Mobile computing, a term that didn’t come around till sometime between the 1960s and 1970s, is the use of the internet and computer based applications on the go. It is using your phone to search something online, using your tablet to make changes to a PowerPoint before you go into your meeting, and sharing multimedia online through your social media. There have been many leaps within the technological world that has brought society to where it is today. From the creation of the cell phone to the creation of the internet itself, humans have become more digitally connected with each new advance.
Mobile computing was the next step in the grand scheme of technology. In comparison, education has always been a stickler for the removal of
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There have also been so many additions and creations to software and hardware that spikes productivity within the educational and business world. The creations of these new items have only led to more, and finally to the mobile use of these new software and hardware. Bowles gives a statement that couldn’t be more true, “The bottom line is that mobile apps are everywhere.” (Bowles, 2013, Ch. 4.6, para 3) The text gives a brief history of the creation for each of the devices needed to bring about mobile computing and from start to finish, it didn’t take a long or arduous process. In roughly a century or so, we went from no computers or very little but huge computers to a small talking extremely powerful computer that fits in the palm of our hand. Mobile computing was something that has only helped productivity, especially for items that has become an essential part of the educational process-Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. It doesn’t come without it’s distractions, however there are plenty of ways mobile computing more than makes up for the Facebook distractions. The great explosion of mobility regarding the computer has largely been due to the student population and other young individuals that are in similar age and interest groups. Currie states that “Since students brought the mobile revolution to us, they should be a critical part of helping us understand how to incorporate this new paradigm into the education process.” (Currie, 2013)
Mobile Learning: It is very important for students to be in a position to learn from anywhere at any time. The education world is changing and many scholars are attending virtual classrooms. Online education is now becoming more popular than before, mobile phones have also helped in the growth of M-Learning (mobile learning). Unlike a computer, cell phones are light and easy to carry.
From this quote, one can clearly notice that entertainment serves as one of the many features of a smartphone. In a smartphone, entertainment consists of, but is not limited to news, books, music and many more included. With a smartphone, accessing these entertainments is much easier and more efficient for both millennial and past generations. Many can simply access these apps no matter what time or place, making one’s free time much more enjoyable. By using the entertainments on a smartphone, one could simply see that without a smartphone a person would not be able to enjoy certain apps and entertainments on the go. Furthermore, smartphones have shown to many users that entertainment for smartphones is not only easy to access, but also brings amusement to
Mobile computing is growing at an extremely rapid rate and you can see it everywhere you go. You are probably doing it yourself multiple times a day and don’t even realize it. Phones, laptops, tablets, cloud storage and wireless networks that we use everyday are just a few elements of mobile computing. A survey listed by Bowles states that 26% of smartphone users makes them feel like they are being more productive than without them. (Bowles 2013) I can remember taking typing class in high school and now almost every school in America issues tablets to their students.
The use of mobile devices has become so commonplace today that you can hardly step out your front door without them. We have become tethered to technology. Our dependence upon this technology is not the problem, how and where we choose to use it is.
Most college students use a computer at home and/or a smartphone, a more compact, mobile version of a computer. Thanks to the mobility of smartphones that makes them ubiquitous, accessing the internet is effortless. Frequently, I observe students dotting all over the campus interacting with their smartphones. As observed by Clive Thompson, author of “Smarter Than You Think,” “our tools are everywhere, linked with our minds, working in tandem (p.347).” In other words, we are likely to be using our computers all the time. We use our computers whenever we have a chance. In particular, students from my writing class opt to use their smartphones during our short ten minutes break. Author of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr shares a similar experience, “Even when I’m not working, I’m as
Mobile computing is the important information system infrastructure. Organization information system mainly get very good benefits from the Mobile computing. From work place and the normal can interact with Mobile computer is made possible by portable computer hardware, software, communication systems that a non-mobile organization information system. The accessibility, improves information quality, enhance management effectiveness all this potentially strategic technology is getting from Mobile computing. I am presenting the detail analysis, by using elucidate and support these asserted benefits of Mobile computing in the organizations. In additionally, a set of MOBILE framework information developed. I am explaining the benefits like defining the types of problems, opportunities and directives of Mobile computing. I am explaining History and efficiency of mobile computing. And I am explaining its business implications.
