...Nowadays, technology is growing rapidly and it creates great and modern devices. The growing technology has spread its ability to various fields. Technology refers to the making, modification, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems, and methods of organization, in order to solve a problem, improve a pre-existing solution to a problem, achieve a goal, handle an applied input and output relation or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, including machinery, modifications, arrangements and procedures. Technologies significantly affect human as well as other animal species' ability to control and adapt to their natural environments. The term can either be applied generally or to specific areas such as construction technology, medical technology, and information technology. Technology has affected society and its surroundings in a number of ways. In many societies, technology has helped develop more advanced economies which including today's global economy and has allowed the rise of a leisure class. (May Principe, 2012) According to Lai Mun Chow and Yap Su Fei (2004), Malaysia is an emerging Asian economy aspiring to move towards a technology-driven and high-tech production-based pattern of development and thus replicate the experience of the newly industrializing economies (NIEs) of Asia. In fact, Malaysia has been categorized in the group of countries that have the potential to create new technologies on their...
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...Jessica Billings EDU- 225 June 17, 2012 Unwrapping the Technology Standards Colorado Standards * Knowledge of Literacy * Knowledge of Mathematics * Knowledge of Standards and Assessment * Knowledge on Content * Knowledge of Classroom and Instructional Management * Knowledge of Individualization of Instruction * Knowledge of Technology * Democracy, Educational Governance and Careers in Teaching National Education Technology Standards for Teachers * National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers: * Facilitate and inspire learning and creativity * Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments. * Model Digital-Age Work and Learning * Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility * Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership Today computers are in every classroom. Technology has changed since 1988, going from very little to so much in a classroom. The first time I used a computer was in Elementary school. I had a lot of problem’s learning technology, even still today I do. Learning doesn’t come easy tome and although there are helpful tools, technology is not always the answer. Technology has been progressing and it changes the way we teach and learn today more than in the past. Technology is helping teachers teach our students in a whole new way. Chalkboards are leaving and dry erase or smart boards are replacing them. By the time students reach the fourth grade, most have...
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...The ISTE National Educational Technology Standards (NETS*T) and Performance Indicators for Teachers indicates that teachers should be able to design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments. Since I am not yet a teacher, these are the steps I plan to take to meet this NETS*T standard once I become one. In order to create learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote learning and creativity, I would assign a research project. Students would include gathering information from online sources and then creatively deciding how to present that information to the class. Options could include recoding a “radio show”, making a “news cast” video, or making a short movie. Therefore, granting the students access to several technological device choices in one assignment. I would develop a technology-enriched learning environment that enables students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress by having them participate in adaptive learning programs. Programs such as Dreambox and Reading Eggs create self-paced lessons to match students’ individual needs. Dreambox for example gives the student choices when deciding which path to take and which activity to complete. Once a series of activities are completed the student can move on to the next lesson. This allows the student to manage their learning and assess...
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...Part 1 (a) Explain what is meant by standards-compliance in terms of valid XHTML 1.0 ‘strict’ Document type and valid CSS 2.1 Description and implementation of a coding solution to achieve standards-compliant XHTML and CSS for prototype OURC website. (b) Explanation of what is meant by the term usability in terms of the websites. For the amendments you have made to the templates to achieve usability of the prototype OURC website. To ensure usability of the website, I amended the code on both templates to ensure that there is clear and consistent layout with lots of white space between the text and tables making it easier for a user to read. I amended the code in both templates to link the pages together, thereby increasing usability by making the webpages operable, efficient and easy to use. Index template I amended the coding for the (picture) image information to specify an “ALT” attribute tag, which I described as “picture of people running”. ALT tags are intended to be provided, to assist users who may be sight challenged - or using older browsers to obtain an explanation of the image(s) are representative of. I amended the code by adding an opening bracket to the HTML comment about the comments not being rendered by the webpage. This stopped this comment from appearing on the webpage and thus confusing the user. I deleted the random character ‘w’ which was an error in the text about the handicap race distances. I also deleted the html...
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...having knowledge of technology there is a list of required skills that they must master during a specific grade level. Pre-K through Second must acquire skills based off the standards located on the ISTE website before being considered competent on their grade level. These standards are on a national level to insure that all students are technology literate and competent. Students must illustrate and communicate original ideas that involves the use of digital tools and resources. They must be able to identify, research and collect types of data using the appropriate resources and providing the correct solution. All must engage in learning activities with learns of different cultures through the use of email and other means. Students must work well in a collaborative group using a variety of technology to produce presentations and provide safe demonstration and cooperative use of technology. They must acquire the knowledge to evaluate information on a current or historical person using digital resources and have the ability to use stimulations to explore depict patterns of growth. Without the help of instructor, apply independently appropriate tools and resources that address problems and communicate adequate terminology. Lastly, all students must demonstrate the ability to navigate in virtual environments such as electronic books, software and websites. The above standards is from the International Society of Technology Education and it is a set standard so that teachers can...
