...Is Technology Affecting the Developmental Progress of Children? Patrcia Odani Mukuka Southern New Hampshire University Increasingly, there is a large dependence on technology today as opposed to ten or twenty years ago. Technology has changed a lot of how life is lived today. It affects shopping, job seeking employment opportunities, entertainment and academics. There is no doubt that technology has set its foundation and is here to stay. One area in which the effects of technology can be clearly noted is in the lifestyle of children. The addiction to technology by children today has increased over the years. This is clearly seen in the developmental progress of children today. This dependence has greatly influenced how children interact with their peers, how they learn and how they spend their free time. It is important as educators and parents to find a balance between learning and using technological devices for recreation. Children today have developed a total reliance on technology for communication and entertainment. Steve Carell, the actor/comedian, in his commencement speech at Princeton University in 2012 said, “When I was in college, I wouldn’t ‘text’ a girl to ask her out on a date. I would ask her, in person. One human being to another. And when she said ‘no,’ which she always did, I would suffer the humiliation and self-loathing that a young man needs for his, or her personal growth” (Farber et. al, 2012). In his speech, Steve Carell illustrates how communication...
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...Classroom Angel Aguilar RESEARCH WRITING WRTG 291 Annotated bibliography Gentile, M. (2012). The Importance of Managing iPads in the Classroom. Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, V78(N3), P.11-13. This article discusses a rising trend in the implementation of mobile devices into the education system. Ipad and tablets have worked their way into districts and IT managers have tackled the task of viewing the different vulnerabilities to the existing infrastructure concerning security and load management. Most devices come preexisting manufacture security features, but these features are usually deactivated from the manufacture in order to provide an open source concept. IT and district administrators look at the overview performance of the Ipad and mobile devices and to ensure optimal performance not only in hardware and software. Mobile devices cannot jeopardize the Current school privacy and security policies as each student will be allowed to access and manage their own user account. Cost of each device would have to be considered by district administrators, as each device would have a wide range of in price. Even Teacher will be tasked to apply current curriculum in class via apps, emails, and peer-to-peer configurations. In essence, this article overviews the importance of added safety features each Ipad will need and increasing flexibility teacher will have with their students. Higgins, J. (2013, August 8). BYOT: Bring your own...
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...there. The term is used in business and technology literature to describe innovations that improve a product or service in ways that the market does not expect, typically first by designing for a different set of consumers in the new market and later by lowering prices in the existing market. Some Examples of Apple disruptive products: Iphone , Ipod , Ipad….. Iphone is disruptive because , apple opened its platform to third-party developers and provide an Iphone Software Development Kit to developers free of charge . So the Iphone is the example of the benefical open development platform for the parental country . Question 2 : It uses the iphone capacity to be connected to internet to exchange inbformations and also used the touched screen to easily generate tasks. Question 3 : Some Companies having An open development platform : Android , linux , T-Mobile.. Question 4: 1.Sales automation systems create competitive advantage as the accurate sales forecasting feature enables evaluating competition trends followed by defining effective business strategies. 2.Helps the sales managers to monitor and control their sales team and track potential leads. The real time nature helps them to assess team/s and overall productivity. 3.The increase in productivity further creates a competitive advantage by reducing costs, increasing sales revenue and market share. 4.The entire sales team can benefit from this system both in office and in road. The field members...
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...SALES EXPERIENCES: POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE Intro to Business 115 August 6, 2014 SALES EXPERIENCES - BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE In reflecting on my most memorable experience with a salesperson that was positive, I would have to go back to when I purchased my current vehicle. First of all, I was already waiting to be attacked as soon as we stepped on the lot, as you normally can not even look at vehicles without being pestered. However, I was acknowledged by the salesperson and informed to let them know if I wanted more information on any particular vehicle or had any questions. I didn’t know quite what I was looking for when I arrived at the dealership and was nervous about making the wrong choice. The salesperson was very friendly and attentive, without being pushy or overbearing. He answered by questions without making me feel dumb when I was unfamiliar with the vehicle features or the loan procedures. My salesperson was attentive, remembered my name, answered questions without being condescending, and really listened and retained what I was telling him. Instead of him telling me what I needed to purchase, he let me tell him what I wanted to purchase. He asked lifestyle questions to determine the features I may want or need. I felt like he was working with me instead of just for himself. I was not rushed or pressured in any way, which often happens at dealerships. They seemed to really appreciate my business and concerned that I have a positive experience...
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...Group 3 13 May, 2010 Netflix - Group Case 1. Describe the competitive environment of the video rental industry. During the time that this case was written the Video / DVD rental industry had matured from a Mom and Pop Shop in the local town or down the street to the business model that Blockbuster had implemented. Location, Location, Location was the model. Open more stores and increase your market penetration. Blockbuster had approximately 7,800 brick and mortar stores, each carrying approximately 1000 titles.1 These DVDs were owned by the store and the volume generated mainly came from recent release rentals and new movie sales. The market, outside of the Blockbuster market was fragmented, with several copycats of Blockbuster, and continued existence of smaller, possibly regional rental shops. No viable Internet distribution model existed when Netflicks was launched. The...
