...1. What is the topic of your speech? Texting and driving. 2. Are you speaking on a question of fact, value, or policy? Fact 3. What is your specific purpose statement? To persuade my audience to not text while drivingand pay more attention to the road. 4. Can you answer yes to all the questions on the Specific Purpose Checklist on page 87 of your textbook? Yes 5. Is your speech meant to achieve passive agreement or immediate action from your audience? Passive agreement. 6. What is your central idea? Today, I will discuss reasons why you should not text and drive, the consequences of what can happen when you do text and drive, and some statistics showing the injury and fatality rate of this dangerous act. 7. Can you answer yes to all the questions on the Central Idea Checklist on page 92 of your textbook? Yes 8. What is the target audience for your speech? How will you adapt your speech to be persuasive to your target audience? Be specific. My target audience is everyone who currently texts and drives or knows someone who does it. 9. What method(s) of gaining attention do you use in the introduction? Presenting the audience with facts about texting and driving along with using visual aids and outcomes of texting while driving. Pjlskj 10. How do you establish your credibility in the introduction? I establish my credibility in the introduction by admitting to texting and driving and placing myself in the shoes...
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...equipped with smartphones and it is a rare site to see a student who doesn’t have a smartphone or a computer. As the age limit for owning these things are also being brought down as we now see small kids and primary students having these devices when they were once only bought after a certain age. The age limit for having these devices are going down and therefore the chances are that the modern day high school student has probably grown up being surrounded by smartphones and technology that he/she is proficient in its use by the time they are all grown up. These smartphones, being a major part of the modern teen society, plays major roles in their lives. Teenagers and students use them for entertainment, playing games, watching movies, and texting and calling our friends. As you can see smartphones play a major role in a teenager’s life and the typical teenager is usually inseparable from their mobile companion. Therefore it is only natural to include this device into a school students education, as they can learn of a device that they are so used to living with as well as the potential for learning material to be presented on a much more interesting basis due to the interactive capabilities of a smartphone. The question is, although using smartphones in the education department sounds appealing and intuitive, will it actually aid with education or provide the students with further distractions that’s break their focus on their studies? Providing smartphones...
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...Ashley Fuell Marissa Campbell English 121 May 6, 2014 Is Texting Making Us Dumb? Almost everyone I know over the age of twelve years old owns a cellphone and uses it to communicate through text message. Add to that the large amount of people who use email and social media, and it’s clear that we depend a lot on technology to communicate with each other. In order to make these methods more efficient and immediate, a form of tech speak has developed and due to frequent, constant use, has begun to creep into the school classrooms. Tech speak is a form of slang that shortens words to make text messaging faster. It also includes emoticons, a way of using punctuation marks to make a picture of a face or whatever the user wants to form. Technology is making us bad spellers with the use of spell checkers and autocorrect. This texting lingo is also damaging our youth’s written language skills because students are finding it increasingly difficult to switch between using tech speak and proper grammar. Further, texting is hindering students’ abilities to focus in class, hurting their grades. Finally, college entrance officers are reporting application essays with tech speak and acronym shortcuts being submitted by prospective students that end up causing the student to be denied entrance to the college. Tech speak is becoming increasingly more evolved and complex in its own way. Students who use tech speak, or texting lingo, tend to ignore punctuation and capitalization rules, use...
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...Aspen Garcia Period: 4 Pomranka-English 11 December 7, 2012 Is It Getting Out of Hand? Most Americans could say they can’t go a day without texting, checking their email, updating their Facebook/Twitter profile, or getting on the computer to look something up. Today we have every form of technology a person could think of. Cell phones have evolved into something more than just a phone call; they allow people to send text messages, check email, get on the internet, take photos, play games, use GPS, listen to music and so much more. Computers allow people to surf the web, email, access social networking websites, type documents, and explore many new programs. “These advances sometimes have negative consequences, and they have forced heated debates about whether or not humanity was better off before the new technology was introduced” (Technology Gale, online). Technology has become tremendously popular over the last several years. It has begun to take over people’s lives and affect the way they live their daily life in a negative way. People are becoming dependent on the technology and it’s causing people to be lazy. If students are doing research, they don’t hesitate to get on Google to look up what they need. I know for me, it is an easy way to get the answers I need. Instead of coming up with topics and information by getting a textbook or book from the library, they just get it from the internet because it’s quick and easy. Also, Technology makes it easy for people to cheat...
