...conducted interviews among ten (10) students whom she thinks are smart. She thought of using a questionnaire-type interview in order to gain more insights about the ideas of other people regarding smart students. The questionnaire she gave her respondents is consisting of nine (9) questions, seven (7) of which are open-ended questions while two (2) are objective questions. The first question asked was: Do you believe you are a smart student? Why? Why not? Six (6) out of ten (10) of the respondents believe that they are smart; but they have different reasons to think so. Two (2) of the respondents stated that everybody is smart in his/her own way, while the rest believe that everybody is smart. Those who responded otherwise thought that they are not actually smart. They said that they just study well and are hardworking. One even said that she is only good at memorizations. The second question asked was: How smart are you compared to others? Most of the respondents do not believe that there is a need to be compared with anybody because they do not like to be compared. They just do their best to become a successful student. One respondent even stated that on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the smartest, she thought that she must be 7. Another respondent said that she has no idea how smart other students are. The third question asked was: Do you know somebody whom you think is smart? What do you think makes him/her smart? Most of the respondents said a specific name of a person...
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...Why use a smart phone? Why use a smart phone ? Everybody has a cell phone and the majority of us have a smart phone. Smart phone plays an important role in our daily life. You can see whenever in the street or metro, millions of people use smart phone. Why smart phones so popular around the world? I will start my topic now, why use a smart phone? It is universally acknowledged that we can use a smart phone not only chat or text with others but also play games, read books, listen to the music, surf on the internet. Sometimes we can even say that smart phone is a small computer. Obviously, we use smart phone as an entertainment tool. Firstly, smart phone can be used as an audio player. It can provide you the music whenever you want , like everyday in the metro, music is necessary for me. Secondly, a smart phone sometimes can be instead of e-book. Although I think that E-book is popular nowadays, you don’t need to buy it if you have a smart phone. In addition, downloading books in phones instead of buying books in stores also means that you are an environmentally friendly person. Simultaneously, many games are free to access if you are tired from work or study. Finally, smart phones can be used in different ways so in my opinion, using a smart phone as an entertainment tool can make our life becomes simple and colorful. Do smart phones have bad effects on our study? No way! I know that many people have an IPHONE as someone asked last week. For me as an example, I use IPHONE...
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...implementing into their company structure the continuously developing new innovative information technologies to ensure that they have the best chance at becoming and/or remaining a successful company. The preceding paper will answer case study questions that relate to some of these information technologies. Included will be questions pertaining to what’s the buzz on smart grids, the collaboration and innovation at Procter & Gamble, how much do credit card companies know about you, as well as the perils of texting. Infrastructure and organization is just as important today as it was in the past to run a successful business. However as an added bonus, the advancements in communication technologies have provided companies/organizations with the ability to increase a company's success through faster and more reliable company/personnel communications. The question then is should the implementation of involving communication technology be considered as productive for areas of business and/or intrusive for one's personal life? Is it worth it? When considering the first case study on What's the Buzz on Smart Grids, it must be taken into consideration that smart grids are different from infrastructure currently used today. Smart grids use digital technology that delivers electricity from supplier to consumer. Because these grids are structured to allow the flowing of information from a consumer back to the provider, it is considered innovative and cost efficient because...
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...Allowed in Schools In classrooms, teachers always repeat that: “Please put your phones in your backpacks.” It is a well known truth that many schools prohibit the use of mobile devices like smart phones and iPads in class. Some experts and teachers believe that mobile devices can be very distractive and affect learning in a negative way. However, others argue that there are still some advantages of adoption of mobile devices in class that overweigh its disadvantages. Compare the argument from both sides, it is reasonable to adopt mobile devices like smart phones and iPads in class since mobile devices can help boost students’ learning, make study more funny and attractive and are as useful as personal computers in classrooms, but much cheaper, more achievable and convenient than them, and it is not that distractive as some people think. One reason to allow mobile devices usage in classroom is that they do help boost study. According to an online article 5 Free iPad Apps Students Can Use for Taking Notes, there are some useful applications that students can adopt in class to help them take notes more quickly and efficiently. One of them is inClass, which is an application that can help clarify notes for different courses and can store 4 kinds of notes: “typed notes, audio notes, video notes and pictures”. Compare to students who only take notes by hands, more study information can be recorded in a more efficient way by using the application like inClass that allowed audio, video...
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...cellularphone was based on analog FM technology. This generation only has voice serviceonly.Second generation cellular phone next were introduced in the early 1990.Thisgeneration use the digital modulation and have an improvement on spectral efficiencyas well as voice quality. However this second generation still uses the same features asfirst generation technologies According to an investigate by ABI Research, at the end of 2013, 1.4 billion smart phones has been in use: 798 million of them run Android, 294 million run Apple’s iOS, and 45 million run Windows Phone. Smart phone usually support one or more short range wireless technologies such as Bluetooth and infrared, making it possible to transfer data via these wireless connections. Smart phone can provide computer mobility, ubiquitous data access, and pervasive intelligence for almost every aspect of business processes and people’s daily lives. The use of Bluetooth technology in a smart phone today is not just for the transfer of data and files only. Inrecent years, smart home automation is one of the applications of Bluetooth technology. We offer a door automation system based on Bluetooth technology, especially in door automation system. 1.1 Background of the Study There are some factors that must to be...
