You may think that you do.

But no, you don’t. Are you really you?

I can’t show myself; For I fear that I’ll be teased.

About my real personality; not just the one that you see.

Am I special? Of course; so are you!

God made me in His image; So why don’t you approve?

I don’t deserve this torture…What did I do to you?

I may not be who appear to be, but neither are you.

 Life can be difficult;

But I can’t complain

I’m entitled to think my own thoughts

But they’re not always profane

I can make my own mind up

Thank you very much

Stop criticizing my every thought

You don’t need to judge

Why do you think you’re so much better than me?

Why can’t you see that I just want to be free?

I want to get out of here;

Just fly away, leave

All that I cherish dear

Is hidden in my dreams

I wish that I could show you a part of me…just a little bit

But you don’t care to see it;

So goodnight, hypocrite.

Man we have got a long way to go as a species. The turmoil that surrounds this mortal coil at times can almost be unbearable. The topics of global climate change, failing economies, human rights violations, starving populations, globalization, genetic modification, drugs, cloning, war, genocide, and what hell can be done about it! The average person scratches their head and deems the subject too depressing, makes some comment about the futility of the matter, and proceeds to normal animal behavioral function. Critical thought has seemed to have eluded the “Hive”, and this “Hive Mind” mentality is a mold to be broken. No longer do we have to be slaves to a system put before us when we can collaborate to form new systems all together. With the plethora of information available to the world via “the web”, we can learn, build and organize in ways that never would have been imaginable in previous times. New ideas on ethics and philosophy are rising from this climate of calamity like Open Sourcing, Anonymity, and the quest for “truth” and “knowledge”. I feel a different climate coming, one where we will take manners into our own hands and live in a way that is beneficial for all. All children of all species for all time. If we as individuals and communities could occupy our minds we could do amazing things as a species. Taking control of our food, water, and energy needs will be a primary step, while eliminating systems of pollution and implementing standards for universal sustainability. Why should we idly stand aside and bide our time when we can do something about. “But what can I do?” asked the one who’s lost his way. The answer is quite simple really. First you’ve got to care. About something positive, anything…really! Then you’ve got to ask yourself: “What am i good at?” Whether it be cooking, gardening, music, engineering, programming, writing, speaking, organizing,  literally anything you can do can make a dramatic difference in shaping our reality, something we forgot we had the power to do! Educate your self about whats going on in your community and begin to learn about things that would be beneficial. If we can shed the skin of apathy then our sight will be renewed.

Now is the time to take control. Stop people from abusing, mistreating, disrespecting or unappreciating you. One step at a time. It becomes easier as time goes on. You began to demand respect. You can do it quietly, you don’t have to yell.

You can simply start by saying NO when you dont want to do something. You can tell your kids you arent their maid or slave. You can tell your parent to stop treating you like a child. You can tell your friend NO. If these people care they will still be there. If not they didnt anyway and you may be better off.

Empowering yourself becomes easier as you take baby steps. Your family and friends may suddenly ask , “What’s wrong with you?” I had to say I know you love me, but loving me is not enough anymore. I want respect and appreciation. It may shock them initially but as you stick to your guns it works.

You feel better and become confident. I am doing it everyday. Everyday I get stronger where it counts. Taking control of my own self worth. Demanding that others realize it as well.

Good luck on your journey. Baby steps…You will get there

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Ku Klux Klan: A secret society that uses terrorism to promote white supremacy. It primarily operated in the southern United States of America during the mid-1900s.

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Kimono: A form of traditional Japanese clothing that is worn in formal occasions.

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King: Useally a male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it’s an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.

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Knots: A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.

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Knowledge: Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.

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Kiwi: A flightless bird native to New Zealand, also means a person from New Zealand, it can also mean a type of fruit.

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Karma: The concept of “action” or “deed” in Indian and Nepalese religions understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect (i.e., the cycle called samsara) described in the dharmic traditions, namely: Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist philosophies. The total effect of a person’s actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence, regarded as determining his next incarnation. A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere, basically the idea that one reaps what one sows

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Kind: Affectionate, showing benevolence or a type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.

