...computer-assisted instruction (CAI) programs have important factors that can motivate, challenge, increase curiosity and control, and promote fantasy in children. Despite the fact that computer and video games gave the same multimedia capability as CAI programs, Begg et. al. (2005) stressed in their study “Game-Informed Learning: Applying Computer Game Processes to Higher Education” that their potential learning impact is often discounted by parents and educators. Recently, computer-based video games presence and popularity have been ever-growing, and game developers and researchers have started to investigate video games impact on students’ cognitive learning. For, example Pillay (2002) commenced a study entitled “Journal of Research on Technology in Education” investigating the influence of recreational computer games on children’s subsequent performance on instructional tasks. While game-playing is regarded somewhat negative in educational settings, particularly for young children, re-scrutinization of its influence in a teaching and learning context is crucial. This study investigated whether computer-based video games facilitate children’s cognitive learning achievement. In comparison to traditional CAI programs, this study explored the impact of the varied types of instructional delivery strategies on children’s learning achievement. Research results from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Children’s Digital Media Centers pioneered by Riedeout et. al. (2003) found in...
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...May Your Trails be Crooked Edward Abbey wrote a poem in which he spoke about a crooked and wild road leading to amazing and wondrous places. My take on what he was conveying is simply telling the reader that he hopes they will follow the unbroken path instead of the one that has been tread on a million times before. Travel the trails that have risks, for those are the paths that lead to the most beautiful sights. They can lead to wild, unexplored territory or ruins from long ago. These roads lead to the wonders humanity is forgetting. They lead to the childlike wonder that even children have now forgotten. This piece, to me, means that there is an entire world out there to explore, but most are unwilling and unwanting to explore...
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...Brenda Ortiz October 10,2013 Mrs. Hua English 801 B “Celebrity role models” Miley Cyrus, Amanda Bynes, and Britney Spears what do all these celebrities have in common? They all rose to stardom as childhood stars and have become a tremendous part of children’s lives. They have transformed from talented singing to talented acting. As these stars tend to grow older they become exposed to an amount of certain things. These things include body image issues, alcohol, drugs, and sexuality. Many of these things start affecting their image in the media. Celebrity’s actions affect children who look up to them. Its like the saying “monkey see monkey do” they want to be exactly like them. Young girls begin to starve themselves because of body image insecurities, casual teenage sex is immensely increasing, and clothing is beginning to get smaller and smaller. The worse case scenario is they typically blame their unacceptable behavior on television. All these bad habits are being adopted from children, which we must shut down. Increasingly Celebrity images are being publicized immensely across television, movies, magazines, and Internet in our generation of technology. I strongly believe this is largely a negative development. Miley Cyrus for instance, was known as “Hanna Montana” on the Disney Channel. The Hanna Montana franchise made Disney close to a $1 billion dollar. (DailyPix). That’s all thanks to her inspiring fans that look up to Miley Cyrus as a role model. Also her...
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...methods to procedures in the modern American society to a more substantial degree than ever, recognized by readers of his novel, Brave New World. This portrays a world centered around scientific progress and control. Huxley brings to light the extremity of influence given to Americans by revolutionary science. In an effort to forever improve, society has conformed to many ways of fixing imperfections. From surgeries and medications for honest sicklings to injections for greedy, pretentious abusers, people as a whole have transformed from the good ole days to the fast-paced, materialistic world. While discoveries in science are often for the benefit of society, is it possible that these newfound treasures are actually a preface for rot and ruin? Since most little girls could remember, the only way it seemed plausible to become successful was by living in the body of Cinderella or Barbie or Miss America. As they began to mature, nothing changed. The image remained as a beautiful bag of bones when media and celebrities were constantly thrown in their face. In the past, if they didn’t have “the look”, they were left hopeless and self-conscious. Thankfully, some idiot decided they would abuse the power of nature and science by providing these girls with an answer to their prayers. Plastic Surgery! What they didn’t account for was the impact. Now, not only were the glamorous allowed to have the image, everyone was-again, reducing the confidence in the female population and encouraging...
