...September 2013 Mobile Learning: Transforming Education, Engaging Students, and Improving Outcomes Darrell M. West INTRODUCTION E Darrell M. West is vice president and director of Governance Studies and holds the Douglas Dillon Chair. He is founding director of the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings. West’s studies include technology policy, electronic government, and mass media. ducation is at a critical juncture in the United States. It is vital for workforce development and economic prosperity, yet is in need of serious reform. American education was designed for agrarian and industrial eras, and does not provide all the skills needed for a 21st century economy.1 This creates major problems for young people about to enter the laborforce. Mobile learning represents a way to address a number of our educational problems. Devices such as smart phones and tablets enable innovation and help students, teachers, and parents gain access to digital content and personalized assessment vital for a post-industrial world. Mobile devices, used in conjunction with near universal 4G/3G wireless connectivity, are essential tools to improve learning for students. As noted by Irwin Jacobs, the founding chairman of Qualcomm, Inc., “always on, always connected mobile devices in the hands of students has the potential to dramatically improve educational outcomes.”2 This paper, part of our Mobile Economy Project, looks at ways that mobile devices with cellular connectivity...
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...Teenage pregnancy is an issue that profoundly troubles me. It is one of the most difficult experiences a young lady might ever face. It interrupts school and plans for a higher education. It can even rip your family apart by starting conflict among you and your parent. That is why I hate seeing so many young ladies getting pregnant at an early age. When many of them had a bright future right within your grasps. I feel todays society has belittled this issue by accepting it as something of the norm. Young ladies today are put under allot of Pressure and they also feel the need to be accepted by their peers. They will go as far as to alter who they are for acceptance. As a teens they do not understand that what they do to day can hurt them tomorrow. So most of them do not feel the need for abstinence. So simply telling teens to refrain from having sex does not work. To reduce the number of teen pregnancies teens have to learn about both the risks of sexual conduct along with how to protect themselves if they decide to have sex. Teens need to know the consequences of teen pregnancy because if they know all of the consequences that may come from having sex. They will have a better understanding of why they should stay abstinent. When more teen are practicing abstinence number of teen pregnancyes in the U.S. will...
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...Any citizen can turn on the news throughout the day and become informed about a murder or robbery that just recently happened by a solo individual, but yet do not hear about how a corporation is slowly killing off a group of people. The media seeks information based on the saying “if it don’t bleed, then it isn’t a lead” and corporate America crimes don’t bleed because the corporations are slowly and silently killing people. It is much easier to charge and convict an individual compared to a corporation. A male con commit cold blooded murder today and will be caught tomorrow, but yet the justice system cannot catch the corporation whose is slowly killing thousands by their medication that is manufactured by them yearly. Individuals commit...
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...Building a Diverse Workforce Through Nondiscrimination Bruce E. Schwab OMGT 5113 – Human Resource Management October 9, 2012 Building a Diverse Workforce Through Nondiscrimination American history has been marked by its people’s persistent and determined efforts to expand the scope of their civil rights. Although equal rights for all were affirmed in the founding documents of this country, many American’s were still denied essential employment rights. Because of the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement, many laws were passed and enacted barring an employer from discriminating against employees on most grounds. Aside from the quality of an employee's work or the nature of his or her personality, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, prohibited an employer with 15 or more employees from discriminating based on race, national origin, gender, or religion (Dessler, 2013). Although under Title VII it was deemed illegal for an employer to refuse to hire or promote, or to unjustly fire, demote, or harass an employee, the law failed to address important equality of pay issues, acts of age discrimination, and discrimination against individuals with disabilities (Dessler, 2013). As a result, federal and state governments enacted additional laws that barred employer discrimination in these three important areas. This paper will describe and discuss how the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 came to be...