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... Oral Media. Oral communication is the best when you need to encourage interaction, express emotions, or monitor emotional responses. (Textbook, page 96) Advantages – Provide opportunity for immediate feedback. Promote interaction. Allow the expression of the emotions behind the message. Disadvantages – Restrict participation to those physically present. In most cases, reduce communicator’s control over the message. Other than for messages that are prewritten and rehearsed, offer no opportunity to review or edit spoken words. (Textbook, page 100) Written Media. Printed messages have been replaced in many instances by electronic media, although the print medium still has a place in business today. (Textbook, page 96) Advantages – Allow planning, and control of message. Reach geographically dispersed audiences. Can help control the emotional aspects of an interchange by eliminating interpersonal communication. Disadvantages – Usually not conducive to speedy feedback. Lack the rich nonverbal cues provided by oral media. For elaborate documents, can require special skills in preparation and production. (Textbook, page 100) Visual Media. In some situations, a message that is predominantly visual, with text used to support the illustration, can be more effective that a message that relies primarily on text. (Textbook, page 98) Advantages – Can convey complex ideas and relationships quickly. Often less intimidating than long blocks of text, particularly...
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...not inflict any physical harm, and it is not as harmful to somebody saying things through technology as it is in person. I however, believe that it is not morally justifiable to text messages or post comments online that one would not consider acceptable to say in person because the damage done from cyber bullying hurts feelings and lasts longer than physical bullying. There are several terms in my paper and the definitions will be as follows. The use of the word victims refers to the people receiving the messages and online comments. Cyber bullying is defined as bullying through social media, internet or cell phones. Examples of cyber bulling would be the use of texting messages or posting comments that would not be morally justifiable to say in person. The aggressor of cyber bullying is the person that is texting messages or posting comments on social media that one would not find morally justifiable to say in person. The aggressors actions directly effect the victim through cyber bullying. Social media in this paper is defined as online websites that allow users to create and share content. Morality and ethics are the philosophical theories through which we determine right and wrong conduct Internet was born in the 1960’s and showed many advancements in the 1970s. The internet was a rapidly growing technology that linked countries and people together. Email was created in the 1970’s, creating a form of communication overseas. At this time the internet was used mostly for...
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...I am a professional at juggling multiple tasks at one time! Being a wife, mother of three, and dog owner of 4, there is not enough time in the day to complete all the tasks I have on my agenda, so I do many things at once. For instance, I clean, cook, and watch my children all while washing laundry and holding a conversation with my husband! However, this requires my attention to be everywhere and that can cause problems. When something comes up that takes a little more of my attention than I can afford to give, I wind up getting mixed up and put the dish soap in the milk and the chocolate syrup in the dishes. There are times which multitasking can be very helpful, yet there are time in which multitasking can be a bad idea. If someone is driving,...
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...My Mediated Communication Jennifer Collier COM 200 May 30, 2016 Karen Bisset My Mediated Communication Computer-Mediated-Communication (CMC) is a huge part of most everyone’s life. And today’s world majority of people use some form of digital communication including e-mail and private messaging like on Facebook. For this assignment I logged my CMC chart on my day off from work but I still use my computer and cellphone quite a bit. Even though CMC is a big part of our lives, people should understand how verbal and non-verbal communication are effected by CMC because there can be miscommunications and can lack emotion On the day I recorded my communication. I was on my phone a computer for a total of 4 hours and 25 minutes. I was busy that day so this total is probably low compared the most days. I use my phone to communicate more often because I can take my phone and where I go. “The sheer number of verbal messages that are exchanged via digital and new media is staggering, and this growth is primarily due to increased mobile phone use” (Bevan & Sole, 2014, Chapter 4.4, para. 3). As technology has evolved over the years most of us communicate more with cell phones and computers then we did 20 years ago. We are able to communicate on the go. While I was communicating with my mom on the phone I was able to use one function of nonverbal communication. “To express emotion, and we depend on nonverbal communication a great deal when we want to share how we are...
