E. E. Cummings

warning label from the surgeon general that would say: ‘Judgment not included”, joked Thomas Friedman author of the World is Flat. Despite the original World is Flat being written about a decade ago its point is still true, judgment is still not included. E-learning, the webs version of the classroom, is an exploding industry, with online universities such as the University of Phoenix, and brick and mortar colleges like Yakima Valley Community College offering hundreds of classes to thousands of…

Why should you stay in touch with your customers and prospects? The end result of maintaining a business is always to make money. No matter what type of business that may be, marketing and selling are unavoidable. There are very few businesses that sustain themselves with little or no marketing. Customers don’t just wake up one day and say “I’m going to buy Jane’s product” when Jane has done nothing to market her products. Spending your time and money to only have to find 35% new customers are…

Introduction Kate Kiefer wrote a segment in a book in 2007 called “Do Students Lose More than They Gain in Online Writing Classes?” In Kiefer’s segment she argues that regardless of the advantages that online writing classes can provide, there are far too many shortcomings, including, a lack of a writing system classroom, student time constraints, and a “market” model of education that the educational establishment has to deal with. Kiefer notes that these shortcomings in online writing…

Picturebook Analysis The book’s title is “a combination of a name and an epithet or appellation” (Nikolajeva & Scott, 2006, p.242). The reader can expect that the protagonist is a boy. “Incredible” and “book eating” further reveal the theme of the story; the word “incredible” implies an evaluation of the main character, which may disclose the opinion and focus of the narrator. The cover also foreshadows what the story may be about. Each word is represented in different fonts and sizes on the…

printed books will be outstripped by e-books by 2018, a new report by Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) has suggested” (BBC News). Though this is one piece of data and these predictions are constantly changing. The prediction makes sense when taking into account the amount of electronic books that students are buying every year. A more recent articles states: “But the digital apocalypse never arrived, or at least not on schedule. While analysts once predicted that e-books would overtake print by…

As technology continues to develop and progress, many feel that the benefits of online resources can best be harnessed within classrooms and education; as a result, many feel that education should take a step into the "cyber-world", with physical classrooms being swapped out with virtual, internet classrooms. However, these "cyber-revolutionaries" fail to recognize the impact the intimacy and degree of customization that traditional physical schooling offers: aspects such as social interaction,…

In today’s world, education system has become very versatile and diverse. There are many ways for students to gain education, and one way is through online institutions. An example of an online institution is Minerva Project. Minerva Project is a new higher education online college led by its CEO Ben Nelson that claims to offer a better education than that of traditional colleges. Minerva doesn’t have an elaborate campus, and it requires students to use the community resources for assistance. In…

E-book Is Better Than Paper Book Bill Gates once said “We’re changing the world with technology.” Some people think Bill Gates’ advanced technology might ruin our society. On the other hand, some people think his technology create a new world. In fact, technology is changing our world day by day. E-book is one of the examples. Nowadays, you can see people reading books with different devices, such as phones, tablets, or e-readers everywhere. Once you have one of those devices, you can read…

Social media’s population is expanding, with people creating new social media accounts daily. This causes career opportunities to arise, a successful career being producing click farms. The article “How Click Farms Have Inflated Social Media” written by Doug Bock Clark, in the May 2015 edition of The New Republic, explains the status of click farms. Click Farms are online establishments that allow customers buy social media influence to boost their standing. Kim Capisong is an employee for an…

Nickolai Titov, Gavin Andrews, Genevieve Schwencke (2008) decided they wanted to use a randomized trial to test if social phobia could be reduced using a computer program along with a therapist. The computer treatment program assisted by a therapist was the computerized cognitive behavioral treatment (CaCCBT) and a program for social phobia called the social program were used. Their hypothesis was social phobia would be reduced using the computer program to treat social phobia. Before…