I reviewed the Webinar titled “Gamification: is it Edu-tainment or a Genuine Opportunity to Engage Learners?” By Brian Knudson of Noggin labs. Gamification of Learning high lights – What The webinar started by a brilliant experiment with those who signed up for the webinar and shared the results of the game. The webinar covered two broad categories of gaming types: simulations and social games. In this paper I was drawn to the first category‚ simulations because of its broad existence and usability
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A Book Critique of: "SHIFT: Inside Nissan’s Historic Revival" by Carlos Ghosn When Brazilian-born‚ French-educated son of Lebanese parents‚ Carlos Ghosn was named COO of Nissan in 1999‚ the company was heading towards bankruptcy with a record loss of more than $6 billion in fiscal year 1999. In Shift‚ Carlos Ghosn recounts how he achieved one of the most astounding turnarounds in automotive and corporate history. Ghosn’s Nissan Revival Plan (NRP) outlined seemingly impossible goals
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Professor Kim Dulaney From: LauWanzer Quince In re: Essay Report II: Critique of “Stories from the Homefront: Perspectives of Asian American Parents with Lesbian Daughters and Gay Sons” I chose to write about this topic related to LGBT (Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual and Transgender) because since I was 15 years old I have been able to relate and I have had many friends who are of Asian (Oriental) extract. Also‚ I have also had a roommate who was from Bankcock Thailand. This
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The “good language learner” LIU Mingzhu (department of foreign language‚ Jiangsu University of Science and Technology) Abstract: In order to find out why some people learn languages fast and easily whilst others never seemed to be able to learn a foreign language at all. Was there a magic secret? Were some people naturally more able than others? By investigation‚ i conclude that some factors like motivation‚ personality make a great contribution. Key words: Motivation Extrovert Personality Experiment
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In order to understand a historic urban landscape and its elements‚ three historic cities around the globe where an integrated approach to revitalise old communities is undertaken‚ are studied. These cities are Jacksonville in United States‚ Stralsund in North East Germany and Walled city of Nicosia in Cyprus. Each of these case studies is unique in their approach and strategies to revitalise their old historic districts. The following section discusses these old historic districts in brief (figure
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THE REJECTED SHEPHERD: EXAMINING FULFILLED PROPHECIES OF MESSIAH FROM THE BOOK ZECHARIAH A paper presented to Dr. John Saunders In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Course Completion for Haggai-Malachi by Keith J. Holland April 2007 Holland 1 CHAPTER ONE Introduction The nation of Israel has been waiting for their Messiah for millennia. Prophesied since the days of Adam‚ promised to Abraham‚ Isaac‚ and Jacob‚ anticipated by Moses‚ and lauded by David‚ the Jewish
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Sociological Analysis of the Presidential Election of 2012 from a Structural Functionalist Perspective and a Conflict Perspective. As the presidential election draws closer‚ we could vividly view our society from social conflict and structural functionalist perspectives. The democratic process helps us to ask why do we accept and embrace democracy‚ how does it influence our social patterns and functions; and how does democracy really work for the stability of our society. In this essay‚ I will analyze
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May 31 - June 12‚ 1864 In the overland campaign of 1864‚ Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant with the Army of the Potomac battled General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia for six weeks across central Virginia. At the Wilderness‚ Spotsylvania‚ North Anna and Totopotomoy Creek‚ Lee repeatedly stalled‚ but failed to stop‚ Grant ’s southward progress toward Richmond. The next logical military objective for Grant was the crossroads styled by locals Old Cold Harbor. May 31‚ 1864
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What are the key functions of education from a Functionalist Perspective? Ever since the education system was invented‚ there have been a lot of ideas and criticisms of how it should work. The most famous sociological groups‚ functionalists and Marxists‚ were part of this and still are today. They both think that their views are best for society. Talcott Parsons believes that the education system has three main functions. Firstly it socializes young people into key cultural values such as equality
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UNDERSTANDING JESUS: CHRISTOLOGY FROM A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE Until recently‚ traditional Christian theology was interpreted only by white males. In a modern world things are changing. In her book Consider Jesus‚ Elizabeth Johnson states that women “are waking up to their own dignity and finding their own voice” (page 97). Despite the feminist theology movement that Johnson describes‚ sexism and male dominance is embedded in the culture of the Catholic Church. Women will have equal rights under canon
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