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Kiss: A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.

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Likewise in view of mounting service pressures in clinical environments there is a greater demand but reduced ability for staff to attend courses. The key to a high quality, knowledgeable healthcare worker therefore is not only theory but also guided, self – directed and supervised practical training. Knowles contends that adults prefer self – direction. Tools should therefore be practically based with clear guidance for the learner and assessor while adaptable for assessment of relevant knowledge according to specialty. The Vascular Access

Our heroes have fought for just causes in our beautiful country, for centuries great men who fought and gave their lives for the suffering people and devoted to abide by the provisions of its leaders, to support the most disadvantaged, but the situation rather to change., every day the interests of those who want to be above all, the law of the jungle, taking advantage of the working class, humble and the poor people, destroying our youth, leading to a lack of values ​​by environment in which they are living, fought tooth and nail to overcome and to perform in the races they choose to survive.
Survival is becoming increasingly difficult due to the obstacles that are put on the same outdated educational systems elsewhere. There are many ”Ninis” (neither study nor work, or anything) because at the end of their careers can not find work disappointing because they are well leveraged, (supported by powerful) achieve 3 or 4 jobs and charged as working 48 hours a day. No chance for new generations. We blame them, but society itself is responsible for killing the illusions of t he students, not being honest by giving them opportunity for their knowledge and tired of sight to those who sacrifice to study with determination.

Both in work and in contests of knowledge and skills not valued, but heliked by juries or recommended by the high social spheres, with favoritism and racism is everywhere.
If our heroes revived in this century would fall impudent deception and how vain was the struggle for independence and justice for the underdog. Daily to crucify Jesus ungrateful, shedding its glorious crimson blood, we rebelled against the divine command: Love each other

Introduction

Learning and change is aimed at improving different sectors in developing countries. “ Learning is the lifelong process of transforming information and experience into knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes”.(COB, 2011) Humans beings are gifted creations who above all the created animals, they have the ability to learn, understand and integrate the information in their environment to exert change. It’s also clear that “learning has the power to enable individuals and organizations to fulfill their personal and collective goals and ambitions ”(Sandler-Smith, 2006). Change takes place when learning has occurred. It gives proof that learning has taken place. Change means doing things in a different way that we have never done them before or rather doing something that has never been done before. When we learn and change occurs then we are satisfied that knowledge has been passed across. “It is through learning that we can acquire new knowledge, skills and attitudes that may enable us to function and perform more efficiently and effectively” (Sandler-Smith, 2006). Knowledge therefore helps us put ideas in use and come up with positive results. In long gone days, context was produced by instructors to produce change in the behavior of learners. Learning can be grouped into two. (Clerk, 2004)states that informal learning is any knowledge passed in not an organized manner, no curriculum followed , no specific instructor and in no specific organization, while formal learning includes all the above and much more. Informal learning is almost accidental, like getting information from your colleague or rather overhearing a group of your colleagues discussing an idea which you did not intend to find out. Formal learning include going to classes, seminars, forums and even to be online informed. Formal learning is intentional and at the end of it there is a specific goal that one wants to achieve, unlike, unlike in the informal setup.

In this study I consider how the media industry in Nigeria is employing readily available technology to enhance learning in their sectors. Moreover, the study explores how technology enhances learning and increases dynamism in developing countries.

TECHNOLOGY IN DEVELOPING NATIONS.

In developing countries like Nigeria, we have small enterprises like media houses and other small businesses. (OYELARAN & LAI, 2004)Notes that developing countries are learning how to integrate technology in their core capabilities and this requires skills which are learnt before these people in the developing countries can use these skills efficiently. Learning capabilities, the level of a technology that is being introduced, the firm’s or company’s knowledge on the new technology has largely affected integration of technology in running of day to day activities in developing countries. Non formal learning is the most common way of people to get used and start using any new technology in these countries. Compared to their counterparts in the already developed countries, formal and oversees training is done and this explains why there is an increase in technological complexity. ICT largely relates with excellence of telecommunication. According to firms that do well in the world, they combine core and General Purpose Technologies which are essential in the normal running of an organization computerization and adopting electric tools in firms have led to improved skills and thus a more rapid growth and good profits.

