...Technology and Assessments Technology is being used in classrooms more and more every day. Not only are computers and iPads being used for teaching, there are also being used for assessments. There are many ways technology can simplify formative and summative assessments. There are advantages and disadvantages to using technology for assessing student learning. Technology should be an enhancing tool and not used to replace teacher interaction. There are many ways technology can facilitate the ongoing effort to assess student learning. By using computers, teachers have the ability to assess large numbers of students efficiently, accurately, and quickly. For example, Teachers will be able to see how long the student takes to answer each question and the time it takes to complete the test. Another example is teachers will also have the opportunity to give feedback to the students quickly and even, in some cases, instantly. This means there will be no delay in assessing the students learning on a particular unit and moving on to the next unit of instruction. The next example of how technology can facilitate student assessments is by using an optical scanner or marker, teachers can analyze assessments very quickly, and can even statistically store scores for each student. That way the teacher knows each individual grade and also, those of the class as a whole. “It takes about one hour to scan one hundred answer cards (Bull, 1993, p.13.) It would take much more time...
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...Assessment, Technology and Change | Despite the recent advancement in information and communication technology, most schools are still using primitive methods of academic assessment such as, pencil and paper. The current assessment method prohibits the creation of new and more effective models of testing students’ knowledge, this is because it does not test higher intellectual thinking. The assessment models are proficient in cognition and interpretation, but weak in assessing observation. Modern technology is essential since it can be used to create digital environments that stimulate valuable learning, and also programmed to assess user interaction in order to ease assessment of learning. Gifford, (2012), suggest that digital learning environments are innovative since they can present richer and complex problems that test students’ learning. Inadequate assessment of students’ knowledge makes curriculum focus more on simplifying concepts, rather than emphasising on the critical importance of learning. In the long term, the students will be unable to demonstrate critical thinking and skills when employed. The primary role of technology in assessment is to improve the method of access and grading. However, technology allows flexibility where tests can be customized to meet different students’ learning needs. Science is one subject that has mostly embraced technology based assessments (Gifford, 2012). According to research, students’ performance varies in every exam while...
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...Assessment Information Technology Acts Paper Assessment: Information Technology Acts Paper BIS/220 Jennifer Dawson Lisa Hatherill With new technology advances, come new ethical problems. In this article, the information at hand will cover the Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000, and the Family Education Rights & Privacy Act of 1974. For every act that has been created; there has been a legitimate cause for it. This article will use the most up to date and reliable information to back up the research on these specific topics. You will learn what caused the acts to be put in place and what the acts protect. The Children’s Internet Protection Act of 2000 was designed for public libraries and public schools to apply filter to all computers that will protect children from harmful content found on the internet. Federal funding is given when this condition is met. Initially this act was implemented on public schools first, until the 2003 Supreme Court ruling of United States vs. American Library Association, when they too were added. (Jaeger & Zheng, 2009) The reason for the act in the first place, which was added by Bill Clinton in December of 2000, was due to the growing understanding and use by children. The internet is one of the most widely used sources to review and receive research. This act was designed to protect children from Pornography, explicit adult content and adult language. (Jaeger & Zheng, 2009) They have found that this is not only inappropriate...
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...health technologies in the 21st century? New diagnostic techniques have often made it possible to detect disease in time to apply an appropriate therapy. Even in cases of diseases for which no effective preventive or therapeutic measures are available, technologies have aided in relief of pain, amelioration of symptoms, and rehabilitation of individuals affected by chronic conditions (88). Finally, some new technology has increased access to health care, some has reduced the cost of care, and some has improved the outcome of care (45). Health care costs are escalating rapidly. The expanded use of medical technologies is an important factor in the rising costs, imposing economic burdens which cause problems for patients, for their families, and for society. Medical technologies contribute to medical care costs in various ways: Some have large capital investments, some require the use of costly supportive services, some present the possibility or requirement of costly followup care, some establish the need for continued use, some are overused after initial proof of reliability of efficacy (particularly diagnostic technologies), and some are used for inappropriate purposes. (Technology Transfer at the National Institutes of Health, 1982) Discuss the evaluation of medical technologies. Clearly, some evaluation criteria pertain only to “product” technologies, such as devices or drugs. Other evaluation criteria pertain to the medical purpose for which the technology is used...
