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Education Technology, 2008.
This paper discusses incorporating technology into English as a Second Language (ESL) and English for Speakers of a Second Language (ESOL) education programs.
1,111 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 38.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the integration of new technology into English as a Second Language (ESL) and English for Speakers of a Second Language (ESOL) educational programs is important to maximize their effectiveness. The educational value of new technology for students, teachers, and school personnel make its incorporation into the modern learning environment essential for maximum program success. The writer discusses that educational technology integration is equally useful in the ESL/ESOL curricula and in standard curricula, particularly in the case of delayed learners. The writer maintains that once the administrative decision to incorporate educational technology is made, the most important element for ensuring its success is educator training to understand and implement the software tools for optimum effect on learning.
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Introduction - Building Blocks for Educational Technology Integration
The Professional Competence Element of Program Evaluation
Predicting ESL/ESOL Student Response to Technology in the Learning Environment
Selecting the Right Technological Tools
Other Educational Applications
Conclusion
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"The research-based Intellitools products are valuable teaching aides for reading, writing, and mathematics, in addition to introducing computer familiarity and literacy through their use. The IntelliTools products are adaptable to teaching core concepts, providing repetitive non-judgmental practice and immediate feedback, while tracking student responses and progress.
"Software designed by Educational Software Inc. adds another innovative concept to telling stories in its Virtual Storytelling program. The software features animation, sound effects, and interactive commands designed to capture the attention of the students from Pre-Kindergarten through 2nd Grade classrooms. The primary focus of the Virtual Storytelling software is providing 1st and 2nd Grade-level virtual stories in every subject area-related lesson. The idea is simply to promote learning through an enjoyable medium made possible by technology, particularly for the benefit of students with short attention spans, behavior problems, as well as those who exhibit hyperactivity."
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Organizational Change and the Future of Policing, 2008.
This paper presents an overview of law enforcement trends.
2,483 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 75.95
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This paper discusses some of the past predictions concerning the future of law enforcement and provides an overview of these current trends to develop an informed assessment of how law enforcement organizations will likely change in the future in response to these trends. A summary of the research and salient findings are presented in the conclusion.
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Review and Discussion
Theoretical Background and Historical Overview
Current Research
Future Trends in Police Organizations
Conclusion
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"Throughout the 20th century, police departments in the United States experienced some disconnection from the public they served that created the need for organizational change that would make these agencies more responsive. For example, in his essay, "Assigned to Patrol," Thale (2004) advises, "Public and scholarly discussions of twentieth-century policing seem to agree that police became disconnected from citizens and neighborhoods during the twentieth century, and that political, technological, and organizational changes have resulted in suspicion, alienation, and loss of important feedback to the police" (p. 1037). In response to these problems, police science has increasingly sought to incorporate policing techniques that could overcome these constraints and provide law enforcement officials with the feedback they needed to accomplish their respective missions. Unfortunately, some of the policing techniques and innovations that have being embraced by police scientists over the years have simply exacerbated these problems of disconnect between law enforcement officials and the communities in which they serve."
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Criminal Justice and ID Technology, 2008.
This paper discusses the evolution of identification technology in law enforcement.
2,551 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 77.95
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In this article, the writer notes that in barely a century and a half, law enforcement identification capabilities have evolved from rudimentary procedures for positively establishing the identity of criminal suspects to incredibly sophisticated methods of identification. The writer points out that modern law enforcement authorities have the benefit of age-old interview and interrogation techniques perfected long before the technological explosion of the late 20th century. The writer discusses that fingerprinting revolutionized police identification procedures at the turn of the 20th century, and computers, DNA science, and digital analysis expanded the identification tools available to law enforcement exponentially. Still, the writer maintains that after 150 years, the basic investigative approach to law enforcement identification procedures remains essentially unchanged, except for the tools themselves.
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Background and History
Line-ups and Mug-Shots
Interviews and Interrogation
Fingerprints
Blood Evidence
Psychological Profiling
DNA-Based Technology
Shared Computer Databases
Future Directions of Identification Technology
Conclusion
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"The traditional methods of positively identifying subjects that developed in the earliest eras of policing relied heavily on the deductive reasoning skills of police investigators, on the availability of witnesses. In this regard, criminal investigations often hinged on the individual investigator's ability to canvass crime scenes, solicit cooperation from witnesses, and information from crime victims and known associates of subjects under investigation or criminal suspects. In turn, the potential value of eyewitness testimony has always been limited by the inaccuracy inherent in human memory.