Use of digital technology has led to production of good quality products, and these goods are sold at very cheap prices. The use of electric tools has led to a new type of interest that has led to competition amongst firms. Use of computers in production has led to faster production and flexibility in production. This has been made possible because of knowledge and skills that come around because of learning. Electric business technologies by high speed computers and a well improved telecommunications has resulted to subsidized costs and high profits are being realized by firms

Learning and change

Learning for change is a purposeful action which is emotionally insinuated .Emotions are helped by logic and right reasoning to guide them to intended  positive change. In informal learning the student has already set targets which have not been manifested unlike in formal learning where by the instructor has to set up goals to benefit the student and meet the targets of the organization. In informal learning the learner has the outline of the plan or the theory he intends to use in mind unlike in formal learning.

Knowledge is the backbone of the modern world of economy today. Say for example, the role that information technology plays is adored in the business world today. It is such knowledge that has been developed to enhance change in respective fields as in for businesses.

“A firms ability to learn may be its only competitive advantage” (kelly, 2008) The more an organization learns her customers the more they are able to know their preferences and come up with better ideas that they put in practice to come up with better products that will satisfy their customers and in so doing, more efficient will be their services.  This will enhance their productivity in the economy thus an organization succeeds in most of its endeavors.

Learning can be divided into two branches according to (Continuing medical education:Learning and change: implications for continuing medical education, 1998)Self directed learning

“The first model, categorized to as the self directed curriculum, consists of three stages.

·         Stage 1–learning is directed towards understanding and estimating personal levels of need to learn in order to adopt a change in practice

·         Stage 2–energies are applied to learning the new competencies needed to practice differently

·         Stage 3–learning is organized around the problems of using new skills, altering the practice environment, or adapting the new way of practice to increase the goodness of fit.”

Self directed learning therefore focuses on three key issues which have been termed as stages of learning. First of all an individual needs to understand the case and the need to learn about it in order to synthesize the procedures to change. These procedures will include adopting new skills changing the normalcy of procedures to gain positivity. Understanding a case equals compiling a solution and will definitely bring change  

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN NIGERIAN SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES

 (IFAMUYIWA & ALEBIOSU, 2008)Argues that the education system in  Nigeria is rooted in traditional system of pre colonial days. Education was vocational. Farming, weaving, blacksmithing pot making medicine men and hunting were the main things that were taught then. Apprenticeship was the main mode of learning and without noticing it science and technology was practiced then. These training went hand in hand with the societal needs of Nigeria. Essentially, the science that was regarded as informal and indigenous was practiced in the pre-colonial era. It was stimulating, informative and useful. It provided a lead way for understanding, interpreting and relating with the world and nature. The limitations however are numerous especially in its inability to provide adequate scientific explanations for causes and events observed in the natural world. The science practice lacked documentation and it was conservative and authoritarian.

Missionaries are responsible for the coming of western education in Nigeria. It is in this perspective that science and technology reformed to be refined. This era has been characterized by discoveries, inventions and innovations. Western technology also paved its way to the schools and colleges of Nigeria which has served as a tool for acceleration of the development of national goals.

Science and technology allows students to experience richness of content and excitement as they engage in research, critical thinking and practical. It has largely helped in inventing procedures that help in problem solving science and technology facilitates industrial development.

Science and Technology in the National Education Policies of Nigeria.

Science and technology has been embraced in the education system of Nigeria. Policies were put in place to encourage science and technology in educational systems. The government empowered early childhood education, education, basic education, senior secondary education technical and scientific education and tertiary education by including science and technology in their curriculums. By including since and technology in their curriculum, Nigeria wanted to achieve the following according to (IFAMUYIWA & ALEBIOSU, 2008)  

a). A free and democratic society

b) a just and egalitarian society

c). a great and dynamic economy

d). a land full of bright opportunities for all citizens.

 The government provided infrastructure and the facilities needed to make sure that science and technology was being taught in educational institutions. It was to improve relevance of education, it reduced the rate of shall drop outs and improved acquisition of life skills. Emphasis was laid on communication techniques and entrepreneurial skills.

