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Proliferation of Computer-based technology

            With the introduction of the computer into the modern classroom students.
             are getting to see entirely new aspects of their chosen degrees. Collaboration.
             between classrooms and schools that wasn't possible before, now happens on .
             a daily basis. Through the networking of research facilities and instructional .
             labs, students get a first-hand look at the actual processes that are involved in .
             their principal area of study. Professors are now able to convey thoughts and .
             ideas in much more clear and concise ways then ever before. The .
             communication lines between instructor and student and grown vastly as well as .
             peer-to-peer interaction. With the "Open Courseware Initiative" that is being .
             developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, course materials and .
             notes are being published online in the form of a massive knowledge base that .
             will be publicly accessible to the entire world. The goal is to get all of the .
             Universities and Colleges of the world networked together by the sharing of .
             information so that all schools, large and small, will have access to the same well .
             of information. From that, you will see entire courses being taught online. .
             Classes will become virtual and schools themselves will simply be reduced to .
             their domain names. .
             In my area of concentration, Astronautics, technology hasn't yet made a .
             large impact in the classroom. PowerPoint presentations and online grading is .
             about the extent to which it has been involved. In engineering, the first few years .
             of study mainly deal with classical topics that have been around for hundreds of .
             years. Calculus and physics have, so far, been best laid out on a white board .
             with great attention given to understanding the concepts behind forces observed .
             in nature. At the heart of these ideas are equations that must be written out and .
             derived to be completely understood. While this could be done online, greater .
             comprehension will come from seeing the process step by step and being able to .


Essays Related to Proliferation of Computer-based technology

1. Bank of America to Start Charging Debit Card Fee

... lawsuits and financial losses from its questionable mortgage practices during the housing boom (Halzack). Bank of America's decision stems from Senator Richard Durbin's bill that overhauled the banking system by capping the amount of money that banks can charge stores for debit card uses. After announcing its plan to lay ... off nearly 30,000 employees, Bank of America sought other sources to cut the losses from the new government regulations, and immediately turned to consumers to gain ... on the savings to customers (The Chicago Tribune). However, even Durbin disagrees with the bank'...

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2. Garbage To Fuel: Technology's Impact on Saving the Earth

... . A small demo facility owned by PlascoEnergy Group in Ottowa, Canada has been in production since February 2008. The facility reports that for every ton of garbage that is processed, it produces about 1400 kwh of power. If this technology were to truly work without causing even more environmental harm, it would be monumental. Not only could currently produced garbage be eliminated, but old ... turbines, HRSGs compressors etc. would be necessary to make this concept work and be practical. There is nothing new or evolutionary here..... only a marginal, wishful technology promoted to the h...

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3. The Future of Geothermal Energy

... power plants. In this case, hydrothermal fluids are used to create electricity. Geothermal energy can be applied directly as a heat source for homes, offices, and other businesses. This advance in technology is already functioning as a power source for numerous homes and businesses across the United States. Geothermal heat pumps, in particular, are used both for heating and cooling buildings as well ... and even plans to implement changes that will allow for easier access to them. The already functioning geothermal power plants in Germany may not be producing a surplus of energy now, bu...

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4. The impact of Cell Phones on todays society

... phones on society has become huge. One reason that the cell phone has made such an impact on society today is because of the advances they have made with them through modern technology. When the cell phone first debuted, its only function was to make calls. That is not the case today. Now you can hook up to the Internet via your ... cell phone, and stay up to date on the latest news, banking, entertainment and fashion. You can check your email and chat to friends. Cell phones of today also have the technology built in to watch live television no matter where you are. Some offer a GPS na...

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5. Hanjuan Jin Found Guilty of Stealing Trade Secrets

... of charges of economic espionage for China. Jin illegally downloaded 1,000 of the company's proprietary documents, which included important business secrets before trying to board a plane to Beijing. Federal agents found the files on her computer and other electronic devices during a random security search at the airport (Kelleher). Jin simultaneously worked for Motorola as well as a Beijing-based company called Kai Sun News Technology ... Co., or SunKaisens, which is affiliated with the Chinese military (Harris). Jin waived her right to a jury trial, leaving it in the hands of US Distri...

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6. The Impact of Today's Economics on Tomorrow's Social Security

... at different ages. For many, the future is not pretty. "The average check is about $1000 now. With inflation continuing to skyrocket upwards of 12% in recent years, and the administration only calculating increases to Social Security at around 3%, Americans are going to be seeing less and less ... Nabers says. This problem, although not new, is coming to a head, as the first Baby Boomers hit 62 this year. The largest population of senior citizens is about to tax the agency, at a time when it is cutting staff and budgets and finding it harder to service recipients. To ... prepare for th...

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7. The Church of Scientology Faces Allegations of Abuse

... and cruelty, high pressure marketing tactics, character assignation, and threats. Miscavige was reported to have taken ruthless control of the organization after Hubbard's death and assumed chairmanship of the Religious Technology Center, the highest governing body is the Church of Scientology. "He is one of the most capable, intelligent individuals I've ever met, but L. Ron Hubbard says the intelligence scale doesn't ... necessarily line up with the sanity scale. Adolf Hitler was brilliant. Stalin was brilliant. They were geniuses. But there were also on a certain level stark, staring m...

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8. Dr. Murray Tried for Manslaughter of Michael Jackson

... . Conrad Murray, the personal physician of the late Michael Jackson, took a turn for the worse after the 911 call was played to jurors on September 29th. Murray chose not to call for an ambulance for nearly ... know CPR?" although he was the doctor on hand. Murray then calmly told Alvarez that the singer had "a bad reaction" and needed to be taken to the hospital. However, instead of calling an ambulance right away, he collected medical vials and pill bottles and instructed Alvarez to put them in a bag. The most suspicious evidence so far is that Murray asked ... ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

9. Assessing the Impact of Lower gas prices in Alterative Fuel Vehicles and the Consumption of Alternative Fuels

... and 2009. Devising models to explain the wide variation in fuel prices still does not alleviate the high dependency the U.S. has on petroleum-based fuels, which account for approximately 70% of the U.S. petroleum demand (Zhang, Lohr, Escalante, Wetzstein, 2008). From a strategic standpoint, oil producers no longer have as much bargaining power, even if they are OPEC, when their commodity begins ... prices than dropping ones (Zhang, Lohr, Escalante, Wetzstein, 2008), auto manufacturers are accelerating the development of alterative energy-based engines. The leader in this regard continue...

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10. The Unspoken Issue of Poverty in America

... at ways to control government spending, social programs will continue to be removed from government budgets causing a larger reliance on private funding of social programs. Private organizations often focus their funds toward specific groups or religious affiliations which means that the nations poorest may be left ... in the poorest families and communities. As a result child abuse, child neglect, poor health care and poor education continue to rising areas of concern in these American communities. When dealing with the poor, the health and human service workers has multiple obligations...

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  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

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