Harvard University Department of Education Dear Graduate Admissions Committee: November 14‚ 2013 It is my pleasure to write on behalf of XXX‚ who is applying to the PhD program in Human Development‚ Learning and Teaching‚ Harvard University. I have interacted with him in several contexts: as supervisor‚ mentor‚ friend‚ and as a thesis mentee. I first met XXX in 2007‚ when I transferred to Washington‚ District of Columbia Region. S/He stood out as a Navy sailor‚ studying for Navy Chief and
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CHAPTER 13 1. How does building new systems produce organizational change? • Describe each of the four kinds of organizational change that can be promoted with information technology. 1）Automation: improve efficiency and make manual steps not required 2）Rationalization: Streamline standard operating procedures 3）Business process reengineering: Analyze‚ simplify‚ and redesign business processes 4）Paradigm shifts: Rethink the nature of the business and the nature of organization. • Define business
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ANIMALS‚ HUMANS‚ AND LANGUAGE Anders Holmberg One of the properties we have as humans which makes us different from other species is a capacity for acquiring and using a form of language which is far more complex than the language‚ or system of communication‚ of any other species. This capacity has been crucial for the evolution of human technology and human society‚ providing us with a huge advantage over other species. The advantage derives not just from the fact that human language is a
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to information and brings people together from different places. The galloping development of technology has no doubts bringing benefits to average people’s life. Diverse high-tech gadgets applying the latest technologies therefore have emerged. Consumers integrate those high-tech gadgets into their daily life. Nowadays‚ high-tech gadgets are an integral part of the life of mankind. Smartphone is one of the most distinguished technological gadgets in the digital era. It is a mobile phone that can
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What departments at Koala Tech have the most impact on quality? What role should each department play in helping Koala Tech improve overall quality? Koala Tech purchasing department had the most impact on the quality‚ but all department had a role to play in the overall quality. Koala Tech introduction of the PFS 1000’s‚ a multi-function color printer‚ scanner‚ copier‚ and fax machine created a high demand which created a backlog. A report indicated that PFS 1000’s returns and complaints were four
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General Differences Between High School and College CLASSES HIGH SCHOOL Usually follow a school-directed schedule and proceed from one class to another. POSTSECONDARY Individual students must manage their own time and schedules. 2 General education classes dictated by state/district requirements. Class based on field of study; requirements may vary. 3 Typically a school year is 36 weeks long; some classes extend over both semesters. Summer classes may be offered but
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Video Games: The High Tech Threat to Our Younger Generation Anyone who has ever walked through a shopping mall on a weekend knows how popular videogame arcades have become with our young people. It is becoming a force in the lives of millions of kids all across America. Parents and teachers become more concerned and worried when they see their kids devoted to videogames. They are highly concentrated because vidiogames greatly influence the mental and learning processes of the younger generation
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Virginia Tech Massacre On April 16th‚ 2007 on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg‚ Virginia‚ America’s deadliest random act of violence occurred. Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed thirty-two people and wounded 15 others. After the attacks he later shot and killed himself which makes the total amount of deaths thirty-three people. This massacre is the most deadly shooting by a single gunman in United States history. Students were getting ready to go to class just like any other day. However
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Ecosystem Components and Interactions I. Introduction An ecosystem is a complex relationship between a community of organisms and the environment that they dwell in where energy is exchanged and transformed. Ecosystem includes the biotic (living organisms)‚ the abiotic (physical and chemical factors)‚ and the interactions made between these. They continually interact with each other‚ thus making complex systems with intersecting properties wherein “everything is connected”. In ecosystem ecology
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At present we rely on oil for most our energy needs. However‚ oil is a fosil fuel and causes air pollution‚ and it will eventually run out. Nuclear energy is the only practical and clean source of energy for the world. In what extend do you agree or disagree? Energy is the most important issue on the world nowadays. Oil was considered the most polular energy that people have ever known but it causes many serious worries include environment problems and runing out significantly. In several
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