"Criminal lineups were devised as a method of testing the accuracy of memory, and consisted, in general, of simply presenting a group of subjects containing only one actual criminal suspect to an eyewitness or victim of the crime, with instructions to the witness to identify the individual suspected of perpetrating the crime."
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Information Systems in Accounting, 2008.
This paper explores how information systems are changing the accounting profession.
1,039 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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The paper discusses how updated information systems are reforming the most dominant aspects of the accounting profession, which have increasingly become the processes related to auditing and compliance. The paper explains that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) has led to the development of technologies for better management of financial data including service oriented architectures (SOA) and the emergence of business process management (BPM) and business process reengineering (BPR).
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Executive Summary
The IT Requirements of Governance, Risk and Compliance
The Role of Service Oriented Architectures (SOA)
Business Process Management and Process Re-Engineering
Summary
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"The most significant change to occur within the area of how new technologies are influencing accounting is in the area of redefining processes by which financial data is capture, analyzed and reported to both shareholders and the government. The attainment of compliance to the SOX requirements has led to a reengineering of financial reporting processes within all publicly-traded companies in the U.S., and has also led to a more consistent approach to reporting financial results (Gordon, 2006) Compliance to SOX standards requires many organizations to significantly re-define how they capture orders from customers, track them, and input them into their Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems for manufacturing and fulfillment."
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Project Risk Management, 2008.
An analysis of the importance of project risk management within the realm of information technology (IT).
2,715 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 81.95
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This paper discusses project risk management, particularly in the area of information technology (IT). It discusses the importance of project risk management to the development of profitability, especially in large scale production. It also describes the importance of accurate timelines and of research and development in the realm of IT. Finally, the paper looks at budget, support and end usability.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Project Risk Management in IT
Timelines
Aspect of Research and Development
Budget
Needs of Project
Needed Infrastructural Change
Support
Security
End Usability
Conclusion
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"PRM in IT is specialized, and yet similar to other types of PRM. The development of information technology has in fact spurned the development of project risk management, as central core brain-like understanding of processes was not possible before the development of information technology and the success of its practitioners. As more and more people become aware of the fact that IT can create a program that will do anything, as long as it is aware of what is needed from the start, IT will become more essential to the development of project based management. Interestingly PRM has then been turned full fold upon the IT itself, as users begin to develop broader understanding of the possibilities and limitations of programs and programmers. PRM is then an integral aspect of planning and implementation for IT projects that refers to scope, schedule, resources and cost, (Thorn, 2001, p. 4) in such a way that the end product fits the needs of the organization, is supported and well utilized by it and meets all or most the planning goals of PRM."
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The Technology Classroom - Positive Learning Advances, 2008.
A look at the impact of technology in the classroom.
941 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 33.95
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This paper discusses the remarkable technological advances in America's classrooms over the past ten or fifteen years that have changed the way teachers teach and the way students learn.
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Overview
Duhaney's Article Shows What Trained Teachers Can Do
Traditional vs. Innovative - and Innovative Wins
Using Technology to Pinpoint Specific Student Needs
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"OVERVIEW: The remarkable technology advances in America's classrooms over the past ten or fifteen years have changed the way teachers teach and the way students learn. Not every classroom is up to date with high-end digital technology; but many, if not most, teachers have access to the Internet, and other helpful interactive technology tools. Students no longer create essays on typewriters, but instead Apple and Dell and other companies make computers available to schools at low prices. Writers Agapova and Ushakov, in their article, contrast the traditional with the innovative way (through ChemQuest) of teaching in high school chemistry classes. It proved successful. Teacher Mary Rooney in Philadelphia was able to pinpoint exactly where students were falling behind through the use of ISM technology, in Justine Brown's article. And as Devon Duhaney points out in his article, even though some teachers have a fear of new technologies, in a well-planned program by a knowledgeable teacher, there is the opportunity for wonderful interaction between students and teachers utilizing these marvelous technologies. The three articles bring out the point that when teachers have the training they need to implement the technologies fully and fairly, students are more than ready to learn in new and exciting ways. In fact, if teachers and schools do not provide the opportunity for students to learn with up-to-date technologies, students will be bored in a hurry and the learning will be limited."
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Technology Implementation in the US Military, 2008.
An analysis of the factors that need to be taken into consideration when implementing new technology in the United States military, particularly focusing on the installation of a video conferencing system.
1,000 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the importance of technology implementation in the United States military. It discusses the objectives of the U.S. Army's Science and Technology (S&T) strategy. It particularly discusses the importance of maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the command, control, communications and computers (C4). The paper then discusses a major technology implementation that improved the writer's unit core competency - the installation and operation of a video teleconferencing (VTC) system.