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...Leadership Paper Cassandra Eisengart Waynesburg University NUR 518 I began my journey to become a nurse in 2006 when I graduated high school and entered a nursing school in Akron, Ohio. Thankfully, upon graduation in 2010 from Robert Morris University I was able to quickly find a job that would lead me to wanting to advance my career further and get my masters degree in nursing. Without the many programs made available because of willing nurses to become educators, a lot of us would not be where we are today, myself included. Many people think about the nursing shortage when it comes to bedside nursing and nurses in hospitals. Few rarely think that in order for a person to become a nurse they actually need other nurses that are willing to teach them. As the baby boomer generation gets older, we have to keep in mind that this is also a lot of our nurses in the field right now. According to the Administration on Aging by 2030 there will be 72.1 million people in the United States age 65 and older, which will be about 19% of the population. This number is compared to just 12.4% of the population in the year 2000. Again, not only do these numbers show the advancing age of our population, it shows that a lot of the nurses that we have in the work force right now are going to be retiring within the next 10-15 years. According to the National League for Nursing, in 2007, one out of five nurse educators planned to retire within 3 to 5 years. Unfortunately...
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...Alonzo Branch Argosy University B6027: Perspective in Change Leadership Module 1 Assignment 3 June, 14, 2013 Demographic Changes The ethnic composition of the United States has rapidly changed as a result of the 1965 changes in immigration policy. It will continue to be rapidly changed by the continuation of that policy, and, if immigration is increased, as currently proposed, the U.S. population will be even more rapidly altered (Martin, 2006). Estimates indicate that, by 2050, the number of people 65 or older will have grown by 135% since the start of the millennium, rising from 12.7% to 20.3% of the total population. As quality of life and health care improve in the United States, we are also living longer. Over the last thirty years, the number of people 90 years old or above has tripled, according to the US Census (Little, 2013). According to U.S. Census Bureau projections, the United States will face dramatic demographic changes over the next one hundred years. Indeed, the country will be entering largely uncharted territory. In the twenty-first century, the population is expected to grow more slowly than ever before over an extended period. The population will also age rapidly, with the share of the population over 65 climbing to a succession of new record highs. Finally, the United States will once again become a nation of immigrants (Martin, 2006). The Mexican immigrant and heritage segment of the population shows the greatest increase (by 345%). This...
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...The Guilford Strategic Alliance: Building Tomorrow, Today Pursuing and Maximizing Our Potential Developing Our Road Map Focus Groups Summary Report* As of March 2008 * So far The Guilford Strategic Alliance: Building Tomorrow, Today - Community Survey Results Table of Contents Introduction Focus Group Summaries Immigrants Judicial System Greensboro News and Record Editorial Staff Secondary Education Greensboro Foundations Towns – Jamestown, Pleasant Garden, Sedalia, Stokesdale, Summerfield, Whitsett Higher Education Environment Cooperative Extension County Advisory Group Former Guilford County Commissioners Non-Profit Organizations Hospitality, Conventions, Arts & Sports Focus Group Detailed Notes from Focus Group Meetings Introduction Why Focus Groups? Phase One of the Strategic Alliance Project was Assessment. The goal during this phase was to engage the public in the project, to receive comments from stakeholders and residents, and to establish a benchmark for future public assessments of County performance. Three methods were used to meet the Assessment goal: a community survey, facilitated public forums and focus groups. This report summarizes the focus group discussions. How did input differ from the community forums and survey? The focus groups are made up of community stakeholders that have specific interactions with County government. In some cases there is a very strong existing relationship. In others, there is a desire for greater interaction...
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...Dreams are shaped by ideals and families shape the beliefs we believe so strongly. I seek the capability to improve my life as well as the lives of those around me through an education career because my family has enlightened me that change can be positive and radical in altering lives; I hope to hold that ability someday. And most of all because of those who have raised me I dedicate a path of personal improvement and the formation of dedication individual who promotes good character. When my father was forced out of his country and immigrated to the United States, he left his passion behind because he was a teacher in Mexico and his chance to pursue that career in the U.S. was in reluctant by his limited ability to speak the English language. My greatest motivation is to keep my father’s dreams alive and to become an educator shaping and leading the youth. I watched my father’s future fall apart, I watched his devotion and ambition be burned down, and as I watched, I was unable to do help. Because of my father, I am determined and confident that I will revive those dreams he once dreamt. With the fire that fuels me, I want to become as great and as inspiring as my father is to me. I pursue to building a brighter future for my family, as well as myself, because when I was lost and confused I was clay and theirs were the artist’s hands. My...