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...America to attend an American university and expand my education. I tend to spend the majority of my days either at school or focusing on my studies at home. My parents are very strict and take my schooling very seriously. Typically, It’s my mom who pushes my academic success. Dad always says it would be her fault if I did not succeed so I do everything I can to not let her down. I don’t see my father much, maybe around three hours a day. But it’s okay because I know he’s working to provide our family with the best care and make us proud (Cohen 2011). (Question 1) When I wake up, I start out my morning with looking at my schoolwork and seeing what I need to do for the day and plan accordingly. My parents and family back home in Japan have high expectations for me and I want to do everything I can to impress them. I then attend all of my classes back to back because I’m taking twenty credit hours; my plan is to graduate this December. After I finish my classes, I head up to the library for three back to back Asian centered study groups. My friends and I help each other out a lot; I have found that we compliment each other well because we experience the same stereotypes and can help one another out (Kiley 2012). (Question 2) A common misconception of Asians is that we are complete nerds that have no life or time for anything but studies. Well that’s not true and very prejudice. I have a job just like a lot of other college students. My scholarship covers my schooling but I like...
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...The Impact of Divorce on Children Destani Hill 201320 Spring 2013 PSYCH 231-B06 LUO March 10, 2013 Abstract Unfortunately divorce is at an all-time high around the world today and there aren’t any signs of it slowing. Numerous amount of stress can stem from divorce, not only for the couple involved but for the child or children involved as well. This paper reflects on the many different effects that divorce can have on children ages eighteen and under in the United States, as well as other countries. In comparison, studies show that there is usually an emotional disconnect involving children of divorced parents or ones whom have begun the long strenuous process. The emotional disconnect can cause children to act different in more ways than one such as; an academically, socially, and unfortunately can lead to relationship problems of their own one day. In contrast, studies are showing signs of improvement in the children of divorced parent but only if the parent seek proper guidance and focus on the security of the child’s feelings and emotions towards throughout the process. Keywords: divorce, children, emotional, social, academic, world, effects The Impact of Divorce on Children At a young age, I became the child of divorced parent, where my parents decided to go their separate ways due to irreconcilable differences. Fortunately, my parents were devoted to raising me together as they planned, just because they had the desire to be in other relationships they agreed...
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...Joshua A. Reyes English 17: Public Speaking and Debate How to study smart? Ninety-nine percent! Can anyone tell me what this number stands for? This figure corresponds to the average grade an ordinary student craves for. I myself also wanted to reach a grade that is as high as ninety-nine. And, honestly you too dreamt of having a mark that is close to perfect one, right? Yes, of course. Today, people continue to search new discoveries that will improve the human life. This is the scenario that everyone expects—to improve, and so with our grades. Every student is expected to get a high rating, but in reality this ninety-nine percent that we like becomes seventy-nine percent or even seventy-five percent. It is really hard to acquire such high grades, but each one of us can make the impossible possible. Everybody has the capability to turn seventy-five into ninety-five or beyond. But how can we do that? To our teacher, Ma’am Clara Gonzales, and to my beloved classmates, a pleasant afternoon to each and everyone of you. Getting a high grade is difficult to do. However, “difficult” is not a word of a student who studies in a smart way. So, how to study smart? These are two principles I know that could make us study smart. First, “be responsible.” There is a quotation that goes this way, “There is no hard task in a responsible person. Being responsible for me is not being an “all-day and all-night studying” student. Rather, being responsible is being able to...
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...Many people believe that praising their children’s achievements will make them more intelligent as time goes by, that can be correct, but there are studies that show that it can be more than that. According to the article “The Secret to Raising Smart Kids”, that is not the only way to boost your children’s intelligence. What people do not know is that there are two different mind-sets. The article states that there are two different types of mind-sets; growth mind-set and fixed mind-set. Growth mind-set is basically the belief that intelligence can be gained through studying and working hard. Students will argue and say that their intelligence is genetic and say that intelligence cannot be changed, those people would fall in the group of having...
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...in creating success for the stock holders, stake holders, and the consumer. This paper will answer questions based on four case studies. The case studies presented are based on smart grids, collaboration and innovation, how much a company knows about you, and the consequences of texting. Case Study I – Smart Grids Smart grids were developed as the twenty-first century automated form of electrical output to consumers. Smart Grids are used to deliver electricity from the supplier to the consumer using digital technology. This means using an automated system through a computer generated information network from power plants and wind farms to the customer in their homes and businesses. Utilizing smart grids in this fashion is different from the current electricity infrastructure as far as not using transmission lines to telephone poles to meters. (Kenneth c. Laudon, 2012) Developing a smart grid requires management of information. Technology is needed to operate the network for power control, monitoring the sensors so that the energy utilized is tracked. Tracking the usage allows the supplier to determine trends of when burst of electricity is used so that the costs can be adjusted. Adjusting the costs based on use is a way to control the amount of electricity used by the consumer whether it is private or business. Challenges are faced by the smart grid...
