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Nt1310 Unit 1 Learning Journal

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Session 1
Session 1 was an introduction into TO 300 as a course. Walking into this class, based off the syllabus, I expected the goal of the course would be for each student to get an understanding of every relevant technology which we should have relatively decent knowledge of in the business industry. This class provided me a clear insight into the course’s purpose and the important concept of adding value through technology. The lecture goes into depth on the measurable impacts having a digitally fit mindset offers in the fourth industrial revolution era, such as the direct financial improvements to the firm overall. In being digitally fit, a firm must be able to leverage the ideas of the four principles of digital strategy, …show more content…

I thought it was incredible to see the great deal of valuable data, resources, and tools we have at our disposal as students at Ross, and the way that we have the potential to create revolutionary change if we were able to adequately apply and utilize this information. After viewing this, we transitioned to talking about information systems and digital systems. I thought it was quite interesting how we were able to see the factors that build into creating a system and how its a thorough collections of individuals working to improve the business. We were able to segway into the impact these technologies are having on organizing overall. Some of the technologies we overviewed that are leading in the fourth industrial age are cloud computing, microservices, APIs and artificial intelligence. I have a general familliarity with most of these topics since I’ve tried using all of them for my own personal desires such as trying to make Twitter bots and storing my data. One of the most interesting parts of today’s lecture though, was Moore’s law. It was incredible to see how unbelievably fast technology is changing, and almost outright ridiculous that computing power is doubling every year. The discussion on the idea of teacher’s essentially acting like actors was an interesting notion, especially considering how this could revolutionize education. I personally think it's certainly something that should be tested, especially since it could make the class significantly more engaging for students. The last concept we touched upon was the funding of IT systems. I was somewhat iffy on these, and hope we can expand more on these since the funding seems incredibly

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