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diagnostic assessment

It is a form of pre-assessment where teachers can evaluate students’ strengths, weaknesses, knowledge and skills before their instruction. An identical assessment may be given post-instruction to identify if students have met a course’s required learning objectives. With this form of assessment, teachers can plan meaningful and efficient instruction and can provide students with an individualized learning experience. Written by students, the diagnostic assessment is a tool for teachers to better understand what students already know about a topic when submitted before the start of a course.

A diagnostic assessment refers to an assignment written at the beginning and end of a course. Post-course assessments can be compared with pre-course assessments and can show students’ potential improvement in certain areas. These assessments allow the instructor to adjust the curriculum to meet the needs of current—and future—students.

Examples: the placement test before the beginning of teaching, the tests for vocabulary volume indicator.

Formative Assessment

This occurs in the short term, as learners are in the process of making meaning of new content and of integrating it into what they already know. Feedback to the learner is immediate (or nearly so), to enable the learner to change his/her behavior and understandings right away. Formative Assessment also enables the teacher to "turn on a dime" and rethink instructional strategies, activities, and content based on student understanding and performance. His/her role here is comparable to that of a coach. Formative Assessment can be as informal as observing the learner's work or as formal as a written test. Formative Assessment is the most powerful type of assessment for improving student understanding and performance.

Examples: a very interactive class discussion; a warm-up, closure, or exit slip; a on-the-spot performance; a vocabulary quiz with kahoot or Quizlet

Summative Assessment

This takes place at the end of a large chunk of learning, with the results being primarily for the teacher's or school's use. Results may take time to be returned to the student/parent, feedback to the student is usually very limited, and the student usually has no opportunity to be reassessed. Thus, Summative Assessment tends to have the least impact on improving an individual student's understanding or performance. Students/parents can use the results of Summative Assessments to see where the student's performance lies compared to either a standard (MEAP/MME) or to a group of students (usually a grade-level group, such as all 6th graders nationally, such as Iowa Tests or ACT). Teachers/schools can use these assessments to identify strengths and weaknesses of curriculum and instruction, with improvements affecting the next year's/term's students.

Examples: Final exams; Major cumulative projects, research projects, and performances.

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Unlike face-to-face teaching that depends on physical presence and teacher immediacy, teaching presence in online education depends on course design and organization, facilitation of online discourse, and well-focused direct instruction. The importance of your online teaching presence is that it contributes to online students’ sense of learning and perception of community.

There are some strategies to improve teaching presense online:
1. offer live, synchronous teaching sessions:
Virtual classes: You can teach a lesson by sharing information, facilitating discussions, demonstrating skills, and more.
Breakout rooms: During your live virtual classes, you can also facilitate breakout rooms. Some software has this feature built in, but even if your platform does not, you can still create several mini-conference rooms for students to join.
2. Facilitate introductions and build community:
Teacher introduction: Post a video at the top of your main online classroom page introducing yourself to the class. Let your students know who you are by seeing and hearing you.
Design collaborative learning activities: This can also be more challenging online, but attempt to find ways to structure learning that is collaborative.
3. Offer frequent, timely feedback to online work:
Assignments: Assignment feedback can come in the form of a grade, detailed rubric, or teacher comments on the work itself.
Discussions: Engaging with students in online discussions can be both a great way to model effective discussion strategies as well as a way to encourage students to keep contributing.
4. Personalize the course
Celebrate: Find opportunities to celebrate accomplishments and important events with your students.
Encourage profile pictures: Be sure that your LMS account includes a profile picture of yourself and encourage (or require) your students to do the same.
Make it fun: Be sure to enjoy your students and the teaching experience.

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1.Summative Assessment
Since a music class is not focused on paperwork, but instead on creating music, focusing on the performance of the student and the class is key. Of course, it is challenging to assess a 45-person band, and notice how each of the flute, clarinet, and other instrument players are performing.

