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- 26061: Computer Based Training
- ... in multimedia formats, which include photographs, videos, animation, speech, and music. The guided drill is a computer program that poses questions to students, returns feedback, and selects additional questions based on the students' responses. Today's guided drill systems incorporate the use of multimedia with the addition of an instructor lecturing the student on the proper methodologies. Computers also can help students visualize objects that are difficult or impossible to view ... from virtual laboratory experiments that may be too difficult, expensive, or dangerous to perform in a school environment to the complex virtual worlds like those used in airplane flight simulators or movies such as Dante's Peak or Jurassic Park. CBT programs can also facilitate communication among students, between students and instructors, and beyond the classroom to distant students, instructors, and experts. CBT programs can be categorized based on who controls ... the program often rests with the student or with the instructor. This permits the information to be reviewed or examined out of sequence. The advantages of CBT are numerous. CBT can dramatically increase a student's access to information. The program can adapt to the abilities and preferences of the individual student and increase the amount of personalized instruction a student receives. Many students can benefit from the immediate responsiveness ...
- 26062: Serial Killers: Not All Serial Killers Are Insane
- ... are some of the most intelligent people to have lived. Jack the Ripper is the most elusive and mysterious serial killer who has been recorded. He was a murderer in London in the late 1800's. He murdered prostitutes in the early hours of many mornings. He was never caught which helps show his elusiveness. He was a very intelligent man as well as being elusive. The intellect he has is ... known detective agency in the world, Scotland Yard, fails to catch a serial killer it scares the city, nation, or even the world. The world would have a problem of its own in the 1940's: The Ill Reich. Adolf Hitler was a man of great power. This man had developed his power on his own. He was very manipulative and creative and used his wit to gain power among the ... his forces. His cunning kept him in power with little to hold him back. Hitler was an intelligent man but had an anger and an obsession that burned deep within him. This obsession was Hitler's downfall. Trying to annihilate an entire race of men was too much for any man but he kept trying. He was too greedy to stop hunting Jews. Many different depictions of serial killers are ...
- 26063: Computers Affecting Our Lives
- ... for children and adults, to help individuals excel in a certain trouble areas. Furthermore, computers also are also capable of training military personal in a virtual reality environment. An example of this is the U.S. and Canadian military, they both train soldiers and pilots in the ways of war using high tech computers and virtual reality equipment. To sum up, entertainment on the computer may not be important but is ... granted. For example, the traffic lights at all intersections are controlled by computers and sometimes even with the support of underground sensors. Without computers the entire electrical grid would fail and all of the world’s neoteric population would be without precious electricity. Another instance in which computers aid the modern city is the sewage and water system. Without computers, entire series of pumps and water stations would seize and stop ... is that it aids the access of information. Since the introduction of the modern computer, obtaining information has been increasingly simple, especially with the help of the Internet, online encyclopedias and other various CD-ROM’s. The computer can also accomplish smaller chores with ease. For example, the built-in calculator in Windows™ comes in handy when figuring calculations. In brief, computers are remarkably important in finishing trivial everyday tasks. ...
- 26064: School Prayer
- School Prayer A very controversial widespread issue today is the right to have prayer in public schools. The proposed amendment reads: “To secure the people’s right to acknowledge God according to the dictates of conscience. The people’s rights to pray and to recognize their belief, heritage or traditions on public property, shall not be infringed. The government shall not require any person to join in the prayer or religious activity, initiate or ... prayers, discriminate against any religion, or deny equal access to benefit on account of religion. (AVSP)” This would permit but not mandate school prayer. I think that the government should be focused on the school’s academics, not what religion they are to study. The proposed amendments would cause nothing but trouble considering that there would be many arguments on what beliefs should be taught. Religion is private and schools ...
- 26065: Andrew Jackson 3
- ... Carolina on March 15, 1767. His parents Andrew Jackson (father) and Elizabeth Hutchington (mother) had three children together. They were Hugh Jackson, Andrew Jackson, and another name that is unknown (Gale Research, 1997) In Jackson's childhood, he had a bad reputation because he had a quick temper. He grew up with people who were ready to fight at any time to defend their honor. Whenever a boy played a joke ... Jackson would challenge him to a fight. As a young boy, everyone said that Jackson "never gave up". His mother wanted him to be a minister when he grew up. In the year 1781 Andrew s mother died of cholera while comforting cousins. He was raised in the home of his aunt, Jane Crawford (internet) age of thirteen during the American Revolution he served as an orderly Colonel William Richardson Davie ... is believed to have gone to college. He got married to Mrs. Rachael Donelson Robards, a dark eyed, dark haired woman. They did not have any children together. So they adopted a nephew of Rachael s and named him Andrew Jr. As he was married and now an adult, he had many jobs such as a lawyer, soldier, general, and a politician. He became famous for being an Indian fighter. ...