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...more groups have similar or the same WORDING for a writing assignment, this will result in a ZERO for that assignment. • You will be graded on o Grammar/Punctuation o Accuracy o Clarity o Organization • Introduction/ Case description ▪ You should include briefly summarize the case. ▪ The summary should not exceed 2/3 of a page. • All assignments must be typed. • Use 12 pt Times New Roman font. • DO NOT PLAGIARIZE our textbook or external sources. ➢ If you are using an idea from a book, magazine, website, journal etc., make sure you reference the source and use endnotes. ➢ If you use the EXACT wording from a book, magazine, website, journal etc., use quotation marks and end notes to PROPERLY reference the source. ➢ Plagiarism of ANY KIND will result in a ZERO for that assignment. • Writing a paper is different from texting or speaking. You are expected to use proper spelling, grammar and punctuation. • Take advantage of our Writing Center. • Your cases should be 2 pages or more. • You must submit your cases to turnitin.com. If it is the first time you’ve EVER logged on to turnitin.com: 1.) Click on New User 2.) Click on Sign up for turnitin. 3.) Click on student under the Create a New account box. 4.) Fill out the Create a New Account form and o Class/selection ID: 4225913 o Enrollment...
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...Introduction to Psychology PSYC 2510.06 A Prof. Richard Lalonde with Dr. Heather Jordan Welcome – Bienvenue à Glendon Intro to Psych – Textbook • Please report any errors in this 4th ed to me via e‐ mail Introduction to Psychology • Textbook – the cool stuff – https://login.nelsonbrain.com/course/MTPQ‐ 8LJP‐505M Breken Finnie or David Groth? • Moodle – http://www.glendon.yorku.ca/eclass/ • Course syllabus What Moodle will be used for? • Posting class notes in pdf format (after class) • Dr. Jordan’s Practice Questions & Study Skills • Class announcements (infrequently) • Checking your scores on exams • Some links of interest 1 Course Evaluation • Four non‐cumulative exams – 20% (lowest mark) & 30% (highest mark) by term Weekly lectures • Selected topic from textbook • Additional, related material and concepts – demos, videos, discussions, … • 2 bonus points for research participation • no opportunities for extra assignments • Exam questions: from textbook & lectures including info from lectures not found in the text, as well as material covered in the text but not covered in lectures • If you miss a class, borrow notes from a classmate Course Objectives • To gain a working knowledge of the scope of the discipline of Psychology and a foundation for future studies within the field. • Required course for students who intend to pursue additional courses in Psychology. • Students must pass the course with a grade of ...
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...don’t stress over a math problem. I don’t read about the issues going on in our society today. I turn the radio on in my car and although it’s tempting, I don’t think about anything but the road and the music. Strapped inside this shield with nothing but the radio on and the open road in front of me; I am content. A common issue most people face is the lack of time they have during the day to enjoy their life away from work and struggle. I know my mind is constantly running, thinking about the events in my day’s agenda and how on earth I’m going to accomplish all of them by sundown. Most people use every opportunity they have during the day to complete their work, so they do not have to bring it home with them. This is why you see people texting while they are driving, or sending an email in the middle of traffic. So that when they go home they have one thing less to worry about, and have more time to enjoy their time away from work. The bizarre thing is my mind seems to come to a halt when I step inside my car. Any thought related to work or stress is eliminated. The unfinished work finds it’s way into my trunk. I no longer think about the agenda I have for the rest of the day. I no longer think about the work I’m bringing home with me to finish. I think about the music. The joy listening to others sing about their goals, and their definition of a good time brings to me. My problems seem to miraculously disappear like the houses I pass on my way to school. The place I am most...
