that would make it without at least one other person in their life. This piece makes me think of my family, which is so important to me. Another of my favorite reads was one of the shortest of the semester in week three, Carl Sandburg’s ‘A Fence’. There was a big emotional pull in this story for me. The emotional fence is the one that people put up to keep away the bad but also turns out to keep away the good. The poem mentions ‘As...
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... The manual I chose to read and critique is the Samsung Galaxy S III. I can say that I’m a big fan on the S III. I have had this phone for almost 2 years and I have yet to have any complaint with this phone yet. With that said I first purchase the phone I had a few issue with how the OS flowed when I first looked at manual, I was able to comb thru most of the setting and feature this phone provided for me. After reading the material in our class I have realized that there is an art to creating a manual, and that a manual should not be just words on a paper but it needs to certain point check off in order for it to be a great and well-rounded manual. For this manual that I’m writing about, I will be judging this manual on a few criteria’s * The usability of the manual * Are there any error because of no proof reading * Dose the manual appeal to different types of learning * Is the manual acceptable for user who are not tech savvy to understand * After the reader has read the manual with the user be confident to work on their new product Usability of the Manual When you first look at the manual you will see that the usability of the manual is executed very well. When you look at the table of contents you will see that every feature and function that the phones is lay out in the table of content. As to notice in the table of content you will not only find the titles of the category, you will also see sub category’s laid out for the user to easily follow...
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