(IFAMUYIWA & ALEBIOSU, 2008)”Government initiated the National Policies on; Science and Technology, Information and Technology, Biotechnology, Space and so forth. In addition, there are research institutes like the African Institute for Science and Technology (AIST) and the Centre for Space Science and Technology Education (CSSTE), policy making bodies and curriculum development agencies like the Centre for Comparative and Adaptation Study (CESAC), and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), We also have National Councils like Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS), and the National Council on Science and Technology (NCST), boards on technical and science education like the National Board on Technical Education (NBTE), associations like the Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN). They all contribute immensely towards science and technology education development.”

Learning in media technology in Nigeria and other developing countries.

Uses of ICTs have been considered a good thing but in some developing countries like Fiji and Philippines, ICTs have not been embraced and this inhibits the appreciation of ICTs. There are also fears that internets and T.V could ruin the morals of their society. It is clear that the concept of using technology in these areas is not yet clear.

Even though these societies view ICT in this manner they still have a place for it because they still consider it to be very appropriate.

ICT is seen as the big survival tool in this and the coming century

It enhances efficiency in work places,

Ease of social communication provided by it has solved the problem of transportation

With the technology in hand, ICT, has helped in solving socio economic problems

There is sharing of ideas in our institutions with other institutions around the world to keep each other updated on what is new in developments.

It has helped to monitor crime in our society’s e.g. the surveillance cameras

Usage of ICT can put Africa in the position to compete with it European counterparts.

The future of education depends on ICT

ICT promotes efficiency of distant learning.

Challenges

Nigeria faces ignorance about how important ICT is

Poverty that has led Nigerians to think that computers are unnecessary luxury.

Poor maintenance of the available technology that bring about wastage of resources

Their infrastructure is poor and they don’t have efficient support base like electricity and telephone systems.

In these developing countries, ICT is done by private sectors with some support from the government.

Media convergence in developing countries especially in Nigeria

 Media convergence has seen mass communication outlets coming together for one goal. Printing, telecast, radios, internet, along with the rest of the technologies have come together to tell stories and pass information including entertainment. Currently, customers can now select how, when where they want to access particular information. Seven types of convergence include    (AEONPLUS, 2011) notes that Corporate Convergence (as in joint ventures) between telecom and media companies

2.      The branching out of a traditional print operation into internet publishing or audio/video mobile;

3.      Reverse publishing from web to print;

4.     Production processes, where content is co-ordinated or shared;

5.      The convergence of skills set of previously segregated specialist media practitioner – whether reporter, news editor, or production personnel;

6.     Convergence of media consumer devices: e.g. the camera-cell phone or computers being used to watch video broadcasts; and

7.      The coming together of producer and consumer functions – the audience generating media (content).”

The second branch Is the Organizational learning where by individuals in an organization bring together their potential power of what they know in order to come up with a new way of doing things in that particular organization. This helps knowledge to grow in an organization. An organization that is in an continuous process of learning increases its potential of collaboration not only within itself but also is connected to other relevant organizations outside and favorable people that help it in planting its roots even deeper into the society .

Learning should give the students opportunity to create, solve problems on their own, develop reasoning ability, improve how they communicate, critical and creative skills.(KELLY, 2008) Continues to argue that learning is not only needed for winning circumstances but also we need it to survive. While in a business setup, you will meet different people with different lifestyles and preferences, the environment is bound to change and no one is an exception to competition as new ideas enter the market and also new technologies arise and are experienced. To survive this, learning and research cannot be escaped.

Why would human beings need change anyway? According to the hierarchy of needs, human beings are ever in a state of want. After one achieves something, he gets into another project that is higher than the previous one. Human beings always want to be better than what they were yesterday and that is why those people who succeed more are the self motivated because they love to read and research. As they read they learn more and therefore they are motivated. They their jobs or what they do. When someone loves his job, it means that the output will be in a big quantity, exciting and that person will find it easy to do certain things that he has learnt about. Things appear easy to handle because of the exposure that one gets when he is learning about something in a particular field. Kelly proves that when one learns he gets adverse knowledge in particular field. This knowledge helps an individual to render better services than before and as we saw above, one is able to stand new challenges of change in customers, technology, competitions and many more.

