Tablets are not the most powerful gadgets but they are the most convenient, they screen size overpower the smartphones. The life battery of tablets are better than phones this allow users to perform work or personal related task without connected to the battery or staying at one place. Given the advantages tablets are great for work task that involve lots of movement than computer, but they are many types of tablets this comes as IPad, android, and windows 8 tablet which is now upgraded to windows 10. Before considering buying tablets for a large organization like Hospital they are many fact that need to be taken in to consideration like the pros and cons of each tablet hardware device, capability to connect to peripherals devices, and Security issues.
Pros and cons of tablets
Apple (iPad with iOS)
Pros: Well designed, widely used, lots of apps, excellent battery life
Cons: No Flash, no USB port The pros of apple iPad is that it has lots of apps and good battery life, but there are no flash or USB ports that makes it hard to connect to any device that does not have a Bluetooth connection. Apple has been rated top for having good security on their products. However the operating system cannot run full functional software like work processing and
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And this can cause potential incompatibles because not every manufacture will make the hardware and function the same. But the most top rated android tablet is Samsung tab 4.8, up to 10.0. These tablets can run Microsoft product and lots of memory but has security issues and these issues can be solved by having network or security app for devices. Therefore this tablets can be great for a large organization like a hospital.
Microsoft (Windows 8 and 10)
Pros: Anything you can run on a desktop will run on a Windows 8 or 10 tablet, use of stylus when desired
Cons: power
Standardized tests are very common throughout the United States. They are used to measure students’ academic performances in school. These tests vary from state to state in all grade levels. However, these tests are believed to be biased towards those students who come from higher-class neighborhoods, simply because they have more educational resources. “The absence of standards virtually guarantees stratified resources and access to knowledge, based upon income, color of skin, and the community and neighborhood in which one lives” (French, 2003). The resources in the suburban areas differ from those in the urban areas, because of the gap within the difference of incomes. Families living in suburban neighborhoods have a bigger income, which enables them to have more resources than those living in urban neighborhoods. Most educational resources come from taxes, which plays a big part in the gap between urban and suburban neighborhoods.
The United States of America is ranked 15th in the world for it’s quality of education. Improvement in our education system is necessary if we want to keep up with the best nations in the world. Over the past ten years, a new push has been made to improve education in America through programs like No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top. States across the country are assessing teachers and schools by using standardized test scores. By using standardized test scores, states link high stakes to the results such as grant money, salary, and jobs as incentive to improve the scores for the following year. In Wisconsin and other states, 50% of these evaluations are based solely on how students score on these tests making the results have a critical impact, affecting not only the futures of the students, but also the futures of their teachers. Although it is important to give schools and teachers feedback so that they can better educate students, high-stakes testing should be used minimally for this purpose because of the lack of conclusive results they produce, and the detrimental effects that they can have on students, teachers, and even the whole schooling community.
In her article “Why Poor Schools Can’t Win at Standardized Testing,” Meredith Broussard examines the devastating effects of uneven distributions of school funds and how it is tied to test scores for underprivileged students. The cycle of poverty takes on a context of education because in order to get funding for their schools, students must perform well on standardized testing. However, the schools themselves cannot afford the expenses for their students to even access the resources needed to succeeded on such tests. The complexities surrounding unequal school funding can no longer be ignored due to its inevitable domino effect on the problems of the education system, one after the other; thus people should not stand by and tolerate such unfairness
has a competitive advantage over their competitors. One of the methods that Apple uses to maintain a competitive advantage in international markets is tying their hardware and applications together with an integrated operating system. This means that one of their devices, such as the iPad works very much like the iPhone and many of the apps run one device just as they do on the other. The only difference would be the size of the product. Apples laptop is larger than the iPad which is larger than the iPhone. Otherwise these products share the same functionality and information through connectivity. They share functionality and information seamlessly through connectivity, constantly updating customer’s lives through simple plug-in. I think this is the number one reason why Apple has an edge over their
...nging technology market, they too have to make more innovative tablets capable of advanced multitasking.
When searching for the latest device you have a choice between apple, and android. These two are similar but very different. Infact these both have two different operating systems. For instance Apple uses IOS 9, apple phones can use this software. On android the software 5.0 is used. All these phones run different programs, you need to make sure that is the right phone for you. There are many different features and styles of phones you can get. Also these all come at a price. This paper will talk about all these topics to make sure you have an idea on what device you would like to buy.