So for this summative assessment, you might have one section, say just the flutes, play a piece of music you are working on together. You will be able to judge if the students know the piece and if their timing is right because they are playing together. You should also be able to detect individual students who are making mistakes. This smaller performance will also enable you to assess how the students work together to perform as a cohesive section. Each aspect of this performance can be graded like a test would be for other courses.

Now if you have a music class that is more advanced you can get more intricate in your assessments. Break the class up into groups that have one of each instrument in your band. For choir, they have more ability to pick a group of their own. Then have them work on a music video as a group. Pick a song, play it, and design the video. Requirements for the video should be, no auto tune, close ups on hand work, and solos. This makes the project fun but also a great was to assess the capabilities of students.

2. Formative Assessment

Music teachers often assume that as ensemble performance improves, students are learning. However, we often have little formal evidence to know for sure. Additionally, if learning objectives and specific goals for each rehearsal are not clearly communicated to students, they have no real way of knowing how to measure their progress. Using the assessment tools you have created will allow you to measure that progress in a tangible way. Remember also that students can be helpful in assisting you to gather data and track progress. During the formative assessment phase, rubrics are an effective assessment tool and are great for providing useful feedback to students.

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Formative Assessment

The assessments you have created are then used to monitor student progress during instruction and to provide ongoing feedback to the students. This is referred to as an essential step in the assessment cycle (and is contrasted with summative assessment which happens at the end of the unit). The feedback from formative assessment should provide concrete information on how to make improvements toward achieving the learning objectives. Avoid general feedback such as “good job” or “keep practicing.” This provides little guidance to students. Students require information that is specific and individual. They need to know what they have done well and what they have yet to achieve. Formative assessment is best when it is embedded in instruction and is ongoing.

Music teachers often assume that as ensemble performance improves, students are learning. However, we often have little formal evidence to know for sure. Additionally, if learning objectives and specific goals for each rehearsal are not clearly communicated to students, they have no real way of knowing how to measure their progress. Using the assessment tools you have created will allow you to measure that progress in a tangible way. Remember also that students can be helpful in assisting you to gather data and track progress. During the formative assessment phase, rubrics are an effective assessment tool and are great for providing useful feedback to students.

Summative  Assessment

Since a music class is not focused on paperwork, but instead on creating music, focusing on the performance of the student and the class is key. Of course, it is challenging to assess a 45-person band, and notice how each of the flute, clarinet, and other instrument players are performing.So for this summative assessment, you might have one section, say just the flutes, play a piece of music you are working on together. You will be able to judge if the students know the piece and if their timing is right because they are playing together. You should also be able to detect individual students who are making mistakes. This smaller performance will also enable you to assess how the students work together to perform as a cohesive section. Each aspect of this performance can be graded like a test would be for other courses.

Now if you have a music class that is more advanced you can get more intricate in your assessments. Break the class up into groups that have one of each instrument in your band. For choir, they have more ability to pick a group of their own. Then have them work on a music video as a group. Pick a song, play it, and design the video. Requirements for the video should be, no auto tune, close ups on hand work, and solos. This makes the project fun but also a great was to assess the capabilities of students.

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In Science Class, teacher can conduct formative assessment by:
a) at the end of class, ask students a quick question that covers what they should have learned that day.  For example, “Describe the relationship between density and whether or not an object floats.”  Students can write their answers on a sticky note, index card, or just a paper scrap.  Teacher can then sort the exit slips into piles to see how many students got it, and how many students need more help to understand the concept.
b) Another great way by using social media platforms, paperless way to see what students know is to have them answer a short question on Twitter.  Create a hashtag such as #whatiknowaboutcells to easily find and keep track of students’ answers.  Another option is to use Instagram to have students take a photo that depicts something they’ve learned or a question they have.  Students are already engaged with social media, so teachers might as well use it to their advantage.

Teacher also can conduct summative assessment by:
a) doing a project based learning which is relate to environment such as pollution. The assessment process includes gathering and interpreting information over a period of time, much like the process of inquiry.

As students begin the inquiry process, the teacher can diagnose prior knowledge and skills and identify misconceptions. This can be done using a variety of methods or tools.