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...September 2014 How I Got Smart Reading Response This article’s title says it all. It is a story about how a guy got smart. In the first few paragraphs, the author talks about how students view teachers as bookworms who would study a lot rather than playing and end up to be a teacher anyway. He mentions that he tried to explain that the image that they are picturing during his adolescence is wrong. He hated compulsory education with a passion. I believe that the author’s argument is that everyone is smart in their own way. He argues that he did not get smart by the way most of the students would assume right away that just because ones a teacher, then they have been a book worm and just studied a lot during their adolescence. This is why the author told a story about an experience that changed his life. An experience on how he got smart and this is because of a girl named Debbie. Just like a typical high school student, he fell in love with Debbie at first sight and since she was an intelligent lady, the author felt obliged to be intelligent as well to impress her. Though the storyline ended as the incentive being gone because the author just got led on by Debbie, he says that “Having savored the heady wine of knowledge, I could not now alter my course”. Reading this article made me think how we all have different backgrounds on why who we are now and how we all have our own ways on how we become who we are and what we are. I believe that everybody is smart in their own way and...
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... Page 1 CASE STUDY RESULTS: This paper will attempt to answer some questions about the articles that was assigned to read for this class, the articles will talk about the smart grid case study attempted to use by the power company. It will explain how grids are different form the current electricity infrastructure in the united states. The second case study is about Proctor and Gamble, discussing the size and some of the products they provide, profit, and revenue. The changes that are to be implemented are not going over very good; change is difficult, with the form of communication provided to staff throughout the company. The next case study was about credit card companies and how much knowledge they have about consumers. The strategy they use to learn about you and your interests, by what you purchase with the card. Is this an invasion of privacy? The following case study is about computers and cell phone; all Americans have this form of commutations of some sort, for personal and business use. The problems with these for of commutation is using cell phones while driving, even texting in the car is becoming a serious problem. Using computers is even causing injuries, such as carp tunnel. Page 2 CASE STUDY RESULTS: WHAT IS THE BUZZ...
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...SAT scores should not be a big part in going to college. People think that SAT scores are extremely important but, new studies have revealed otherwise. Many people have come to see that GPA has little or no difference based on how well a student did on their SATs. If you did well or not on a SAT doesn’t justify how smart you are. That is why SATs should not be a big part in getting into the college you want. Preparing to take an SAT test is extremely stressful for students. High school students spend hours upon hours studying to feel prepared for a SAT test. Parents also feel stress about an upcoming SAT. Parents will spend a lot of money for test-prep publishers and tutorial services. It is endless anxiety for the whole family. It is estimated that students and parents are spending 4.5 billion dollars on test preparation and tutoring services (IBISWORLD’s January 2013 Report). Parents say that their money is wasted because their children still cannot prepare for this enormous test. It has also been proven that students with families that have larger incomes do better on SATs because they can pay for extra help. This is unfair for other students that cannot afford to pay...
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...assignments done, making a personal plan will help you get your class assignments done, as well as help you with your career path and goals. The reason being is you are using a SMART goals system and setting a schedule that is right for you to help with your classes and class assignments. To help with your career path and goals you can use a Career Interest Profiler as well as the SMART goals system. Having a personal plan will help gets assignments done by setting SMART goals, SMART goals are achievable realistic goals that you can complete. Here are a couple examples of SMART goals. In this first example this can be used for an educational goal in your classes. In the next couple weeks I will take a writing workshop to help with my writing skills. This next example can be used towards your career path or goals. In the next couple weeks I will start to fill out job applications that are in my field of study at university of phoenix. A career interest profiler is a program that asks you various questions about your thoughts on job related questions and then based on those answers gives you some ideas of multiple career interests that are right for you, for example some of mine are: based on my responses I got social, investigative, and conventional. Based off of these results I can see that I will be able to use my social and conventional skills to help me achieve my academic SMART goal stated...
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...Praising a child’s intelligence for a job well done may seem like a common and sincere action. We commonly think that this action is going to make children feel smart and in turn, motivate learning. However, studies have shown that praise for intelligence may have negative effects on children’s overall achievement. Students praised for intelligence were found to care more about performance goals relative to learning goals than children praised for effort. In addition, those students praised for intelligence described it as a fixed trait more than children praised for hard work. This is an important study to show what motivational tactics work best for different students. These negative effects can happen when children believe the praise to be insincere or when it leads them to feel pressure to produce future good performance. A study was done that showed that children who hold performance goals are likely to sacrifice potentially valuable learning opportunities in order to get good grades now and to “seem smart.” This could have a negative effect into the future as the children are not learning the material and instead just want to get good grades on the assignments. The researchers in the article hypothesized that the children praised for ability (intelligence) and children praised for hard work when administered after success, would lead children to hold different goals for their achievement and have different responses when confronted with failure. They expected...
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