For example, in California’s assessment system, the content standards are not properly aligned with meaningful instruction (Montgomery 1). Some teachers have no idea what they are supposed to be teaching their students to prepare them for standardized tests. This leaves out a lot of meaningful information the kids need to know to be successful on these tests. Also, this leads students not understanding core concepts. California schools started a test that would prepare students for the real exam which was called STAR testing (Montgomery 2). This helped students significantly. This test covered the core content areas of English, Social Science, Science, and Mathematics (Montgomery 2). This test did not count for anything more than your individual progress of where you are at and if the students needed to spend more time studying. Teachers and administration were having a hard time keeping the students engaged to take the test seriously (Montgomery 3). This leads to handing out special privileges to the students who pas the STAR
Many believe that government mandated standardized tests are potentially hurting the education students are receiving. Complaints about standardized testing
Education is one of the most important if not the most important aspect of a child’s life. Therefore lawmakers, parents, and teachers try their best in order to provide the best education for children so that they are effective for their generation. With that being said lately the quality of education in the United States of America has been falling. Many laws have been put into place in order to better facilitate the curriculum being taught to the students. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Race to the Top (RTTT) are a few to name. Due to the passage of these laws the nation has become increasingly dependent upon standardized testing in order to evaluate students progress. Although lawmakers are trying their best to educate the students and measure their progress, standardized testing is not an accurate way to measure a child’s progress.
If you spent any time in a toy aisle this past holiday season, you would have noticed a subtle shift starting to occur in toys. The old standby toys are giving way to more modern app-enabled versions. Manufacturers are finding any way they can to update classic toys to engage with modern tablets. Barbie is enabled with cameras that play back via apps, Fisher Price play sets embed them for interactive play, and Lego building sets can be controlled by them. Unless manufacturers embrace and utilize tablets with their products, the tablet will take over the toy market.
”Books will soon be obsolete in the schools...Scholars will soon be instructed through the eye. It is possible to touch every branch of human knowledge with the motion picture” (Thomas Edison). An idea that was destined for failure has now been made into the key source to get students and teachers more interacted while in a classroom setting. Tablets such as the iPad and the Microsoft surface have made this idea possible, showing students that there is another alternative to the traditional method which would be a printed version of the textbook. Tablets are portable computers that use a touchscreen as its primary input device, meaning that both keyboard and mouse are both physically located on the screen. Early Tablets were built to be used with a pen, today however tablets can be used with just one finger or multiple fingers with the support of multi touch input. Tablet have had a positive input on society especially students in school that are looking to get their work done in an engaging way and, not by moving a pen or pencil like it’s been done for decades. Tablets have proven to be the better tool for learning among students.
Along with different brands, as you can imagine, there are an abundance of models too. So whatever you may desire in a phone, there are many different options to choose from when selecting an Android phone. As I stated earlier, the Google Play Store does not have many limitations on apps. This allows companies and individuals to upload and create their own apps, causing there to be more apps available to Android users. Not only are there more apps, the selection is much more broad and a desirable type of application may come in different forms over the Google Play Store.
The article “A study of the tablet computer’s application in K-12 school in China.” They explained the tablet computers access to K-12 education in China and other developing areas. Taotao Long is a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling at The University of Tennessee. She has a master degree in Instructional Technology in College of Educational Technology. Wenxin Liang is a Distance Education specialist in the Center for Distance Education. She is working on the Distance Education and Training for K-12 teachers. Shengquan Yu is a professor of Educational Technology, and Dean of the College of Educational Technology. Meanwhile, his research areas are design and sharing of Ubiquitous Learning resources, integrating Informational Technology into curriculum, educational information ecology, Educational Technology standards, knowledge media, etc.
In the United States, using a smartphone or tablet has been an unstoppable trend. According to the report from Pew Internet, in the United States, 56% of all adult population is smartphone user, 35% have cellphone, which is not a smartphone, and only 9% do not own any cell phone (Smith). At the same time, the tablet computer has been growing substantially since 2010, especially with the advent of Windows 8. Pew Internet shows that 34% of the United States adult population owns a tablet computer, representing a growth of more than 30% in three years (Zickuhr). Although these reports were based on the adult population, many children their own mobile devices. Such a device will provide them the accessibility to browse the Internet, listen to music, watch videos, play games both instantly and with unlimited quantity.
Standardized testing is used in schools to test if students learn the information they are taught and how well they apply it. These tests usually measure if a student can successfully meet the state standard requirements set by each individual state. All of the students are expected to take these tests and be prepared for them. However, the amount of tests they take can sometimes be too much for students to handle. There is a growing concern among parents, teachers, and students of the overabundance of standardized testing throughout the United States. Students are required to take these tests and can be overwhelmed with the amount of material they have to know. With everything that is required of teachers, sometimes it is difficult