E-learning

Manifestaciones (Manifestations) Manifestaciones or short for Mani is a leadership retreat hosted by the Center for Latino Arts and Culture (CLAC) located on College Avenue. Although it is expected that this retreat is only for Latinos since it is hosted by the CLAC, anyone from any race can go because although the retreat is Latino-oriented it is not Latino exclusive. There is an application that every potential participant must fill out and the participants are chosen based on…

The Greatest Invention of All Time The greatest invention of all time is the printing press, the printing press is the greatest invention of all time for a few reasons. The printing press allowed people to purchase books for a cheaper price and to learn more without having a teacher telling them what they need to know. The invention of the printing press also made a lot of the stories and information that people spread a lot more precise and correct. Before the printing press came to be,…

o Mail/E-mail Server – this is required within the company. A mail server is known as a mail transfer. In other words, is an application that receives an incoming email from other users. One example of a mail server could be Outlook. The company will use a mail server for sending emails to clients and staffs about important information. In order for a mail server to function properly, Terex will need a device called a Switch. A switch helps the business to connect a device e.g. mail server to a…

Julie J.C.H. Ryan’s essay “Student Plagiarism in an Online World” explains how effortless it is for college students to plagiarize their essays and avoid learning through the help of modern technology. On the contrary, undergraduates use the Internet as a means to bolster their education. Savvy technology has helped ease the life of twenty-first century students. The Internet is helpful because it acts as a virtual library for research, enhances relationships between professors and students, and…

The internet is in everyone’s life in one way or another, there is no way to ignore it. People’s livings and ways of life are driven off of phones and computers, some jobs wouldn’t even be available if it weren’t for technology. The real question is, is the internet helping us or is it only numbing our own knowledge and thoughts, and making us reliant on technology. When someone thinks about this question long enough it becomes more clear that yes, technology is ruining parts of our lives: Since…

The most dangerous social engineers are those who can invent a lie so believable that they are able to successfully impersonate a legitimate employee without ever raising any suspicion. This tactic is particularly harmful because if real employees can be tricked into believing the criminal is actually a coworker or a member of upper management, it is not very difficult for a charismatic social engineer to manipulate the employee into divulging extremely sensitive information, or even worse,…

Every human has morals and ethics they developed as they grow up, but when these are tested we are put in a situation where at times those morals and ethics are left behind. A lot of times a good person will act unconsciously and this will make them seem as if they were a bad person. Milgram’s study reveals how far ordinary people are willing to obey orders given by an authoritative figure even if it involves hurting another human being. In the study, he conducted he randomly selected people to…

Katsushika Hokusai was a Japanese artist during the 18th and 19th centuries who is known for woodblock printing, “Ukiyo-e” painting, and manga art. What is unique about him is his interest in the “relationship between light and natural phenomena” and how he captured “the moods of nature and the atmospheric conditions of the different seasons and weather” (Hane 39). His most well known piece is “Mount Fuji Seen Below a Wave at Kanagawa” which is part of his series of woodblock prints known as…

an iPad was. Not too many people owned a standard tablet. Now, it is more common to see people reading on tablets instead of inside books. Thanks to the iPad and other tablets, the Kindle ebooks app and iBooks are now widely used. The popularity of e-readers has eliminated many long-standing bookstores because more people prefer instant access to the books they want to read. With a tablet like the iPad, it is really important to take good care of it. Even though so many people own them, they…

According to a study done by Butler University, use of offensive language to describe a situation, thought, or even another character, is one of the most cited reasons for banning a book. Supporters of banning say profanity can influence the actions and thoughts of readers, especially younger readers that may not have heard or read many corrupt words in books. Huckleberry Finn, a book commonly challenged for its use of controversial racial language, is one of those books that many view as…