This document discusses software that can be developed to aid the learning process for children using tablet PCs to learn basics like addition. It outlines how software can be tailored to different learning styles: aural/auditory learners who prefer hearing information can benefit from clearly hearing lessons; visual learners learn best from graphics and diagrams; and kinesthetic learners learn from interactive experiences. However, the document notes that teachers are still needed for subjects at all grade levels as technology cannot replace human interaction and knowledge transmission.

1. GSM5170
Management INFORMATION SYSTEM
Matric No. Name
GM 05104 WONG JIAN YUAN
GM 05156 WONG SIEW WEI

2. PART 2:
Tablet Take their Place in the PC
Market

3. Question 1
Computers, using some AI techniques like those we
discussed in Chapter 4, can learn.
In the classroom while a child is using a tablet PC
to learn the basics of addition, how can software be
developed to aid in the learning process?

4. Answer:
Based on the learning styles of a person, a software can be
developed particular in 3 aspects to aid the learning process:
• Aural (or Auditory) Learners
• These learners generally prefer to hear information. They
will typically learn most easily from lectures, group
discussions, music, web chats, or talking things through.
Often people with this style will process things by talking
about them, rather than talk about things after they've
processed them

5. • Aural learners benefit from the aid of a software by being
able to clearly hear what is happening; being able to see
what is happening is less important. They might choose to
study by reading aloud with the aid of software, and they
benefit from verbalizing what they've learned.
• With the aid of software, a aural learner repeat the
hearing process by listening to a proper pronunciation
and attractive voice without the aid of a teacher and hence
fasten the learning process

6. Visual Learners
• Maps, charts, diagrams, graphic organizers, patterns and shapes—
these are some of the best tools for visual learners. They tend to
be "big-picture" people and are often interested in layout and
design. Individuals who prefer this learning style generally can
grasp information more quickly (and more thoroughly) when it is
organized graphically than they would if that same information
were explained aloud.
• A software can assist in presenting the learning materials in the
form of graphics, diagrams in helping visual learns to absorbs the
learning materials in a more effective way.

7. Kinesthetic Learners
• The word kinesthetic means movement, and certainly these
learners prefer to learn by doing something physical (such as a
hands-on activity or a field trip). But there's more to it than that.
Some researchers have defined this style as preference for learning
related to experience and practice—in other words, they prefer
their learning to be connected with reality. Certainly physical
activities accomplish this.
• A software can be designed to provide a interactive interface to
allow a kinesthetic learners to experience the leaning process in
order to strengthen their learning process.

8. Does this mean that teachers are no longer needed for some
subjects? Are teachers needed in earlier grades while
computer-based training can take over in later grades? Why
or why not ?
The teachers are still needed for some subjects whether in
earlier grades or later grades. This is because despite the
usefulness of the technologies, a human interaction is
required to teach and facilitate the learning process. In
addition, there are many values and knowledge can not be
teach directly through a computer.

9. Question 2
End-user systems, like those that allow patrons to order meals on an
iPad, must be “idiot proof.” (We apologize for the crudeness of that
term.) That is, systems must be usable without training and created
in such a way, for example, that a patron at one table can’t
accidentally change the order of a patron at another table. What
does this mean for systems development?
• This means that the system must be developed in such a way which is
intelligent enough a place an order.

10. Can complex and complicated end-user systems be developed and
deployed on tablet PCs so that people can use the systems without
training and without intervention by a knowledgeable person such as a
waiter or waitress?
• Yes. The development of the system should heading to a more complicated
and complex end-user system without training and without intervention by
a knowledgeable person such as a waiter or waitress.
• As discussed above, we still need to emphasized on the human interaction
when come customer service particularly in a service industry.

11. Question 3
What security issues are involved in allowing people to pay with
tablet PCs? Does this payment process make it easier for
someone to steal your credit card information?
• The securities issues involved can be the theft of personal
information which is private and confidential and causing
financial losses by using tablet PC.

12. Are you comfortable using a restaurant-supplied
technology to enter your credit card information? Why
or why not ?
• Not confortable. This is because the restaurant supplied
technology is not 100% guaranty the information will be
prevented from theft or be used for other purposes.

13. Question 4
What will happen to offshore outsourcing for software
development?
Can outsourcing firms in India and China for example be
expected to develop software systems for use in U.S.
schools?
Can those same firms be expected to develop systems that
meet FAA rules and restrictions ?

14. Answer:
• Offshore outsourcing will help the further boost of software
development because there is sharing of information, expertise and
intellectual.
• There is no any issue for India and China to develop software
system use in US schools. Although there is a geographical barrier
but through an effective communication, those developed software
can meet the standard and requirements in US.
• Yes, those same firms can be expected to develop system which
meets the rules of FAA and restriction so long as a good
communication and the compliance matter are met by the
developer.