...Website Candace K. Oglesby Loyola University, Baltimore, MD Key Features of CareerOneStop The CareerOneStop Web site is a useful tool for those individuals looking to enhance their skills within the employment field. While conducting research on this particular Web site, there were many features that were found to be useful not only for potential employees but also employers. The first feature that I found to be useful was the “Education and Training” feature. This feature was designed to assist individuals looking to further their education and training. Individuals utilizing this feature are afforded the opportunity to be educated on careers that require additional certification and licensure. Not only does the site inform individuals of particular jobs that require a higher level of education it also gives the names of the specific colleges and programs in which the client can earn additional training. If individuals are unable to finance a higher level of education, the Web site also offers financial aid and scholarship information. The second feature I believed to be useful was the “Unemployment” feature. In today’s U.S. economy the employment rate is 7.2 percent (Rampell, 2013). This feature educates people on unemployment benefits for their specific state. Not only does the site educate individuals on unemployment benefits but it also offers education on how to become eligible for benefits, maintain benefits, and the action needed to be taken if denied benefits...
Words: 1454 - Pages: 6
...Website Candace K. Oglesby Loyola University, Baltimore, MD Key Features of CareerOneStop The CareerOneStop Web site is a useful tool for those individuals looking to enhance their skills within the employment field. While conducting research on this particular Web site, there were many features that were found to be useful not only for potential employees but also employers. The first feature that I found to be useful was the “Education and Training†feature. This feature was designed to assist individuals looking to further their education and training. Individuals utilizing this feature are afforded the opportunity to be educated on careers that require additional certification and licensure. Not only does the site inform individuals of particular jobs that require a higher level of education it also gives the names of the specific colleges and programs in which the client can earn additional training. If individuals are unable to finance a higher level of education, the Web site also offers financial aid and scholarship information. The second feature I believed to be useful was the “Unemployment†feature. In today’s U.S. economy the employment rate is 7.2 percent (Rampell, 2013). This feature educates people on unemployment benefits for their specific state. Not only does the site educate individuals on unemployment benefits but it also offers education on how to become eligible for benefits, maintain benefits, and the action needed to be taken if denied benefits...
Words: 1454 - Pages: 6
...make their lives easier. Technology can be defined as the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science (Dictionary.com). The computer, for example, is a common resource I use every day, even for the simplest tasks. Research, navigation, weather, sports, whatever it may be, have never been so easy. I find out now that I am in college, just how essential technology is. I believe the role of technology in college and careers is to create higher education, help make things more accessible, thus making our jobs or learning experiences easier and enjoyable for people but, just as technology may be beneficial to people, there can also be some hindrances. Technology is beneficial to me in college in so many ways. To begin with, technology helps me learn and get my school work done efficiently. By using laptops, smartphones, IPods, and things such as those, I believe my learning is better because I am more of a visual learner and growing up in this day and age, it is something that I am fairly comfortable with. For example, when I was in high school, we had universities come and present their schools to us and one of the schools used Apple IPhones in their presentation. We answered questions on the IPhone and the presenter knew right away those who answered correctly and those who answered wrong. This...
Words: 1401 - Pages: 6
...Brittany Mobley Ms. Amy Warren ENGL 1101 20 March 2012 My college major and why writing about this topic will be beneficial to me: My major is Early Childhood Education. After I graduate I want to eventually open my own daycare center but before that I will probably get some teaching done first. Researching about the most effective teaching methods will help me run a more beneficial daycare center in the future. My purpose: The purpose of my final research paper is to educate my audience of what the most effective teaching method(s) are. I want my reader to know what the benefits are for children whose daycare teachers use the Montessori teaching method. I will prove to them that the Montessori teaching methods are very beneficial to infant-toddler and primary students and that it should be one of the leading methods used. My working thesis and any assumptions: Childcare providers for children ages 0-4 should follow the Montessori teaching method because teaching methods used in children’s early ages has a long term impact on them. My approach to the subject of my paper: In the structure of my paper I will first define what a childcare/daycare is, what is actually considered to be a daycare. After I will tell about different types of teaching methods used and what some outcomes from previous studies have shown about different ones. I will then prove why the Montessori teaching method is the best one to use for children ages 0-4 and show the benefits that children will have...