During the investigation, the teacher can use a variety of formative assessments or tools to guide student learning (observations, checklists, journals, logs, data, self-assessment) The reinforcement of previously learned skills and inclusion of ample practice for new skills are incorporated within the feedback given and received as a result of formative assessment.

Summative assessment is also a necessary component of the process of inquiry. This type of assessment serves to evaluate students understanding of content as well as processes.

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Teaching presence in online education depends on course design and organization, facilitation of online discourse, and well-focused direct instruction.

1. To plan and prepare the online course
For an online learning environment, teachers focus on specific learning goals, reading assignments, brief instructional materials, learning activities, discussion board posting requirements, assessment procedures, etc.
2. To facilitate online discourse
At the beginning of the course, teachers help facilitate discourse through ice breakers that ask students to introduce themselves and find commonalities with other students. And then teachers facilitate students' motivation by the way of identifying areas of agreement or disagreement, encouraging, acknowledging, or reinforcing student contributions, assessing the efficacy of the process and so on.
3. To provide direct instruction
Direct instruction “include presenting content and questions, focusing the discussion on specific issues, summarizing discussion, confirming understanding, disposing misperceptions, injecting knowledge from diverse sources and responding to technical concerns"
A strong online teaching presence makes for a strong online learning experience and a sense of community for your students.

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Teaching presence is very important for achieving our learning outcomes.the main goals of teaching presence are designing experience which can facilitate the communication and interaction of students. During the process, learning is student-centered,but that doesn't  we let students learn by themselves. Teachers serve as a facilitator ,course planner and help students identify difficult and key concepts to promote students' understanding and give them direct instruction. Besides basic teaching activities like presenting content teacher are supposed to provide timely feedback. And foster student engagement. So actually teaching presence provides the structure and leadership required for an effective interaction. These things will lead to higher level learning on which I think the word facilitation is very important. It has two kinds of meanings. The first is about facilitating discourse. And the second is the role of a facilitator of the instructor. They must remember they're not not just impart knowledge but be a facilitator. The instructor will be helpful in identifying areas of agreement and disagreement on the given topic.

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As in many other sectors, the Internet of Things (IoT) has been a boon for education. From so-called "flipped classrooms" and online courses to integrated mobile technology and more efficient teaching methods, IoT-enabled connectivity continues to supplant pencils, paper and chalkboards as instructional approaches and learning opportunities expand.

Just as important, the IoT can improve things that complement a solid education - stuff like security via the use of smart cameras, climate control via the use of smart HVAC systems. Smart lighting systems are big, too, providing better and more energy efficient illumination.

Here are 10 examples of IoT in education and how each is making a huge impact.

IoT for Interactive Learning

Location: Seattle, Washington

Promethean makes interactive displays that combine multi-touch, dry-erase and natural writing technology, plus cloud-based lesson delivery software and personalized training for educators. The company's ActivPanel 9 is equipped with key features like an intuitive remote for navigation, the ability to record lessons and multiple sign-in options for security.

Location: New York, New York

Kaltura' s video management and creation tools enable students and teachers in and out of the classroom to create, edit and deliver live or on-demand high-quality video to any device. The company's end goal is to increase interaction and creativity to improve the overall learning experience.

Location: San Francisco, California

SweetRush designs, builds and tests education solutions for mobile and e-learning. Customized instructor-led training offers real-time feedback, and tools like competitive games and audio/video animation help increase participation and retention.

The company created a simulated call-center experience for a large financial services firm that wanted its call staff to learn and practice new skills without the need for classroom training and role playing.

More on the Internet of Things 38 Internet-of-Things (IoT) Companies You Should Know

Location: Boca Raton, Florida

Blackboard, part of Anthology, provides what the company describes as "a connected learning experience and support network" for a variety of fields, including K-12 and higher education. Blackboard's digital learning environment personalizes the educational experience, while virtual classroom technology increases collaboration and branded websites keep parents, students and others updated with the latest grades, attendance, events and news.

