Globalization has led to extreme technological advancements, but it has also caused environmental damage, proving that my future will provide great educational opportunities, but also challenges involved in fixing the environment; similar to taxes...
By karly12
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Thesis
which can help support schools but can be put toward projects that have negative effects on people or the environment. -
Apple Technology in Classrooms 1
An article titled, "18 IPad Uses: How Classrooms Are Benefiting from Apple's Tablets," discussed the uses of Apple technology in classrooms. The text stated, "Apple's iPads are quickly becoming a popular and powerful educational tool for classrooms. Beyond the immediate benefit of engaging students, iPads can improve education efficiency and standards...As the case studies below demonstrate, iPads are being used in education environments around the world with great success. Teachers can have... -
Apple Technology in Classrooms 2
paperless classrooms, take attendance, share interactive presentations and test their students—all on their iPad" (Savenije). In 2010, Apple, an American international company that specializes in the development of electronics and computer software. The use of iPads provided students with access to useful information during school. Before this, the only views students were able to receive on certain subject matters were those from their teachers or their parents. With continuous advancements... -
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in technology and schools utilizing this for education, the future will provide better opportunities than ever before for advanced education. Technology advances extremely fast because the entire world works at it. Electronic companies in countries all over the world are constantly coming up with new ideas to make technology more efficient, faster, easier, and safer. With that, children, including myself, will be able to access information that will make education better. -
Climate Change 1
An article titled "Globalization, Climate Change, and Human Health | NEJM” from the New England Journal of Medicine described the connection between climate change and globalization. The text stated, "The current geologic epoch is being called the Anthropocene (successor to the Holocene epoch) in recognition of the global force that Homo sapiens has become, pushing or distorting Earth's great natural global systems beyond boundaries considered to be safe for continued human social and... -
Climate Change 2
biologic well-being. The loss of biodiversity, the greatly amplified global circulation of bioactive nitrogen compounds, and human-induced climate change have already reached levels that are apparently unsafe" (McMichael). The *Holocene epoch is the current geological time frame we are living in. The *Anthropocene epoch is another term commonly used to describe the Holocene epoch, but it refers to the global changes that humans have caused. Humans have caused drastic changes to the Earth that... -
Climate Change 3
are now considered unsafe. *Biodiversity, or the variety of living organisms in a given location, is diminishing, molecules in the air that humans need to live are not circulating around the world theway they should be, and humans are causing the acceleration of climate change. The environmental problems caused by globalization will continue to worsen. This will affect my generation because conditions will get more and more unsafe and we will have a hard time trying to keep the world livable... -
Climate Change 4
for generations to come. Increasing human-caused climate change is similar to a parent giving a toddler candy at an important event, knowing that it will make the kid hyper. The kid would start acting crazy while the parent feeds it more and more candy to only worsen the situation. -
Rising Carbon Levels 2
An *investor return is the gain or loss produced from an investment in relation to the amount of money initially invested. *Renewable resources are sources of energy that can be replaced quickly. Companies were focused on collecting and selling *nonrenewable resources, but the rate at which they did so threatened the profit they would get from the resources. Gathering and using up nonrenewable resources at a faster rate than the Earth can replenish them at will affect the way the next... -
Rising Carbon Levels 3
generation and I use resources and what resources will be available for us to use. Nonrenewable resources release carbon into the air when they are burned. Large companies now see no problem with this because they have dollar signs in their eyes. They are not worried about how the actions they take will affect future generations, they are only worried about one thing, money. -
Rising Carbon Levels 1
Tess Riley, an author from The Guardian, wrote an article regarding global emissions and the affect globalized companies had on carbon levels. As stated in the article, "A Carbon Tracker study in 2015 found that fossil fuel companies risked wasting more than $2tn over the coming decade by pursuing coal, oil and gas projects that could be worthless in the face of international action on climate change and advances in renewables – in turn posing substantial threats to investor returns" (Riley).... -
Online Education 2
people in my generation the chance at a good education even if we are unable to go to a regular university or college. Online education provides opportunities that were not previously an option. My generation and I will be able to achieve higher levels educations than our parents. -
Online Education 1
An article from oedb.org listing advantages of online classes stated, "With nearly three million students currently enrolled in fully online degree programs and six million taking at least one online course as part of their degree program, online education has clearly become one of the most popular higher education alternatives" (oedb.org). Due to globalization, people can now receive a high level of education from any area of the world if they have access to the internet. This allows me and...
