...RESEARCH PROPOSAL A STUDY ON THE IMPACT AND ADDICTION BY USING THE TECH-GADGETS BY THE STUDENTS TO THEIR LEARNING PROCESS AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SHAHPUTRA: A STUDY ON COLLEGE STUDENTS CHAPTER I Introduction 1.0 Background of the Study The term technology comes from the Greek word “techne”, which means the art or skill used in order to solve a problem, improve a pre-existing solution to a problem, achieve a goal, handle an applied input/output relation or perform a specific function; technology is the making, modification, usage and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques and method of organisation (Liddel, Scott, Jones & McKenzie, 1940). That means, it can refer to the collection of tools, including machinery, modification, arrangements and procedures. Over the last 200 years there has been a significant change in the term technology. In the 20th century i.e. during the industrial revolution the term has gained its popularity worldwide (Cradock & Baldwin, 1833). Technology is the energy that acts as the driving force to drive or to run our lives. It is nothing but the results of the innovations and creativity of human beings. It converts the natural resources into consumer goods which are used by the society and human beings. It has brought the automation level into such a height that human effort and his time has been saved to a great extent. Due to this, the access to information has now become easier and the distant locations are getting closer. IT and communication...
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...ENG 1060 – English 16 November 2011 Save Vocational Education Vocational programs at the high school level are an excellent way to provide fresh young minds with skills that cannot be achieved through academic courses alone. It is a solid foundation for young adults entering the work force in today’s economy. “A technical education is crucial in this day and age, equally so to some students as academic offerings are to others”(Tech Ed n. pag)., allowing them to pursue a career after high school whether they decide to further their education or not as stated by one news journalist; “…not every student wants to, or even should go to college. A sound technical track on the high school level can give students the skills to make a good living while providing an attractive pool of workers to draw new business.” (Tech Ed n. pag). Vocational programs must remain in place in America’s high schools and not be closed due to budget cuts or lack of interest as they are necessary to provide students with occupational and life skills. Vocational learning has often been depicted as a way of avoiding the monotony of traditional academics. This is not the case; by incorporating the programs directly with the high school, technical classes are taken in conjunction with core academics. Courses such as technical education, business and accounting, and many other classes are great ways for students to begin learning what it will be like to work in a professional environment when they...
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...54 Alipato Correlates of Career Decisions Among Children of Overseas Filipino Workers Catherine O. Espero Introduction Decision making is a vital part of an individual's life. It is a complicated process which involves information search and processing to understand available options (Moore, Jensen, & Hauck, 1990, in Rice & Dolgin, 2000). It is during adolescence that an individual needs to make one of the most important decisions, that of choosing a career (O’Hare, 1987, in Rice & Dolgin 2000). During their senior year in high school, students are faced with the dilemma on what they want to do right after graduation: pursue college education, learn a trade by enrolling in technical-vocational program, or work immediately. Whatever career decision the high school seniors eventually make, it is important to determine the career decision making process they undergo. It is also important to know which factors they consider or disregard in their career decisions. At stake in making the right career decision is their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Thus, it is imperative that they choose the occupation that best fits each of them. Majority of the local researches on career decisions and the factors influencing them focus on adolescents. Similarly, the literature and studies on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) usually delve on the economic and social repercussions of overseas employment (Asis, 2004; Nicodemus, 1997). There is no available study regarding the career...
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...Ethnicity and the Police (Part II) Monica Angulo CJA/344 August 6, 2014 Instructor Name Ethnicity and the Police Racial profiling indicates the system law enforcement officials use to target people for suspicion of crime grounded on the person's race, ethnicity, religion or national origin. Criminal profiling, usually, as performed by police, is the deduction on a group of characteristics they consider to be connected with crime. An example of racial profiling is the use of race to conclude which motorists to stop for minor traffic violations (usually referred to as "driving while black” or “driving while brown"). The use of race to conclude which individuals to search for illegal paraphernalia is another example of racial profiling. This practice, however, can result contra productive, as highlighted in the following cases. Racial Profiling Gone Wrong Poor judgment calls based on racial profiling have been made by law enforcement officials, where racism and discrimination has taken over violating individuals’ civil rights, creating friction with the community and the public. NYC Cop Testifies to Targeting Young Black Men As hearings began to examine New York City’s stop and frisk policy, one police officer testified that he was instructed by superiors to target young Black men between the ages of 14 and 21. In 2011 alone, New York City police executed 685,724 stops as part of the stop and frisk policy. In total, they had...