IoT for Reading and Document Scanning

Location: Kansas City, Missouri

Scanmarker produces digital highlighters that allow users to quickly scan editable text from books, papers and other documents directly into a phone, tablet or computer. That text is then translatable into more than 40 languages. There's also a function that allows you to listen while you scan.

Location: Sunnyvale, California

IPEVO develops teaching tools including document cameras that can be used to present documents for both in-person and virtual settings. The company says it limits its products to the necessary technology features to keep costs low and make tools that are intuitive and easy for teachers to use.

IoT for STEM Learning

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A provider of programming and robotics education, LocoRobo uses robots to teach coding languages like Python, C, Javascript and MATLAB. The LocoIoT course instructs students on how to build, design and connect IoT systems from the ground up.

The company released a tiny AI robot called MyLoopy to teach children code-writing skills. Equipped with sensors that respond to touch, light, sound and other things, it learns both from its environment and human interactions.

Location: Mountain View, California

At Tynker, a BYJU's company, children start off learning to code via visual code blocks that represent actual programming concepts before progressing to popular languages like JavaScript and Python. Coding education can be applied to drones, apps, games, robots and more.

Tynker partnered with the toymaker Mattel to teach kids coding using various iterations of the popular action figure Barbie.

More on Education Technology 13 Edtech Examples You Should Know

IoT for Safe Connectivity

Location: Weymouth, England

Magicard makes a variety of student smart cards that can be presented to an authenticating reader and linked via IoT to an access control system. Types of cards include ones for physical access to facilities, photo ID (with hologram or UV printing), time and attendance, logical access (to monitor use of electronic data like coursework, e-learning resources, printers and internet), loyalty and membership, payment (for vending machines, printing, photocopying) and health data (blood type, emergency contacts).

Location: McLean, Virginia

Kajeet makes Wi-Fi education solutions for school buses, mobile hotspots, single devices and homes. For example, Wi-Fi enabled school buses provide students with safe internet connectivity to finish and turn in homework, and Kajeet says its SmartBus Wi-Fi system is easy to install and comes with lifetime maintenance resources.

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35 billion IoT devices will be installed worldwide by 2021.
IoT market was valued at $193.60 billion in 2019.

$13 trillion in ROI generated by 2025.

The predictions voiced by IDC make it pretty clear: the Internet of Things will take off really soon. In an attempt to stay ahead of the curve, businesses across a number of domains are already investing heavily in IoT initiatives.

Indeed, there is a huge potential in connected devices and the capabilities they provide. That is why keen business owners are looking for new ways to capitalize on this opportunity. And there is no industry that will remain untouched by the IoT.

In this article we will further explore the current use cases for the Internet of Things applications across industries and share our firsthand experience building successful products in this sphere.

Top industries to benefit from IoT, exemplified

Businesses are traditionally the first to adopt new technologies. In addition to providing a competitive advantage, innovations can have a great impact on your bottom line. Namely, the proper use of IoT technologies can reduce the overall operating costs, help you increase your business efficiency, and create additional revenue streams through new markets and products.

The following IoT examples used across the major industries further prove the point.

1. Retail and supply chain management

This industry was probably among the first to be made "smart". Take for example proximity-based advertising with Beacons and smart inventory management technologies used at Amazon Go no checkout store.

However, the use of IoT devices and apps in retail isn't limited to shopping and supply chain management. It's an opportunity for restaurants, hospitality providers, and other businesses to manage their supplies and gather valuable insights.

This might give retailers full control over their supply chains, eliminating the human factor. This will allow business owners to avoid over-ordering, effectively restrict staff members who abuse their privileges, as well as better manage the logistical and merchandising expenses. The listed benefits, in turn, result in high adoption rates for all IoT products in retail.

QueueHop is another example of an innovative inventory tracking and theft prevention IoT solution. Smart tags attached to the items on sale unclip automatically only after the payment is made.

The system speeds up the checkout process by offering mobile self-service capabilities and allows business owners to manage their inventory in real time.

As a result, this technology has the potential of disrupting the whole shopping process, by allowing business owners to reallocate resources for better efficiency and improved customer service.

