Module 5 Blog Posting

For the science fiction assignment in Module 4, the movie that I viewed was purchased through renting at a local store.  I believe that the competition between video on demand and DVDS is an example of red queens.  Red Queens represents competition two technologies and other competitors are left behind (Thornburg, 2009).    These two categories would fall under Red Queens because most competition today comes from people purchasing movies through Netflix where they can purchase these movies through the comfort of their own home and not even have to leave their homes in the meantime.  Purchasing movies through certain vendors such as through Red Box is considered as a major competition for Netflix, because people can purchase these movies for very low costs, but they have to leave their homes in order to purchase and buy these movies.  All other competitors, such as Blockbuster, etc.  have found it difficult to keep up with these two competitors because of low costs and convenience of purchases.

On the tetrad, DVDs falls under the category of Enhances.  This is because the DVDs were developed in order to enhance the way in which people view or watch movies.  The DVDs replaced VHS tapes and allowed for individuals to have the convenience of viewing movies better and clearer using the DVD players.  On the tetrad, video on demand would fall under the category of Obsoletes.  This is because video on demand has pretty much taken the place of renting movies of DVDs.  Today, people are able to view movies online or download them. 

Thornburg, D. (2009) What is Emerging Technology?

 

Module 4 Blog Posting

Second Life is considered as a 3D virtual world.  This is considered as a disruptive technology because it has readily taken the place of an already available technology tool or device. 

The technology device or innovation that Second Life replaced is the use of basic chatting such as in Yahoo Chat, it has replaced socialization websites, such as Facebook or MySpace.   Second Life allows for people to connect with each other. People can make connections between the virtual world and space (Rosedale, 2008).

Second Life may be around for about another couple of years or so and then another technology tool that is more enhanced may replace this technology.   

The social benefits of Second Life is the ability to communicate and chat with people from a variety of different places, socialize with all different types of people from all over.  Some implications for virtual worlds would be the inability to make connections between people in face to face conversations; instead everyone would rely on communicating through online.

Rosedale, P. (2008).  Philip Rosedale of Second Life (Video). Retrieved from             http://www.ted.com/talks/the inspiration of second life.html.

                                                                                                                                             

Module 3 Rhymes of History

A technology tool that represents a rhyme in history would be the use of email.  The use of email replaced people writing letters to each other and communicating with each other in person.  Email can be considered as a form of communication that schools use as well to communicate with staff members of the school versus sending out copied letters to people.  Email retrieves from the past the ability to have reliable and quick communication with people, whereas within the past, people had to wait to receive letters through snail mail. The following links provide information on email usage http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-email.htm

http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/e/email.htm. 

 A statement that was shared in the video is, “we should be prepared for believing in the impossible” (Kelly, 2007).  This is a true statement, because when it comes to the Internet and the future of technology in general, there are endless possibilities as in what will happen and how it will impact our future and upcoming generations. 

Kelly, K. (2007, December). Kevin Kelly on the next 5,000 days of the Web [Speech]. Speech delivered at              the EG 2007 Conference, Los Angeles. Retrieved from                 http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web.html

Module 2 Group B Technology Tetrad

I believe that the tablet pc/iPad is an emerged technology that will be around for a long time.  This tool decreases the need for huge desktop computers; it enhances the laptops, and other mobile tools such as a smartphone.   Usually in the classroom, teachers use laptops or desktops to provide instruction.  The tablet pc/iPad provides access to provides the ability to enhance instruction in the classroom (Yost, S).   This tool obsoletes notebooks/notepads. This disables the need for pencils and pens, but instead people are able to use technology tools to take notes while they are in class.  This tool retrieves accessibility to data such as the Internet.   I believe that maybe eventually a newer, smaller, or sleeker tool may reverse this tool.  In the end, the tablet pc is a great tool  that has emerged and provided great convenience to people who use it. 

Yost, S. Using a Tablet PC To Enhance Instruction and Productivity. Retrieved from http://www.vcu.edu/cte/programs/instructional_technology/tablet_PC_prog/TabletPC_EnhanceInstructionProductivity.pdf.   

Module 1 Blog Posting

A current technology that has emerged and shaped learning or productivity in my educational industry is the use of bringing laptops into the classroom for every student to use.

The problems or challenges associated with this technology in the past is that there is only a certain amount of laptops available, therefore only certain teachers would have access to using the laptops.  This would mean that teachers would have to plan accordingly based on who would be able to use the laptop carts.  Another challenge would be that if the Internet would be down during that day, then it would affect the lesson that the teacher would have planned for using the laptop computers.   The use of more computers in the classrooms can affect power consumption (Thornburg, 2009).    Classrooms would need access to more outlets for the laptops when batteries go out. 

The societal needs that this technology tool meets is the ability to prepare more lessons related to 21^st century learning, because students would have access to using the computer and technology in the classrooms.  The benefits of this technology in the classroom are the ability to provide more student engagement for students.  Students have hands-on learning by each student having access to a laptop computer.   

This technology would be better by having access to more computers for teachers to use in the classrooms. Also it would work better by not having so many Internet outages.   

http://isminc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2808&Itemid=1218

Thornburg, D. (2009).  Current Trends in Educational Technology.  Lake Barrington, IL:    Thornburg Center for Space Exploration.