Words: 1007 - Pages: 5
...Chelsie Rangeloff Sara Tangdall English Comp II 30 April 2014 Gap Year: The Beneficial Alternative “I thought it would be exciting to go there, and of course it was.” Alexander Sullivan was accepted into Columbia University, but instead of transitioning into the university out-right he asked to differ enrollment. Alexander, instead, decided to travel to China where he studied Mandarin, and after a while found a job as a research assistant at the Newsweek Beijing bureau and at Voice of America radio news. (Hulstrand 52). A gap year as explained by Holly Bull, the founder and president of the Center for Interim Programs (CIP), one of the first and longest running providers of gap year programs in the country, is “a period of time for students to creatively step away from the lock-step path of high school to college, to graduate school, or job” (77). Enrolling in college immediately after high school graduation is not always the right decision for seniors that are lacking motivation and unsure what to academically pursue in post secondary education. Acknowledging that not every high school senior has to continue their education without delay after high school is a concept that advisors as well as parents need to understand. They should provide possibilities for those students whom lack motivation to continue their educational paths immediately after graduation. Many high school seniors feel pressured to start college immediately after graduating because sending in college...
Words: 2789 - Pages: 12
...Raj Marfatia Kadel/Marfatia 1 English 0802-24 Prof. Lauren-Elise Kadel 11/16/13 Paper Three- Draft One Technological Education College is an educational institution or establishment. American college is a place that has changed vastly over time. Andrew Delbanco, the author of College What It Was, Is and Should Be, describes the modifications of technology that has changed throughout time. One of the most prominent reasons that college has changed so vastly is due to the advancement of technology. Most college students either have a smartphone or access to Internet. The Internet is an electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world. The creation of the Internet has changed Delbanco’s viewpoint completely. Delbanco believes that there is no true discussion or argument a student can have with each other and also takes away the experience of interpersonal communication with one another. All college students, however, need to have an understanding of how the Internet works due to the advanced world in which we live in today. Technology has played such an important role in colleges and indeed changes the nature of college. It is evident that technology, specifically the Internet, is more beneficial to the idea of the proper purpose of college, which is ultimately to attain an earnest job. Kadel/Marfatia 2 In modern classrooms, students are not the only ones who use Internet; professors also...
Words: 1811 - Pages: 8
...13 April 2014 Elementary Education: To Give Homework or To Not Give Homework Mankind is constantly observing and learning. The brain is constantly retaining information whether related to academics or simply everyday life. The subject matter of what one learns and the methods of how one learns is vital. Teachers play a crucial part in one’s life. They determine and guide much of their students’ future. Every little detail of teaching impacts the students. How teachers incorporate and reinforce learning outside of the classroom is extremely influential as well. The debate regarding assigning homework is thoroughly discussed and argued among educators across America. Elementary education is an intriguing occupation that debates the topic of assigning homework, which I believe should be assigned depending on the student’s age. Elementary education is an intriguing and rewarding occupation. The Bible regards teaching as a very highly respected and crucial role that honors God’s values of love, compassion, and truth. Teachers have an opportunity to directly influence and impact children in a positive manner. Many students remember their teachers throughout their elementary years. Those years, during one’s childhood, are formative as beliefs and ideas taught at a young age often carry into the future. Also, elementary education is a beneficial way to give back to the world by increasing knowledge and advocating learning. Teachers often experience a renewed spirit after teaching...
Words: 838 - Pages: 4
...bilingualism means an equal ability to communicate in two languages. For others, bilingualism means the ability to communicate in two languages but with the possibility of greater skills in one language. There is a lot of criteria that goes along with bilingualism. For this research paper, the criteria I focused on were: The history of bilingualism laws in the United States, pros/cons of bilingual education in America’s school system, who benefits the most from bilingual education programs; youths in elementary or the youths in high school, bilingualism in the labor market, and bilingualism in the media. In the society that we live in today, Bilingualism has become just as it is important to learn as to learn the language from the country of a person’s ethnical background. Bilingualism has come a far way in the last 20 years to where it is today. Whether we notice it or not bilingualism plays a part in every person’s day to day life. Bilingualism is highly researchable subject is given a lot of political, as well as ethical attention. Twenty years ago in the school system bilingual education programs were almost never heard of much in elementary schools for English speaking students to have to learn another language. Most often the kids who didn’t t know English well would leave the Reed 2 classroom and go to another classroom for language programs such as E.S.L for example. What is the ESL program and does ESL even exists in the American School System today? ESL is a program...
