...quick text is sent; while texting is useful, it has over the years become the way of communication for many, especially throughout high school and college years. The problem with having that technology at hand is that, proper formal writing suffers dramatically from having hand held cell phones at people's expense. So what is formal writing? “Formal writing refers to the kind of academic, graded writing that you would do in a college course” (McCarthy). Things like spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure are included. Taking a look at sending a text message, 160 characters was generally the amount of space given for one text message; which has been expanded over the years and now more words are seen to be allowed. For the purpose of this essay generally speaking, that is approximately 29 words. In comparison with formal writing that would amount to a good sentence or two. Text “slang words” has been invented to lessen the number of characters used in the text message, while still being readable. For example: ‘lol’, meaning laugh out loud; ‘brb’, meaning be right back; ‘ttyl’, meaning talk to you later; ‘u’, instead of you.. There’s many more used, and since texting is commonly used this generation when wanting to communicate, it's seen to creep into students more formal writing and even more so the last couple of years. While dealing with the 160 character limit, one must not forget about the numerous variety of emojis. Cell phones have these to pick from to enhance...
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...On Wikipedia — The Technology, The People, The Unfinished Work Shuo Xiang, 20074330 University of Waterloo Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1 sxiang@uwaterloo.ca ABSTRACT Wikipedia is ubiquitous in the current age of the Internet. Every search conducted in Google is more than likely to turn up quite a few links to relevant articles in Wikipedia. However, Wikipedia also suffers major problems in numerous areas and its impact on society at large goes way beyond an extra Google search result. In this paper we will first examine the history and origin of Wikipedia. Secondly, a brief discussion of the underlying technologies and features of Wikipedia will be discussed. Thirdly, the results of the “Micro Wikipedia Survey” will be summarized and relevant commentaries given. Fourthly, the two major issues of Wikipedia and their impacts on society at large will be exposed and discussed in detail. Fifthly, positive and negative consequences Wikipedia have on different segments of society will be identified and discussed. Lastly, some concluding remarks and recommendations will be given that adequately summarizes the author’s stance on the past, present and future of Wikipedia. Categories and Subject Descriptors Computer technology, Wiki technology, Web 2.0, Impact and ethics of new computerized technology Keywords Wikipedia, Wikipedian, Wiki, credibility, NPOV, CS, 492, impact, computerized technology, ethics, McHenry INTRODUCTION Computer information communication has undergone several stages...
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...TOPIC: The effects of Technology on human development One might wonder what is really meant by Technology and how does it bring change in your life or the world abroad. Well our main focus on this topic is the effects of technology on self-improvement, academic life and the technological challenges we can come across in the future. What is really meant by Technology? Technology is a combination of body knowledge used to create tools, develop skills and extract minerals with the study of science. It can help us solve problems and extend our abilities to do things. Technology keeps on improving because of our needs which are not easily satisfied and we keep demanding more change in technology. Today we live in a modern information age which is because of the advanced technology which has created new economic environment . We have moved from industrial age to information age. EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY ON SELF-IMPROVEMENT Technology can have positive and negative effects on self-improvement at some point is out of us as an individual how we decide to use technology. The following effects elaborate more about technology on self-improvement: Positive effects 1. Business world People can run a business online this days since there are no barriers in terms of communication, so people can even organise international meetings without even having to meet through technology advancement. 2. Panctuality This is where technology steps in, it makes our lives easier by having phones, emails...