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...Importance of exercise From 1991 to 1999, participation in physical education (P.E.) in schools dropped from 42 percent to 29 percent. Since it is not a required part of the curriculum in most schools, kids basically opt not to be involved. (In only one state in the U.S. is P.E. a mandatory part of the curriculum.) Nearly one-third of children ages 4 to 19 eat fast food every day, and over 15% in that age group are obese. In order to become slim, thousands of U.S. teens become bulimic or anorexic, or undergo a procedure known as gastric bypass. Also known as “obesity surgery,” this procedure involves getting their stomach stapled in order to restrict the food intake. As a result, they eat less and lose weight. Yet, a host of other problems develop. One such problem involves deterioration of the stomach lining. Also, the staples sometimes come apart, causing tears and leaks. And, due to the stomach’s poor absorption, nutrient deficiencies can occur. Is this the only way in which overweight, out-of-shape people can become healthy? Is there any alternative? Yes! And that alternative is exercise! Becoming Strong and Healthy Many factors contribute to the degradation of health in teens today. You live in a terribly polluted world. The atmosphere, water supply, and—unless everything you eat is totally organic—food supply are all contaminated. You are bombarded by fast food at every corner. And video games have led the majority of teens to spend countless hours in front of the...
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... | | | Table of Contents ________________________________________________________________________ Executive Summary 2 What is the No Child Left Behind Act? 3 What are the repercussions of not following this Act? 3 How the Act affects Teachers? 4 How the Act affects higher personnel? 5 The positive of the Act 8 Executive summary During Bush’s first term, he passed an education law to implement new, tougher testing standards as well as requirements for accountability on the states. Basically each year students have to improve better than last year’s students ultimately making the goal of 100% passing of the standardize tests a reality. This law is called the No child Left Behind Act. Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is how the U.S. Department of Education determines the performance of every public school and school district in the country academically according to results on the standardized tests. K-3 teachers must teach all children to read. These teachers must learn how to assess children and how to use assessment results to plan effective instruction. Principals must redesign their schools, implement research-based curricula, ensure that teachers are trained in research-based instructional methods, and provide core reading knowledge to...
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...The real value of higher education By Tom Ross, 3.15.15 This is adapted from remarks given at the National Public Affairs Forum in Raleigh last week: America is losing her way with regard to higher education. We seem to have forgotten the real value of higher education – both to our economy and to our society. We have become too focused on metrics, return on investment and job preparation. I am not suggesting these are unimportant. Rather, I would remind us that higher education offers many other – and I contend greater – benefits to our nation and its citizens and communities. Universities have long been known and respected as places of ideas and debate, of big discoveries and bigger dreams. It is within our universities that we have tackled some of our most perplexing problems and found solutions to them. It is on our campuses that generations of students have learned how to think for themselves and how to work collaboratively with others. Our universities have been places where ideas and dreams are converted to life-changing discoveries, and where our leaders of tomorrow are developed. Since the dawn of our nation, our universities have been at the center of our civil society and our search for excellence. We increasingly view our colleges and universities as nothing more than factories that must demonstrate an immediate return on investment for consumers. Places that only train people for the workforce. We hear constant calls to drive out costs and produce more...
