It was hard for me to think of any decision support systems that I utilized in my life because I was only thinking of decision support systems school related. But, then I thought of y investing apps I used to make trades on my virtual trading platform.
In my earlier blogs, I mentioned my career aspiration is to become a wall street trader. So in preparation for that, I currently trade stocks in order to gain experience but being a trader requires you watching the markets at all times and having access to software to make trades. You can loose or make a lot of money in a matter of seconds as stock prices are always changing. It is those small percentage changes in stock prices, traders look for so they can make trades to make money.
Being a full-time student, I obviously dont have the time to stay at a computer all throughout market hours (9:30 a.m- 4:00 p.m), so my two investing apps CNBC app and Scotttrade APP assists me with being able to make decisions about picking stocks.
CNBC app: this is to follow market news and keep track of prices of my stock's in my portfolio. The link below will show you detailed features of this app
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cnbc-real-time/id334125582?mt=8
Scotttrade app: this is the online stock broker I use to make my trades but just fake money for now.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scottrade-mobile/id445043430?mt=8
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
TEST QUESTIONS
Back in my country, Sierra Leone, teacher's salaries are relatively low to support the basic standard of living. Therefore teachers seek private lessons of students to obtain additional income. Teachers of private schools benefit more from this practice as they demanded higher lesson fees due to their wealthier clientele of children of wealthy business man, government officials, professional experts (doctors) etc.
I attended one of the best private schools in the country, where my parents hired private tutors for me. The reason for it was to provide extra help with the the London GCE examination (equivalent of SAT). I was fortunate to get the same teachers that taught me in class. So with that said, our class exam questions were always available to me before the exam through my private tutors. I never asked for them, but I believe they did this to ensure I got good grades in the class to show that my parents were getting theirs money worth; therefore not get fired.
Unethical decisions were made on both parties: my tutors providing the questions and me accepting them. At times I thought of stopping it but of course with it, little effort in school was required and I helped my friends greatly with my access to our exam questions most of the time. But, as the school year wounded down and our international exam got nearer, both my tutors and I decided it was best for me not to receive these questions anymore. By doing so, I was able to prepare for the London GCE exam properly, an exam that was not going to be created by my private tutors.
I attended one of the best private schools in the country, where my parents hired private tutors for me. The reason for it was to provide extra help with the the London GCE examination (equivalent of SAT). I was fortunate to get the same teachers that taught me in class. So with that said, our class exam questions were always available to me before the exam through my private tutors. I never asked for them, but I believe they did this to ensure I got good grades in the class to show that my parents were getting theirs money worth; therefore not get fired.
Unethical decisions were made on both parties: my tutors providing the questions and me accepting them. At times I thought of stopping it but of course with it, little effort in school was required and I helped my friends greatly with my access to our exam questions most of the time. But, as the school year wounded down and our international exam got nearer, both my tutors and I decided it was best for me not to receive these questions anymore. By doing so, I was able to prepare for the London GCE exam properly, an exam that was not going to be created by my private tutors.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
UNLIMITED SOCIAL MEDIA ACCESS + STUDENTS = FAILING EDUCATION SYSTEM
Its like a blame game when it comes to the highly discussed topic of America's failing education system. A system once at the top but now ranks 20th in the word. Why?
I simply think it's the unlimited access to social media students have nowadays. After my research, I disagree with claims that the American school system is not teaching its student for a modern world but believe simply that the attention span of students has diminished tremendously.
Today cell phones can do almost everything we had to do at our laptops or desktop computers. So this means 24/7 access to the internet for students. It is this 24/7 access to the internet that disrupts the attention of students in the class room or performing school related tasks; Tex-ting too is another major cause of this. So today American students are mostly distracted in class with their cell phones which results in poor performances in class that makes the American educational system fail.
This link supports my argument showing that teens and college students are the most active cell phone users
How can students perform well in school if their busy texting?
Below the links demonstrate the widespread ban of the use of cell phones in schools:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/12/national/main1616330.shtml
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/18/AR2010061804420.html
Technology will only get better and better, so it hard to say what will solve the problem of 24/7 access to the internet students have. But, I strongly think, if America can get their students paying attention again then that's one big step to improving a failing educational system.
I simply think it's the unlimited access to social media students have nowadays. After my research, I disagree with claims that the American school system is not teaching its student for a modern world but believe simply that the attention span of students has diminished tremendously.
Today cell phones can do almost everything we had to do at our laptops or desktop computers. So this means 24/7 access to the internet for students. It is this 24/7 access to the internet that disrupts the attention of students in the class room or performing school related tasks; Tex-ting too is another major cause of this. So today American students are mostly distracted in class with their cell phones which results in poor performances in class that makes the American educational system fail.
This link supports my argument showing that teens and college students are the most active cell phone users
How can students perform well in school if their busy texting?
Below the links demonstrate the widespread ban of the use of cell phones in schools:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/12/national/main1616330.shtml
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/18/AR2010061804420.html
Technology will only get better and better, so it hard to say what will solve the problem of 24/7 access to the internet students have. But, I strongly think, if America can get their students paying attention again then that's one big step to improving a failing educational system.
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