Internet of Things benefits in retail and supply chain management:

improved transparency of the supply chain;

automated goods check-in and check-out;

monitoring goods location, and warehouse storage conditions;

predictive maintenance of equipment;

managing inventory and preventing theft;

improving the shopping experience and customer service;

pinpointing and timely notifications about any issues during transportation;

warehouse demand-alert; and

route optimization.

2. Home automation

It is impossible to ignore the impact that IoT technologies have had on our homes. Smart appliances, lighting, security, and environment controls make our life easier and more convenient. Nest is among the leaders in this sphere. With a number of smart devices, including Nest Thermostat, indoor cameras, and alarms, the company helps you better manage your home.

The thermostat learns about your preferences and automatically adjusts the temperature. In addition to a comfortable environment at home, it will help you save on heating and use your energy more efficiently. Nest Indoor and Outdoor Cameras together with smoke and CO alarms make your home a safer place.

The best part about Nest smart home products is the fact that you can monitor and manage all of these devices with your smartphone using a dedicated app.

The company also offers various partnership and cooperation models, providing full documentation and API access to independent developers and businesses. Thus, you can build on the success of the Nest products and introduce new revenue channels for your own business.

Benefits of IoT in home automation:

3. Wearables

Multiple wearables that flooded the IoT market recently can all be roughly classified as health and fitness devices. Apple, Samsung, Jawbone, and Misfit wearables all represent this area of IoT use.

Such devices monitor heart rate, caloric intake, sleep, track activity, and many other metrics to help us stay healthy. In some cases, such wearables can communicate with third-party apps and share information about the user's chronic conditions with a healthcare provider.

In addition to the personal use of health wearables, there are some advanced smart appliances, including scales, thermometers, blood pressure monitors, and even hair brushes.

Smart medication dispensers, such as HERO, are widely used for home treatment and elderly care. The appliance allows you to load the prescribed pills and monitor the intake.

The mobile app paired with the device sends timely alerts to the family members or caregivers to inform them when the medicine is taken or skipped. It also provides useful data on the medication intake and sends notifications when your medication is running low.

A huge number of projects developed by both leading tech powerhouses and startups, clearly indicate the demand for IoT solutions in the health & fitness domain.

Benefits of IoT wearables:

remote diagnostics and health monitoring,

advanced personal care options for patients,

early disease detection and prevention, and

data-driven approach to fitness and personal care.

We at Eastern Peak are currently working on a related project with the focus on women's health. Modern technologies used to collect and analyze the data from the IoT devices allow us to process the required measurements and identify the current ovulation state with the highest possible accuracy. The device and the applications, both web and mobile, are being built completely by our team.

4. Automotive

Loaded with smart sensors, our cars are becoming increasingly connected. While most of such solutions are provided out of the box by car manufacturers (Take Tesla for example), there is a third-party solution to make your car "smart". One of such solutions, Cobra Code - remote control and monitoring of your car, was built by Eastern Peak.

The mobile application connects to a connected device, which allows you to control such functions of your car as opening/closing the doors, engine metrics, the alarm system, detecting the car's location and routes, etc.

While connected or even self-driven cars have already become a reality, automotive IoT use cases are actively expanding to other types of ground transport, including railway transport.

An example of such an initiative is represented by the latest GE Evolution Series Tier 4 Locomotive, loaded with 250 sensors measuring over 150,000 data points per minute. Thus, your car can be controlled directly from your mobile phone with information from your routes and car stats which are stored safely in the cloud.

IoT benefits in automotive:

improving and streamlining car manufacturing processes,

remote vehicle monitoring and control,

smart road infrastructure for drivers,

monitoring drivers' conditions,

smart car insurance,

car and smartphone integration, and

preventive vehicle maintenance.

5. Agriculture

Smart farming is often overlooked when it comes to the business cases for IoT solutions. However, there are many innovative products on the market geared toward forward-thinking farmers.

