Thursday, April 7, 2011

Ch. 11 Review Questions

7. Describe several of the controversies surrounding the electronic sweatshop.
Electronic sweatshops are typically massive, windowless rooms. Workers are usually minorities, almost always females, and paid minimum wage while performing mindless keyboarding. Many experience headaches, backaches, serious wrist injurious, stress, anxiety, and other health problems.

8. Why is education critical to our future as we automate more jobs?
Technology develops everyday, and many new technologies are used in everyday experiences and many bring about new jobs or expand a certain field. Education is critical as

13. Give several examples of ways how distance learning can enhance education.
Students living in remote locations can gain an education without the worry of traveling far distances to go to school. Through Internet connections, students have a wider range of subjects to pursue rather than the narrow list of subjects familiar in the remote location they live in. 

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