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...TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT JaCinta Oglesbee Strayer University HSA 520: Health Information Systems January 27, 2013 Harold Griffin, Ph.D. 1. Analyze the basic technology underlying health care information systems and determine the most pressing need for innovation. The modern health care system involves managing an enormous amount of information about millions of people. Only with the help of modern information technology can the health care industry provide quality care to its patients. Health care information systems come in two forms: practice management and electronic health records (EHR). Practice management software allows the organization of patient appointments, lab results, and referrals, but does not organize with the specific information on each patient. EHR stores data on a patient's health history. An electronic health record contains the same information about a patient as a regular medical chart, such as medical history, medications, allergies, lab results, immunizations, and billing information. All health information systems consist of the software itself and the hardware. Although health information technology (HIT) software is utilized on computers by receptionists and medical staff, the data is often stored and managed off site by the HIT provider. Scanners and printers play a big role in EHR because of the amount of data that must be transformed into and from a digital format. Wireless routers are the next essential piece of...
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...when there is a gap of advanced production technology, managerial knowledge, and working practices between the receiver and the donator. Frequently, transnational corporation (TNCs) required domestic company to adjust new systems in order to remain market share and gain profit. Therefore, spill-over effect can be considered as the result of activity of FDI investor and modifications of local corporations. There are four types of spill-over effect: the labor mobility channel, demonstration channel, the forward and backward linkages and the competition channels. The labor mobility channel The movement of skilled personnel from foreign firms to domestic firms helps transferred advanced technology and management skills. Thanks to labor mobility, positive spill-over can be created by two ways: employees applied what they have learned to domestic companies or established the new ones. The demonstration channel It is one of the most important channel to create positive FDI effect There are three ways to transfer technology * Internal transfer: the transfer between parent company or TNC and their affiliates or subsidiary * Transfer among FDI companies and domestic ones within the same business: the local manager can set up their new business based on the knowledge and skill they have experienced. Although it can be called as a loss for FDI investors, this transformation can bring development and exposure of advanced technology to home country. Or another ways, local entities...
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...the Infrastructure Assessment Framework to assess, analyze, plan and deploy an IT roadmap for your organization. As part of the Infrastructure Assessment Framework, there are several individual assessments that we can provide for you in order to better understand and orient your key business drivers with your current IT infrastructure and proposed roadmaps. Some of the key assessment frameworks that we can deliver for you are : •Technology Assessment •Security Assessment We have several more customized frameworks for specific needs and scenarios. Contact us today to find out how an Infrastructure Assessment can help your business! Technology AssessmentWhy do I need a technology assessment? Simply ask yourself these questions: •Are you comfortable with your current technology investments and are they in line with your business goals and strategic objectives? •Does your current technology deliver clear bottom-line benefits for your company? •Are you confident that you can build a business case to evaluate new technology and deploy it in your business? •Are the benefits of IT in your business easily quantifiable when compared to cost? If you have any doubts relating to the above questions, then Quadra can be of service to your organization. Today, business owners and managers are justifying their technology investments. Many IT managers are now expected to demonstrate a return-on-investment (ROI) and business case for technology solutions they implement...
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...Risk Assessment in Information Technology Risk Assessment in Information Technology This paper will address risk assessment in Information Technology and discuss factors used to identify all kinds of risks in company network diagram. It will also assess the risk factors that are inclusive for the Company and give the assumptions related to the security data as well as regulatory issues surrounding risk assessment. In addressing the global implications, the paper will propose network security vulnerabilities and recommend the mitigation measures for the vulnerabilities. Cryptography recommendations based on data driven decision-making will be assessed, and develop risk assessment methodologies. Risk assessment in Information Technology Risk assessment is one of the mitigation methods for the Networks design. The scanners or vulnerability tools are used to identify the risks or vulnerabilities within the network design. The risks can be identified by these tools as they extend beyond software detects to incorporate other easily vulnerabilities including mis-configurations (Rouse, 2010). The shareware assessment tools are accessible online and can be used to supplement commercial scanners. Framework of risk assessment * Step 1 – categorizing information and information systems. Here unique department traits are highlighted and assigned impact levels (high, medium or low) in line with the security FISMA’s security objectives (confidentiality, integrity and availability)...