Words: 2979 - Pages: 12
...arguments about schools throughout The United States? States have had many arguments on the academic school year length. Many people would argue that shortening the academic school year length is a wonderful choice: however extending the academic school year is more beneficial. Shortening the school year will hinder a student's education and overall readiness for the world. The academic school year should be extended for not only more academic learning time, but to better our students for the global world if The United States is to remain a dominant economy in our world. Our traditional school calendar was designed for the earlier time periods of The United States’ farming economy as stated in “ Shortchanged by the Bell”(Ubinas & Gabrieli.) . With the school’s calendar schedule of 180 days, six and a half hour days of school ( Nisen.), it is not enough to comply with today’s high-tech economy. This upholds the need for more academic learning time. With the 30 minutes to an hour class periods, students are unable to learn and understand all material they should know by the end of the school year. Ideally, increasing learning by 30 percent would mean more individualized support and a more well-rounded education in a broader array of subjects (Ubinas & Gabrieli.) . Particularly at Mundy’s Mill High School the time for first period needs to be extended. Especially if you have math during that period like fellow classmates and myself. In addition to more classroom...
Words: 556 - Pages: 3
...Web-Based Technology in the Classroom Tiffany Watson American Public University Abstract In 2013 the world has evolved so much, and allows a lot of learning to be done right at home in your night clothes. The internet has a lot of things to offer the students in the classroom also. The students that I work with on a daily basis are really comfortable with using the web to do lessons and though the students move with ease while doing web based lessons there are still some obstacles that the students run into. Three specific obstacles are not having enough computers for students to use, students not having the technological literacy to complete the assignment, and keeping students focus on their work. Every problem has a solution and it would just take a little more effort but these problems could be resolved easily. Good ideas for involving a web based strategy is having the students use Google Docs and create a presentation on the 6 biomes. Children today are growing up in a society where ten and eleven years old children have cell phones. These cell phones can scan, email, fax, video chat, and do a whole lot of other things. The majority of the students that I work with on a daily basis definitely understands and is comfortable with using the web for classwork or homework. As teachers we face challenges getting the students to be a part of the technological integration. Challenges such as not having enough...
Words: 1318 - Pages: 6
...caused a big controversial topic in today’s fitness world. Many may say that it is cheating, while others may say it is needed to help achieve the desired physique and fitness goal. From steroids, to ephedra, to creatine, people have mainly been confused on deciding whether or not these enhancers are fair and safe. Creatine or androsteredine might not mean anything to an unknowledge person. These words may cause the knowledge person’s ear to hurt, because these words may represent evil that has no longer kept the fairness in the competition of a person. To the athletes and people who actually take these supplements and know what they do for the human being, will know that they are beneficial in many ways. These are just a couple of supplements listed, but there are plenty of others that are very beneficial and looked down on. In 1990 lots of substances and performance enhancers were made illegal and removed from marketing and store shelves due to The Steroid Control Act of 1990. (Collins) These enhancers were made illegal due to not only health issues but also due to preserving the fairness in competitive sports.(Collins) The Steroid Control Act of 2004 also took away more substances from store shelves that athletes will never get their hands on again. Yes, most of the substances that were banned and made illegal were proven to be unsafe, however soon congress will take away all sports supplements whether they are safe or not. Anything that the people see negative, congress seems...
