+ Education "What we found was that students using social networking sites are actually practicing the kinds of 21st century skills we want them to develop to be successful today‚" said Christine Greenhow‚ a learning technologies researcher in the university’s College of Education and Human Development and principal investigator of the study. "Now that we know what skills students are learning and what experiences they’re being exposed to‚ we can help foster and extend those skills‚" said Greenhow
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David Brooks began his essay “One Nation‚ Slightly Divisible” by dividing America into two sections: “Red America”‚ the republicans‚ and “Blue America”‚ the democrats. Brooks discussed the differences between the two groups. He described how “Red America” was made up of farmers and rural communities‚ while “Blue America” consisted of big cities with many stores and businesses. As Brooks looked at the red and blue sections of the electoral map‚ he was interested in the reasons
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The most important chapter in this reading is when Foner talks about how freedom means different things to different people. Foner explains the two different types that people think about freedom. The first way people think of freedom is by protecting indivuals from authority. The second is to make choices freely without anyone concerned about you. This part was important because no one was use to this concept so it took time to get this in their head. As these different kinds of freedom were put
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Group presentations about Hofstede’s cultural dimension 1. A brief presentation of Geert Hofstede and his background Geert Hofstede was born 2 October 1928 in Haarlem. He is a Dutch social psychologist that did a pioneering study of cultures across modern nations. Geert has made these models that classified culture along four different dimensions – Power Distance Index‚ Individualism versus Collectivism‚ Masculinity versus Femininity‚ Uncertainty Avoidance Index‚ Long Term Orientation versus Short
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How the Tea Party Playbook Can Become the Democrats’ Anti-Trump Guide Since President Trump’s inauguration‚ Democrats have been calling for party unity to form an effective opposition against him. Democrats seem to have found an effective way to unite the party and start a resistance against Trump and his administration. By taking a page from the Tea Party playbook‚ the Democrats are building an uprising - one that the Trump administration will soon have to acknowledge. The plan is simple: start
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Trying to defend something with a bad reputation is hard to support. Not the defending‚ but the support. That is what “In the Defense of Single Motherhood” by Katie Roiphe from The New York Times‚ published in 2011‚ tries to do. Roiphe’s point was to get people to get rid of the bad reputation of single mothers. Katie Roiphe makes a good claim‚ however her lack of focus‚ tone‚ failure to use of ethos‚ and her questionable statics makes her claim ineffective. Focus is key in any sense keeps everything
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Democratic-Republicans‚ fought many ideological and political battles from 1790 to 1810. Conflicts between these two parties grew out of their opposing ideologies the Democratic-Republicans supported states rights and a strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution‚ whereas the Federalists favored a strong central government and a broader interpretation of the Constitution. However there are more than 3 major topics that I could talk about involving the Federalist and Democratic-Republicans between
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Jesse Jackson A. An American Hero Knowing how to address Jesse Jackson might be a problem. Should one call him Mr.Jackson‚ or should he be addressed as Jesse in response to his relaxed‚ unaffected style? Perhaps he should be called Reverend Jackson to acknowledge that he is an Baptist ordained minister‚ or Dr. Jackson in recognition of his doctor of divinity degree. However one decides to address him‚ only part of this complex and influential person will be acknowledged. (1) Jackson was
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It seems like Rush Limbaugh doesn’t understand how important include how contraception works for the women. Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh was thrust into the centre of the debated re-ignited on Capitol Hill today when senators killed a proposal to throw out president Obama’s contraption mandate. And Limbaugh called the woman who was denied the right to speak on the controversial all-male conception panel at a hearing last month a “slut” on his show at Wednesday. The issue didn’t really
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George H.W. Bush served as the 41st president‚ as well as numerous other positions within our government. Some of these include vice-president to Ronald Reagan‚ director of the CIA‚ congressman‚ ambassador to the United Nations‚ and chairman of the Republican National Committee. Besides these governmental positions he was also a pilot in the navy as well as an oil businessman in Texas. George Walker Bush was born on July 6‚ 1946 in New Haven‚ Connecticut. He was the oldest of his five other siblings:
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