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...exchange (DHS, 2015). These key concepts drive wide-ranging areas of action that the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review process describes as homeland security missions. These missions are not restricted to the Department of Homeland Security. These objectives and goals says what it means to prevent, to protect, to respond, and to recover. They also shows how build in security, to ensure resilience, and to facilitate customs and exchange (DHS, 2015). There are thousands of people from across the all over the country who are responsible for executing these missions. These are the people who interact with the public, are responsible for security and public safety, operate our country’s critical services and infrastructures, develop technology, perform research, watch, prepare for, and respond to emerging disasters and threats (DHS, 2015). The five homeland security core missions are to prevent terrorism and enhancing security; secure and manage our borders; enforce and administer our immigration laws; safeguard and secure cyberspace; ensure resilience to disasters; and focus on maturing and strengthening the homeland security enterprise (DHS, 2015). The responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security is to ensure the security and safety of the United States against terror attacks and disasters. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, the Department of Homeland Security has...
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...Susana Komoda EDU - 225 August 25, 2012 Unwrapping the Technology Standards Comparison of Similarities NETS for Teachers | CTAP California Preliminary Proficiency Profile | Teachers have knowledge, skills, and worksystems that represent a working professional in a technological society (NETS-T, 2008). | Teachers are familiar with a variety of computer-based collaborative tools, demonstrates knowledge of current basic computer terminology, knows how to care for a computer, and know basic trouble shooting techniques. (CTAP, 2000). | Teachers understand local and global community situations and responsibilities in an changing technological environment and show legal and ethical behavior in their practices (NETS-T,2008). | Teachers demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the legal, ethical, and appropriate use of technology for privacy and safety(CTAP, 2000). | Teachers use their knowledge of curriculum teaching and learning, and technology to enhance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both real and virtual environments (NETS-T,2008). | Chooses software based on its effectiveness, alignment with content standards, and value to student learning (CTAP, 2000). | Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school by demonstrating effective uses of technology(NETS-T,2008). | Teachers examine a variety of new educational media and selects based on criteria to help the students learn...
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...The Effect of Technology on Christianity: Blessing or Curse? By Dale B. Sims Last Sunday I worshipped with approximately 4000 other Christians at my church. My wife and I parked about a quarter of a mile from the building. A shuttle bus picked us up and drove us to the doors of the church. We entered the large, well-lit building and walked into the sanctuary. From the back of the room I saw row upon row of stadium seats filled with people. Everyone was conversing with their neighbor, a happy buzz of words filling the air. We found two empty seats and sat down. In front of us was a stage. Seated on the stage was a fifty-piece orchestra. Next to the stage, on either side and up high on the walls, were two very large projection screens, about 20 feet by 20 feet. Messages and pictures continuously flashed across the screens providing information concerning upcoming events at the church. Soon the orchestra launched into a rendition of a familiar hymn. That signaled the start of a service that followed the same format familiar to most evangelical congregations. There was a time of welcome. Some more announcements were made by one of the ministers. Suddenly the lights dimmed in the sanctuary and the huge screens on the walls showed a video of a young woman who gave us her testimony to the saving grace of Christ in her life. The video stopped and a live camera feed showed her being baptized by our pastor. The worshippers clapped, some cried, and loud exclamations could be heard throughout...
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...goods and services, financial capital, and knowledge across country borders * Hypercompetition Extremely intense rivalry among firms, characterized by escalating and aggressive competitive moves among market challengers * Artificial constraints on business transactions across national boundaries (such as tariffs) have been eliminated. * Restraints on the transfer of resources (such as equipment, capital, raw material, and even employees) across markets have decreased significantly. * The range of competitive opportunities available to firms has greatly increased. * Hypercompetition has resulted from the dynamics of strategic maneuvering among global and innovative competitors in a volatile economy. * Performance standards have increased in many areas, including quality, cost, productivity, product introduction time, and operational efficiency. * Continuous improvement in all areas is necessary for continued survival. 5. Economic Volatility...
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...Technology and Facilitation Frank Mooe October 14, 2011 Instructor John Peterson Technology and Facilitation When discussing about facilitation in this digital-age there is much advancement inside and outside the classroom. The changes that have occurred over the years come in creativity and innovation, communication, and collaboration research and information critical thinking and problem- solving (Murray). Each of these factors has something in which each student can master. The standards in which teachers use for students in which teachers use for of K-12 are transferable because the same measures can be used for adult learners, mostly because adult learners are returning to school and are easily adapted to new learning styles. The teachers then seek to inspire students to learn they show support promote and use the knowledge of technologies using one- on- one and face to face abilities. Teachers then should design, and develop a digital-age assessment, this will allow the teacher to gain a full understanding of the content in which he or she can use. This can be done by taking learning experiences and combining them with different types or learning tools also using personal learning activities to address different learning styles. Communication promotes collaborations among students using current technologies and digital-age media to share and gain knowledge. Teachers can do this by using his or her own skills and work process which can be used in the classroom...
