Technology in education

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Writing 7: "Modern IT trends"

Your blogs: 

WRITING 7 - Modern IT technologies: 1000-2500 words; 9-12 paragraphs

WRITING 6 - Operating system  (7-8 paragraphs)

WRITING 5 - Networking (7-8 paragraphs)

WRITING 2,3,4 - Essays 2,3,4: 250 words (IELTS writing task II)  - 5 paragraphs

WRITING 1 - Essay 1: 150 words (Bar chart  - IELTS writing task I) 

  HELP to your WRITING 7:

Top 10 Technology Trends.  By David W. Cearley   Gartner, Inc.

Trend No. 1: The Device Mesh

The device mesh moves beyond the traditional desktop computer and mobile devices (tablets and smartphones) to encompass the full range of endpoints with which humans might interact. As the device mesh evolves, Gartner expects connection models to expand and greater cooperative interaction between devices to emerge. We will see significant development in wearables and augmented reality, especially in virtual reality.

            Trend No. 2: Ambient User Experience

All of our digital interactions can become synchronized into a continuous and ambient digital experience that preserves our experience across traditional boundaries of devices, time and space. The experience blends physical, virtual and electronic environments, and uses real-time contextual information as the ambient environment changes or as the user moves from one place to another.

Organizations will need to consider their customers' behavior journeys to shift the focus on design from discrete apps to the entire mesh of products and services involved in the user experience.

            Trend No. 3: 3D-Printing Materials

We'll see continued advances in 3D printing with a wide range of materials, including advanced nickel alloys, carbon fiber, glass, conductive ink, electronics, pharmaceuticals and biological materials for practical applications expanding into aerospace, medical, automotive, energy and the military.

Recent advances make it possible to mix multiple materials together with traditional 3D printing in one build. This could be useful for field operations or repairs when a specific tool is required and printed on demand. Biological 3D printing — such as the printing of skin and organs — is progressing from theory to reality; however, politicians and the public don't have a full understanding of the implications.

            Trend No. 4: Information of Everything

Everything surrounding us in the digital mesh is producing, using and communicating with virtually unmeasurable amounts of information. Organizations must learn how to identify what information provides strategic value, how to access data from different sources, and explore how algorithms leverage Information of Everything to fuel new business designs.

            Trend No. 5: Advanced Machine Learning

Advanced machine learning is what makes smart machines appear "intelligent" by enabling them to both understand concepts in the environment, and also to learn. Through machine learning a smart machine can change its future behavior. This area is evolving quickly, and organizations must assess how they can apply these technologies to gain competitive advantage.

            Trend No. 6: Autonomous Agents and Things

Advanced machine learning gives rise to a spectrum of smart machine implementations — including robots, autonomous vehicles, virtual personal assistants (VPAs) and smart advisors — that act in an autonomous (or at least semiautonomous) manner. This feeds into the ambient user experience in which an autonomous agent becomes the main user interface. Instead of interacting with menus, forms and buttons on a smartphone, the user speaks to an app, which is really an intelligent agent.

            Trend No. 7: Adaptive Security Architecture

The complexities of digital business and the algorithmic economy, combined with an emerging "hacker industry," significantly increase the threat surface for an organization. IT leaders must focus on detecting and responding to threats, as well as more traditional blocking and other measures to prevent attacks.

            Trend No. 8: Advanced System Architecture

The digital mesh and smart machines require intense computing architecture demands to make them viable for organizations. They'll get this added boost from ultra-efficient-neuromorphic architectures. Systems built on graphics processing units (GPUs) and field-programmable gate-arrays (FPGAs) will function more like human brains that are particularly suited tos be applied to deep learning and other pattern-matching algorithms that smart machines use. FPGA-based architecture will allow distribution with less power into the tiniest Internet of Things (IoT) endpoints, such as homes, cars, wristwatches and even human beings.

            Trend No. 9: Mesh App and Service Architecture

The mesh app and service architecture are what enable delivery of apps and services to the flexible and dynamic environment of the digital mesh. This architecture will serve users' requirements as they vary over time. It brings together the many information sources, devices, apps, services and microservices into a flexible architecture in which apps extend across multiple endpoint devices and can coordinate with one another to produce a continuous digital experience.

            Trend No. 10: Internet of Things Architecture and Platforms

IoT platforms exist behind the mesh app and service architecture. The technologies and standards in the IoT platform form a base set of capabilities for communicating, controlling, managing and securing endpoints in the IoT. The platforms aggregate data from endpoints behind the scenes from an architectural and a technology standpoint to make the IoT a reality.