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...Running head: THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM IN AMERICA The Correctional System in America in need Of Revamping, Yes or No? Abstract The correctional system in America is failing, and it impact on the community is disproportionate. It has a direct and indirect influence in the community, in it values, family structure, and in the lives of the inmates it hold. Americans should take stand and revamp the system today to avoid regretting it tomorrow. Introductory Paragraph I. A growing number of Americans are seeking reforms for the correctional systems in the country. Some agree with this thought and some disagree with it. II. With more prisoners being added by the hundreds each week, chaos is dominating the correctional department. III. Whatever the case may be, there is not a doubt that the correctional system in America is not working, and is failing to resolve important issues such as: A) Crowdedness. B) Health and drugs problems. C) Rehabilitation. Transition Body IV. Prisoners need to be packed like sardines. V. Violation of privacy. VI. The government has to care even for criminals. VII. Lack of personal space might have psychological effects on prisoners, it has been proven. Transition VIII. Health and drugs crimes are also being committed outside. IX. Prisoners are being force to live with health and drugs issues. X. Government should provide...
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...Teenage Pregnancy Indiana vs. Kentucky Michell Davis Ivy Tech Community College April 2016 Abstract Teenage pregnancy, was once considered an epidemic in this country. What is it considered today? This research will not only focus on a whole within the United States, but it will attempt to compare and contrast why two neighboring states; Indiana and Kentucky differ so much when it comes to teenage pregnancy. What are some of the causative factors for the difference in numbers between these two states? Positive and negative effects of teenage pregnancy, along with why teenage pregnancy rates have continued to decrease since 1992, not only in the United States as a whole, but in Indiana and Kentucky as well. To conclude this research, I will discuss the practices or techniques that are being used to curb and prevent this epidemic problem. Today is April 19th, 2016 and the time is 6:00 p.m., in a suburb outside of Indianapolis, IN. Did you know that before mid-night, “23 Hoosier teenagers will become pregnant?’ This is a statistic that was released by Plan parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky in 2015 (Lieber, 2015). How can this be happening? What must we as parents, friends, educators and professional staff of this society do to educate our teens on becoming moms and dads, so early in their lives? Are these children unaware of the social impact that teenage pregnancy will have on their lives, their families, let alone the innocent child that they will soon...
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...According to UN women, out of 196 countries around the world, only 22 countries have female leaders. The statistics are very concerning. It is much more concerning when you realize that it’s been over 200 years that the nation who believes in the ideology of equality didn’t see a female president, thus it’s time for a change. Today I am here in front of my audience to persuade and give them a better understanding of why we should all vote for Hillary Clinton. She is much more qualified than any other leaders the world has ever seen and her qualifications are as follows. The experience section in the Hillary Clintons resume is endless. According to the Princeton.edu, on January 1993, Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first lady of the United States of America. During that period, she was appointed by Bill Clinton as the head of the task force on the national health reform, in which she fought for universal health care for all Americans. Later the topic became a controversy with the President not investing a lot of time on the issue. As a result the reform was delayed and came to a halt. Even though she was not successful, most critics believed she did exceedingly wonderful as her first time in Federal Power....
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...State of Cybersecurity 4 The Evolution of Cybersecurity 7 Moving Towards a More Secure Tomorrow 9 Conclusion 10 References 11 Executive Summary Today’s world is quickly evolving into a world that relies solely on technology as a way to do business and communicate. With this move towards a technology-centered society, both public and private sectors have to keep up with and evolve just as quickly, while trying to be proactive when it comes to security. The world today is not as safe as it once was, and as it changes to a more paperless, technological-based society, access to information is becoming increasingly accessible. With this, cyber-attacks and security breaches have become a significant risk of doing business. As hackers, botnets, and various other cyber-based threats have become progressively more malicious and continue to attack organizations and governments alike, a prevailing question is how to unite the public and private sectors so that they can evolve to defend against that which they cannot see. Introduction Today's reality is rapidly advancing into a world that depends exclusively on technology as an approach to work together and connect. With this move towards a technology-focused culture, both government and private sectors are needing to stay aware of and develop almost as fast, while attempting to be proactive in the matter of security. The world today is not as protected as it once seemed to be, and as it changes to a more paperless, computer-oriented...
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