Today many companies exist that deal with millions of customers annually. Recently, leading Web service companies such as, “Amazon, Google, HCL Technologies and Facebook” have built knowledge-based request fulfillment systems that record, route and resolve customer requests faster, better and cheaper through the use of self-selection and automated fulfillment. These companies have showed the importance of knowledge management and how it has helped them to further the growth and accessibility to…
Collin Janawsky Mr. Mahany Comp I October 6, 2015 Explanatory Synthesis In both essays, “Is Google making us stupid” and “The influencing machines”, technology is being questioned whether it is changing us or not. In the essay, “is Google making us stupid” Carr explains that Google is for the worst. In the essay, “The influencing machines” Gladstone explains how much of a great impact that technology has on our society. She also explains how media has both a good and bad effect on the…
In the article Is Google Making Us Stupid? Nicholas Carr, the author, believes that the internet is changing how we use our brains. Nicholas Carr was nominated for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction and is a New York Times Bestseller. He has also attended Dartmouth College and Harvard University, and served as executive editor of the Harvard Business Review. Throughout the article, Carr explains how he believes the internet is changing how we think and the effects it has on how people…
The information that I gathered helped me retrieve his name from my memories. The shirt was the retrieval cue, but other instances can involve a words, sounds, emotions etc. According to the book, retrieval cues are similar to search engines such as Google or Yahoo. It also explained that retrieval cues are essential to prospective memory. Another good example is multiple choice questions because it provides retrieval cues in the questions.…
new computer, which has 500 gigabytes of available storage on the hard drive. 500GB is more than I think that I will need but I would rather be safe than sorry! When I was deciding what computer to buy I searched for different types and models using Google, from there I was able to find all the information I needed to make an educated…
In the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”, written by Nicholas Carr, the author is arguing the effect Google and the internet has had on not only the research process but the brain itself. Carr states the internet has simplified the process of research and decreased the amount of time a writer spends on research by becoming proficient in skimming and scanning the text. He then claims the internet has altered his brain's reasoning by stating “And what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away…
question. None of his classmates comprehend what the question is, since nobody is paying attention. One of the student's friends hears the question and messages it back to him. The student then pings his friend and tells him to stall the teacher till he Googles the answer. At that point the student coolly tells the professor the answer like he knew everything all along. Numerous observers may see the student's conduct as wrong immediately, as he was distracted from the lecture. At the same time…
Hawla Mohammed English 1301 Professor Miguel Marrero Is Google Making Us Stupid In the article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid”, the main point the author, Nicholas Carr is trying to make is that show the readers how the internet began to change our ability to read books and other long articles and how it was before starting using the internet. Presently the internet has become our primary source of information, we google everything we don't know and will get the answer right away. Even…
information is acquired. The article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” explains how the internet has enabled humans to easily acquire new and extraneous information without having to spend hours, or even days, searching in a library or elsewhere to find it. With modern internet search engines, users can simply type the subject or matter in which they wish to inquire about, and within seconds, several different sources pertaining to the search will pop up. The author of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”,…
Complete an analysis on a poem and author of your choosing. Use the links on Google Classroom to find your poem. Make sure to type your response on this document and to give thorough, insightful commentary. Remember, your analysis should be limited to one page or slightly more. Quality over quantity!! Rubric Categories 4 3 2 1 0 T- Title Thoughts on the title are shared..Strong commentary and wording is used Thoughts on the title are shared.Adequate wording and commentary is used Thoughts on…