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...Based on earlierhypotheticalresearches, the present study integrates technology readiness (TR) into the technology acceptance model (TAM) in the context of consumer adoption of mobile shopping (m-shopping), and theorizes that the impact of TR on mobile shopping intention is mediated by both perceptions of usefulness and ease of use. Nested model was conducted inorder to investiagete the relations. Results show that technological readiness of a consumer influence the mobile shopping behavior. In adittion, perceived usefulness mediates the relation between technology readiness and m-shopping. Introduction M-shopping can be defined as purchase behaviour with a mobile device and has become aprogressivelyessential topic for prectitioners and manufacturers. According to eMarketer (2014), by 2016 smartphone users are enhanced (more than two billion users). Also results of “Deloitte Global Mobile Consumer Survey" indicates that, by 2013 67% of the population in Turkey uses smarthphones(Deloitte, 2013).A smartphone is a type of mobile phone which uses an operating system such as Apple iOS or Android by installing applications. Although using smartphone apps is the recent way of using technology, understandingtechnology readiness of customer is crucial, because most of the technological innovations are fundamental changes (Garcia and Calantone, 2002). This can cause anxiety in those who concens negative feelings about technological products. Results of a latest industry...
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...informationand communications-technology goods. Crossing the largely symbolic threshold should put to rest outdated notions of China as a manufacturer and exporter of cheap T-shirts, though the country won't give up its thriving garment exports as it steps up production of laptop computers and memory chips. Indeed, China's ability to hold on to the labour-intensive segments of the global marketplace as it climbs the technology ladder is one of the unique features of the country's ascent -- and a remarkable source of resilience for its economy. It's also a factor in the country's $100 billion-plus trade surplus with the rest of the world and double that figure with the U.S. KNOWLEDGE PLAYER. It's easy to dismiss the importance of China's taking the lead in technology exports. Its tech goods contain substantial imported content, not to mention foreign technology, be it transferred, licensed, or "borrowed." Roughly 60% of exports are made by foreign-invested enterprises, and the percentage progressively rises with the technology level. So is China merely an export platform, a convenient low-cost base for the world's multinationals, which in turn retain core knowledge and capabilities, farming out the simple, low-value parts of the value chain? Not really. China has absolutely no intention of remaining an assembler and proving ground for someone else's knowhow and advanced capabilities. Rather, it's gearing up to become a producer of indigenous technology and a global knowledge player...
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...Task A-2 Lesson Plan Format Name: Date: 02/0714 Age/Grade Level: 3rd grade # of Students: Program: Physical Education Major Content: 5 components of fitness Lesson Length: 30 minutes Unit Title: The 5 Components of Fitness Lesson Title: Cardio/Body Composition Context • Explain how this lesson relates to the unit of study or your broad goals for teaching about the topic. - This lesson focuses on cardiorespiratory endurance and body composition, which are two of the 5 components of fitness. This lesson will allow students to understand what both components of fitness. • Describe the students’ prior knowledge or the focus of the previous lesson. - Students have briefly been taught the 5 components of fitness in second grade, but have little prior knowledge on the topic. • Describe generally any critical student characteristics or attributes that will affect student learning (other than what you described in the Teaching and Learning Context). - N/a End In Mind - Students will understand what cardiorespiratory endurance and body compostion is, and how it relates to their overall health. - Students will be able to correctly pass and shoot the gator skin ball. Connections Connect your goals and objectives to appropriate Kentucky Core Content, Kentucky Occupational Skill Standards...
