E. E. Cummings

Introduction Kate Kiefer wrote a segment in a book in 2007 called “Do Students Lose More than They Gain in Online Writing Classes?” In Kiefer’s segment she argues that regardless of the advantages that online writing classes can provide, there are far too many shortcomings, including, a lack of a writing system classroom, student time constraints, and a “market” model of education that the educational establishment has to deal with. Kiefer notes that these shortcomings in online writing…

Picturebook Analysis The book’s title is “a combination of a name and an epithet or appellation” (Nikolajeva & Scott, 2006, p.242). The reader can expect that the protagonist is a boy. “Incredible” and “book eating” further reveal the theme of the story; the word “incredible” implies an evaluation of the main character, which may disclose the opinion and focus of the narrator. The cover also foreshadows what the story may be about. Each word is represented in different fonts and sizes on the…

printed books will be outstripped by e-books by 2018, a new report by Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) has suggested” (BBC News). Though this is one piece of data and these predictions are constantly changing. The prediction makes sense when taking into account the amount of electronic books that students are buying every year. A more recent articles states: “But the digital apocalypse never arrived, or at least not on schedule. While analysts once predicted that e-books would overtake print by…

As technology continues to develop and progress, many feel that the benefits of online resources can best be harnessed within classrooms and education; as a result, many feel that education should take a step into the "cyber-world", with physical classrooms being swapped out with virtual, internet classrooms. However, these "cyber-revolutionaries" fail to recognize the impact the intimacy and degree of customization that traditional physical schooling offers: aspects such as social interaction,…

In today’s world, education system has become very versatile and diverse. There are many ways for students to gain education, and one way is through online institutions. An example of an online institution is Minerva Project. Minerva Project is a new higher education online college led by its CEO Ben Nelson that claims to offer a better education than that of traditional colleges. Minerva doesn’t have an elaborate campus, and it requires students to use the community resources for assistance. In…

E-book Is Better Than Paper Book Bill Gates once said “We’re changing the world with technology.” Some people think Bill Gates’ advanced technology might ruin our society. On the other hand, some people think his technology create a new world. In fact, technology is changing our world day by day. E-book is one of the examples. Nowadays, you can see people reading books with different devices, such as phones, tablets, or e-readers everywhere. Once you have one of those devices, you can read…

Social media’s population is expanding, with people creating new social media accounts daily. This causes career opportunities to arise, a successful career being producing click farms. The article “How Click Farms Have Inflated Social Media” written by Doug Bock Clark, in the May 2015 edition of The New Republic, explains the status of click farms. Click Farms are online establishments that allow customers buy social media influence to boost their standing. Kim Capisong is an employee for an…

Nickolai Titov, Gavin Andrews, Genevieve Schwencke (2008) decided they wanted to use a randomized trial to test if social phobia could be reduced using a computer program along with a therapist. The computer treatment program assisted by a therapist was the computerized cognitive behavioral treatment (CaCCBT) and a program for social phobia called the social program were used. Their hypothesis was social phobia would be reduced using the computer program to treat social phobia. Before…

Procedure The study will be submitted to Northern Illinois University’s Institutional Review Board for approval. Once approval is granted and a middle school has agreed to participate in the study, a letter will be sent home to parents explaining the study and that their consent is required for their child(ren) to participate. All students whose parents return the consent form will be discussed among school staff in order to make pairs. Teachers, social workers, and paraprofessionals will…

Working with a team for an online class has its challenges. For one, people are in different time zones so meeting for online discussions does not always work for all members of the team. When this happens, emails are a vital tool for communication for four students wanting to make the best product they can. As I look through Tuckman’s model I can see how this developed within our team but since most of the communication happened by email it took away some quality team development…