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...as a “free space” b Con ect ng Iden ity to Ratio al Choice? n i t n Iden ity Cascades t Free Spaces and Screening Insti u ions and Challenges t t Con lu ions c s Intro uc ion d t Fin sh ng up what I said I’d fin sh a cou le of months ago, this is a shorter ver ion of a i i i p s paper on “Iden ity, Insti u ions, and Upris ngs” with less math at cs, no ref r nces (see t t t i em i e e the link above) and more opin on t ng. Also, a longer ver ion of what I’m going to say at i ai s The iz ng the Web 2013 in a few days. or i There is a the et al side to the “Face ook Rev u ion” debate about the role of dig al or ic b ol t it tech olo ies in the 2011 “Arab Spring” upris ngs, and it boils down to two ways of look ng n g i i at things: the micro and the macro. On the one hand, we have the ratio al choice, agentn based approach and on the other we have more tra i ional soci og al approaches based dt ol ic on larger-scale social structures. If you look at some of the key char c er s ics of the upris ngs, it looks like a win for the a t i t i tomslee.net/2013/02/503.html 1/19 3/18/13 Notes on Identity, Institutions, and Uprisings | Whimsley micro side. The ies, and North African upris ngs. or i EVENT MICRO MACRO Sud en upris ng (cascade) d i Lack of strong oppo i ion movement st Net ork technologies w Score Y Y Y 3 N N N 0 The sin le most dra atic thing about the “Arab Spring” upris ...
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...Running head: Does Media Violence Promote Aggressive Behavior Does Exposure to Media Violence Promote Aggressive Behavior? Valerie Bean Psychology 150-107 October 29, 2011 Abstract There have been many studies done on the effects of media violence exposure and aggressive behavior. First the term media violence needs to be examined. What form of media violence is perceived to be the most influential? There are television shows, movies, music, news shows and newspapers, video games and cartoons. What type of violence such as, murder, rape, bullying, or theft is the public more apt to associate with and be affected by? Should a look at how true violent crimes are reported by the media also be considered? Last we should also look at statistics of rising population and families that have more than one income to survive now compared to 60 years ago. The term “media violence” is defined by Merriam Webster Dictionary as: Media – Plural of the word medium which is the means of communication, such as radio, television, newspaper, magazines, music etc. that reaches or influences people widely Violence – an exertion of physical force so as to injure or abuse; injury by or as if by distortion infringement or profanation; an intense, turbulent or furious and often destructive action of force. Does Exposure to Media Violence Promote Aggressive Behavior? There are many forms of media and different ways they can influence behavior. Researchers, Politicians, Psychiatrists, and...
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...Cherie Heng Yi Ting (A0131713U) MNO2009 Individual Analysis Tutorial H01 The market for digital financial services is on the rise with a strong potential in creating an online platform to promote gamified social trading platform in a relatively unsaturated financial technology (Fintech) market. Current competitors Trade Hero and Ayondo (TechinAsia, 2016) focus on risk-free stimulated trading aimed towards competition and real life trading connection respectively in the mass market. Thus, in this online trading field, there is a missing social network that integrates gaming features for trading and education through forum sharing for youths. Insights from TradersHub, a failed start-up with a similar business model by Travis Ong (Annex A), can be adopted to understand how to successfully penetrate Singapore’s fintech market and be a recognised player in virtual trading, before extending and monetising the business. The main reason for TradersHub’s failure is due to their idealistic causation approach not bound by a realistic understanding of the industry. This exemplifies the need to balance the approach in an effectuative way by firstly analysing the fintech ecosystem for external factors that will shape the positioning of the business model (Forbes, 2016). Singapore has cultivated a conducive market that provides fintech start-ups with high availability of financial and developmental support. The high penetration rate of technology encourages the scalability...
