23. DISCUSSION: HOW TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING THE TEACHING OF STATISTICS AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL Carol Joyce Blumberg Winona State University This summary will be organized into four parts: (1) a synopsis of the comments made by participants during the entire group discussions after the paper presentations; (2) a synopsis of a small group discussion on technology and post-secondary education issues; (3) a list of recommendations regarding technology and teaching/learning at the post-secondary
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The modern world of technology could not have come about without the development of the computer. Different types and sizes of computers find use throughout society in the storage and handling of data‚ from secret government files to private household accounts. Computers have opened up a new era in manufacturing through the techniques of automation‚ and they have enhanced modern communication systems. They are essential tools in almost every field of research and applied technology‚ from constructing
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UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT STRUCTURE OF THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY 1. Demonstrate the diversity of the hospitality industry explaining how it has achieved its current complexity‚ scale and scope. The hospitality industry has a lot of different sectors. It is commonly split into the 14 different sectors. Hospitality Services Tourist‚ Tourism Hotels Self Catering
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Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants Digital natives and immigrants are the one that move technology innovation around. What is digital native or immigrant? Marc Prensky tells us that our students today are all ‘“native speakers” of the digital language of computers‚ video games and the Internet” (Prensky‚ 2001). Digital Natives are young people that were born in the late 1990’s. Marc prenskey defines digital immigrants “were not born into the digital world but have‚ at some later point in
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Technology and industry has always been changing with time due to the frequent new products and innovation categories. The industries undertaking the new technology are reexamining the business structure and establishing bold steps in order to come up with better financial performance. Additionally‚ the massive rise of technology and industry in the United States was accompanied by high amount of foreign immigration during the last quarter of the 19th century to the westward expansion. The essay
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Effective Digital Bangladesh: concepts‚ values perspectives of Third world We all love our country Bangladesh. As a Bangladeshi‚ we have different perception‚ religious beliefs‚ and contingency of thoughts‚ available information and correcting response of emerging issues‚ which are affecting our personal life with changing the environmental. Now all of the Bangladeshi people have been known the emerging concept “Digital Bangladesh Vision 2021”in this Informational age. Digital Bangladesh: Young
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There is nothing set in stone for what may happen. With the way technology has advanced over the years‚ the future may be taken over by it. Anything involving paperwork will soon all be transferred into computerized work. Soon many jobs will start to disappear because of the advancement; jobs will be much more efficient if changes in technology are made. In the past‚ all jobs were based on paperwork because the quality of technology was not as progressed as it is today. The quality of work was
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people is increasing due to the changing of population structure. The active people working outside could not take care their elderly all the time. In most cases the elder people have to live alone in their home. The technologies for assisting older people able to live alone at home is become necessary. Several studies [][] have focused on the monitoring and notification when events causing injuries‚ such as falling. Other interesting works [] [] introduced the technologies for checking the abnormalities
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Digital Natives‚ Digital Immigrants: Some Thoughts from the Generation Gap by Timothy VanSlyke | | | | | | | | | In a two-part series entitled "Digital Immigrants‚ Digital Natives‚" Marc Prensky (2001a‚ 2001b) employs an analogy of native speakers and immigrants to describe the generation gap separating today’s students (the "Digital Natives") from their teachers (the "Digital Immigrants"). According to Prensky‚ the former are surrounded by digital media to such an extent
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related policies‚ the sales revenue of China’s digital cameras showed the fluctuation trend during 2009-2012. But with the improvement of national economy and living standards as well as the increasing market of consumer electronics products‚ it is predicted that the sales revenue of digital cameras will increase in the future few years and will reach CNY 85 billion by 2017.In 2012‚ Canon‚ Nikon and Sony ranked the top three positions in China’s digital camera market with the accumulative attention
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