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...because of poverty, problems related to drugs, alcohols, teen pregnancy, overuse of modern technology for instance cell phone, computer, internet and social media, and overspending money by taking personal loans, overuse of credit card and overdraft in bank account. Major issue facing adolescence is related to overspending and iGeneration. iGeneration refer to anyone born after 1990s. `ì` represent technology used by children and adolescents like iPhone, iPad, iTunes and iPod. Technology is very important for iGeneration. Young people in the 1960s had fewer option regarding education, career opportunities and entertainment compare to young people today. There are so many negative impact of technology and government overspending of money on children. First of all, Technology cause many health related problems in teenagers such as weak eyesight, obesity due to less physical activity, decreased memory power by using digital technology and back pain(. Technological device influence social relationship because children addicted to gadgets and social media like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. They don’t have time to sit with their parents and relatives. Technology have negative effect on education. Children waste their precious time on social media without worry about their studies. Technology effect writing skill of youngsters because children avoid hand writing and most of the time they use text messing. While messaging no body care about spelling...
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...What Does it Mean to be Human in an Age of Modern Technology? What does it mean to be human in the age of modern technology? Many feel that technology is only a useful tool and has not changed what it means to be human. Others argue that today’s technological advances have become so rapid, sophisticated and ingrained in daily life it is taking away from the interest, welfare and humanistic nature of our society. Most all do agree that technology has certainly played a role in humanity’s social and behavioral progress throughout history. However, to what extent technology really drives the development of our social and behavioral changes can elicit a heated discussion. Humans are driven, curious creatures that seek to solve problems and have a need for social interactions. As well they desire some form of system of belief (though not necessarily religious in nature) and aspire to be part of something collective or feel a sense of purpose to life. Countless studies provide that human behavior arises out of the interaction between individuals and their environment. Although environments do influence human behavior, many contend the basic tenets of humanity such as compassion, the need to have connected relationships and the desire to improve upon our lives have not changed in the face of technology. However, it is clear that human attitudes and expectations today are certainly very different than even several generations ago. Much of which, is a direct result of technological...
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...BOOKLET Foundation Course in Science and Technology Bachelor’s Degree Programme (BDP) (Valid from 1st July, 2013 to 31st March, 2014) It is compulsory to submit the assignment before filling in the exam form School of Sciences Indira Gandhi National Open University New Delhi (2013-14) Dear Student, We hope, you are familiar with the system of evaluation to be followed for the Bachelor's Degree Programme. At this stage you may probably like to re-read the section on assignments in the Programme Guide that was sent to you after your enrolment. A weightage of 30 percent, as you are aware, has been earmarked for continuous evaluation, which would consist of one tutor-marked assignment for this course. This assignment is based on all Blocks of this course i.e. Block 1-8. Instructions for Formatting Your Assignments Before attempting the assignments, please read the following instructions carefully: 1. On top of the first page of your answer sheet, please write the details exactly in the following format: ENROLMENT NO.: …………………... NAME: …………………........................ ADDRESS: …………………................. ……………………………………… COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE : ………………………………. : ……………………………….. ASSIGNMENT NO. : ………………………………... STUDY CENTRE : ……………………………..… (NAME AND CODE) PLEASE FOLLOW THE ABOVE FORMAT STRICTLY TO FACILITATE EVALUATION AND TO AVOID DELAY. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Use only foolscap size writing paper (but not of very thin variety) for writing your answers. Leave 4 cm margin on the...
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...mind, modern technology is a bane than a boon. It cannot be denied that the technological improvement brings forth to us some advantages. Firstly, it helps man communicate local or oversea by writing email, telephone or mobile. A student , for instance, who is studying abroad can talk to his family by chatting and web cam rather than waiting for a hand - writing letters. Secondly, the modern tools also support man in business and studying. It makes better condition to fulfill tasks faster and more convenient. For example, a student spend less time searching information and documents by clicking mouse on google rather than is stuck with many books in library. A business man can deal with his job by using laptop and internet whereas he can still enjoy holiday with his family. Nevertheless, for every solution technology provides twice as many problems are likely to cause. The modern technology is to some extent underlying causes of negative things in our society. It's Internet that provides an accessible medium for bad elements such as pornography, crimes and so on. the teenagers who are not conscious enough tend to imitate the sexual and violence clips and images on internet. A typical example of this is the massacre in an American school. A pupil killed his classmates by his father 's gun simply because he only acted as a clip he saw. Moreover, the average rate of girls who are pregnant is very soon because of sexual images 's influence. Modern technology is the key element...
