Imagine what it would have been like...
if Gladiators used Steroids.
Perhaps Rome could have been built in day.
When transportation of goods and services equals the speed of thought, what will that mean for Education?
Does Technology make Teachers better equipped or more specialized?
The technological flatteners of the 21st century now include such steroids as... • PDAs (digital, mobile, personal, & virtual) • Mobile Phones • Virtual Environments
Can we continue doing it the way it’s been done and expect different results?
Computing is about... 1. Computational Capability 2. Storage Capability 3. Input/Output Capability Steadily Increasing + Mutually Reinforcing = Significant Steroids
Elimination of Time and Distance as Commodities • File Share • VOIP • Video Conferencing • Realtime Data Your desk goes with you everywhere
• Push/Pull • Ultimate Mobility Are we stuck in Globalization 2.0?
If we are the immigrants, what makes us think we can lead the natives anywhere?
The Future is NOW! • Open Source • APIs • Mashups
What is the job description of an Explorer?
Top 30 Failed Technology Predictions • http://listverse.com/history/top-30-failed-technology-predictions/ 2. “We will never make a 32 bit operating system.” — Bill Gates 6. “A rocket will never be able to leave the Earth’s atmosphere.” — New York Times, 1936. 13. “There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will.” — Albert Einstein, 1932 20. “X-rays will prove to be a hoax.” — Lord Kelvin, President of the Royal Society, 1883. 25. “Television won’t last. It’s a flash in the pan.” — Mary Somerville, pioneer of radio educational broadcasts, 1948.
What do you think? • “If civilization were to invent higher education today, rather than centuries ago, would we create campuses as they now exist, dominated by lecture rooms, libraries, and labs, with learning centered in fixed time blocks?” (Chris Dede, 2005)*. • What if something unforeseeable should happen and these digital steroids are suddenly removed? • Will there be a need for teachers in the future or will they simply be around for damage control while administering the digital steroids?
*Dede, C. (2005), Planning for neomillennial learning styles. Educause Quarterly (1), pp7-12.
Food for Thought... • “I suspect instead we would design colleges and universities to distribute their activities broadly across geography and time, focusing on active construction of knowledge rather than assimilative incorporation of information” (Dede, 2005). • “These shifts are controversial for many faculty and all involve ‘unlearning’ almost unconscious beliefs, assumptions, and values about the nature of teaching, learning and the academy” (Dede, 2005). • “Students are ahead of the game, and they will be the catalysts for meaningful integration of technology in their education if we just watch and listen to them” (Cambre & Hawkes, 2006, p158).
Is my message, “Learn from me and become like me” or, “Let us forge ahead and see what we might discover?”
Critical Links
• What is a Mashup and what are APIs? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRcP2CZ8DS8&feature=channel_page • How technology’s accelerating power will affect us. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ ray_kurzweil_on_how_technology_will_transform_us.html • Sir Ken Robinson says, “Schools Kill Creativity.” http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html • 11 Virtual World Technologies that will Change the Way We Work. http://cleverzebra.com/virtual-worlds • Futurology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurology
What will the convergence of machines, practices, and people mean for Education?
Group #5, The Mashups, Thank you. Matt Romanoski, Doug Fitzpatrick, & Dallas McPheeters