Words: 1281 - Pages: 6
...Rebekka Sherry English 1108 Essay #3 28 April 2015 The debate for marijuana legalization has been getting more and more attention as more and more states are opting for legalization for not only medical purposes but also recreational purposes. Since it was outlawed in “1937 when congress enacted the marijuana Tax Act made it a federal crime to possess,” (Alex & Alexander pg1 13s) people believed that marijuana was a terrible drug that did harmful things to our bodies, and that it lead to the use of harder drugs. It just had a bad reputation all together. More recently there has been more and more people deciding to be pro legalization. Marijuana has been studied rigorously and over many years and has proven to provide a very beneficial impact on society in many different ways and this is why there has been a huge push for legalization in most recent time. These benefits have been seen in positive health gains for adults and children being treated for an array of illnesses, revenue gains in several different areas, as seen recently with amendment 64 being passed in Colorado, and criminal/court system spending goes down, along with spaced being freed up in prison systems for harsher criminals. These benefits should be viewed as something that can greatly help are economy and citizens within which in turn would make our country a more thriving better place to live and that is why marijuana should be legalized. Marijuana is a naturally grown plant that can be grown anywhere...
Words: 1328 - Pages: 6
...Ponce English 1 September 20 2014 Argumentative Essay Outline: Traditional Education VS Online Education Intro: Each student has a different style of learning and in today’s day and age technology allows students to earn their degree in a way that is the most convenient to them. What may be more convenient may not be the most beneficial. -Brief explanation of online and traditional classes Thesis: Traditional education is more effective than online education because it provides students with various opportunities. This includes academic benefits interaction with other students, learning centers on campus, professors’ office hours, and tutors who can support them with their learning needs. Benefiting from interacting with other students: Opens their mind to other ideas, helps them discover new things Helps generate deeper thinking processes, which can shift your original point of view Encourages communication with others, leading to development of new relationships III. Access to learning centers (library, workshops, study hall, counselors): -Provides a variety of resources (books, computers, printers, copy machines, calculators) -Having an issue with a certain subject, you go there and work it out with your peers, not necessarily tutors -Counselors can guide you and inform you about your educational plan and any other information that will be beneficial to your future/education One on one with professors and tutors (TA’s) : Learning is a social event...
Words: 310 - Pages: 2
...Policy Briefing Education Reform Jatin Patel December 10th, 2012 Statement of Issue How can the federal government decrease student loan debt in the country and still provide an education to those whom want to seek it? Every summer millions of college students throughout the nation depend on Federal Financial Aid to help pay for school. In the midst of the election season the Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, voiced how he wants to end government funding. Currently, the nation provides direct government funding and Governor Romney is in favor of giving private banks and institutions the responsibility to provide student loans to those in need. Many people are deeply concerned with the issue at hand. Private Institutions vs. Government Disbursement The educational reform is a debate that is widely argued between the two presidential candidates. The current system of how student loans are disbursed in the United States is not perfect, but it is working. Both candidates are in favor of receiving higher education, but differ on how individuals should pay to learn. Throughout the presidential debates both candidates took a firm stand as to where they both stand on the topic of student loans and government funding. College tuition costs are increasing at a rapidly linear rate each and every year. The problem is college students today are taking on the burden of steep student loans and left without a job upon graduation. The average annual cost to attend a four-year...
Words: 1429 - Pages: 6
...Your college will require you to take core undergraduate courses, which can either become very useful for your future or a series of generic lectures that you will not find the slightest bit beneficial. The latter is rather unfortunate, but it should not turn you off to the idea of taking courses outside of your major altogether. In fact, having a rudimentary understanding of certain subjects can become very useful throughout life and it is actually in your best interest to develop, at the very least, basic skills. These will come in handy in terms of your education, career and life. While it may not be possible to take all of the below courses, it is possible to see how students could benefit from the course material within each. Some are included within an undergraduate core curriculum, but varies based on each college. Before you sign up for any courses, take time to consider which you might benefit most from and which fits within your program requirements to count towards graduation. The following list details the recommendations of college courses you should consider taking, regardless of your intended or current major, in order to gain a solid intellectual foundation. Accounting/Finance Most people will loathe the mere suggestion (myself included) but if you plan to have a job, that means you have plans to make money. Moreover, if you plan to make money that means you will have to pay taxes. If you can file your own taxes and manage your own money, you are going to...
Words: 879 - Pages: 4