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...ethical behavior. The movie Enron: the smartest guys in the room, says that what happened at Enron is perceived as an issue about the numbers but that it in fact is a human tragedy. It’s a tale in which the people at the top of the company are so great at what they do that people they have the whole nation believing in them and continually buying stock. The tragedy is that they weren’t doing it in an ethical manner but even more tragic is the fact that everyone has been thought that the characteristic of Ken Lay, chairmen and CEO at Enron, and Jeff Skilling, COO at Enron, are good qualities to have. Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling were not bad people, in fact they had all the makings of great business men. Lay’s childhood is described as an unpleasantly penniless childhood, but Lay managed to work several jobs as a child wanting a better life for himself. The movie describes Lay as a dreamer of sorts by telling a story of a time he was sitting on a tractor and thinking about all he do could do in business, he was ambitious. Lay considers himself a visionary and when he meets Jeff Skilling he knows he is a man with big ideas, Skilling was an innovator and innovation has always been what’s made a company successful take Steve Jobs with the iPhone, he created something no one thought was ever possible and cornered a markets. Skilling...
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...Cystic Fibrosis Cystic fibrosis is a recessive, genetic illness, which affects the work of lungs, liver, intestine, and pancreas. This disease causes malfunctioning of the chloride and sodium transportation across the body and results in the thick and viscous secretions. Nowadays, cystic fibrosis affects thousands of people, especially in Europe and the US. Although, cystic fibrosis is a rare disease, it is quickly spreading all over the world and leads to the general shortage of life. In fact, it is a serious disease, which calls for an immediate diagnosis and appropriate treatment. History of the Disease Cystic fibrosis was discovered in the first half of the 20th century. However, without doubts, it emerged thousands of years before. The researchers surmise that cystic fibrosis appeared about 3000 BC, as a result of migration and gene mutation. During the 16-17th centuries, the salty taste of the skin (which is the symptom of cystic fibrosis) was considered a sign of bewitchment. Dr. Dorothy Andersen was the very first to describe the peculiarities and main characteristics of this disease. Before that investigation, the humanity had already known some facts and elements of cystic fibrosis. The reason for such late examination of this disease can be explained with the lack of required tools and means. Even nowadays, there are still many researches, aiming at providing objective information about cystic fibrosis and applying to the methods of the newborn and antenatal...
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...scholarship. So for 2012 we will grant two $10,000 awards, along with a special $500 creative grant! An enormous THANK YOU goes out to all our online viewers and to Capcom, Namco, Warner Bros, and Atlus for allowing us to run the PPV. Students, this was an enormously difficult decision, so congratulations to our 2012 winners. Dillon Jay Hageman Dillon is a local Las Vegas player and a freshman at UNLV. He plans to major in Engineering or Computer Science and apply his education to designing games. In his essay, Dillon talked about how games have given him a positive outlet when dealing with some tough personal circumstances. There are a million different reasons to play games, and everyone has their own unique story. I’ve had a tough childhood. My parents got divorced when I was just six years old and my dad hasn’t been in my life worth mentioning ever since. … Throughout my younger years I was one of the most athletic people I’ve ever known. Injuries and family issues caught up to me, and sports faded out of my life. … For some people, games are just a way to pass time. Games for me have always meant just so much more than that. When I lost the ability to compete in sports, games supplied that thrill of competition for me. More than anything though, they allowed me to escape from life for short periods of time and kept me sane when things were difficult. … I’m majoring in engineering/computer science because games have done so much for me and I want to help design a game...