By learning we discover new ideas that keep us updated on the environment around us. New ideas, give new opportunities thus success in the tackled field. Increased production is evident as people get to enjoy more profit and maximize available resources and capital. Without learning and research, one is bound to failure. Learning helps one to improve on the quality goods and services that he or she offers. This helps one to curb up competition. Competition when taken positively is good for any firm or organization for it keeps people on toes.

We take the role of the government of Korea as our case study in industrial development issues. The government of Korea came up with a policy which favored the industries to thrive. Its efforts to the technological learning of Korea both directly and indirectly and in doing this they strengthened their competitiveness in the international market. (Linsu, 1984)He argues that competitive market provides a ground where by innovation of new products are created and new process adopted to sustain strong links in the market. Linsu proceeds to say that science and technology are the main policies that a government should adopt so as to develop and this can only be achieved through learning. He goes on to realize the importance of indigenous technologies which he says that without it is almost impossible for industries to grow. Government policies on technology lies in how the technology of a certain country assimilates imported technology in its mechanism of production. A country should be able to diffuse technology from abroad in its economy and industries at large for it to upgrade its economy.

If imported technologies are to be adopted by a firm in a certain country, then the technology will only be limited to a particular area causing monopoly thus the technology will not effectively serve the whole environment. These types of technologies should be shared widely in an economy of a country and in firms so that its benefits can be maximized.

After country has adopted abroad technology, using what they have, i.e., indigenous technology, they should be able to make necessary adjustments, improve it or invent one of its type on their own to call it theirs. They can mimic these products through their own research; they might come up with something even better than what it was previously. This will ensure that a country is competitive enough and sooner or later it might catch up with other countries who are miles ahead of it.

” Medical education, particularly continuing medical education (CME), has been greatly influenced by studies of adult learning. The observation that it is not teaching but learning that leads doctors to change their practice has resulted in a shift in perspective: rather than education being regarded as instruction, it is regarded as facilitation of learning. This paradigm shift has been based on research into how and why doctors change their practice and into the role of learning in that process” (Continuing medical education: Learning and change: implications for continuing medical education, 1998)education in the medical field  that has largely continued in some parts of the world like North America has improved medical services as compared to common elements that were practiced in the 1980s.Common elements include instructional methods that were carefully followed by the students from the lecturers, applying the right method of doing things and having the right material of which this led to no more discoveries and inventions were made in the medical field. Learning was therefore adopted in the medical field to enhance change in the medical field. Common medical elements were based on the procedures that facilitated education and learning which were connected to self directed curriculums, tiny group interactions and organizational learning.

Another challenge of learning and change in medical field is how the changes will be taken and how it will be adopted into the system. There are reasons why doctors would want to learn more to bring change. These reasons include

·         Their professional targets

·         Their social and cultural background

·         Their curiosity

·         To earn more money and prestige

·         Maturity in a career, especially in old age

·         A challenge especially from their patients and their workmates and also if the institution they work in embrace invention and exploitation in the medical field.

The bigger the challenge the tougher the invention and so he will need one  to research and read more extensively and the simpler the challenge the easier it is going to be for them to handle the challenge..

There are some guidelines that help the doctors in the innovation process. These guidelines include,

·         Complexity of the innovation, which will help the doctor to know how deep his research will be and what he is required of him.

·         Practices and procedures that already exist will help the individual to achieve whatever he plans to achieve.

·         He should also put the idea or the new invention into experimentation before he adopts it into the real field/practice.

·         He should also try to find out if his innovation goes hand in hand with the already existing procedures by other professionals in the his field .

(Webber, April 30th1999)Argued that it is one different thing to learn about something and it is another thing when we come to the stage of implementing the change itself. He says that people have been worked up when trying to bring about change. Webber interviewed one of professors in Cambridge MIT campus (Peter Senge) and what he said was accurately analyzed as follows;

Most leadership that exists today is meant to fail because their strategies are from the top .i.e., leadership in the office and not in the actual field. When there is such leadership, then productivity is meniscus.