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...are insufficient not only in property but also in education. This situation is not good enough for Cambodians to get influence from the world. Being connected with globalization, Cambodia demands a higher standard and a good quality of production. Among those marketing competition, the most attractive and popular product is high-tech materials. Again, the other half of population might be able to afford such materials in order to live in the society. The society is affected by materialism, which considers possessions more important than values, and its effects range from psychological to economic. Materialism is sometimes used as a status symbol, causing people to purchase items they cannot afford, simply to fit in with an affluent crowd, or to keep up with the people around them. Materialism, although a motivating force in today's world economy, can erode value systems and affect a person's overall happiness. Perhaps nobody knows exactly when materialism persists in Cambodian society. And not many Cambodians switch their attention on it. Materialism which is the new tendency can lead the society to face many possible negative consequences. That is, youths must understand what they are doing and decide whether or not stick with...
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...2015 TAVES CASE STUDY POOJAN MEHTA 29-May-15 Table of Contents Taves- consumer electronics show ............................................................................................................... 2 Background: .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Primary activity: ....................................................................................................................................... 2 Unique value proposition: ......................................................................................................................... 2 Current Positioning: ................................................................................................................................. 2 S.M.A.R.T objective: ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Competitive analysis ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Online presence:....................................................................................................................................... 4 Twitter performance comparison:........................................................................................................... 4 Twitter Followers: ..........................
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...Video Game Violence In Youth Kevin Roshanaie Prof Sills March 12, 2012 Video Game Violence in Youth This Paper will discuss how violent video games do not cause any acts of violence among the youth in this country. A larger gap is shown between the public’s perception of Video games and what research shows. Some people assume that the availability of video games has led to a pandemic in youth violence. According to federal crime statistics “the rate of juvenile violent crimes in the United States is at a 30 year low”. (Henry Jenkins ) “Researchers have discovered that people who are serving time for violent crimes typically consume less media before committing their crime than the average person in the general population”. (Henry Jenkins ) One thing that is true, Young offenders who have committed school shooting’s here in America have been avid video game players. Young people are the ones who are gamers over the adults. “Statistics show that 90 percent of boys and 40 percent of girls play video games”. (Theesa.com) The overwhelming majority of the youth who play video games do not commit any anti –social acts. According to a report by the U.S Surgeon General that was released in 2001. The report “states that the strongest risk factors for schools shootings are centered on mental stability of that youth offender and it’s also based on the quality of their home life not exposure to video games”.( Henry Jenkins) The panic over video games causing violence is doubly...
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...much as that one. The experience confirmed my love for scouting, and I worked hard at campouts and meetings to advance through the scouting ranks. I became a Den Chief for a Pack located not that far from me. I loved the job and the lessons that I was able to teach the younger Cub Scouts, and amazingly, the things I was able to learn from them. As a Scout in Troop 1373, I went to both Camp Annawanna and Heritage Reservation for both Summer camp, and Troop campout. There, also, I worked hard to advance through the Scout ranks and earned merit badges. I have held numerous leadership positions in other organizations while in scouting. At church, I am a team leader for Vacation Bible School for the Photography team, as well as Tech Team leader for our youth group, and numerous other positions. During my school career I have held many positions of leadership in the band, Guidance Department, Sporting events, Clubs, Sports team, and Administration. I have also held through the summer such as Cashier at McDonalds, Crew Trainer at McDonalds, Maintenance at a Country Club, and a Cashier at Giant Eagle. I also played on the Golf, and Bowling tam in High School. I consistently use the ideals of Scouting, and the Scouting Spirit to develop my leadership skills. Scouting has contributed to my spiritual growth, because the ideals of scouting and the ideals of my Christian faith are very...