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...with the increase flow of all this new information. When you find all these different articles or facts off the Internet or textbooks we students can sometimes put too much information in our papers and not have enough sited sources. Often times the cluttering of essay and point can side track or even confuse the reader. This is the reason the revision of essays is 100 percent fool proof and is essential to have an extra set of eyes read your own work. In the essay "Simplicity," William Zinnser states, "clutter is the disease of American writing" (129). With writing any type of paper the writer may run into the same problems that pelages many students, which is the clutter of information. Today generation have an almost infinite amount of sources of information on the Internet trying to document each source is often not taking into account. The biggest problem that professors have is to advise students to site their sources to comply with MLA format; but if hey have too much information and don’t source their information they are plagiarizing. With today’s technology becoming smarter the younger generations are losing some of their grammar skills with spell check or auto spell. In "Its Academic, or Is it?” Charles R. Larson writes how students writing grammatically correct sentences are having problems because they use too much of their time texting. Adults also are succumbing to simple grammatical mistakes with the new technology that auto fixes them. With the newer technology...
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... Samsung and these distractions are helpful but can be very dangerous. People are expose to a great amount of technology on consistent base. Technology has control lives, social and decision skills. The contribution of technology hinder the current generation as a whole in today’s world. Because technology have an impact on the lives of people, this trend has had a negative effect on society, the growth of intelligence and how we conduct business. Social media has offered the world a huge contribution in how cellphones gain a negative effects on society because it effects people communication skills. Cellphones have invented new apps such as: Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter etc., that influence people to become more comfortable with texting friends and family rather than indulging a face to face conversation. In the article, “Teens spend a 'mind-boggling' 9 hours a day using media, report says” by Kelly Wallace published in the CNN that proves that teens check social media 100 times and “spend on average 9 hours a day consuming media” (CNN, 2015). Social media has provoke to form a consistent habit as people get older. Using Kelly Wallace as a source, social media can be justified to be distraction towards the world. People cannot educate themselves or prioritize their work ethics if they are checking their social media multiple times a day. The more time people are using social media as a tool to communicate with others, is the less time they able are to spend with their...
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...The issue presented is something we all need to spend some time and think about. As it not only affects us, but others in the society. It is time for us, to not be selfish and start thinking about others around us. I personally enjoyed this work of art as it was on a topic that actually occurs to me on a daily basis. Whenever I am sitting in a quiet place whether it be trying to study or relax, there always seems to be one person to disturb that moment. A majority of those people who ruin that time are, of course using their personal electronics. Another reason I do not like the constant use of electronics is because whenever I go to spend time with my friends, I usually end up getting annoyed. Due to the fact that they are constantly texting away, and not focusing on fun things we can do without the use electronics. This is a very important topic because it affects how we will act in the future. Nowadays there are so many that prefer to text people instead of meeting face to face or calling. Not only because it saves time but also it saves the effort it takes of having to go through all of the work. Imagine, how it will be in the future where humans communicate to each other electronically instead of verbally. It also disturbs the peaceful environment during the time in which most people are trying to relax or even just enjoy the moment. The author made a reference about the train scene in which a woman was discussing the disease she believes she caught. This just proves that...
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...thinking and language. Answer the following questions in 100-200 words each: a) How do individuals acquire and develop language? Individuals acquire languages from birth as infants. Some theorists have said that language acquisition "starts", in a sense, by our having a built-in or hard-wired capacity for language. Infants learn language by copying their parents their first word are most times mommy or dad. They learn first basic words that refer to common objects or actions. They learn to associate noises with actions by or objects by repeatedly experiencing both in close conjunction. Humans have the greatest ability to acquire languages before the ages of seven. As we grow older, though, we can continue to learn new languages (GCU textbook). b) How do you personally communicate your thoughts and how did you learn to do so? I’m not that good at communicating my thoughts. So when I do what helps me is to go over it again and again in my head. Then I communicate my thought this helps me keep from offending anyone. It also helps me make sure they understand what I'm saying. I learned to do this at a small age with the help from my father and teachers. I was in speech class in elementary school they would make us write down in a journal about our day then read it out loud to them. This has helped me develop my communication skills and express myself through my thoughts. c) Based on your own experiences, what are some symbols (e.g., letters of the alphabet) people...
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