The Virtual Community begins with Rheingold telling the reader how he used the online parenting virtual community WELL to help in an emergency at home. What he emphasizes in this retelling is how he got the solution to his problem from the community quicker than he would have using health professionals. From there‚ Rheingold tells the reader how many topics are covered in online communities and no matter what kind of person one is‚ there is something that they are very interested in and will speak
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Christian-based service‚ I’ve also been fortunate enough to introduce several new people to my faith while meeting them through the monthly events KAK holds. I believe the reason I consider Klothe-a-Kid to be one of my most significant involvements in my community is because of the scope of which I am allowed to work. I am able to schedule new events in concord with the founder of KAK‚ for places which
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Analysis of three learning theories Introduction The cognition and utilization of the world makes human life have become more convenient and comfortable‚ learning that can be defined as the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge is the key term to the development and progress of individuals‚ even the whole society. Because of the different environment‚ the learning theory or method is not unique. Some theories emphasis on individual learning and some tend to learn in groups. Three
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The topic that I would like to focus on for my conceptual paper is Homelessness in the LGBT community. Despite advances that have been made in Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual and Transgendered rights‚ we as a society continue to fail the LGBT community and continue to leave our children homeless and discriminate due to our own inabilities to accept someone for their true selves. This is the root cause of our youth living on the street. “Of the nearly 1.7 million youth homeless in America‚ up to 40 percent
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The El Paso community can be said to be peaceful in terms of violence and drugs. In certain aspects however‚ our community suffers. I live on the Far East side of El Paso which is now currently growing at a huge rate. Because of this‚ streets as well as restaurants and stores are getting more and more populated. Along with this is the fact that since we are growing so fast‚ construction is taking place in order to allow a “better” flow of traffic. The result from this is catastrophic. Instead of
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Individual Writing versus Collaborative Writing Team C COMM/105 November 13‚ 2009 Jennifer Core Individual Writing versus Collaborative Writing This essay will indentify similarities and differences between the individual writing process and the collaborative writing process. Collaborative writing is the way that people in the fields of business‚ government‚ and technology compose large writing assignments (Baecker‚ 1993). There are many advantages to collaborative writing. One advantage
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For my service-learning assignment I decided to fulfill my hours at Otto Middle School with Mrs. April Balogun as a part of the Communities in Schools (CIS) Program as a student mentor and volunteer. My primary duties included helping students with troubling homework assignments or projects‚ speaking to students on study skills to incorporate in the future‚ speaking to students who may need help with personal or school related issues‚ as well as assisting Mrs. Balogun with minor activity planning
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Preventing Security Breaches: Collaborative Summary Isaac Williams BIS/221 December 22‚ 2014 Mary Robbins Preventing Security Breaches: Collaborative Summary During Week 2‚ our team focused our collaborative discussion on different technologies that businesses can use to prevent security breaches and reduce the risk of cyber-attacks they are increasingly experiencing. To aid in our discussion‚ team member‚ Jennifer Ashton‚ posted an article entitled “The Right Technology Fix Can Help Prevent Breaches”
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Apart of a Community? What is a community? A community is a group of people who have similar characteristics in common. They provide is with a sense of stability‚ they serve our needs‚ and they also accept us for who we are. When most people think of a community they automatically think about the neighborhood‚ town or city they live in‚ or the religious group they are apart of. No one really thinks about the people who are involved in high-risk behaviors as being apart of a community. Groups engaging
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Abstract: This chapter deals with the German-speaking Community in Belgium that consists of around 72.000. Having belonged to Germany for several years‚ the Community is attached to Belgium after the Second World War in 1945. In 1983‚ the Community is officially acknowledged as the German-speaking Community. Nowadays‚ the German-speaking Community consists of the nine municipalities Kelmis‚ Lontzen‚ Raeren‚ Eupen‚ Bütgenbach‚ Büllingen‚ Amel‚ Sankt Vith and Burg-Reuland. Being situated in the French-speaking
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