Some of them use a distributed network of smart sensors to monitor various natural conditions, such as humidity, air temperature, and soil quality. Others are used to automate irrigation systems.

One such example of IoT devices, Blossom, offers both. This smart watering system uses real-time weather data and forecasts to create an optimal watering schedule for your yard.

Consisting of a smart Bluetooth-powered controller and a mobile app, the system is easy to install, setup, and manage. While the product is initially designed for use at home, similar solutions can also be applied to larger scales.

Internet of Things benefits in agriculture:

crop, climate, and soil condition monitoring;

livestock monitoring;

precision farming;

watering and fertilization automation;

automating detection and eradication of pests;

greenhouse automation; and

higher crop quality and better yields.

6. Logistics

Freight, fleet management, and shipping represent another promising area of use for IoT. With smart BLE tags attached to the parcels and items being transported, you can track their location, speed, and even transportation or storage conditions.

This is one of the use cases for an innovative IoT platform by thethings.iO.

The company's smart sensors, Cold Chain and Location Trackers, paired with a powerful cloud-based dashboard provide reliable, real-time monitoring of the temperature and location for their logistics.

IoT benefits in logistics:

7. Healthcare

IoT is playing a major part in the digitization of healthcare helping improve both clinics' operations and patients' outcomes.

End-to-end clinical management suites like RTLS by CENTRACK are some of the most vivid examples of the use of IoT in the healthcare industry. RTLS places smart sensors to track every aspect of patient care and clinical operations from asset management and regulatory compliance to staff satisfaction and the quality of patient care. By collecting real-time data, clinics can monitor the state of medical equipment and avoid breakdowns by scheduling timely repairs.

NHS test beds used in the UK's national healthcare system are packed with sensors and use video monitors to track patients' data in order to notify physicians about their immediate conditions. IoT systems like QUIO also monitor drug intake and help patients with chronic conditions adhere to their personalized treatment plans.

IoT benefits in healthcare:

8. Industrial business

Industrial IoT solutions are disrupting business domains like manufacturing, warehousing, energy, and mining. Successful examples of IoT solutions for manufacturing include the equipment-maker Caterpillar: using a combination of IoT and AR to give workers a comprehensive view of equipment conditions, from fuel levels to parts that need replacement.

In the energy sector, IoT systems like TankClarity use sensors to alert companies when their clients are running out of oil and gas. In smart warehousing, IoT helps monitor the state of merchandise, ensure immediate goods check-in and check-out, and streamline daily operations. In industrial mining, companies increasingly use IoT solutions like WellAware to monitor the state of pipes and mining equipment, avoid disruptions, and ensure employee safety.

Benefits of IoT in industrial business:

improving employee safety;

increasing operational efficiency;

avoiding equipment failure and scheduling repairs;

improving time-to-value; and

reducing operational expenses.

9. Smart cities

IoT has all it takes to improve the quality of urban life and the experience of its city dwellers. Increasingly, smart cities across the world use IoT to resolve issues with traffic and transportation, energy and waste management, etc.

Platforms like Digi Remote Manager help smart cities become more energy-efficient. The solution also enables them to control surveillance cameras, wi-fi coverage, electronic billboards, and other mission-critical devices like environmental sensors and charging stations.

Some of the most prevalent examples of internet of things applications for smart cities include tracking, routing, and fleet management solutions for public vehicles, such as Fleetio. The IoT sensors help detect the exact location of a vehicle, monitor drivers' actions as well as vehicle conditions and the state of the core systems.

Smart cities also use IoT for infrastructure management: controlling the state of water supply and sewer systems, street lighting, waste reduction, garbage collection, etc.

Internet of Things benefits for smart cities:

10. Smart buildings

IoT is also gradually transforming real estate: smart buildings are the examples of how Internet of Things applications are taking our quality of life to an entirely new level.

IoT helps track the state of assets of the entire building and deliver metrics that help indicate its overall condition. By monitoring the state of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, building administrators can ensure optimal maintenance and schedule timely repairs.

