This presentation is about new technology items that might be used in the classroom, for classroom production or for personal usage.

1. What is New in Gadgets Vince DiNoto Vince.dinoto@kctcs.edu John Gass John.gass@kctcs.edu

2. Netbook Computers Screen size Battery Life Cost Function/Purpose Email, word processing, spreadsheet, surfing the net External Keyboard, monitor and Camera

3. Mini Desktops No keyboard, monitor, mouse Hooks to TV Basic same function as a Netbook CD/DVD player Larger Hard Drive Not a portable device

4. Computer Cost/Purpose Basic Concepts Speed of Processor Type of Processor Amount of Memory Hard Drive Size Desktop Mac vs PC Monitor Monitor connections Resolution Laptop Weight Screen Size Computer Power

5. Video Camera Tape Hard Drive Flash Memory Internal External HD Still Camera Tripod

6. Still Camera Point and Shoot DSLR Function of DSLR Depth of field High power flash Zoom Image quality Shutter Speed Leave it in Automatic mode

7. External Computer Devices External Hard Drive USB/Firewire eSATA Camera Built in microphone Use Wireless Keyboard IR Bluetooth

8. GPS Purpose Resolution WAAS Fixed Dedicated Car With a Computer Voice Commands Cost for Services Portable Map quality Waypoints Geocaches Downloadable information

9. MP3 Player Purpose Size of device Storage Flash Hard drive Camera Operating System Video Other functions