For example, employees may have used smart phones to access lists of business contacts. Today, however, employees practice BYOD on a much larger scale. Among other daily tasks, employees typically use their personal devices to create, store, and send large amounts of company data. The first smartphone was designed by IBM and sold by BellSouth (formerly part of the AT&T CORPARATION) in 1993. It included a touchscreen interface for accessing its calendar, address book, calculator, and other…
I deserve this $25,000, because I’m a very hard worker. I’ve been a hard worker, ever since I was thirteen years old, I’ve been working for what I deserve and earned every penny of it. I’m a very respectful young man, and I never take anything for granted in my life. I show my respect by being nice and kind to everyone I know/meet on a daily basis. Every penny or dime I make, I never take it for granted. I’m also a very responsible person, I take care of each and every item that I own. I’m also…
analyzes and elucidates upon faults she observes in the American education system. In particular, Davidson introduces her own experiment, the iPod experiment, in which she distributes free iPods to all first-year Duke University students and all other Duke University students who have the iPod incorporated in at least one of their classes. Through the experiment, the iPod upgraded itself by having its learning experience enhanced. Similarly, in Jonathan Lethem’s, “The Ecstasy of Influence: A…
about my high school year experience is the time my iPod got stolen. It was almost the end of my high school junior year when this happened. Not only was it stolen, but I got it back. Well more like I took it back. It took a while to figure out who had stolen my iPod. This small, slick, thin black electronical machine that fitted in my delicate hands had so much sentimental value to me. My older brother had given it to me for my birthday. Having my iPod stolen really made me think about who were…
of personal, professional, and cultural anecdotes are used to strengthen her argument for the use of more innovative, collaborative, and technological teaching methods in the classroom. Davidson’s relevant organization and incorporation of the Duke iPod experiment and United States job market and educational history illustrate the need for educational renovation and greatly advance her claims. However, the second half of her essay complicates her main argument for digitalization and instead…
we have retreated into the iWorld by Andrew Sullivan is an article about technology and how society is changing around us, Sullivan uses different argument tactics to support his purpose. Andrew Sullivan’s purpose is to show how technology like the ipod is making society more isolated and less social. A quote that he used to show his intent of this essay is “It's strange to be among so many people and hear so little. Except that each one is hearing so much”, this shows how people who are…
The iPod. It was the first listening device where you could upload songs digitally, storing 100's in one go.Though the iPod was released in 2001, its price and Mac-only compatibility caused sales to be relatively slow until 2004. The iPod touch was released in 2007 and was the first music device to have Wi-Fi so users could connect to the iTunes Store and download tunes and listen to them straight away.When the iPod touch debuted in 2007, it marked a major change for the entire iPod…
show unlearning are Duke’s introduction of the Ipods, the girl who had special abilities and talents, and lastly Inez Davidson’s unique classroom teaching styles. All these stories showcase that unlearning plays a huge role in education. Unlearning completely changes the way of how education functions and allows student to be more engaged into learning and create challenges that they have to think through. Duke and the iPod completely changed how an iPod could serve as a purpose to learn. But…
and ideas working with a group of people. The term “crowdsourcing” was coined as technology bloomed through the world and it gave a perfect example of what should be added into learning environments. Collaboration like what the students did in the iPod experiment gave way for success and personal achievement; it was inclusive. Crowdsourcing juxtaposed to formal education shows how teaching in hierarchies paves the way for the “one-size-fits-all” model of education. When education is divided in…
translucent case, 15-inch monitor and thin keyboard, it quickly exceeded its sales expectations. The iPod was a palm size digital music player were you could plug into a computer with a USB cord and download music. It had features like a calendar, address book and alarm. The iPod supported most audio files formatted as MP3, WAV or AAC. Users would use the “touch wheel” to navigate through songs or the iPod itself. In 2001, iTunes is a media software created by Apple for downloading, playing…