Friday, January 30, 2009

A Very Meaningful video

Current affairs- News In Class (Term 1 Wk 4) Blog Prompt one

Q:Age and experience are important to the workforce in any country. Discuss with relevant examples how this statement is true.

Ans: As the question states, age and experience are important to the workforce in any country. This is very true as firstly, older people have much more experience in that many aspects of that area and they would be of much help to the company.

Firstly, age. Older workers have experienced through many things and they can warn the youngsters what to do and what not.This not only reduces the number of mistakes the company makes, but also saves time for the company or they would have to correct the mistake and that would take my time.

Secondly, Experience. If a company has a billion dollars, but not a single one of their workers inside is capable, the company would no doubt go bankrupt very quickly. Thus, experience is also very important in workforce .Experienced workers have both accuracy and speed in thier work, thus, it is ultimately beneficial to the company.

Finally, i stress again that both age and experience are important to the workforce of any and every country in the world.

Thank you for reading!

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Current affairs- News in class (Term 1 Wk 3) Blog Prompt 1

Q. Imagine your group has just invented an electronic device that helps other students learn better in the classroom. Write a short press release that describes this new device and explain how it will promote learning.


Ans:
Hello schoolmates, my group has just invented an electronic device that helps other students learn better in the classroom. it is called"The Self Study Machine". There are a few functions of this device.
1. It enables students to record the teacher's talks and speeches during class and it has a voice recgonition system that allows itself to read and know what the speech is about. Then, it can explain to the student what it means
2. It has a built in dictionary of the latest version.
3.It enables the students to surf the internet free of charge.

Applicable to my earlier points, i shall now explain why and how it will promote learning.
1. As it enables students to record the teacher's talks and speeches during class, the student can listen to it at home if he or she forgets it. He or she can also know how to pronunce the words properly with its built in voice recgonition system. The student can also understand the teacher's speech better.
2. As it has a built in dictionary, students would not have to carry such a heavy dictionary with them and can save time flipping the pages to find the word. They would not have to worry about the version as it is the latest and newest version.
3. As it allows the students to surf the internet free of charge, the students can go online anywhere and everywhere in Singapore. For example, in Hwa Chong Instituition, they have a portal called the Summary Message Board (S.M.B) and teachers post messages there for the students to read. If a student forgets to read the SMB the day before, he or she can just quickly access it through the self study machine and read it before school starts. This function also enables the students to surf the web for information that is beyond school text books level.

Thank you all for reading.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

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