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...The invention of technology & its advancement in the past few years has taken a toll on human civilization’s & drastically transformed life on earth. Companies & businesses have thrived being able to increase fast production for a lower cost and also decrease the chance of human error in the process being able to store and share information with ease. In the novel Brave New World the author Aldous Huxley tries to demonstrate the dangers of when humans and the society they live in make technology a god. Right from the beginning, the Bokanovsky and the Podsnap technique are introduced to explain the production of the humans. These humans are then placed in a group called castes and participate in a method called sleep teaching. Of course, these humans still go...
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...business venture fail early the process of establishment; however, some do make it through the early years and go on to become models of success. Most of the companies struggle or fail because of a lack of focus in the functional areas of management as well as their inability to adapt to internal and external factors that they cannot control. The Beginning Wal-Mart, one the largest retailer in the world, began in 1992 as a small company in Rogers, Arkansas, it has grown to more than 8000 stores operating under 69 different names in 27 countries ("History Timeline," 2012). The company’s success comes as a result of their management model and their ability to take advantage of factors such as strategic globalization, every-changing technology, innovative thinking, cultural diversity, and ethical qualities. Going global. Wal-Mart “employs 2.2 million associates worldwide and serves 200 million customers each week” ("History Timeline,” 2012). In 1991 Wal-Mart made the decision to go global with the opening of a Sam’s Club Store in Mexico City ("History Timeline," 2012). To overcome possible language barriers and to adapt to local cultures, in some countries the company hires its general managers from the local areas. The company’s size and revenue makes it a major contributor to the world economy. Had Wal-Mart decided to only establish stores within the certain states or within only the United States they would have limited the company’ s growth potential and based...
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...newspaper containing three aspects: Latest News, Editorial, and Sports the students will post the school newspaper on the school website. In the standard NYS Learning Standards: English Language Arts students will read, write, speak, and listen for information and understanding. Intermediate. Students will-compare and synthesize information forms different sources and use a wide variety of strategies for selecting, organizing, and categorizing information. They will distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information and between fact and opinion. The students will relate new information to prior knowledge and experience. They will understand and use the text features that make information accessible and usable, such as format, sequence, level of diction, and relevance of details and establish an authoritative stance on the subject and provide references to establish the validity and verifiability of the information presented. Develop information with appropriate supporting material, such as facts, details, illustrative examples or anecdotes, and exclude extraneous materials and use the process of pre-writing, drafting, revising, and proofreading (the "writing process") to produce well-constructed informational texts. Students will read, write, speak, and listen for literary response and expression. Intermediate Students will-use standard English effectively. Students will read, write, speak, and listen for critical analysis and evaluation. Intermediate. Students will:-analyze...
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...Unwrapping the Technology Standards Rachel Boiano EDU 225 Grand Canyon University February 1, 2012 Unwrapping the Standards Technology today has been evolving for over twenty years from the first real breakthrough in the classroom in 1988 with having computers in the school. I remember going to school and being in kindergarten and playing learning games in one of the first Macintosh’s. I had some troubles with learning and reading and technology definitely helped me to be stronger in school. By the time I graduated from high school the internet was coming out and computers were very popular and the technology advanced rather rapidly. Technology changes the way students learn and the way teachers teach. The classroom has come a long way since the chalkboard and chalk. Today technology can help in many ways for teachers and students to learn and teach within a third grade classroom. Gone are the days of the older versions of computers and the blackboard. By third grade level students should know how to understand the necessary qualities of basic technology. (Bell, Sackes, Trundle) state “that the availability of a computer at home and a high socio-economic status were statistically significant predictors of children's baseline computer skills in kindergarten.”They also should know the basic concepts and understand how a technology grows and changes as well as helps us through our daily lives. Technology for the third grade should...
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...“Technological development has a positive rather than a negative impact on society.” Discuss. In the contemporary world, whether or not technological development has a positive rather than a negative impact on society is debatable. Technological development refers to a progress in scientific understanding that produces new equipment and methods. This essay will discuss these impacts which include convenience of long-distance communication, improvement of health and medical treatment and the widening gap between rich and poor. Firstly, convenience of long-distance communication is an important positive impact caused by technological development on society. It is well known that the continuous developments in telecommunications technology and the expansion of the Internet have made the long-distance communication extraordinary convenience and high efficiency. For example, overseas students can use mobile phones and instant messaging software to contact with family and friends who are living in their homeland. Geographical distance is no longer a major hurdle in human relationships. Therefore, technological development has a positive impact in long-distance communication. Furthermore, another positive impact of technological development is the improvement of human health and medical treatment level. For example, the average life span of humans continues to lengthen due to the improvement of the level of clinic medical treatment. Many kinds of illness can be cured nowadays...
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