Digital technology is becoming increasingly affordable and schools are engaging in 1:1 implementations faster than research can support. Laptop implementations in a 1:1 ratio promise personalized instruction and more access to enriched curriculums and information. As schools transition, it is imperative they know and can predict what the impact on measures of student achievement will be. This is especially so for more “at‐risk” student populations. During the 2010‐2011 school year, a Utah junior high school implemented a 1:1 laptop program to investigate the demands of 1:1 implementation prior to other area schools making similar transitions. Exploratory research was conducted on science classes to investigate the initial reaction of different demographic groups to a 1:1 laptop implementation. Four measures of student outcomes were evaluated (academic credits gained, class grades, attendance, and incidents of discipline referral). After 5 months of 1:1 implementation in science, it was found that: Most demographic groups experienced little or no change in measured outcomes after the laptop was introduced 1:1. There were no demographic groups that performed significantly better with laptops than they did previously without them. Low‐income White students performed relatively worse on academic measures than did all other demographic groups after laptops were introduced. Low‐income ethnic minority students measured slight improvement on class grades after laptops were introduced, and this reaction appeared to be different from the lowincome White students. Students who participated in a laptop computer class that was in addition to their science class achieved slightly better grades in science than did students who only used the laptop in science. The introduction of laptops appeared to have little or no consistent influence on student attendance or discipline referral although teachers did state classroom management required adjustments after laptop introduction. Because of the different responses by the more “at‐risk” student populations to 1:1 implementation, it is important that additional research be conducted on the different reactions of demographic subpopulations in the 1:1 setting. This exploratory study helped provide a referential foundation and questions from which additional research and more effective laptop implementations can begin.

During spring 2007, I Matilda Lindblom, undertook my Bachelor Degree project in Furniture Design. The supervisors were Agneta Stake at Nola in Stockholm and Leo Jóhannsson, teacher and examiner at Carl Malmsten CTD in Stockholm. The project was based on three elements: • Cooperate together with a producer for professional supervision • Learn to work from a given design brief. • To learn more about industrial production • Learn more about furniture for public areas I contacted a furniture producer called Nola AB, in Stockholm, who became my work partner during this project. The asked me to design a piece of furniture where you can sit and work with a laptop on. The target was for public areas, for example in parks, malls, or at airports. In cooperation with Nola, my ambition was to develop this piece of furniture that was the answers on their wishes and demands. This product should be a complement to their selection and strengthen their trademark. The collaboration resulted in a chair with a surface connected, where you can work with a laptop on. The peace of furniture is suitable for both inside as outside, and can be places alone or with several others.

According to Japan Mitsubishi Research Forecast, 2005 worldwide TFT LCD sale amount will reach 45.5 BillionsUSD. Display Research indicates 2004 Q3 TFT LCD display sales volume will exceed CRT Monitor sales volume and the growth of TFT LCD will be 50% per year. Taiwan TFT LCD sales amount exceeded Japan in 2001 Q4 and became the 2nd biggest TFT LCD manufacturing country in the world. Worldwide market share reached 36.6% in Q1 2003 for Taiwan. Comparing with 40.6% market share of Korea, it is 4 % difference less. In 2004, Taiwan market demands are expected to exceed Korea market demands, becoming the number 1 manufacturing country of TFT-LCD manufacturing. The TFT-LCD industry is the newly arisen one after semi-conductor industry in Taiwan and government has considered TFT-LCD as the core advantage industrial and expect to create 1 trillion NT dollars business in 2006 to become worldwide FDP research and development country.Under the current all TFT LCD panel makers for vertical & horiozon integration with key upstream component, Taiwan panel makers componet localization are expected to reach to 60%, which is going to fully integrate TFT LCD upstream and down stream together. Upstrem and down stream integration is the key strength of AMLCD. So to understand upstream and down stream is the most important subject for us. However, LCD module process is labor intensive business.All Taiwan panel makers moved LCD Module fab to Mainland to compete with competitors.Labor cost consisit of 6-8% of overall LCD manufacturing cost. Module is the most high labor cost process of LCF processes. That is the main strategy of Taiwan investor to set up module fab in Mainland China in the very beginning. As to Array and Cell process due to government policy, in near future there is no possibility to move to Mainland China, but in recent May 2004, Taiwan Government release the constraint investment of smaller size TFT LCD maker in Mainland Chian. Possibility of bigger size LCD investment in Mainland China will gradually increase given the more and more Taiwan makers of Monitor and Laptop manufacturing move to facitlies to mainland China. We foresee that Taiwan Panel Makers should consider global positioning and new business model as more global competion and Mainland China market emerging.How Taiwan maker can compete with japan and Korea? What is the next step for Taiwan LCD makers. We need to consider Taiwan Strait collaboration of TFT LCD business model and provide information for companies reference and suggestions.

¡iAbstract¡j After the end of 2007, the Asus Eee PC first low price computer present to the market that creates the low-priced market of laptop computers which attracts the attention from all of computer manufacturers to launch new products to vie for the market, the Netbook (low price laptop computers) become the next ¡§Red Ocean Strategy Market¡¨ to the computer manufacturers. The Topology Research Institute estimated this kinds of low cost computer will enter the maturity development this year, and may have 680 million sets inquiry in 2010 . With the introduction of low-priced Netbook, Taiwanese manufacturers can extend its advantages of manufacturing technology and product development. Also, it leads to the booming businesses of relevant vendors and the opportunities creation of MIT (Made in Taiwan) brand development in the international market. . The research is based on the analysis of literatures, and focus on further discussions on Taiwan¡¦s current manufacturers of low-priced laptop computers and their future development trend. To understand the current business environment, industry structure, competitive advantages as well as the opportunities and challenges that Taiwan¡¦s manufacturers may face, the research chooses ASUSTeK Computer Inc. as a case study to examine its core capabilities and the strategies of Eee PC which adopts by Five Forces Analysis of Michael E. Porter. Furthermore, the research evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of its competitiveness using SWOT analysis. Finally, the research comes out with some suggestions for Asus Eee PC¡¦s future competitive strategies and development directions.

<p>Abstract</p><p>During spring 2007, I Matilda Lindblom, undertook my Bachelor Degree project in Furniture Design. The supervisors were Agneta Stake at Nola in Stockholm and Leo Jóhannsson, teacher and examiner at Carl Malmsten CTD in Stockholm.</p><p>The project was based on three elements:</p><p>• Cooperate together with a producer for professional supervision</p><p>• Learn to work from a given design brief.</p><p>• To learn more about industrial production</p><p>• Learn more about furniture for public areas</p><p>I contacted a furniture producer called Nola AB, in Stockholm, who became my work partner during this project. The asked me to design a piece of furniture where you can sit and work with a laptop on. The target was for public areas, for example in parks, malls, or at airports.</p><p>In cooperation with Nola, my ambition was to develop this piece of furniture that was the answers on their wishes and demands. This product should be a complement to their selection and strengthen their trademark.</p><p>The collaboration resulted in a chair with a surface connected, where you can work with a laptop on. The peace of furniture is suitable for both inside as outside, and can be places alone or with several others.</p>

Thesis PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

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