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...cyberbullying affects teens and young adults and also how internet privacy plays a role in cyberbullying. There is an article from Bob Sullivan (2013) that talks about how internet privacy is a complicated issue and there are criminals who break into websites to steal personal information. Since people can get someone else’s personal information, that makes it easier for a cyberbully to create a fake profile on a social media site, and make fun of and belittle someone else. Keywords: Cyberbullying, electronic communication, Cyberbullying and How Internet Privacy is Involved Traditional face-to-face bullying has been identified as a risk factor for the social and emotional adjustment of perpetrators, targets, and bully victims during childhood and adolescence. Bullies have now found a new way to reach their targets, by cyberbullying. They now can go on the internet and social media websites or use their cell phone. With the bully being able to do this they have the power to reach their targets at any time of the day or night (Helen Cowie., 2013). Teens should be able to go on their social media websites and have all their personal information private, that way no one can get that information and expose another teen. Because bullying has surpassed school and made its way onto social media websites, which are supposedly private and used quite frequently in the lives of teenagers, there is a more...
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...Howard R. Stephens Jr. Dr. Cruz ENG 2115 11/25/14 Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 is a brilliant fictional book written by Ray Bradbury in 1954. It is about future American people that do not know or pay attention to education, but rely entirely on technology. In relation to our past generation, people would have never felt this society would relate to our world. As our generation goes on you can start to relate Fahrenheit 451 to today’s society. There are certain things that are out of reach for our society, and then there are certain things that hit our society right on the head. Our society today is more concentrated on technology as in Fahrenheit 451. By Fahrenheit 451 being a fictional book it is almost unreal that it relates so well to our society today. The main character Montag is a fireman whose job is to go around town and torch books. Books in this futuristic society are banned. Society in this book forces people to drive recklessly, watch more than enough television on wall-size sets, and listen to the radio with ear attachments to their ears. At the beginning Montag has no doubt that society is right. As the story goes along he meets a young girl named Clarisse McClellan. Clarisse McClellan helps him realize the hollowness of his job and life with her constant and intriguing questions, love of nature and people, and her gentleness. Montag goes through a tough time a few days later. Montag’s wife, Mildred, tries to commit suicide by consuming a canteen of sleeping...
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...Samuel L. Clemens Rocking in a chair with a stream of smoke flowing above the white, bushy hair lies a true American man who put forth his pencil and began to create art by word by paragraph by book. Samuel L. Clemens is a man that doesn’t “ring a bell” in many people's head, however, when the name Mark Twain is said America, Tom Sawyer, Mississippi, Huckleberry Finn, and Humor are thought by everyone. Clemens has a story that is like no other person with the horrors of the west to a successful author who gave his life to the art of writing. On a cool, crisp day on November 30th in 1835, America’s greatest writer was conceived in Florida, Missouri: Samuel L. Clemens. The beginning years of childhood for Clemens were a struggle, for his...
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...Zenobia Braund Zenobia Braund Zenobia Braund [company name] Zenobia Braund [company name] Unit 1: Developing Effective communication in Health and Social care. Bra15436310 Unit 1: Developing Effective communication in Health and Social care. Bra15436310 CONTENTS! TOPIC | PAGE | -INTRODUCTION TO WHY COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT | 2-3 | -THE HISTORY OF COMMUNICATION | 3 | -VERBAL/NON VERBAL COMMUNICATION | 3-5 | -FORMAL/INFORMAL COMMUNICATION | 6 | -OTHER FORMS OF COMMUNICATION | 7-8 | -BARRIERS TO COMMUNICATION | 9-10 | -CONCLUSION | 10 | Communication, what is it and why is it important? Communication is one of the most important things we learn throughout life. Communication is the ability to transfer information between people successfully, to be able to effectively communicate is vital as it means we can understand a services users’ needs or request in the setting of health and social care. There are many different varieties of communication and throughout this report I will go through them. An example is verbal, and non-verbal. And difference mediums such as braille, sign language or spoken language. Communication can be altered and send a completely different message easily by changing many things, things such as tone, pace of even a small thing like body language. Once again, I will go through this later on in the report. Communication is so important as to be able to get across the desired message successfully can determine whether...
