Ransom E. Olds

Many artists throughout the world have looked to the Japanese as inspiration for their own art. Artists such as Van Gogh, Monet, and Picasso have utilized the Japanese style, known as Japonisme to give their art a fresh look, or just to experiment with new things. A very accomplished artist, James Tissot, used this Japanese style in his earlier works. Tissot began his art career in the mid 1850’s while studying in college. It was in the 1860’s when he began to experiment with the eastern art…

When it comes down to reading, it sounds very exhausting and long suffering. Most of the people who likes to read, they must be fascinated about new idea and enjoys reading. Reading can be very challenging for those who doesn’t enjoy reading or doesn’t like demand of time in focusing on bunch of words. There is much easier way to read or shortcut of reading long readings. If the readers want to know about a book without having to read page by page, read has a shortcut to way to briefly…

When I looked out into the crowd the majority of whom I could see throughout the dining hall are students here at the University of Delaware. Anytime during the day that I would go to the dining hall I can be guaranteed to see students filling up the dining area in Caesar Rodney. It is interesting to see the variety of students throughout the dining hall. Even with the plethora of seating options there is always a nice spread of students throughout the hall enjoying its features. One of those…

My interview was with an instructor whose English academic credentials include a BA in English and MFA in Writing, and who has taught online, face to face, and blended/hybrid courses in writing and composition. I asked the interviewee/instructor the following four questions based on the assignment instructions: 1. What have you found to be the pedagogical benefits of teaching online? 2. What have you found to be the technological benefits of teaching online? 3. What have you found to be the…

I hope you are well and your transition to the nursing program is going as smooth as expected. I want to send you a note to update you on some important items. 1. I am required to attend some meetings this semester on Thursdays' for the University. Therefore, I will have to start our Thursday 1:00 pm course at 1:40 p.m on those days. I apologize if this causes an inconvenience for you. I will notify you weekly if anything changes. 2. Also, after posting in the Google Doc for Smarts, always…

Online school seems to be the most popular topic being discussed currently. Many people believe that online schooling is not the best way to go for students. Although there are pros and cons to online schooling, online school is a success route for students. It not only draws at risk students or dropouts back to school, it allows students to work and their own pace and helps them stay on track. Online school provides credit recovery for at risk students, which is a program that allows students…

What is Online College / Can I earn a Real Degree Online Online College is a general term that has unfortunately been culturally assigned to reference any college program that does not use traditional “residential” methods for learning content delivery. At its worst level of intellect the term Online College references any method of college beyond the traditional brick and mortar school. Because so many people do not understand alternative educational models but know that some courses are…

Those who are using Hotmail have the option of determining whether they want the system to keep them signed in or if it should ask them for their password and email address every time they want to check on their emails. When they are signing in for the first time they will be provided with the Hotmail sign in page. On the left of the screen, users will be provided with the information they require to sign up while on the right side, they will be provided with the textboxes, checkboxes and…

When this assignment was assigned, I knew I wanted to choose the two assignments I knew that were going to help me the most later in life. After a semester of learning about email etiquette, the job application process, designing PowerPoints, and research methods, I knew I had a lot to choose from. I wanted to make sure I chose, in my eyes, the two best documents I turned in. The two documents I have selected to revise for this portfolio are the email package from unit one and my job application…

Are E-Days a good idea? More schools have started to use E-Days more often. E-Days are the homework that we do when their is a snow day and could be replacing snow days. E-Days are a great idea. This essay will discuss with the reader that E-Days are a good idea because we won’t have to make up snow days in breaks or vacations,education, E-Days save money. First, E-Days are a good idea because students won’t fall behind in classwork. Schools in Ohio have been creating blizzard bags. By using…