<p> The influence of technology on society shows little sign of diminishing (Puybaraud, 2012). Increased capabilities and the affordability of technology devices have brought a resurgence of one-to-one device implementation in schools (Dawson, 2016). This qualitative study was designed to elicit the perceptions of administrators and teachers on one-to-one device implementation. Marc Prensky&rsquo;s (2001) premise that students are digital natives embedded in media and digital device-rich environments provided the conceptual framework for this study. Furthermore, Prensky (2001) proposed modern students learn, conceptualize, and respond differently than previous generations. The participants in this study represented six southwest Missouri school districts with student populations of 300-2,500 in grades 6-12 which underwent one-to-one device implementation within the last five years. Data were gathered from responses of eight teachers, 11 principals, and five superintendents. Perceptions of principals and teachers in school districts implementing one-to-one devices were gathered during the first phase of data collection. These data were transcribed and analyzed for key words and phrases, as well as common themes. Then, during the second phase of data collection, an electronic questionnaire instrument was used to gain feedback of participating superintendents. The following findings emerged from this study: appropriate time, importance of key personnel, shifts in teaching, and shifts in learning through the one-to-one implementation process.</p>

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Good concurrent software is a necessity today, as concurrent architectures have become commonplace. Consequently, a good programming experience in languages designed for concurrency becomes essential. This project provides the design and implementation of a set of features in the Encore programming language, which is designed for concurrency. The aim is to provide increased convenience and efficiency in the programming experience. The project resulted in two new language features in Encore: default field values and default parameters. Implementation of the new features was done by modification/extension of the Encore compiler. A majority of surveyed participants preferred the new features over the old syntax. / Bra parallelliserbar mjukvara är en nödvändighet idag när mångkärnade arkitekturer blivit vanligt. Därmed blir även utvecklarupplevelsen i programmeringsspråk designade för samtidighet viktig. Detta projekt utformar och tillhandahåller genomförandet av en uppsättning syntaxfinesser i parallellprogrammeringsspråket Encore. Syftet är att öka effektivitet och bekvämlighet för utvecklaren. Projektet resulterade i två nya syntaxfinesser i Encore: fältinitiering och standardvärden på parameterar. Dessa syntaxfinesser implementerades genom att modifiera Encore-kompilatorn. En majoritet av undersökningsdeltagarna anser att de nya syntaxfinesserna är bättre än dess föregångare.

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This project concerns the development of a solution for visualizing and storing different types of data using a single board computer. This replaces a system that currently uses Windows-based laptops. To do this, a suitable single board computer has been selected, with price and performance in mind. The one selected is the Raspberry Pi, due to it having good performance for its cost and the external stakeholder desiring its use. For database functionality a MySQL system is implemented because of its network and concurrency capabilities. In terms of results, the external party's performance requirements are that data from sixty different sensors must be read and saved once per second. These have been met. For visualization, various frameworks and related tools are implemented, and the user interacts with the system through a touch interface. / Detta projekt behandlar utvecklingen av en lösning för att visualisera och lagra olika typer av data med hjälp av en enkortsdator. Detta ersätter ett system som använder Windowsbaserade bärbara datorer för denna funktionalitet. För att möjliggöra detta har en enkortsdator valts, i detta fall Raspberry Pi. Detta för att den har bra prestanda för priset samt att den externa intressenten önskat detta. För databashantering har en MySQL server implementerats på grund av dess nätverks- och paralellprestanda. Vad gäller resultat så har den externa partens krav uppfyllts. De viktigaste är att data från sextio kanaler läses och lagras varje sekund.För visualisering har redan existerande bibliotek implementerats i enlighet med projektspecifikationer i ett touchgränssnitt.