He continues to state that the reason why there has not been more successful changes is because change is not just about resources, period, consultants, or intelligence or effort, but it is all in learning and knowledge.

The deepest explanation of failure to change is how this generation is undergoing change from one age to another one. How we think manifests itself in our actions. We do not think in the same way as others who came before us did. In about 200 years ago, the scholars of the time thought in a machine mind-set and it has affected our institutions and organizations even to date. From human run industries to machine run institutions. We view human beings as machines. Our organizations should be a paradise of community practice and not a place of inhumane treatment. During the ages of industrial revolution, company meant sharing something together but as time went by, companies became more money minded and faded out the idea of companionship that was enjoyed before and started to treat people like machines. Leaders have failed to understand that companies are the people and not the machines. Change is cultivated, it is not brought. Keep in mind that brought change is bound to fail.

The word leader is used in the wrong way to mean an executive; the person who heads everything. The ideal thought of a leader is someone who designs, who wouldn’t mind being in production, who would go as low as selling the products himself, who would provide services that are quality without complaining, who would warmly talk to customers just to mention but a few. In companies where there has been success, there were found no executives, only the local line leaders who were responsible. The favorable definition of a leader therefore is an individual who can produce change.

The best way to start creating change is to start little by little. Peter Senge, compares it to the growing of a seed.

Challenges are there to sustain quality leadership and therefore important attention should be paid to them to make sure that growth is evident. Senge maintains that challenges are natural and as they come to make it hard for us, we are motivated to work even harder to come up with solutions thus enrich the scope of knowledge which will help to enact and keep change.

(Trucano, 09 November 2011)Analyses impacts of ICT on a student’s achievements. He states that positivity of using ICT on students has not been evident yet as it is difficult analyzes its impact. This is because the user has no specific targets when using the technology. Generally, students who use the computer technology are seen to do better than those who don’t. Instructors and learners have greatly been motivated in learning activities. Students who have more access to computers are more confident when they use computers than those who don’t.Computers should be placed in the classroom where learning takes place than in separate rooms, to enable the students to use the computer more frequently therefore perfect their computer skills. Introduction to computers to students of younger age is not encouraged but the ripe age of introducing ICT  has not been stated yet.

A student who uses ICT technology has the ability to make independent  decisions unlike his counterparts.

According to (A.S.Hornby, 2010)he describes dynamism as having the energy to make new things happen. Learning and change as seen above can bring dynamism in developing countries. These countries should mimic what other countries did, benefit from their successes and learn from their mistakes and legacies. All these can only be achieved if learning and research is going to be a friend of the firms and organizations in the developing countries. “Social systems must learn to become capable of transforming themselves without intolerable disruption. In this ‘dynamic conservatism’ has an important place.” (sochon, 2011).based on the above argument on learning and change, learning models should be able to operate in a manner of permitting change to its environment. With the help of a favorable education in place, then positive change is experienced. A learning system should also help in maintain the identity of those people who belong to them as it as they bring change in third world countries lifestyle of these people. To Sochon, a firm is an internal area where learning systems cooperation for the purpose of change. If only third world countries would view this and put it in mind, then they would develop.” Research will not change minds or create lasting change, it will only support or refute a change that” is already taking place.

Learning, knowledge and technological change in development

Accumulation of technological capability i.e. knowledge, experience and skills in a firm produces positivity in innovation and organization. The more a firm learns the more its capability of doing better and the higher it assets of operation. A firm should have a certain level of a knowledge base about a technology even if knowledge in a firm comes from suppliers, subcontractors and the people who supply machinery to firms. Learning by doing is the most practiced way of learning in institutions. It doesn’t cost a cent, effortless and does not lead to any new innovations. Apprenticeship and equipment manufacturers are directly linked to learning process in a firm

Knowledge, skills and new technologies

There are an improved number of skilled workers in developing countries and already developed countries. This skill mostly arises from tertiary education. There has been noted growing wage inequality between skilled and non-skilled labor. This has its roots back in the industrial revolution days. Industries and firms prefer educated skills because this group does not need any training whatsoever and this is already an asset to the firm. To conclude, trained workforce gives the best than untrained workforce.