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...There is a paradigm shift in Teacher behavior towards their students in following sense- private home tuitions, favoritism, making give & take relationship etc. 4. Teachers using exam and assessment as a tool of controlling the students which seems like a weapon between teacher and students. Causes of value deterioration- In our society we can generally observe that there is lack of respect towards our culture, religion, moral values among the youths. Due to the rapid growth of scientific and technological development the relation between teacher-students and parents-children is deteriorating. The growth of nuclear family in the society sometimes has influenced in creating problems among youths. Lake of proper value orientation of educational system is responsible for value-crisis in Indian society today for the following reasons: •The present Indian educational system is reflecting more or less borrowed ideologies and philosophies. •Teachers have failed in some part to transfer values to their students. •Our colleges and universities have become examination centre not value -creation-centre. •Our national leaders too have not set a good...
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...The Employment Outlook for Youth: Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems as a Way Forward ---- An Essay --- Peter Vogel College of Management of Technology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Odyssea 4.15 Station 5, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland, peter.vogel@epfl.ch Since the outbreak of the recent financial crisis we have experienced some of the highest rates of youth unemployment in history. If we want to avoid branding the young people as a “Lost Generation”, we need to act quickly. One important active labor market strategy to solve the youth unemployment crisis is entrepreneurship, helping them turn into job creators rather than job seekers. Entrepreneurship has received significant attention over the past decade with a rapid and often uncoordinated increase in entrepreneurship support programs. These constitute a major part of entrepreneurial ecosystems. In order to build effective entrepreneurial ecosystems, we need to understand the components and assessment indices of such ecosystems. This essay proposes a new conceptual framework describing entrepreneurial ecosystems. The proposed framework is expected to support policymakers and practitioners in setting up new entrepreneurial ecosystems and serve as a basis for future research. Keywords: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Youth Unemployment, Next Generation Introduction An economic and labor market crisis has plagued the world since 2008. The labor market slowdown is dramatic with a current deficit of...
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...MN2061K Analysis of a Marketing News Story I. Introduction According to Bloomberg news article (Appendix.1) “HTC Mimics Apple Marketing Strategy to Regain Customers”. We can see that HTC understand the need to have a relevant marketing strategy to attract consumers and recover the lost grounds. HTC is a Taiwan based smartphone manufacturer that started out manufacturing mobile devices by allowing telecommunication operators to put their names on the phone. HTC expanded their focus with Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system (OS) software based devices to devices based on the Android OS. In the Bloomberg’s Tech news section the journalist reported that HTC loss half of its market share due to fierce competitions from the industry leaders such as Apple and Samsung. II. What are the marketing issues that lead to the strategy shift? Branding According to (Kotler and Armstrong et al. 2013, pp. 245-6) “Brand is a name, term, sign, symbol, design or a combination of these, that identifies the products or services of one seller or group of sellers and differentiates them from those of competitors.” However HTC do not have a clear and coherent brand strategy (Graziano 2013) “The problem isn’t HTC’s smartphones, which have all received acclaim from critics — it’s the company’s lack of brand recognition among consumers. HTC is a fresh player in the smartphone industry compared to Apple, Samsung and LG and it hasn’t done a good job of branding to stand out...
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...would be soaked with sweat and heavy to wear. Realizing there could be a better option, Kevin began looking and researching ways to produce a better type of t-shirt. After Kevin graduated from college he began working on a superior t-shirt. He used fabric samples to build his first prototype. He gave this prototype to his Maryland teammates to get feedback on how the shirts performed. From their feedback he found that using microfibers in the t-shirts wicked away moisture that helped keep athletes dry and cool while participating in sports. Kevin ran his business out of his grandmother’s basement working on his new line of athletic apparel. He traveled the East coast trying to sell his shirts and later made his first sale to Georgia Tech. Following this sale other Division 1 schools became buyers and later the products gained popularity in the NFL. In 1999 the UA brand was featured in two Warner Brothers films, Any Given Sunday and The Replacements. With this new exposure Under Armour...
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