Tracking energy efficiency by providing real-time access to water and electricity meters is another indisputable advantage of using IoT in smart buildings. Another example of Internet of Things applications in smart buildings are systems like ZATA, used for measuring and controlling air quality.

IoT benefits for smart buildings:

tracking the state of core building assets,

energy consumption monitoring,

controlling air quality,

collecting data for smart building analytics systems, and

Improving the experience of its tenants.

Prepping for the future: how to build an IoT product?

As we can see from the IoT examples listed above, every solution in this sphere typically consists of two components:

Hardware - usually a Bluetooth low energy sensor connected to the Internet. It can be a third party device (like Beacons) or a custom-built product (like the ones mentioned above). In some cases even the user's smartphone can be used as a hardware component of an IoT solution.

Software - the underlying cloud infrastructure and mobile app/web dashboard. This part allows you to control your IoT hardware, manage the IoT data collection, and access the information sourced by your sensors.

While the hardware part is usually more difficult to implement, the software aspect of your IoT project also deserves your attention.

It can pose a number of challenges you need to consider in advance. Those include security and privacy concerns, connectivity issues, compatibility, data collection and processing.

Read more about major challenges posed by IoT, and become inspired by some of the IoT ideas for business in our recent article - Connecting the World: IoT Ideas for Business

How to get started?

The product discovery phase is the best first step you can take to lay a solid foundation for the development of your app. It includes a functional specification, UX/UI design, and a visual prototype that will give you a clear vision of the end product. On average, this phase takes 4-6 weeks.
The product discovery phase can help you:

define a full scope of work and develop a roadmap for the project

set a realistic budget for your MVP and plan your resources

test the waters with your audience using a visual prototype

craft a convincing investment pitch

get to know your team

In order to build a reliable and powerful IoT product, you need to get a professional technology consulting team on board. We at Eastern Peak are helping businesses and startups bring their IoT ideas to life. Thanks to our vast experience in this field, we can help you safely navigate possible pitfalls and tackle arising challenges with ease. Contact us now to book a free consultation with our IoT experts.
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Q1: Example of Big Company Institution to Protect the Data Privacy(By LI Xiaomeng, Qi Gao, Xin Yanyan, Cheng Ke)

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Q2：examples of 4 types of software iceses (by LI Xiaomeng, Qi Gao, Xin Yanyan, Cheng Ke)

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Q2：examples of 4 types of software iceses (by LI Xiaomeng, Qi Gao, Xin Yanyan, Cheng Ke)

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Example of IOT in Education——Scannermarker(LI Xiaomeng, Gao Qi, Xin Yanyan, Cheng Ke)

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Example of IOT in Education——Scannermarker(LI Xiaomeng, Gao Qi, Xin Yanyan, Cheng Ke)

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Scanmarker
Via wired or wireless, Scanmarker users can quickly scan editable text from books, papers and other documents directly into a phone, tablet or computer. That text is then translatable into more than 40 languages. There’s even a function that allows you to listen while you scan.
Industry impact: Reading and listening to text while you scan it is an excellent way to study quickly while also better absorbing the information for exa

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IoT Products for Healthcare | Borda Technology

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Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company

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Example of Application of IOT in Shopping Mall.

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Example of Application of IOT in Shopping Mall.

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Elevating Shopping Experience with Smart Mall Technologies

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IOT i n smart home

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Xiaomi Ecosystem Product Launch Highlight Recap

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How big company protect their data privacy?

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How big company protect their data privacy?

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Question 2: Examples of 4 types of software licenses 

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Question 2: Examples of 4 types of software licenses 

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Question 1: Big company institutions on data privacy 

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Question 1: Big company institutions on data privacy 

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What are the example of 4 types of software licenses?

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What are the example of 4 types of software licenses?

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2. Why does security safeguards principles matters?

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1. Why does the government and organizations need data protection guide

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Neon Green and Purple Friendly Professional Messenger App Mind Map

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Xiong Wei---Instruction 4: Answer two questions about the data protection guide and security safeguards principle matter

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Xiong Wei---Instruction 4: Answer two questions about the data protection guide and security safeguards principle matter

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How does information systems technology pose challenges to the protection of individual privacy?