In technology skill complementarities, introduced IT in developing countries is very important for firms who have a target of producing both for internal and external consumption. Adoption of IT in these countries will motivate production per individual worker especially in electronic and machinery sectors. This will enhance the product’s quality. Massive training is advised for firms to get skills and upgrade on their knowledge.

How social networks and digital communication have contributed to learning and change

New social networks like face book and twitter provides a highway where people from around the world can meet and share ideas with a wide range of personalities from different continents good enough for them to debate. (Sreberny and Khiabany, 2010,P35) notes. No one can argue that this has been experienced all over the world. Urbanski (2010) who argues that the digital generation is no longer passive and that it demands to be part of the creation. This is evident in the way mobile devices are getting popular especially among the young generation. By purchasing sophisticated phones has also improved the role played by the social media both in developed and developing countries. Journalism has also promoted networking in one way or the other. Good journalists always listen research and observe and analyze the situation to come up with an idea that he shares with the whole world.

The revolution of digital communications in the last ten years has promoted technology to meet the growing population of the world’s need in the industry of communication and has filled the gap that existed between the developing and the already developed countries.

The wiki leaks story was the most advanced and controversial type of journalism ever experienced in today’s media. Its founder was Julian Assange which revealed big secrets and information it modern technology. Julian provoked condemnation by not respecting the ethics of journalists around the world and disrupting its diplomacy. This led him to be at loggerheads with his counterparts in the same profession.

The director of polis Charlie Beckett who was a journalist at BBC and ITN for 20 years has written a book the WIKILEAKS which explains the effect of wiki leaks and how it relates to the new forms of political communications like the social media in Arabia 

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 CONCLUSION

Science and technology through learning has provided a highway where man comes into contact with his environment and explains it, makes it better both to himself and his environment, science and technology drives the socioeconomic and educational transformations that focus on invention and innovation it sustains advancement and with it, no nation is expected to lag behind in development.

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All people at one time or other want the freedom to dream.

To live in a land of make believe.

To believe the impossible

To live in awe and fascination of the unthinkable.

The unexplained.

Once the unexplained becomes the explained,

The unknown, becomes known.

Once the how and why have been worked out, we become prisoners.

Prisoners of knowledge.

Having boundaries that were never there before.

Chains of rules, laws, invented by those who dreamed them up.

The need to know more continues until the point of feeling trapped.

Then the need for freedom begins to gnaw once more.

We begin to find escape in dreams and fantasy.

The unknown.

To be ignorant for a moment is to simply exist and accept.

To live.

Until the need to know begins again.

Ok, enough of the encouragement  Soon you’ll start worrying about filling up your brain! 

The SECRET will be revealed soon. But first off, lets clear up the methods that you SHOULD NOT follow. They work so-so if implemented correctly and persistently, but improving through them takes an unreasonable amount of practice:

1. Running a pencil underneath each row as a pacer. <-Makes you a bit faster but you end up hypnotizing yourself! Therefore, no benefit. STOP. You will fall asleep. Zzzzz

2. Focusing on key words and skipping small, irrelevant words. <-If you are reading anything you want to be able to properly comprehend, you will lose it completely. The small conjunctions and articles act as lacing inside the text and without them all the word relationships will be lost.

3. Taking in several words at once, in blocks. <-Works in the long run. In the loooooooooong run. It’s a marathon learning curve that I can’t suggest.

So what should you do?

Prerequirement: Make sure you read text without sounding the words in your head. Most readers won’t have this problem but if you pronounce every word silently in your head, you are super slow. People that do this normally aren’t conscious of it, so try and test yourself now. Are you thinking of how you would pronounce the words in your mind, only not moving your mouth? Just by correcting this you will become faster. It’s not reading. Fix it.