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...Late to Unplug? “Though technology has allowed us to improve and modify traditional tasks, it has also clouded our realization of the dependency we have on it” (Sala). Ever since men’s first thoughts, technology, as a synonym for development, has been around. From the first fire pit, to the first boat design, and finally to the first electronic device, through eras, the human race has managed to discover more ways to do things faster and easier, and to make their life simpler. The object of this research is to persuade and to inform the general public interested in technological impacts and the negative effects it has brought to those who over use it and also to catch, as a desired audience, that part of society blind to such gravity. Even though these new inventions have indeed given us the ease to have almost everything one click or touch away, a dependence on these advances has been developed by their take over, and therefore a harmlessness and ignorance to the possibility of living without it affecting social communication, education, and society’s behavior. SOCIAL COMMUNICATION Just a couple of decades ago, meeting a friend at a café or asking another person for a dance, were two of the most common ways to socialize and to get to know others. In the present, it does not usually happen. Social networks, apps, and date-finding websites have substituted that habit, and now we communicate through machines. In her article, “An Ugly Toll of Technology: Impatience and Forgetfulness”...
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...benefits of having modern technology.It is used like a daily tool for our lives.We also use it in business and security as well.However,this offen comes with unforseen problem.To my mine,modern technology is a bane than a boon although I’m actually addicted to it. We cannot deny that the technological improvement brings to us some advantages.Firstly,it helps people community local or oversea together by writing email,telephone or mobile.For instance,a student who is studying abroad can talk to his family by chatting and webcam rather than hand writing-letters.Secondly,the modern technology also support businessmans and students.It makes better condition to complete the tasks faster and more convenient.For example,a student spend less time to searching informations and documents by clicking mouse on google instead of reading book.A businessman can deal with his job by using laptop and internet whereas he can still enjoy holiday with his family comfortably.That is a reason why the interner has spread all over the world. Follow the statistic of Internet World Stats that has 2,267,233,742 internet users. Most of them are Asia people with 1,016,799,076 users and also is the most popular as well.Indices of interner user has been increasing non-stop. Nevertheless,the more advanced technology becomes not only does it provide benefits but there maybe hazards as a result of this development.It’s internet that provides people (especially student and teenager) bad knowledge such as pornography...
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...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, interpret, and evaluate information, ideas, organization, and language from...
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...Written by Araam Jamal U00035221 To Dr. Alaa-Aldin Abdul Rahim A. Al Athmay For this assignment, you will carefully read the story below that summarizes the incident, behaviors associated with cheating using technology, and how you can relate this story to your own situation. You should incorporate answers to the following questions into your assignment, as they are related to issues of integrity, ethics, professionalism, and personal reflection: - Why do students cheat? What can be done to address cheating in schools? - What lessons have you learned from the case? Has learning about this case inspired you to make changes in your own life? - How do you relate this behavior to ethics from the Islamic perspective? Assignment Requirements: Length: Minimum 750 words (Approximately 2.5 typed pages, 12 pt font, 1.5-spaced) Style: This paper should be written in an academic style. The tone of your work should be thoughtful and respectful. Be sure to edit your work for grammatical and spelling errors. Papers must be submitted to the instructor by 11:59 pm on the stated due date. Reading Case: Cheating and Technology Cheating in the classroom has been happening since the first schoolhouse was built; however, it has more than doubled in the last decade due to the emergence of new technologies that give students high tech alternatives to looking at their classmate's paper. "A 2002 survey by the Josephson Institute of Ethics of 12,000 high-school students found that 74 % of students had cheated...