The Construction sector is the industry that generates the second most waste afterthe mining industry in Sweden. Therefore, reducing waste is a primary issue for thesector. JM AB have a new environmental goal to reduce waste. The companyseparated their waste into fractions in order to study them individually. This reportis the result of a survey of the waste fraction facade plaster. The investigation ismade for thick plaster that is "scrubbed" with a board with nails in order to get theproper appearance (Swedish: "rivputs"). The purpose of the study is to see how much waste the plaster process representsand what it will take to reduce this fraction of the waste. Interviews, study visits anda literature study was made collect information about the process. Calculations shows that about 20% of all plaster materials are thrown away. Animportant aspect is that approximately 18% of the plaster materials is "scrubbedaway" to get the right structure of the facade. Therefore, a new material or a newmethod to apply the plaster would be required to eliminate this 18% of the waste. About 2% of all plaster material turns into waste when cleaning the pipe that is usedto apply the plaster on the wall. Shortening of the pipe would reduce waste andaffect the method for the labors who work with plaster at the construction site. Toimplement such a change at JM AB, an investment is required.

According to a number of reports conducted by various authorities and corporations we have concluded that a great number of swedes have difficulties saving money, especially students. One aspect is that the difficulty to save is due to the fact that these persons do not have an overview of their finances. We have therefore created an application with the purpose to help students keep track of their expenses. Through visualisation of data representing the users history of expenses, we hope to provide a better overall picture of how their money is used. This in order to increase the users awareness of these expenses. This infers a categorization of which ones that are unnecessary and can be ruled out and which are necessary and can not be ruled out, a categorization the user may do hirself. The application has been tested and evaluated by a test group of 8 people where everyone believes, to a certain extent, that MoneyManager has helped them gain a better insight into their own finances and what expenses they have. There are features that the majority of users are missing, especially an automatic entry of transactions. This is something we see as potential for an exciting future development of the application. / Enligt flera rapporter utförda av olika myndigheter och företag har ett stort antal svenskar svårt att spara pengar, inte minst studenter. En aspekt är att uteblivandet av sparande beror på att dessa personer inte har en övergripande koll på sina utgifter. Vi har därför skapat en applikation med syfte att hjälpa användaren hålla koll på sin ekonomi. Genom visualisering av data som representerar användarens historik av utgifter ger det en helhetsbild av hur pengarna används. Detta för att hos användaren öka medvetenheten om sina utgifter. Det innebär en kategorisering av utgifter beroende på om de upplevs som onödiga, en kategorisering användaren själv får göra. Applikationen har testats och utvärderats av en testgrupp på 8 personer där alla till en viss mån anser att MoneyManager har hjälpt dem få en bättre insikt i sin egen ekonomi och vilka utgifter de har. Det finns funktioner som majoriteten av användarna saknar, framför allt automatiskt införande av transaktioner. Detta är något vi ser som en spännande utvecklingspotential för applikationen.

Society stores information in IT-systems in order to streamline day to to day tasks. In order to make sure that the information is legitimate and up to date, synchronisation between several locations is needed. We have chosen to synchronise and automate time reports between the time report system Timesheet and invoice system Fortnox for the company Consoden. This has been done with the purpose of streamlining the work for the administrators in charge of invoices. The project has also focused on the integration process between some arbitrary system and Fortnox. Before this project two administrators worked a minimum of five days a month with manually synchronising time reports from projects and creating invoices for them. The process of synchronizing information regarding clients, projects and suppliers have been fully automated in order to ease the creation of invoices. / I dagens samhälle sparas information i IT-system för att effektivisera dagliga arbetsuppgifter. Därför ökar pressen på att nödvändig information finns tillgänglig och i synkroniserat tillstånd på flera platser. Vi har valt att synkronisera information nödvändig för fakturahantering mellan tidsredovisningssystemet Timesheet och bokföringssystemet Fortnox. Syftet har varit att underlätta fakturahantering för företaget Consoden som haft två personer som arbetat minst fem dagar varje månad med att manuellt hantera information nödvändig för fakturering. Projektet har även fokuserat på själva integrationsprocessen mellan något godtyckligt system och Fortnox. Processen att synkronisera information gällande klient-, projekt- och leverantörsuppgifter har blivit fullständigt automatiserad.

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