The _¤SECRET¤_: I haven’t heard of this anywhere else so calling it a secret is not nonsense!:D Here it comes………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

• When reading any given text, pay attention to where your eyes focus on. If you are like probably 99,999% of people, your eyes are focusing on the text. You are seeing the text as if it were on an iPhone Retina display. Its sharp and crisp with no blurring. But do you need the sharpness? Do you need something you look at for just a split of a second to be ultra sharp? I think not. That’s why I focus my eyes somewhere between my face and the text in order to create a slight blur in the text. You should too. You will find your eyes don’t jump and skip on the text anymore. You can move them smoothly from word to word! An instant fix!

==========If you are having trouble:

1. Place your finger somewhere in front of the text and focus on it. Then remove your finger and don’t refocus your eyes. You will have to play a bit with the right distance to place your finger at but it should work.

IF IT DOESN’T WORK: Forget the finger and try squinting a bit and twisting your eyes ever so slightly so that they aren’t focused on any distance. This should work if the first method didn’t.

Hope I helped! Thanks for reading!:)

AND NOW, THE WORLD IS YOURS!

                Everywhere people go, no matter to the grocery store, a friend’s house or a job, they are influenced by mass amounts of media during the process. There are posters on streets, billboards every half-mile, and people handing out flyers for various items of consumption and entertainment. Over the past years media has boomed to a peak of influence and power over the social aspects of major cultures. It influences clothing, hairstyle, language, ideas and ways of thinking. Media casts a huge blanket over society which presents the question of whether a person can live a normal life without this influence. With proper evaluation of this question it can be easily decided that this is not possible. Media is omnipresent which leads to the point that there is really no way to live a normal life in this atmosphere without being affected by it, especially in youth culture.

                As of now in the world, mass media has become omnipresent and casts an influence upon all that live within a normal society. Personally, it would be impossible for me to spend one day without being influenced by media. Even if a person wanted to avoid it, at this point evasion is not an option anymore. Everywhere that people go, and everything that people do has a hint of media presence within it, no matter how big or small. The media has intertwined itself into the social structures of our lives making it almost impossible for us to live without its presence. “TV People” provides a great explanation of how media is unavoidable. In the story the man tries so hard to not be associated with the television, but by the end of the story he had been brainwashed slightly and had given into the call of the television which was representing media as a whole.(Murakami 33) Media has a strong influence over social thinking as of today which shows it’s omnipresent.

                From discussing this huge entity of media being drawn over society, the question comes up of whether or not a person can lead a normal life without being affected by media. Simply put, the answer would have to be a no. There is no way for a person to go about a daily life without being influenced by media because media runs the aspects of our daily lives. We go to our jobs which in some way or another associate with mass media, we see media all the time while we just go about our day, we listen to music, smell foods, see movies and entertain yourself all from the mass media of our world. Media has dug its claws too deep into our ways of life to not cause a great influence on us every day. It is not possible for a person in our society to live a life free of media presence due to the fact that media is omnipresent and cannot be avoided in our time.

                Media gains so much of its influence and power by targeting the youth culture. To be “cool” in youth culture fully orbits around whether or not you are up to date and following along with the latest trends in social mass media. In the story “MTV for 7 Days”, the author helps to explain how this channel controls the youth and delegates what they do and how they do it.(Gallagher 45) It brainwashes them into wearing certain clothes, listening to certain music, having a certain attitude and overall changing their personality to fit what the media is defining as a “cool” teen. This consumes the teenage social hierarchy and is a huge reason why a youth cannot avoid media influence if they want to be a part of their culture. The point in a person’s life when they are of the teenage age is one where people are trying to find themselves. The media sees that and takes advantage of it to fulfill its own goals and desires. An ingenious plan, and this is why to be a member of youth culture you cannot avoid media influence.

Media affects everyone, every day, whether you choose to let it or not. Consciously or subconsciously something of mass media is being imprinted into our brains at all moments. Media being omnipresent allows it to influence society easily and always, which leads to why a person cannot live a normal life without being influenced by media. The information in this essay can help to enlighten more of the people being controlled by media of what is going on, which will give them the opportunity to change things. This must be realized because the media is deteriorating our society and making it a shell of what it was and what it could be. The media is being used in a selfish and negative way to brainwash and control citizens around the world. People need to realize what is going on everyday so that we can all be knowledgeable about the situation and then figure out a way to fix it.