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...does not expect, typically first by designing for a different set of consumers in the new market and later by lowering prices in the existing market. Some Examples of Apple disruptive products: Iphone , Ipod , Ipad….. Iphone is disruptive because , apple opened its platform to third-party developers and provide an Iphone Software Development Kit to developers free of charge . So the Iphone is the example of the benefical open development platform for the parental country . 2. Describe some of the unique ways Salesforce SFA application uses the iPhon’s features, including at least one not mentioned above It uses the iphone capacity to be connected to internet to exchange inbformations and also used the touched screen to easily generate tasks. What other companies or Web sites that you know of have open development platforms? Some Companies having An open development platform : Android , linux , T-Mobile What advantages does the SFA application have for salespeople? If you were a salesperson, how would you use it? Sales automation systems create competitive advantage as the accurate sales forecasting feature enables evaluating competition trends followed by defining effective business strategies. 2.Helps the sales managers to monitor and control their sales team and track potential leads. The real time nature helps them to assess team/s and...
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...of advertisement of fast food, lack of physical activities, and parental control; which has made food become a major health issue in many young Children’s lives. CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN AMERICA I feel that one of the most important things that has had an effect on today’s youth is the wide range of fast food chains, that target kids in their advertising. For me that is one of the memories I had growing up, was always begging my mom for a Happy meal. It was mainly due to the fact that there was a toy that came with it, Not Thinking twice about what the meat was actually made of. Did you know that if you were to lay a thing of fries and a double cheese Burger from McDonalds’ out for two years, it would look just like it did one day one? That can’t be good for our bodies! Today some restaurant chains have healthier options to choose from, due to the public Scrutiny putting these companies in the cross fire to make changes towards better meal choices for our youth. In my opinion, I think that a lot of today’s obesity problem also lies a great deal on the lack of physical exercise that young kid’s get. While there are laptops, ipads, and video games, children today, spend less time outside. No wonder...
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...there. The term is used in business and technology literature to describe innovations that improve a product or service in ways that the market does not expect, typically first by designing for a different set of consumers in the new market and later by lowering prices in the existing market. Some Examples of Apple disruptive products: Iphone , Ipod , Ipad….. Iphone is disruptive because , apple opened its platform to third-party developers and provide an Iphone Software Development Kit to developers free of charge . So the Iphone is the example of the benefical open development platform for the parental country . Question 2 : It uses the iphone capacity to be connected to internet to exchange inbformations and also used the touched screen to easily generate tasks. Question 3 : Some Companies having An open development platform : Android , linux , T-Mobile.. Question 4: 1.Sales automation systems create competitive advantage as the accurate sales forecasting feature enables evaluating competition trends followed by defining effective business strategies. 2.Helps the sales managers to monitor and control their sales team and track potential leads. The real time nature helps them to assess team/s and overall productivity. 3.The increase in productivity further creates a competitive advantage by reducing costs, increasing sales revenue and market share. 4.The entire sales team can benefit from this system both in office and in road. The field members...
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...ntroduction Smartphones are not only changing the way people of the world communicate but they are also changing many aspects of most people’s daily lives. Since there creation smartphones have come a long way in what they can do. Smartphones now allow user to talk, text, tweet, search, email, check the weather, get directions, take pictures, find restaurants, pay bills, shop, listen to music, and do so much more from the palm of out hands. While this makes life easier are smartphones causing problems? With security problems and social issues arising with the increased use of smartphones, smartphones may be not such a smart idea after all. Background Smartphones have been around since 1993. IBM created the first smart phone called SIMON. This phone was created to combine “voice and data services into one package, as the device acted as a mobile phone, a PDA and even a fax machine” (Reed, 2012). This smartphone was rare possession considering it could be purchased for the price of $899. While the Pilot created by Palm is not a smartphone, it is credited for popularizing handheld PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) devices (Reed, 2012). In the late 90’s the Nokia 9110 Communicator was the start of keyboards on phones with its original fold out keyboard (Reed, 2012). In 2002 the first phone capable of receiving emails and web browsing was created, the Blackberry by RIM (Reed, 2010). With a few more attempts form other companies the smartphone was never a huge success until...
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...PARENT’S ROLE TOWARDS THE INTERNET Thesis statement: Since surfing the internet have greatly affected the lives of young people, parents should develop a new practical system to monitor their children when they’re surfing the internet. Introduction: Surfing the internet have become very famous throughout the world. A. This paper aims to show the effects of internet to the lives of young people. B. It also aims to show the new practical system to monitor children while using the internet. I. The internet, like other technologies, has also its history. A. The invention of the internet started to help people in making their research more progressive. B. Later on, the Internet started to develop and become the way it is today. II. There are many effects of using the internet. A. Internet has been very useful to everyone. B. Internet has become one of the problems of many parents. III. Parents have roles in developing their children. A. It is important that children must have a proper guidance for their parents in their early childhood. B. Even though children become teenagers and have the right to decide for themselves, they still need to be guided to prevent bad information from corrupting their minds. IV. Parents could use new practical systems to monitor their children. A. They could use manual monitoring. B. They could also use advanced technology to...