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INSTRUCTION 1 - THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS; FROM SOCIETY TO SCHOOLS. 

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INSTRUCTION 1 - THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS; FROM SOCIETY TO SCHOOLS. 

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•What are the “Main Ethical Issues”?

•What do you understand with “Applicable Ethical Norms”?

•What are the guidelines for information professionals to help curb the issues?

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- LIST THE TYPES OF ETHICAL ISSUES THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE ARTICLE.

-  EXPLAIN WHAT CAN WE DO AND WHAT MEASURES CAN BE TAKEN BY US AS TEACHERS  THAT HELPS TO CURB THE ISSUES.

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Summary of Identity theft prevention on Safety issues.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fztuohj3Fck&t=23s

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Green Illustration Big Bright and Bold Internet Safety Poster

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Summary of YouTube: ICT Health and Safety. 

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Summary of YouTube: ICT Health and Safety. 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imjS3tiH-sY

CYBER Threats & Security

The world is getting smarter with technology, innovation and with the ICT enabled devices increasing by the day, its not too far that the world will be run by machines rather than humans. This seems to be happening now, although it has innumerable advantages, its not completely safe. This has its own threats and dangers. This video talks about the Cyber threats, security and protection of privacy which are pivotal for safety of individuals and organizations at large.

How can we Protect our cyber life:

1. Think before you click: Verify unexpected attachments or requests for private information (yours or anyone else’s). Go to web pages by a path you know is legitimate instead of clicking on a link in a message.

2. Protect your passwords: Consider a secure password service to generate and store passwords for your work and personal accounts.

3. Protect your devices: Lock your computer screen before leaving it unattended, and take your phone and other portable items with you or lock them up. Password protect all of your devices, using the strongest authentication available.

4. Protect your files: Make sure important information is stored securely, in a physically separate location from the originals, and test your backups periodically. For critical work files, use storage options that are approved by your UC location and are backed up regularly.

5. Don’t install unknown software: Do not easily receive and install unknown software, do not casually click on the links

6. Proper storage: Proper storage and handling of bills containing personal information, such as courier orders, train tickets, airline tickets, insurance policies, etc

7. Online payments: when making online payments, try to use traffic to ensure payment security

Conclusion:

By changing our definition of IoT devices and focusing on functions, we can conduct better risk assessments and better understand how malicious actors use security vulnerabilities for their own benefit. At the bottom level, to ensure the security of the Internet of Things, you must first ensure that the manufacturer meets the minimum security standards in the design. The government and industry are responsible for defining these standards, while manufacturers must be responsible for ensuring that equipment includes best practice.

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The Dangers of the Internet of Things Everyone Keeps Ignoring

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Information Communication Technologies (ICT) have become the very fibre that connects us in the modern world, and are a principal driver of economic and social growth.

If our communication networks are compromised, misused or attacked, so is life as we know it. This is a concern that all States share, no matter what their stage of development.

ICTs have also added a complex new dimension to interstate relations. Cyberspace constitutes an area with much room for speculation, doubt, and ambiguity. The problem of attribution adds to the complexity, and increases the potential for tensions between States.

The OSCE tackles various cyber threats including cybercrimes and the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes. A key focus is on the development of confidence building measures (CBMs) between participating States to reduce the risks of conflict stemming from the use of ICTs.

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The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

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Promoting Peace in Cyberspace: The OSCE experience

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Threats and danger of ICT equipment and applications includes: 1. Advancement in technologies has made people anti-social; 2. Excess dependence on technological devices; 3. Distraction (quite simple to lose time); 4. Surface learning with poor quality.

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Beige New Team Member Instagram Post (1)

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Group 2 LI Xiaomeng  &Gao Qi &Xin Yanyan & Chengke

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Group 2 LI Xiaomeng  &Gao Qi &Xin Yanyan & Chengke

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Group 4: liu yi jun & xiong wei

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HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES - WEEK 1