Listening

Listening is the most important skill you should have.

How well you listen has a major impact on your job effectiveness, and on the quality of your relationships with others. For instance:

·  We listen to obtain information.

·  We listen to understand.

·  We listen for enjoyment.

·  We listen to learn.

Given all this listening we do, you would think we'd be good at it! In fact most of us are not, and research suggests that we remember between 25 percent and 50 percent of what we hear. That means that when you talk to your boss, colleagues, customers or spouse for 10 minutes, they pay attention to less than half of the conversation. This is dismal!

Turn it around and it reveals that when you are receiving directions or being presented with information, you aren't hearing the whole message either. You hope the important parts are captured in your 25-50 percent, but what if they're not?

Clearly, listening is a skill that we can all benefit from improving. By becoming a better listener, you will improve your productivity, as well as your ability to influence, persuade and negotiate. What's more, you'll avoid conflict and misunderstandings. All of these are necessary for workplace success!

The way to improve your listening skills is to practice "active listening." This is where you make a conscious effort to hear not only the words that another person is saying but, more importantly, try to understand the complete message being sent.

In order to do this you must pay attention to the other person very carefully.

You cannot allow yourself to become distracted by whatever else may be going on around you, or by forming counter arguments that you'll make when the other person stops speaking. Nor can you allow yourself to get bored, and lose focus on what the other person is saying. All of these contribute to a lack of listening and understanding.

To enhance your listening skills, you need to let the other person know that you are listening to what he or she is saying. To understand the importance of this, ask yourself if you've ever been engaged in a conversation when you wondered if the other person was listening to what you were saying. You wonder if your message is getting across, or if it's even worthwhile continuing to speak. It feels like talking to a brick wall and it's something you want to avoid.

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Reading 8

Lesson 3. READING  (U8)

Task 1. Match the words with the definitons and explain their meaning.

1.__Dashboard;                    4.__ Internet of Things;

2.__Physical layer;                5.__ Application layer;

3.__Network layer;               6.__ Remotes.

a. A network of internet-connected objects able to collect and exchange data using embedded sensors.

b. The hardware that makes an IoT device, including sensors and networking gear.

c. Responsible for transmitting the data collected by the physical layer to different devices.

d. This includes the protocols and interfaces that devices use to identify and communicate with each other.

e. Displays information about the IoT ecosystem to users and enables them to control their IoT ecosystem. It is generally housed on a remote.

 f. They include smartphones, tablets, PCs, smartwatches, connected TVs.

Task 2. Translate new words and say what parts of speech they are.

analysis      .....

analytics    .....

analyze      .....

application ....

approach    .....

attack        .....

basic          .....

benefit       .....

component            .....

concern      .....

connection .....

connectivit            y.....

consumer   .....

control       .....

cyber         .....

definition  .....

development.....

device        .....

display       .....

ecosystem  .....

embedded             .....

enable        .....

enterprise   .....

entity         .....

figure out  .....

flow into   .....

focus         .....

gateway     .....

gear           .....

generate     .....

government  .....

grow  .....

guide .....

hacker .....

include .....

industry .....

integration .....

investment .....

join .....

layer .....

location .....

maintenance  .....

market .....

object .....

phrase  .....

physical .....

platform .....

point .....

predictive .....

privacy .....

protection .....

provide .....

rank .....

reap .....

refer .....

remote .....

responsible .....

sensitive .....

sensor .....

serve .....

solution .....

stand-alone .....

term .....

threat  .....

traditional .....

utilize.....

Task 3. Read the text “”What is the Internet of Things? and highlight new words.                                                                                             By Andrew Meola

You've likely heard the phrase "Internet of Things" — or IoT — at some point, but you might also be scratching your head figuring out what it is or what it means.

The IoT refers to the connection of devices (other than typical fare such as computers and smartphones) to the Internet. Cars, kitchen appliances, and even heart monitors can all be connected through the IoT. And as the Internet of Things grows in the next few years, more devices will join that list.

We've compiled a beginner's guide to the IoT to help you navigate the increasingly connected world.

Terms and Basic Definitions

Below, we've provided a glossary defining the Internet of Things:

·         Internet of Things: A network of internet-connected objects able to collect and exchange data using embedded sensors.

·         Internet of Things device: Any stand-alone internet-connected device that can be monitored and/or controlled from a remote location.