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...Operating system : An operating system (OS) is a collection of software that manages computer hardware resources and provides common services for computer programs. The operating system is an essential component of the system software in a computer system. Application programs usually require an operating system to function. Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also include accounting software for cost allocation of processor time, mass storage, printing, and other resources. For hardware functions such as input and output and memory allocation, the operating system acts as an intermediary between programs and the computer hardware, although the application code is usually executed directly by the hardware and will frequently make a system call to an OS function or be interrupted by it. Operating systems can be found on almost any device that contains a computer—from cellular phones and video game consoles to supercomputers and web servers. Examples of popular modern operating systems include Android, BSD, iOS, Linux, OS X, QNX, Microsoft Windows, Windows Phone, and IBM z/OS. All these, except Windows, Windows Phone and z/OS, share roots in UNIX. Smartphone A Smartphone, or smart phone, is a mobile phone built on a mobile operating system, with more advanced computing capability and connectivity than a feature phone. The first smartphones combined the functions of a personal digital assistant (PDA), including email...
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...Permission to complete the case study was sought and given by B himself, his parents and the head teacher. Introduction and rationale In order to protect privacy the child will be known as B throughout. The setting is a classroom in a main stream 2 form entry LEA Infant and nursery school. B is a 6 year old child with a diagnosis of ASD [Autism] he also has EBD [emotional and behavioural difficulties] with Attachment issues. B is now in Year 2 . B is academically able but exhibiting severe behavioural difficulties and displaying severe aggression toward both peers and adults with obsessive demand avoidance behaviour and impulsivity. These behaviours severely inhibit both his learning and social interaction. B is an only child . The time scale is over a nine month period, June 2010 to February 2011. B was chosen as he was not only requiring two to one support and isolation from the group to uphold the safety of his peers and of staff but was also attending for a reduced timetable of mornings only. Evidently work was required in order to go some way to improve the situation. The impact of the interventions and strategies on the child will form the main thrust of the case study. There are two main aims in undertaking the child study : * To monitor the progress of B and in particular his response to behaviour modification strategies – embarked upon through research study, discussion with other professionals, staff, child and parents. * To enhance the understanding and...
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...1) A computer is unique compared to any other machine because of its ability to ________. process large amounts of information simultaneously process complex math functions change its programming use many different types of software Score: 1 2) Bits are used to measure ________. storage capacity data transfer and Internet connection rates the size of files the amount of time a user is connected to the Internet Score: 1 3) The smallest, most lightweight, and inexpensive computer is the ________. notebook laptop netbook client Score: 0 4) Distributed computing distributes ________. the processing of tasks across a group of computers power ability across all users Internet usage across the entire network disk storage for all computer users Score: 1 5) Smartphones use ________ technology, allowing users to perform several functions with one device. embedded design invisible computing convergence grid computing Score: 1 6) The intersection of a row and a column in a spreadsheet is called a ________. field text cell record Score: 1 7) Shaynia has been working with her colleagues on a Word...
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...Contents 1.INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................1 1.1. ABOUT APPLE – iOS ................................................................................................................... 1 1.2. VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT ....................................................................................... 1.3. MOTIVATION BEHIND SELECTING THE PRODUCT AND THE BRAND ............................. 2. OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................................................... 2.1. CORPORATE OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................................ 2.2. DIVISIONAL OBJECTIVES ......................................................................................................... 2.3. MARKETING OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................................ 2.3.1. CUSTOMER RETENTION .................................................................................................... 2.3.2. INTERMEDIARY RETENTION ............................................................................................ 3. SITUATION ANALYSIS ..................................................................................................................... 3.1. MARKET FACTORS ....................
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...MARCH 19, 2012 Teens, Smartphones & Texting Texting volume is up while the frequency of voice calling is down. About one in four teens say they own smartphones. Amanda Lenhart Senior Research Specialist, Pew Internet Project Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project 1615 L St., NW – Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20036 Phone: 202-419-4500 http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Teens-and-smartphones.aspx Summary of findings The volume of texting among teens has risen from 50 texts a day in 2009 to 60 texts for the median teen text user. Older teens, boys, and blacks are leading the increase. Texting is the dominant daily mode of communication between teens and all those with whom they communicate. The typical American teen is sending and receiving a greater number of texts than in 2009. Overall, 75% of all teens text. Here are the key findings about the role of texting in teens’ lives: The median number of texts (i.e. the midpoint user in our sample) sent on a typical day by teens 12-17 rose from 50 in 2009 to 60 in 2011. Much of this increase occurred among older teens ages 14-17, who went from a median of 60 texts a day to a median of 100 two years later. Boys of all ages also increased their texting volume from a median of 30 texts daily in 2009 to 50 texts in 2011. Black teens showed an increase of a median of 60 texts per day to 80. Older girls remain the most enthusiastic texters, with a median of 100 texts a day in 2011, compared with 50 for boys...
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