Why did Negroponte do what he did? Why was this necessary? The idea of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) was born in 1999‚ as Professor Nicholas Negroponte was visiting a Cambodian rural village school previously established by him and his wife. By letting children play with some Panasonic “Toughbook” laptops‚ Negroponte experienced the power of change that could be brought about by laptops. He was impressed by how “it changed their lives in several ways‚ improving self-esteem and empowerment and fulfilling
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Group Case 3: MCI Communications Corp.‚ 1983 Executive Summary Assumptions The following are the assumptions we made through the whole analysis. The predicted revenues from 1983 to 1990 were assumed to follow the pattern in Exhibit 9A‚ despite the uncertainty of the higher access charge and competition increase. The marginal tax rate is 30% during that period. The firm must keep minimal cash balance of $100 million to support its operating activities. However
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1. What is the major theme of this memoir/biography? (Write a complete sentence that explains the universal message that can be applied to the world outside of the book.) No object or task is worth a human life. 2. How can readers apply this theme to their own lives? (Think about the message the reader learns.) Readers can apply this theme in their own lives by taking their actions into careful consideration. They need to learn not to make rash decisions‚ but slow careful ones. Any object or
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increased since commencing this professional practice award (PPA). As the setting manager I always understood that my role as manager was to manage and lead the team‚ I did not realise that these were two completely different yet both very important aspects of my role. When reflecting back on my initial personal targets‚ goals and self evaluation in my learning contract‚ it was unclear to me exactly how much I had to learn and grow within my role. Leadership ‘A leader…is someone who is able to
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The powerful writings of Christine de Pizan‚ in her works such as “The Book of the City of Ladies‚” have created much debate on the nature of her writings and her‚ as an author. Shelia Delany in “’Mothers to Think Back Through’: Who Are They? The Ambiguous Example of Christine de Pizan” analyzes how Christine de Pizan‚ by the standards of her time‚ is mislabeled as “a reformer or proto feminist” when she rather seems “at best a contradictory figure”(Delany 315). Although Pizan may display opposing
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1. The three dangers in group discussion are information underload and overload‚ unequal participation‚ and pressure to conform. Information overload and overload is the first danger of 3‚ in group discussions. Information underload occurs when a group does not have enough information to work efficiently. This can happen when someone is putting on a bake sale for charity‚ and then finds out that there was a free concert going on at the same time. Not knowing this‚ this lead to a massive decrease
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What aspects of your group (for the initial resource presentation) functioned well and why? Deeper levels we equate with understanding because discussion for few days we try to explain things to each other‚ to argue for an answer or to justify a conclusion‚ that interaction clarifies our own thinking and often it clarifies the thinking of other group members‚ and this allowed us to divide the group work and we just had to do our parts and finish it and put it on slides and make it beautiful. I believe
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Analyzing the occurrences during World War II‚ the statement “despite being effective at the tactical and operational levels of war‚ the Germans lost the war on the strategic level” can be concluded to be absolutely true. In order to prove this statement‚ two things must be proven - first that Germany was effective at the tactical and operational levels and second that they failed on the strategic level. Occurrences that suggest tactical and operational success of the German army are seen through
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Christine Soriano Speech 1A-002 2 November 2011 Professor Wongprasert Advertisement Essay In this magazine ad (courtesy of Nylon magazine) we have 3 young girls posing for a clothing brand. The credibility or ethos we can rely on is the company Buffalo by David Bitton. Since it is a well-known brand‚ people can trust that this company has goodwill and character. Plus‚ it is an advertisement from a magazine called Nylon which is among one of the popular fashion magazines that are distributed throughout
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“This Is Why Marijuana Should Be Legal Everywhere” By Renee Jacques is a persuasive article on the legalization of marijuana. The article states many benefits and other persuasive tools to make the main point stated in the title. By using reasoning‚ evidence‚ and persuasive writing elements‚ Renee Jacques offers a different look at marijuana focusing on mostly health benefits. Reliable evidence is critical for any persuasive article and Jacques provides this in her article. Jacques references statistics
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