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...Technology in Education In recent years educational institutions have implemented excessive uses of technology in the classroom. As a nation we are always striving to improve our systems and the way we do things; however, too much of something isn’t always a good thing. While technology can improve the way subjects are taught in the areas of convenience and quickness, it can also harm education in the facets of quality. At the rate that technology is spreading, teachers and professors will soon be replaced with computers and online learning tools. While there may be advantages to such an approach, the disadvantages far outweigh them. I am going to discuss the potential negatives of implementing such large amounts of technology in the educational classrooms of today. An obvious place to start would be on technology itself. Has technology actually positively affected people today, or has the overwhelming amount of information available at a fingertip caused us to rely on it so heavily that we have lost our desire to learn? One problem with technology is that intrigues our minds so well that we don’t want to do anything else. For instance, if a child is playing the newest video game and his mother asks him to stop for a second and take the trash out, he will instantly become furious (Martin). It is not reasonable that such an easy and simple task would create such a feeling of exasperation, so we can only point a finger at the new factor, which is technology. Patience seems to...
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...1) Background of the Study Author: Chieh-Yu Lin (Department of International Business, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China). Title: Factors affecting innovation in logistics technologies for logistics service providers in China. Source: Journal of Technology Management in China/Emerald Group Publishing. 2) Does it build upon appropriate theories or framework? If so, commend on the theories or framework been used. Yes, this issue had been build upon appropriate framework. This journal had been proving the importance of innovation in the logistics technologies. Through its theoretical details, many definitions of innovation had been given by journal writers all over the world. In order for companies to gain competitive advantage, they must embed the use of both innovation and technologies in running their business. Some defined innovation as a line of discipline, learning, and practicing their capabilities to expand opportunities for running a business or services. However, theoretically innovation is any product or services that are improved and upgraded with a more value added components. The journal is summarized as to have a number of factors influencing the innovation in logistics technologies, which includes the internal factors and the external factors. The internal and external factors are said to be the research framework. The internal framework basically explains on the adaptation of innovation in a business. Hence, the adaptation...
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...As technology becomes more advanced, the intellect of people decreases. In today’s ever changing environment, technology is becoming more prevalent as the expected knowledge or common knowledge in all aspects of society. Some of the most noticeable aspects of society affected by technology are: schools (at all age levels), social life (both online and in person), and businesses (concerning the use of technology for normal operation). In theory, the groups of people most affected by the changing technological environment are children and young teens. According to Gerhard Lenski, the younger generation is affected more because the standard of technology they are exposed to is more than older generations were exposed to in the past (Macionis, J. J.,2010). According to Gerhard Lenski’s theory of society and technology, “Inventing or adopting new technology sends ripples of change throughout a society (Macionis, J. J., 2010). Based on Lenski’s theory, the grandparents of a family would have difficulty adapting to the new technology used today, while the grandchildren would have some difficulties living the way the Grandparents did when they were young. The older generation had to complete all of their work without autocorrect, calculators, or computers to automatically calculate equations. So, with the use of more technology now than in the past, some believe that as technology becomes more advanced, the intellect of people decrease(s). The first example of the decrease in intellect...
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...With the vast and rapid development of science and technology, a computer is no longer considered as a source of luxury but it’s a requirement of the modern days. Computer technology has provided students of all ages the chance and opportunity to expand on what interests they have. It also provides them help in improvement of their homework and test scores. The computers can offer newer ways of getting information across to their fellow students and teachers for example, PowerPoint presentations and animation software can be used to render information to the students in an interactive manner. The visual effects provided by the animation and presentation software result in inviting greater interest from the students. The book Teachers and Machines by Larry Cuban provides an excellent history of technology throughout the 20th century in the classroom. The technology he discusses is from film, radio and television and then goes into the introduction of computers in the early 1980’s. In the 1980s teachers were afraid that their jobs were on the line because they thought they were all going to be replaced with computers. It is important to use technology in schools, technology is made to simplify the way we do things, and so both students and teachers can benefit from the integration of technology in schools. This has been the case for years and a number of inventions have helped both student and teacher. For example, when the projector was introduced to school it was a...
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