What is the tool?
The tool I researched was a USB flash drive. USB stands for univeral serial bus. Flash drives come in all different colors, shapes, and capacity size. Flash drives are small self-powered tools that connect to computers through the USB port. Almost all computers now have USB ports. Flash drives are also known as key drives, thumb drives, jump drives, and pen drives.
Uses
Flash drives replaced sloppy disks and are smaller faster, and have high capacity. The most common use of flash drives are to store and transport personal files. Flash drives are also used to secure storage of data, to do system maintenance and troublshooting, to carry applications without having to reinstall them, boosting operating systems, music storage, and still have many other usues.
Audience
This tool could be used for students, teachers, and parents. There are many ways for students to use flash drives in and out of the classroom. Flash drives could be very helpful for teachers to use as a storage device. Parents can communicate better with the schools if they were introduced to flashdrives.
Advantages
There are many advantages of flash drives. An advantage of USB flash drives is that they cannot be scratched. Flash drives are small and easily transported, use little power, and have no fragile parts. There are even flash drives that are completely water proof, which is great for children. Students can work on a group project and will be able to each save a copy if they all had a flash drive. Compared to CDs, flash drives take up much less space. It is much easier to add and remove files and other storage devices. Flash drives are helpful when doing school work because it can serve as a back up if the computer freezes. Students can bring work to and from school without difficulty. Students would be able to have ongoing projects that last throughout the year without the fear of losing their work.
Disadvantages
There are also some disadvantages of flash drives. Flash drives, although earily transported, can be easily misplaced sure to its small size. Price can also be a problem. Even the smallest size capacity is still pricey. With a low capacity flash drive, students may run into the issue of using all the space. A disadvantage for teachers using this tool may be that students will steal other students work by transporting it easily onto their flash drives.
Where Can I Learn More?
Flash Drives in Schools
The tool I researched was a USB flash drive. USB stands for univeral serial bus. Flash drives come in all different colors, shapes, and capacity size. Flash drives are small self-powered tools that connect to computers through the USB port. Almost all computers now have USB ports. Flash drives are also known as key drives, thumb drives, jump drives, and pen drives.
Uses
Flash drives replaced sloppy disks and are smaller faster, and have high capacity. The most common use of flash drives are to store and transport personal files. Flash drives are also used to secure storage of data, to do system maintenance and troublshooting, to carry applications without having to reinstall them, boosting operating systems, music storage, and still have many other usues.
Audience
This tool could be used for students, teachers, and parents. There are many ways for students to use flash drives in and out of the classroom. Flash drives could be very helpful for teachers to use as a storage device. Parents can communicate better with the schools if they were introduced to flashdrives.
Advantages
There are many advantages of flash drives. An advantage of USB flash drives is that they cannot be scratched. Flash drives are small and easily transported, use little power, and have no fragile parts. There are even flash drives that are completely water proof, which is great for children. Students can work on a group project and will be able to each save a copy if they all had a flash drive. Compared to CDs, flash drives take up much less space. It is much easier to add and remove files and other storage devices. Flash drives are helpful when doing school work because it can serve as a back up if the computer freezes. Students can bring work to and from school without difficulty. Students would be able to have ongoing projects that last throughout the year without the fear of losing their work.
Disadvantages
There are also some disadvantages of flash drives. Flash drives, although earily transported, can be easily misplaced sure to its small size. Price can also be a problem. Even the smallest size capacity is still pricey. With a low capacity flash drive, students may run into the issue of using all the space. A disadvantage for teachers using this tool may be that students will steal other students work by transporting it easily onto their flash drives.
Where Can I Learn More?
Flash Drives in Schools
My Opinion
There is so much that could be done with flash drives in the classroom. Technology is constantly changing and students need to be up to date with it. Schools would benefit if they were able to privde USB drives to each student at the beginning of the year. Ther school could give all the students the essentail programs that they will need throughout the year. Flash drives are competely necessary in this day and age, but students still do not know enough about them. They could be used for almost anything and it would benefit teachers, students, and parents in and out of the classroom.
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