- 26066: The Anasazi Indians
- The Anasazi Indians From the scattered references made about the ancient Anasazi Indians in Tony Hillerman's A Thief of Time, one can identify several cultural characteristics of this mysterious tribe. One can discover how they lived, where they lived, their religion, simple day to day activities, and mysteries about their culture ... odd things about this tribe, such as, "Why did these people disappear after being around for over 1,000 years?" No one knows where they went, but we do know they built roads. They didn't have wheels nor pack animals. We also know they lived in a land of little wood and water. The Anasazi made very exquisite pots, but they made very odd drawings on them. Some pots were ...
- 26067: Importance Of Fractal Geometry
- ... is the creation of a finite area with an infinite perimeter, meaning the dimension is incomprehensible. Fractals, before that word was coined, were simply considered above mathematical understanding, until experiments were done in the 1970's by Benoit Mandelbrot, the "father of fractal geometry". Mandelbrot developed a method that treated fractals as a part of standard Euclidean geometry, with the dimension of a fractal being an exponent. Fractals pack an infinity ... of 2.5 are less jagged, and a dimension of 2.2 presents a model of about what is found in nature. The spread in spatial frequency of a landscape is directly related to it's fractal dimension. Some of the best applications of fractals in modern technology are digital image compression and virtual reality rendering. First of all, the beauty of fractals makes them a key element in computer graphics ... opposed to the same landscape being stored as 2.5 megabytes of image data (almost 2 full 3.25" disks). Fractal image compression is a major factor for making the "multimedia revolution" of the 1990's take place.
- 26068: Attack On The Tobacco Companies
- ... recently that smokers were aware or were concerned about the risks of smoking. Consequently, people began taking action toward the cigarette companies and the risks of smoking. The cigarette companies began printing the Surgeon General’s warnings on the packages. An action the people have taken against the tobacco companies is law suits. The industry always had such a powerful defense helping them win so many suits. Their defense was that smokers assumed the risks of smoking and should bear the responsibility for it. The people were not having much luck in their fight against the tobacco companies. Along with the people’s fight against the tobacco companies, the states are now helping take action. The number of states suing the industry has climbed to twenty-two. By the states suing in place of the smokers, they could overpower the strong defense the industry has had in the past. In Florida’s law suit, the companies will pay the state an initial $550 million and another $200 million for an anti-smoking campaign. In addition to the fees the companies must pay, they must remove their ...
- 26069: Contemporary Social Theory
- ... from the work of Karl Marx, who believed that the economic order shapes society. The functionalist approach was developed from the work of Comte and Durkheim, stating that is the combination of all of society’s institutions that shapes society. An organic analogy is most often used to explain structural functionalism. The analogy represents society with the human body and social structures and institutions are represented by the body’s organs. For a human being to survive, the body must perform certain functions to solve problems and meet needs. For example, we must circulate blood, remove waste, and biologically reproduce. Survival depends on the individual ... is in the allocation of power. Functionalists believe power is held by the people who hold the traits associated with power, and who hold common values. Those in power serve to meet the entire society’s wants and needs. Materialists believe power lies in the rich upper class, who control the economic institutions. This ruling class serves to meet the needs and wants of their own class. Although simililarities between ...
- 26070: Inclusion Of Handicapped Students In Public Education and Politics
- ... should still be hidden and isolated from typical classrooms. Pelka (1996) writes: “Prior to the disability-rights movement, efforts to help the disabled focused on their rehabilitation or cure.” Disability rights activists realized that society's reaction to disability was every bit as limiting, often more so than disability itself. Using a wheelchair in itself, does not keep someone unemployed, but the fact that transportation, workplaces, schools, stores, homes, and churches ... just placement in a regular class within school. Inclusion deals with diversity, how society deals with difference and how it deals or avoids our morality. Inclusion is being included in life and participating using one’s abilities in day to day activities as a member of the community. It is being a part of what everyone else is and being welcomed and embraced as a member who belongs. Inclusion can occur ... and in life. Perhaps most important, inclusion gives children a sense of unity. REFRENCES Finn, Chester E. (1996, Mar 11). Corrupted Intentions: Reforming special education. National Review, v48, pp. 46(3). Fuchs, D.; & Fuchs, L. S. (1994). Inclusive Schools Movement and the Radicalization of Special Education Reform. Exceptional Children, v60, pp. 295(14). Monahan, Robert G.; Marino, Sheila B.; & Miller, Rosemary. (1996, Dec 1). Teacher Attitudes Toward Inclusion: Implications for ...
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