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Kyle Domsohn wrote a new post on the site Information Systems Integration 7 years, 5 months ago
The average 10,000 students are creating more than one million records of data and schools are struggling to store and make sense of the data using old legacy systems. A software and interface company, Alma, has […]
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Kyle Domsohn commented on the post, Happy Birthday SNL // the typists from the Carol Burnett show, on the site 7 years, 6 months ago
The flat business model at valve will only continue to create more and more issue as the company expands. As others have mentioned, Valve is in a very unique situation that has allowed them to be successful. This type of organization would quickly fail at my old workplace at AZ. Within the Pharmaceutical industry, there are so many checks and…[Read more]
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Kyle Domsohn commented on the post, Happy Birthday SNL // the typists from the Carol Burnett show, on the site 7 years, 6 months ago
Facebook’s focus on social services is an interesting innovation by the company. These social services seem to be more effective for Facebook to combat cyber bullying and other issues that stem from social media sites. These services will be great as a public relations tool for Facebook and coupled with other new consumer drivers can only help i…[Read more]
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Kyle Domsohn wrote a new post on the site Information Systems Integration 7 years, 6 months ago
The Marine Corps has been able to save a substantial amount of money by investing in information technology solutions. Last year the Marine Corps Systems Command automated their Organizational messaging services […]
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Kyle Domsohn wrote a new post on the site Information Systems Integration 7 years, 7 months ago
The biggest risk to the job market is proving to be robots. The Changying Precision Technology Company is a producer of mobile phones located in Dongguan, China. Their main factory used to need 650 employees to […]
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I think automation will have a huge impact on the job market by eliminating jobs in manufacturing, trucking, and other blue collar sectors. This will create further negative impact on a lot of rural areas throughout the US, including much of the state of Pennsylvania. Automation will also bring a lot of factories and production back to the US, as shipping becomes the greatest cost in a lot of company’s supply chain, and minimizes the positive impact of outsourcing production internationally. So it is hard to say what the total effect will be on the economy as whole, on one hand your bring back production to the US, on the other hand many blue collar jobs are being eliminated in areas that are already economically challenged, making the net impact very hard to quantify. One thing is certain though, technology will progress and continue to take a lot of jobs, both blue and white collar.
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Kyle Domsohn posted a new activity comment 7 years, 7 months ago
Additionally, our platform would also connect teams and players to others in their skill level for competitive type games or ranked matches. These matches will be where players and teams put their skills to the test as all the matches will be recorded to create individual ranks. These ranks will dictate who is matched up with who to ensure that…[Read more]
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Kyle Domsohn wrote a new post on the site Kyle Domsohn 7 years, 7 months ago
In the summer of 2016, I was accepted to the IT Intern Program at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals in Wilmington, Delaware. My roles during the internship included JR business analyst and solution engineer within […]
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Kyle Domsohn joined the group MIS 4596 Spring 2017 – Mandviwalla 7 years, 7 months ago
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Kyle Domsohn commented on the post, Question 7: So how did it go?, on the site 8 years, 4 months ago
My experience as an intern for Accolade provided me with the hand-on experience that a classroom setting cannot fully prepare you for. A lot of this knowledge I learned was simple day-to-day interactions, such as, getting used to working in a professional environment and meetings. At Accolade, I was also able to meet a multitude of connection that…[Read more]
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Kyle Domsohn commented on the post, Question 6: You can’t learn everything in the classroom…., on the site 8 years, 5 months ago
There are many things that I have learned from my experience at my internship that I could not learn in the classroom. One of the biggest was simply learning how to work in a professional environment and with my co-workers. Since most of my work has been done either in a group setting or one on one with my supervisor, learning to deal with people…[Read more]
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Kyle Domsohn commented on the post, Question 5: Classroom Knowledge…., on the site 8 years, 5 months ago
At my internship, I utilize a lot of the skills and knowledge that I have learned at Temple. Since, I rely on Microsoft excel a ton, the excel course has proven too be useful time and time again. Just knowing hot keys and different function has saved me a tremendous amount of time during my internship. MIS 3504 also taught me a lot of research and…[Read more]
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Kyle Domsohn posted a new activity comment 8 years, 6 months ago