College students own a computer or smartphone, a more compact and mobile version of a computer, or both. Thanks to the mobility of smartphones that makes them ubiquitous, accessing the internet is effortless. Frequently, I notice students dotting all over the campus interacting with their smartphones. In his book, “Smarter Than You Think,” Clive Thompson states, “Our tools are everywhere, linked with our minds, working in tandem (p. 347).” In other words, we are likely to be using our computers whenever we have a chance. In particular, students from my writing class opt to use their smartphones during our short ten-minute break. For instance, sharing a similar experience, the author of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?,” Nicholas Carr says he is likely to use a computer when he is not working (par. 3). In brief, smartphones
In today’s society, the use of mobile devices has taken over our lives in every way possible.
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At first, I was going to analyze and write about smartphones, however I found it more efficient to write also about a particular smartphone to narrow it down from such a broad technological artifact, such as answering who designed it, what for, what their position and the impact they want to have on society was, and their future visions. Therefore, I chose the iPhone as the centerpiece of smartphones I will be analyzing and an emphasis on applications. However, some of this information is relevant and interchangeable to all other smartphones. IPhones and smartphones allow us to access constant information and offer it the way we want it, as it is completely customizable now to fit our learning style. They keep us organized, send information to us in different ways, even shape and offer solutions such as for politics, economies, problems whether individual ones or globally. Smartphones capitalize on shared knowledge and has opened the door to inventors and those who have the knowledge to make our world a more connected place and lives easier by sharing it with us to use. We are able to communicate with other people far off, through space-time compression or shrinking-space to gather news and information.
Technology has, since the primitive years, always been used to invent tools in order to solve problems. This would, in turn, simplify and make man’s life easier. Through advancements in the field, man has become more efficient on both the macro- and microscopic level. Anything nowadays can be attained with either the flip of a switch or a click of a mouse. One particular technology that came about in this time was the smartphone. Since 2008, the smartphone, a device that combines a normal cell phone with a computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, e-mail capability, etc. all in your hand was deemed as ground-breaking technology and created one of the largest and most competitive market in terms of
In modern times a mobile computer is a common sight. A simple smartphone has more computational power than the large computers used at universities in the early days. Industries are continuing to introduce mobile computing technologies at a rapid pace whilst improving upon old ideas. Laptops nearly as light as a notebook are affordable to the average student or citizen and roughly 77% of Americans own a smart phone. [2] Mobile computers can be taken just about anywhere and in every condition. “We're at the point where anyone armed with a current model smart phone or tablet is able to handle almost all of them at-home—and even at-work—tasks without needing anything else.” [7]
Mobile computing has infiltrated every area of our planet and personal lives. We have become so dependent upon our mobile devices they are often referred to as our third limb. Regardless of race, color, creed or location, mobile technology has shrunk the entire world into the palm of our hands. Mobile technology has made research, communication with our friends and family, education, entertainment and even banking possible to do on the go.
Mobile computing is technology that has enabled users to obtain internet services while being in a state of constant motion. Conventionally, internet could only be accessed only via Ethernet cable and users had to sit on one place in order to access internet. In this way, there existed no concept of taking work to a trip or connecting to world anytime. With the invention of mobile computing, users can take their work in their hands. One can now get internet service anywhere needed.
Most schools, both local and international, are now venturing into using mobile computing devices for classroom instruction. Thus, La Salle Green Hills (LSGH) pioneered the use of tablets in the classrooms at the later part of 2012 and named this endeavor as the PERsonal Learning device (PEARL) program. During its initial stage, students of the honors classes were selected as its participants. On the following year around eight to nine sections in the High School level opted to join the said program. However, during the course of the said program implementation, certain issues have been raised that needed to be addressed by the school especially in the area of student learning.