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...Managing talents such as celebrities, singers, models, or endorsers is a very challenging and demanding job. It needs a lot of courage, effort, creativity, time, passion, and love for the work and for the talents. If I were given a chance and opportunity to manage talents, I think I would make it to a point that I will be really hands-on while they are having their training, workshops, and preparation for their auditions or projects. I would assist them in putting together and setting up their portfolios to be presented to different people who may provide them their big breaks in the industry. I would be happy to help my talents to achieve their dreams and make significant marks and difference in the industry while they themselves are happy in their jobs and are developing and growing up as good persons with great talents. However, managing different talents needs different approach. Before deciding or planning on the best ways or approach to manage them, I think it would be better if I have already assessed them – what they want or need, their career goals and dreams, who they are and what they can offer to the audience, as well as what their unique “selling points” are or what is something special about them. For the kid, I think she is really amazing. I cannot believe that such a great quality voice, extraordinary talent in music, clear pronunciations and good dictions and a charming face can be encapsulated in a body (or vocal chords) of a young girl. When I heard her...
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...topic, or are even passionate about it, you will probably be more motivated to keep working when the “going gets tough.” Thus, while “interest” in a topic is important, mere interest will probably not sustain you through this project. You might ask yourself, “What is it about this topic that sparks my interest enough to write a ten page paper about it?” Once you choose the topic, please respond to the five questions below. Each of your responses should be approximately two paragraphs in length. This assignment will be graded using the Week 1 Assignment Rubric available in Doc Sharing. Education | Technology | Family | Health and Wellness | School Bullies | Multitasking and Technology | Sexualization of Girls | College Students and Weight Issues | No Child Left Behind Act/Race to the Top | Technology and Social Isolation | Gender Discrimination | Childhood Obesity | Grade Inflation | Perils of Social Networking | Unequal Rights in Marriage, Children | Fad Diets | College Students and Underage Drinking | Online Dating/Online Predators/Sex Offenders | Children of Divorce | Junk Food | Student Debt | Illegal Downloading of Protected Content | Domestic Violence | Sedentary Lifestyles | College Students, Cheating, and Plagiarism | Internet...
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...symptoms of social anxiety disorder include stomach aches, shallow breathing, sweating, feeling hot flashes, feeling like your heart is racing, tightness in chest, feeling tense, or shakiness. According to the Canadian Mental Health Association (2012), about 8% of people will experience symptoms of social anxiety disorder at some point in their life and women were found to experience social anxiety more than men. Social anxiety disorder often starts sometime between childhood and teenage years, and “the majority of people said that their symptoms started before they were 18” (“Canadian Mental Health Association”, 2012). People with this particular disorder go through many obstacles and difficulties throughout their life than those without it. Social anxiety has a significant impact on peoples’, more specifically childrens’, relationships and work/academic success. A person’s relationship with their family, friends and partner is important to maintain in order to live a happy life, but social anxiety can ruin these relationships. For those with social anxiety disorder, simple social situations can cause anxiety and fear, and they will go to great lengths to avoid social situations such as family gathering, parties, and other social events. The more and more they withdraw from those who care about them, the more isolated and alone they’ll feel, which can ultimately lead to other alternatives to reduce the impact of their symptoms such as the use of alcohol and other addictive...
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...C. Clarke was born in Minehead, Somerset, England, and grew up in Bishops Lydeard. As a young lad, he enjoyed star gazing as he lived on a farm. He read a lot of science fiction magazines to add on to his upbringing. He gained his secondary education at Huish Grammar school in Taunton. At the school, he would write science fiction papers and magazine articles whichthat got featured in magazines and the schools papers. This town is important to his childhood because this is where he discovered the Taunton library. He visited daily to get new books, he borrowed W.Olaf Stapledon’s last and first men. He said “no other book before had such an impact on his imagination.” That being said I would be confident in saying his genius would likely be linked...
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