·         Internet of Things ecosystem: All the components that enable businesses, governments, and consumers to connect to their IoT devices, including remotes, dashboards, networks, gateways, analytics, data storage, and security.

·         Entity: Includes businesses, governments, and consumers.

·         Physical layer: The hardware that makes an IoT device, including sensors and networking gear.

·         Network layer: Responsible for transmitting the data collected by the physical layer to different devices.

·         Application layer: This includes the protocols and interfaces that devices use to identify and communicate with each other.

·         Remotes: Enable entities that utilize IoT devices to connect with and control them using a dashboard, such as a mobile application. They include smartphones, tablets, PCs, smartwatches, connected TVs, and nontraditional remotes.

·         Dashboard: Displays information about the IoT ecosystem to users and enables them to control their IoT ecosystem. It is generally housed on a remote.

·         Analytics: Software systems that analyze the data generated by IoT devices. The analysis can be used for a variety of scenarios, such as predictive maintenance.

·         Data storage: Where data from IoT devices is stored.

·         Networks: The internet communication layer that enables the entity to communicate with their device, and sometimes enables devices to communicate with each other.

IoT Predictions, Trends, and Market

BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service, expects there will be more than 24 billion IoT devices on Earth by 2020. That's approximately four devices for every human being on the planet.

And as we approach that point, $6 billion will flow into IoT solutions, including application development, device hardware, system integration, data storage, security, and connectivity. But that will be money well spent, as those investments will generate $13 trillion by 2025.

Who will reap these benefits? There are three major entities that will use IoT ecosystems: consumers, governments, and businesses.

IoT Industries

Several environments within the three groups of consumers, governments, and ecosystems will benefit from the IoT. These include:

Manufacturing	Transportation	Defense	Agriculture
Infrastructure	Retail	Logistics	Banks
Oil, gas, and mining	Insurance	Connected Home	Food Services
Utilities	Hospitality	Healthcare	Smart Buildings

IoT Platforms

One IoT device connects to another to transmit information using Internet transfer protocols. IoT platforms serve as the bridge between the devices' sensors and the data networks.  The following are some of the top IoT platforms on the market today:Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, ThingWorx IoT Platform, IBM's Watson, Cisco IoT Cloud Connect, Salesforce IoT Cloud, Oracle Integrated Cloud and GE Predix.

IoT Security & Privacy

As devices become more connected thanks to the IoT, security and privacy have become the primary concern among consumers and businesses. In fact, the protection of sensitive data ranked as the top concern (at 36% of those polled) among enterprises, according to the 2016 Vormetric Data Threat Report.

Cyber attacks are also a growing threat as more connected devices pop up around the globe. Hackers could penetrate connected cars, critical infrastructure, and even people's homes. As a result, several tech companies are focusing on cyber security in order to secure the privacy and safety of all this data.

Task 4. Match the columns to make correct collocations. Translate into Mongolian and make sentences with them.

               a) 1. Embedded__               a. device

2. internet-connected__b. layer

3. stand-alone__              c. sensor

4. application__               d. maintenance

5. predictive__                e. objects

            b)    1.System__                      a. storage

2.data__                          b. integration

3.IoT__                           c. security

4.primary__                     d. platforms

5. cyber__                       e. concern

         

Task 5. Fill inthe blanks with the appropriate words to make correct sentences.

benefit;     protection;     penetrate;  bridge;     attacks;    transmit;

One IoT device connects to another to  1. . . . . . . information using Internet transfer protocols. IoT platforms serve as the 2. . . . . . . .between the devices' sensors and the data networks. Several environments within the three groups of consumers, governments, and ecosystems will 3. . . . . . .from the IoT.  The 4 . . . . . . of sensitive data ranked as the top concernamong enterprises. Cyber 5 . . . . . . . are also a growing threat as more connected devices pop up around the globe. Hackers could 6 . . . . . . connected cars, critical infrastructure, and even people's homes.

Task 6. Answer the questions.

            1. What is IoT?

2. What can be connected through IoT?

3. How will IoT devices increase by 2020?

4. What do IoT solutions include?

5. Who will reap the benefits?

            6. What is IoT platform? What platforms can you name?

            7. What is becoming the primary concern  among consumers and businesses?

Task 7.  Read the given course and talk about  how IoT will impact you. http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacobmorgan/2014/05/13/simple-explanation-internet-things-that-anyone-can-understand/#3123c7dc6828