Much of what we do in the BPM/Workflow space has to due with bridging the gap between business silos within organizations. All businesses of a certain size have them, and in the majority of cases they contribute to inefficiency. However since all businesses have them, are business silos not always a bad thing. Therefore what should you look for to determine when bridging a silo is just, a bridge to far.
Silos come into being for a number of reasons like: companies or generally hierarchical in nature, they may have had mergers and acquisitions, poor planning or just different requirements. Sometimes silos are formed instantly but generally they form over a period of time.
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workflow « Workflow Blog - 0 views
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"Much of what we do in the BPM/Workflow space has to due with bridging the gap between business silos within organizations. All businesses of a certain size have them, and in the majority of cases they contribute to inefficiency. However since all businesses have them, are business silos not always a bad thing. Therefore what should you look for to determine when bridging a silo is just, a bridge to far."
'Flipped' classrooms take advantage of technology - USATODAY.com - 0 views
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Thsi article talks about the use of technology in a high school classroom setting. In some cases, technology has become the new tool of choice instead of the tradtional whiteborad and textbook.
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Sitting in pairs, students poke at their iPads waiting for class to begin
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digitally records her lessons with a tablet computer as a virtual blackboard, then uploads them to iTunes and assigns them as homework
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Education Week: Schools Open Doors to Students' Mobile Devices - 0 views
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were free not only to bring their mobile devices to school, but also to use them—at their teachers’ discretion—to connect to the school’s wireless network to do their work.
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The students do see [a smartphone] as a potential learning tool
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“There’s an appropriate time to use the device and not use the device. If I’m teaching and lecturing, you should not have that device out. If you get it out while I’m teaching or lecturing, you’re going to lose your privacy and have to go back to pencil and paper.”
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Gives an example of a school who is going to give students the chance to use their mobile device during school hours. They will later have a catch up story to see whether they thought it was a success or not
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government and politics - 1 views
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"The Federal government made it illegal to sell them." So much for price and the market regulating the purchase of water — not to mention the seeming reverse correlation between water pressure and time spent in the shower. I don't like this kind of government. It's busy-bodying and dumb.
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