Like many others have said, I rely heavily on time management. This semester has been one of my busiest between working three days a week on top of five classes (including the co-op). Therefore, I rely heavily on managing my time and organizing set time slots in a day to complete different work. Breaking up my work in manageable chunks helps me…[Read more]
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Kyle Domsohn wrote a new post on the site Kyle Domsohn 8 years, 7 months ago
During the 2016 spring semester I will be interning at Accolade Management Services, owned by Bernie Heinze of the Heinze Group. I will continue as a Business Analyst working with stakeholders to analyze […]
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Kyle Domsohn posted a new activity comment 8 years, 7 months ago
The technology that I heavily rely on at my internship is the use of Microsoft access. I use access for a wide array of functions, such as, database management, form creation, and document allocation. Before my job I never explored Access in depths, which is why I spent a lot of time learning and experimenting with its many functions. The employee…[Read more]
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Kyle Domsohn posted a new activity comment 8 years, 7 months ago
Like many of my classmates, one of the first things I had to learn was the general layout of the building. I did not have a difficult time with this like others because of the size and location of my department. Our building is designed that all of the employees are grouped together by the association they manage, this layout made it a lot easier…[Read more]
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Kyle Domsohn commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, February 9, on the site 8 years, 8 months ago
Hello fellow members of MIS 3581! My name is Kyle Domsohn and I am a senior in the Fox Business School. I am interning for the Accolade Management Services in King of Prussia, PA. One of the services provided by Accolade is the management of associations. I first started with Accolade in August when they first acquired the association, ISOP (the…[Read more]
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Kyle Domsohn wrote a new post on the site Kyle Domsohn 8 years, 10 months ago
My name is Kyle Domsohn and I am a rising Senior within the Temple Fox School of Business. My internship with the Accolade Management Services, owned by Bernie Heinze of the Heinze Group, began on August 11, 2015 […]
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What are the initial costs of Alma? I’m not sure I could say the benefits do or do not out-weigh the costs at this point. I don’t think it should be mandatory for public schools to upgrade their systems. This software doesn’t exactly make sense to me. Wouldn’t this only work for students who stay at a school district that uses this system from kindergarten to graduation? Or at least transfer to schools that also use this? Otherwise, once they transfer they’re just back to a legacy system. Overall, I think it’d be wonderful if all schools updated their systems so they could focus on students’ needs.
A lot of this depends on the cost of Alma but the benefits for a school can really be great if the system can handle it. The problem I see is how schools are going to be maintaining the IT system and who exactly is going to be using the data. In my experience, many teachers have very little experience with IT (can’t get a youtube video to play) so I’m not sure how they’d handle more software. I don’t think public schools should be required to improve their information systems because many of them are already strapped for cash and could probably better use the funds.
Whether or not the benefits of Alma out way the initial cost of the system seems irrelevant when some schools will certainly not be able to afford a new IT system and likely do not have much IT infrastructure to begin with. Under performing public schools will continue not to have this infrastructure. This will become a problem in how it relates to the need for standardized testing. Can you get away with removing those tests in only some school districts? It leads to a lot questions and ultimately Alma will more than likely be another fancy tool that the best schools get.
While the benefits in the short term can be unclear, the benefits in the long term could be very beneficial. School districts would be able to track student trends within their district like never before. However, this would take years of collecting data to identify new trends or meaningful data. Consequently, student performance should improve based on a better understanding of the district’s student population coupled with improved individual tracking. While this ability to track students on information beyond test scores could turn out to be a vital piece to increasing student performance country wide, forcing public schools to invest in such technology would further cripple most public schools. Unfortunately, the majority of the public school system would be unable to handle this sort of investment. In the future, this technology could (and should) be commonplace in schools everywhere.
Alma sounds like it could prove to be a great step that the education system has taken towards improving its information systems in general. I like the idea that schools are trying to figure out ways in which they can progress their information systems; however, there are many concerns that come to mind. I think Quy brings up a good point about transferring schools. I’d be surprised if the features that Alma provides are appealing and unique enough to become the sole IS technology that schools will adopt to catch up with our ever-increasing technological standards. I do agree that schools should be required to upgrade their information systems somewhat frequently, as our technological capabilities have expanded tremendously in recent years; however, I don’t know if it’s practical to expect every school district to have the necessary resources required to follow such a mandate.