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"The use of VTC vastly improved the C4 capabilities of the United States Army and the American military force in general. Like any technology implementation plan, Army Science and Technology Master Plan (ASTMP) made certain that the needs and requirement of today's military force will enable them to fulfill their mission. Especially in my unit, VTC is a welcome technology since I and any member of my unit can talk to individual commanders and soldiers regarding their deployments and contracts while in-theater. By having a detailed technology plan and also a detailed implementation plan, the United States Army prove that the chosen technology - such as the VTC - proved the concept, defined the combat developments process, and provided the acquisition community with evidence of technology's readiness to satisfy system requirements (Department of the Army, 2007)" Eventually, the United States Army's technology implementation and operations plan may enable the use of VTC technology not only at the unit level but to individual soldiers in the field."
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Technology and Management Functions, 2008.
This paper looks at technology and management functions, concentrating on the United States military.
761 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 27.95
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In this article, the writer notes that managing people and resources in today's world has become a complex undertaking due to the changing nature of the business environment. The world has truly become a smaller place with people's ability to travel faster from one end of the globe to another or talk amongst each other using modern and emerging technologies. As a result of all these, management nowadays cannot be confined to hands on style but rather managers need to understand how to use current technologies in order to achieve their company's strategic, tactical and operational goals. The writer discusses this matter as it relates to the United States military. The writer maintains that despite military management's reliance on technology, this is all done not only to improve operational capabilities but for the benefit of the soldiers in order for them to do their jobs to the best they can with the best technology there is. The writer concludes that while technology will be crucial to achieving greater operational agility and precision lethality, the human dimension will continue to be the critical element of war.
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"Indeed, from the smallest to the largest unit of the military hierarchy, technology is used to improve the operational conditions. In the unit to which the writer belongs, management's use of technology is ubiquitous and no doubt without which, doing our jobs will be difficult. One of our unit's tasks is to process contracts for military personnel deploying to the Iraqi theatre of operations. Rather than travelling to and from different locations to consult or meet, we use video teleconferencing technology to do this. The system is connected via secure satellite link and fiber optic network. The thirty personnel in my unit also uses secure laptop PCs to do most of their work and this has been also an effective tool not only in terms of facilitation communications but getting all the necessary administrative and logistics work done. Using these types of technology also lessen our dependence on paper outputs since information are stored either on our laptops or available online from our servers."
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Hewlett Packard's Kittyhawk, 2008.
A case study on the introduction of Hewlett-Packard's disk, Kittyhawk.
1,183 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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The paper relates that in the summer of 1992, computer gadgets company Hewlett-Packard launched onto the market the smallest hard disk ever made, the Kittyhawk. The paper describes the success of this design but reveals the disk's short-term success and the closing of the Kittyhawk project. The paper explains the failures regarding the target market and the costs involved. The paper concludes that the short success told Hewlett-Packard that they could do it, but the failure showed them they must increase their efforts in order to succeed.
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"In the summer of 1992, computer gadgets company Hewlett-Packard launched onto the market the smallest hard disk ever made, the Kittyhawk. It was 1.3 inches in diameter and had a storage capacity of 20 megabytes, representing the latest innovation of those times. That year, HP's Disk Memory Division, responsible for the creation of the Kittyhawk registered a total of $519 million sales revenues, when the industry leaders, IBM and Seagate Technology registered $4 billion and $5 billion from selling their hard drives."
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IBM Company, 2008.
A discussion of the history of International Business Machines (IBM).
1,065 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper provides an overview of International Business Machines (IBM), one of the oldest technology companies in the world and notes that the company traces its foundations back to 1880. The paper holds that IBM's goals have nearly always been associated with creating better and more efficient ways for businesses to run. IT has been the source of innovation and practice and often applies its own business practices to its development of new innovation. To conclude, the paper posits that IBM will most likely continue to be one of the most sought after brands for technological innovation and the development of new and more efficient ways to serve businesses.
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"As the largest corporation of its kind, with both national and international divisions is account management policies are frequently used as a model for the development of innovation for other businesses. It is for this reason that the most fluid understanding of the account management policies of this organization come from its development of new and innovative ways in which to manage the accounts of others, through it software and hardware mix. The newest innovation in account management comes from the development of systems that create real time automated accounting. To see an example of how IBM has developed its own accounting, with the understanding that different locations and divisions manage accounting independently and then collectively according to policy one must look at a description of innovation technology. In short IBM uses its own technology to drive account management policy. IBM has stepped away from annual functions in nearly every way, which has aided the company in innovations that serve its consumer needs."
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