Open Text - Based Assessment Summative Examination-II March 2014 Themes 1. Information Technology and Values 2. The Future is Now: A Zest for Living Page 1 7 CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION Shiksha Kendra‚ 2‚ Community Centre‚ Preet Vihar‚ Delhi-110 092 India OPEN TEXT MATERIAL English (101/184): Class-IX 1. Theme – Information Technology and Values Abstract: Information technology is now an integral part of the lives of people across the globe. Use of technology
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effects by affecting the memory in the brain‚ and increases paranoia‚ it is harming individual’s abilities to function. Although it may treat other symptoms such as pain‚ as a blindness prevention method‚ and increase a person’s appetite. I choose not to support either‚ since there’s other ways to treat pain and prevent blindness and after learning about the negative side effect. Marijuana is legal since the Narcotic Control Act and Regulations prohibit distribution and ownership
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Douglas Kleinsmith Lisa Rochford 8:00- 9:20 MW 18 March 2013 What Can You See? For many‚ you have to see something to believe it. However‚ when looking at the beliefs of a blind person‚ we discover that seeing may actually distort our beliefs. In Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral”‚ an unnamed narrator tells a story of meeting a blind man for the first time in his life. Before meeting Robert‚ the narrator tells us of how uncomfortable he is about him. If it had not been for his obligation
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Cathedral’s True Meaning "My eyes were still closed. I was in my house. I knew that. But I didn’t feel like I was inside anything. It’s really something I said." This statement is said by the narrator of the story at the end of the story‚ where at this point you finally come to the realization of what the true meaning or theme is behind the story. Cathedral‚ by Raymond Carver‚ shows that you do not have to see someone or something in order to appreciate them for who or what they
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On His Blindness by John Milton is a classic poem that demonstrates the composer’s perfect understanding of the sonnet form and his ability to utilise it in order to celebrate the idea of surrender to God’s will. The poem conveys Milton’s confusion‚ frustration and eventual understanding of God’s decision to deny him use of his talent. Although the poem follows the rigid sonnet structure‚ Milton’s ability to manipulate this allowed him to truly express the inner turmoil caused by his deteriorating
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Sight and Blindness When Desdemona asks to be allowed to accompany Othello to Cyprus‚ she says that she "saw Othello’s visage in his mind‚ / And to his honours and his valiant parts / Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate" (I.iii. 250252). Othello’s blackness‚ his visible difference from everyone around him‚ is of little importance to Desdemona: she has the power to see him for what he is in a way that even Othello himself cannot. Desdemona’s line is one of many references to different kinds of
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to know him a little better‚ Bub begins to see things as the blind man does and shines some light on a whole new perspective of being able to see. During the beginning of the story‚ Bub describes how he views bling people by saying‚ “My idea of blindness came
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Sensory Loss Outcome1. Understand the factors that impact on an individual with sensory loss 1.1 Analyse how a range of factors can impact on individuals with sensory loss. A range of factors can impact on individuals with sensory loss. We gather so much information from our sight and hearing. Reading‚ writing‚ talking and listening are all things we do in everyday life‚ we rely on our senses to process and understand what is going on in the world around us. We use these senses to carry out
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CHI 2011 COMPETITION WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY Webster‚ A.‚ Roe‚ J.‚ Children with Visual Impairments: Social Interaction‚ Language and Learning Visual impairments and Individual Needs London: Routledge (1998) Summary: This chapter sets out how the authors have approached the individual learning needs of children with visual impairments‚ and emphasizes‚ wherever feasible‚ a research basis for intervention. They explore contrasting images of children with visual impairments‚ highlighting unique
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How the perception of the blind or visually impaired differs from that of the sighted. Article 1: Auditory Substitution of Vision: Pattern Recognition by the Blind The goal of the experiment in this study was to investigate whether or not there was an effect on the performance of recognizing visual patterns using auditory substitution by the early blind. The reason for the study is because of the development of the graphical user interface (GUI) in information technology‚ relating to computer
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