I reviewed the Webinar titled “Gamification: is it Edu-tainment or a Genuine Opportunity to Engage Learners?” By Brian Knudson of Noggin labs. Gamification of Learning high lights – What The webinar started by a brilliant experiment with those who signed up for the webinar and shared the results of the game. The webinar covered two broad categories of gaming types: simulations and social games. In this paper I was drawn to the first category‚ simulations because of its broad existence and usability
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A GREAT OPPORTUNITY MISSED! A famous bureaucrat once said that IAS stands for… I Am Sorry. I was reminded of that while meeting one yesterday and apparently‚ he had invited me to discuss the social media strategy for his organization. We got off to a bad start when he asked‚ Why Social Media? He might as well have asked‚ Why Gravity? Duh! Then‚ making a pathetic excuse‚ a subordinate walked into the room and remained busy for about 20 minutes explaining her situation about a lost ATM card. We
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Sometimes markets work well and sometimes they do not. In the case of climate change‚ they are failing. Considered economically‚ climate change can be understood as a form of market failure associated with greenhouse gas pollution because the climate change that follows imposes costs on all people‚ not just the polluters. These costs include damage to their health‚ insurance costs (to protect against increased flooding ) or the costs of ‘climate-proofing’ our homes as the world gets hotter. There
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to be inspired and having others inspire you can only have positive effects. Its one of life’s win win things. By acting in ways that inspire others we ourselves benefit‚ as we are giving rather than receiving. Also‚ those we inspire benefit and hopefully go on to inspire others in turn. It can only be good thing for society as a whole when we are inspired by others and are ourselves an inspiration to ohers. So who has inspired me? Well‚ as a young person there were many people who inspired me. I
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TEENAGERS TODAY The earthquake that hits Japan reminds me how fast things can change. The situation that Japan had to face now is just the same as Malaysia handling teenager’s issue. The Japan government has to spend around 48 billion to build up all the buildings that collapse due to the earthquake. At the same time‚ Malaysian government has to spend millions of money for teenagers recovery planned. Malaysian teenagers change their lifestyle as the world becoming more modern. Teenagers in 1940s
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Bangladesh is a small country on the view to its space but its population are highly increasing than its demand‚ as a result‚ govt unable to fulfill people’s rights. Moreover‚ unemployment‚ illiteracy‚ child marriage‚ child labour‚ imbalance of environment‚ pollution‚ corruption‚ flood etc are highly increasing because of huge of population. Thus‚ population control is highly essential for Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a country where people don’t take precaution and family planning policy. If you look
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respond to a widening range of employee needs. Employees are recognizing that work is squeezing out their personal lives and they are not happy about it. 2. How has technology changed the supervisor’s job? We have to look at how the typical office is set up organizations today have become integrated communication centers. By linking computers‚ telephones‚ fax machines‚ copiers‚ printers‚ and like supervisors can get more complete information quickly than ever before. With this information supervisors
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Higher Standards: Problems with Standardized Testing "Where is the standardized test that can measure passion for learning‚ respect for others‚ and human empathy?" These are the words of Tom McKenna‚ a disgruntled high school teacher from Portland‚ Oregon. Like many other educators and students across the nation‚ Tom is tired of the system. The educational system today is composed of a series of standardized tests. Standardized tests are bad for many reasons. They cause teachers to limit
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they must prove to be proficient‚ or else they will experience disrespect within employees‚ employee turnover‚ poor communication problems and guidance. Characteristics of Organizational Authority In order for organizational Authority to be successful‚ there are certain characteristics that managers must display. The first characteristic is Accountability. For example‚ at T-Mobile call center a csr reports to a team leader‚ who reports to the supervisor. If the csr rep in consistently reporting
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between Brainstorming and Reverse Brain-storming. Reverse brainstorming helps you solve problems by: combining brainstorming and reversal techniques. By combining these‚ you can extend your use of brainstorming to draw out even more creative ideas. To use this technique‚ you start with one of two "reverse" questions: Instead of asking‚ "How do I solve or prevent this problem?" ask‚ "How could I possibly cause the problem?" Instead of asking "How do I achieve these results?" ask‚ "How could I possibly achieve
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