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...ACC203 ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS T0214 Section 1: General Information 1.1 Administrative details: |Associated HE Award(s) |Duration |Level |Subject Coordinator | | B Bus (Accg); B Bus (Mgt & Finance) |1 trimester |Level 2 | Richard Chang | | | | |richard@koi.edu.au | 1.2 Core / elective: This is a core subject for B Bus (Accg) and an elective subject for B Bus (Mgt & Fin) 1.3 Subject/unit weighting: Indicated below is the weighting of this subject/unit and the total course points. |Subject Credit Points |Total Course Credit Points | | 4 |BBus(Accg) 96; BBus (Mgt & Finance) 96 | 1.4 Student workload: Indicated below is the expected student workload per week for this subject/unit: |No. timetabled hours/week* |No. personal study hours/week** |Total workload hours/week*** | |4 hours/week |5 hours/week |9 hours/week | |2 hour Lecture + 2 hour Tutorial...
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...Assessment Support Pack SCQF level 8 02 fro .7 5. 66 .1 34 International Purchasing and Supply — H2X3 35 80 www.sqa.org.uk © Scottish Qualifications Authority 2013 SQ A Published by the Scottish Qualifications Authority The Optima Building, 58 Robertson Street, Glasgow, G2 8DQ Lowden, 24 Wester Shawfair, Dalkeith, Midlothian, EH22 1FD C hi na Fi le The information in this publication may be reproduced to support SQA qualifications. This publication must not be reproduced for commercial or trade purposes. This material is for use by teaching staff only. do w nl oa de d Publication date: April 2013 Publication code: H2X3 35/ASP001 by ce nt re _3 00 54 m on 10 /1 0/ 20 14 08 :4 0 Introduction This Assessment Support Pack incorporates assessment templates for both Higher National and National Qualifications (other than CfE) and can be used in a variety of ways including, for example: to generate evidence which demonstrates that learners have achieved all Outcomes and Knowledge and/or Skills for the Unit as exemplification of the standard of performance expected of learners achieving the Unit, ie as a benchmark to help centres develop an appropriate assessment for the Unit to give teachers/lecturers/assessors new ideas as a staff development tool Security and confidentiality The information in this publication may be reproduced in support of SQA qualifications. Where the publication...
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...Modeling, Visualization, and Assessment Modeling, visualization, and assessment are three tools that when incorporated properly, can make any classroom successful. Visualization is now being used in several careers. Disciplines such as mechanical design and architecture have traditional utilized drawings such as plans, sections, and elevations as the primary medium for design communication as well as documentation (Guidera, 2010). Highway design engineers now use visualization as an opportunity to improve the entire planning, design, and construction process for all types of projects, big and small, and from start to finish (Taylor, & Moler, 2010). The following sections will discuss incorporating modeling activities, creative ways to use visualization tools, technologies for assessing student progress, and difficulties expected with the incorporation of modeling, visualization, and assessment. Incorporating Modeling Activities Modeling activities can be tailored to fit any classroom situation. There are several things to keep in mind when using or creating modeling activities for instruction. One thing to keep in mind is that the activity is should be interactive. The modeling should also provide opportunities for them to experiment with the model or modify. The second thing to keep in mind is that the purpose of using a model is to help bridge the gap between observations and the real world. The final thing to keep in mind is that modeling can introduce students...
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...today need a range of assessment approaches using technology to gauge the achievement of students. Models of technology integration range from relatively passive uses (e.g., teachers reviewing a topic with a power point presentation) to more interactive, hands-on uses(e.g., students using word processing for student reports or calculators for mathematics problem solving, doing internet searches). Assessments tell us how well the students have learned what the teachers expect them to learn and teaching approaches ensure that the students have grasped the concept. So for this to occur, assessments and teaching must be aligned closely, then they strengthen each other. The critical factor is matching the teaching strategy with an appropriate assessment strategy. If a teacher does an exceptional job in assessment of her students but the teacher does not take the assessment into planning her next lessons then the assessments are a waste. Some of the assessment approaches I plan to use in my math class are rubrics, drill and practice software. I intend to use Rubrics to tell me which particular area my student is falling behind. The drill and practice software which I will be using during mock tests will give me an instant feedback, thus saving my time that would otherwise be spent in manual grading. This way I can give more attention to my students. have chosen the top ten list for integrating technology in mathematics as the subject and the technology is Google sketchup and...
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