Looking to the Future of Educational Technology
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Kel Hathaway Learning Technologies Officer Catholic Education Office Canberra Goulburn Distinguished Educator #kelgator
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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.
Transcript of Looking to the Future of Educational Technology
Kel Hathaway Learning Technologies Officer Catholic Education Office Canberra Goulburn Distinguished Educator #kelgator
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.
� "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)
2009 Cray Jaguar
1.75 petaFLOPS
2012 IBM Sequoia
16.32 petaFLOPS
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
Horizon Report 2012 K-‐12
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
New Media Consortium
www.nmc.org
1. Fixed and Centralised
2. Ubiquitous mobile use
3. Global collaboration
4. Virtual Teaching
5. Portfolio based projects
6. Continuous, interconnected
http://envisioningtech.com
www.aurasma.com
www.ihealth99.com
www.ibikedash.com
http://bit.ly/ht54Y0
ipadcentral Slideshare
http://ardrone.parrot.com
http://exertiongameslab.org/projects/joggobot
http://3dprintingsystems.com
http://www.makerbot.com
YouTube
YouTube
http://bit.ly/NIpIUb
Nokia
Samsung
1986
2000
� 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/
http://corporate.honda.com/innovation/walk-‐assist
mashable.com/2012/08/02/botiful
www.swivl.com
www.indiegogo.com/up-‐mouse
www.dropcam.com
www.stabil-‐i.com
www.makayama.com/moviemount.html
earthengine.google.org
www.gizmag.com/gm-‐vehicle-‐communications/20187
NSW Joint Standing Committee on Road Safety (Staysafe) March 2012
www.jpaerospace.com/pongsat/index.htm
www.ericsson.com/networkedsociety/connected_me
www.hml.queensu.ca/telehuman
www.indiegogo.com/yellowjacket
yhoo.it/xX4AFo
Look no further . . . The future is already here
