Category Archives: Education

Literacy Revolution: Modern Technology is Destroying Print Publications with Viral Publications

In these first two weeks, I have noticed both my summer courses taking a focus on traditional literacy versus modern technology. Through various readings I have come to the conclusion, that most forms of reading, which are printed, are becoming … Continue reading

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Does Sesame Street make kids smart while Spongebob makes kids stupid?

Many studies have been shown that television does help kids learn and in my opinion, it can either help them learn good habits or traits or bad ones. Sesame Street is a show I grew up watching as well as … Continue reading

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Once Upon A Time, Reading Was For Pleasure and Imaginations Soared

I remember when reading was for pleasure and when I could just escape from the world, completely immersing myself in a book. But that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore. Life gets to you. What I mean by that … Continue reading

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How to leverage technology to become smarter.

There are literally hundreds of thousands of ways to interact with digital media. You can speak into your cell phone and search the whole web for a vague keyword or type in an address and receive personalized directions to your … Continue reading

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Is your smart phone actually hindering social interaction?

The very first article, “In the beginning was the word” really got me thinking. The way people read and the reasons people read have changed dramatically over time. Growing up I was taught to read through books, but these days … Continue reading

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How Higher Education Can Benefit a Person’s Life and Other Factors that Affect Their Income

Higher education is an investment; a four-year college education to get a bachelor’s degree is potentially a way for someone to duplicate their income. On average, a bachelor’s holder will make $2.3 million over a lifetime, compared to $1.3 million … Continue reading

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Do Human’s Self-Interpretation Relate to Their Video Game Character?

When the infamous Wii characters hit the video gaming stage people went crazy making every character they possibly could. However, did we make them to resemble ourselves? And if so did we act like ourselves when we played with them … Continue reading

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Google Book Search vs. The Public Library – Who will win in terms of copyright

In the digital age, it’s become all too common to read books in digital form. From iPads to smartphones to kindles, it’s easier than ever to “check out” a book from a local library to read. It’s time the public … Continue reading

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Why People take online courses.

Online course are becoming the new way learning for students. Online courses were not even a question when my parents or grandparents were in college. Partly because the internet was not invented yet. The thing with online course is that … Continue reading

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Transition to Online Learning in Grade Schools

So as college students we all know the wonderful benefits of online classes. My question is when do we start teaching online classes in high school, or even Jr high? Should we have some kind of orientation class in grade … Continue reading

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