Technology is a constantly changing playing field. It is difficult but also essential that we keep up with these changes to ensure that our students are provided with both current and relevant educational experiences. In this session we will examine a variety of current and emerging technologies and web developments and how they are likely to impact on the future of education.
2. A
5mb
memory
storage
unit
that
was
used
in
IBM s
305
RAMAC
computer
released
in
1956.
It
was
the
world s
first
hard
drive .
The
305
RAMAC
could
be
leased
from
IBM
for
$3200
per
month.
Makes
you
really
appreciate
your
$5
4mb
thumb
drive.
3. — "I
think
there
is
a
world
market
for
maybe
five
computers."
-‐
Thomas
Watson,
chairman
of
IBM,
1943
— "Computers
in
the
future
may
weigh
no
more
than
1.5
tons."
-‐
Popular
Mechanics,
1949
— "But
what...is
it
good
for?"
-‐
Engineer
at
the
Advanced
Computing
Systems
Division
of
IBM,
1968,
commenting
on
the
microchip
— "There
is
no
reason
anyone
would
want
a
computer
in
their
home."
-‐
Ken
Olson,
president/founder
of
Digital
Equipment
Corp.,
1977.
— "640K
(of
memory)
ought
to
be
enough
for
anybody.
-‐
Bill
Gates
(1981)
6. How
big
is
the
internet?
According
to
Cisco,
we
chewed
through
30.7
exabytes
per
month
in
2011.
That's
the
equivalent
of
about
6
billion
5GB
HD
movies
7. Horizon
Report
2012
K-‐12
New
Media
Consortium
One
Year
or
Less
>
Mobile
Devices
&
Apps
>
Tablet
Computing
Two
to
Three
Years
>
Game
Based
Learning
>
Personal
Learning
Environments
Four
to
Five
Years
>
Augmented
Reality
>
Natural
User
Interfaces
www.nmc.org
8. 1. Fixed
and
Centralised
2. Ubiquitous
mobile
use
3. Global
collaboration
4. Virtual
Teaching
5. Portfolio
based
projects
6. Continuous,
interconnected
http://envisioningtech.com
30. 2000
1986
— Movement
–
run
9kph,
hop,
walk
over
uneven
terrain
— Task
performance-‐
pour
water,
sign
language
— Intelligence
–
sense
surrounding
events,
avoid
obstacles,
respond
to
simultaneous
input
http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/
