According to Thornburg (2009), Second Life (SL) was disruptive because it did not allow for a gradual transition into the technological world. It did not evolve from other technologies, but made some obsolete which caused a loss of jobs/livelihoods. One of the ways it will effect me is the virtual classroom could possibly replace the traditional classroom. Second Life participants have the potential to view life as a simple social game and use it in inappropriate ways. Some people, such as my husband, think SL may cause students to identifying too closely with avatars. Just as some people view the older cartoons such as The Roadrunner as too violent, they see the social aspect of the virtual classroom dangerous. I don't see that this problem can't be resolved. It could allow a way to keep students safer by hiding their true identity. The roadrunner was a cartoon. Second Life's avatars are what they are - motivating replicas. Rosedale (2008) stated that SL can help with global communication skills as well as language development and provide a media that allows for students to communicate with different countries throughout the world, allowing for tolerance of other cultures and advocating diversity. I see it as having the potential to help students that have trouble communicating and as a motivational tool in the elementary classroom. It could help the homebound student feel more a part of "real" traditional classroom as well as keep bias formed by the face-to-face daily interactions with people to a minimum. I think SL has about three more years at that time it'll be replaced by the halo deck.
Reference
Rosedale, P. (2008). Second Life [Video], Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/the_inspiration_of_second_life.html
Thornburg, D. (2009). Disruptive technology. Laureate Education, Inc. Retrieved from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Module 3 Food Replicator: The Rhyme of Automatic Dispensers
Automatic dispensers have been around for a long time. They are the coffeemaker, cappuccino machine, and even the snack machines to an extent. These are not as advanced as those shown in the upcoming nano versions and were depicted as having a greater potential in television shows and cartoons. This aspect of nanotechnology has the capacity to alleviate world hunger.
In the future, I think our generation will be seen as barbaric due to our consumption of animals for food. This is not a pleasant thought for me. As I see the Romans as barbaric in their treatment of slaves and servants, I expect that I, too, will be perceived in this manner by future generations. This is a natural occurance with animals no longer being needed for food due to the replicator.
This example of a technology that represents a rhyme of history would be portrayed by the cartoon technology in the Jetsons of the 1960s and reoccurring in the 1980s. I am looking forward to the food replicator. According to Houghton (2010), the Jetsons predicted the TeleViewer (which would be the thin televisions of today), videochat (Skype), tanning bed, robot vacuum cleaner, the talking alarm clock, and automatic breakfast. Even though I don't agree that the automatic breakfast as described and rejected by Houghton (as he stated) quite meets up to the cartoon version, I do believe that the one depicted on the Jestons cartoon is in the near future.
Another futuristic show that depicts the food repication technology is Star Trek. It not only repicated food, but also "anything from a space age guitar to a cup of Earl Grey tea" (Responsible Nanotechnology, 2007 para. 1). The technology to make it a reality to the extent depicted is about twenty years away.
Nanotechnology scientists have replicated molecules. According to Wikipedia (Molecular assemblers, 2010), "molecular assemblers are possible in this limited sense." There are many examples on the internet of how advanced this technology is becoming. Kelly (2007) talked about everything becoming one world connected as "one media platform" to all people in the world. He also demostrates a rhyme in history that shows a replication of pixels to construct virtual worlds, which is an analogy of how the food replicator would reconstruct and read the molecules to replicate food.
Resource
Houghton, M. (2010). 6 current technologies the Jetsons predicted. Retrieved from http://www.techvert.com/6-current-technologies-the-jetsons-predicted/
Kelly, K. (2007, December). The next 5,000 days of the web [speech]. Speech delivered at the EG 2007 Conference, Los Angeles. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web.html
Pheonix, C. (2003). Design of a primitive nanofactory. Journal of Evolution and Technology. Retrieved from http://jetpress.org/volume13/Nanofactory.htm
Responsible Nanotechnology. (2007). A Star Trek replicator. [blogpost] Retrieved from http://crnano.typepad.com/crnblog/2007/12/a-star-trek-rep.html
Tucker. J. A. (2002). It's a Jetson's world. Lew Rockwell [dot] com. Retrieved from http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/tucker14.html
Price, E. (n. d.). Jetson's technology. today [blogpost] Retieved from http://computers.families.com/blog/jetsons-technology-today
Wikipedia (2010, October). The Jetsons. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jetsons
Wikipedia (2010. October). Molecular assembler. Retieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_assembler
In the future, I think our generation will be seen as barbaric due to our consumption of animals for food. This is not a pleasant thought for me. As I see the Romans as barbaric in their treatment of slaves and servants, I expect that I, too, will be perceived in this manner by future generations. This is a natural occurance with animals no longer being needed for food due to the replicator.
This example of a technology that represents a rhyme of history would be portrayed by the cartoon technology in the Jetsons of the 1960s and reoccurring in the 1980s. I am looking forward to the food replicator. According to Houghton (2010), the Jetsons predicted the TeleViewer (which would be the thin televisions of today), videochat (Skype), tanning bed, robot vacuum cleaner, the talking alarm clock, and automatic breakfast. Even though I don't agree that the automatic breakfast as described and rejected by Houghton (as he stated) quite meets up to the cartoon version, I do believe that the one depicted on the Jestons cartoon is in the near future.
Another futuristic show that depicts the food repication technology is Star Trek. It not only repicated food, but also "anything from a space age guitar to a cup of Earl Grey tea" (Responsible Nanotechnology, 2007 para. 1). The technology to make it a reality to the extent depicted is about twenty years away.
Nanotechnology scientists have replicated molecules. According to Wikipedia (Molecular assemblers, 2010), "molecular assemblers are possible in this limited sense." There are many examples on the internet of how advanced this technology is becoming. Kelly (2007) talked about everything becoming one world connected as "one media platform" to all people in the world. He also demostrates a rhyme in history that shows a replication of pixels to construct virtual worlds, which is an analogy of how the food replicator would reconstruct and read the molecules to replicate food.
Resource
Houghton, M. (2010). 6 current technologies the Jetsons predicted. Retrieved from http://www.techvert.com/6-current-technologies-the-jetsons-predicted/
Kelly, K. (2007, December). The next 5,000 days of the web [speech]. Speech delivered at the EG 2007 Conference, Los Angeles. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web.html
Pheonix, C. (2003). Design of a primitive nanofactory. Journal of Evolution and Technology. Retrieved from http://jetpress.org/volume13/Nanofactory.htm
Responsible Nanotechnology. (2007). A Star Trek replicator. [blogpost] Retrieved from http://crnano.typepad.com/crnblog/2007/12/a-star-trek-rep.html
Tucker. J. A. (2002). It's a Jetson's world. Lew Rockwell [dot] com. Retrieved from http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/tucker14.html
Price, E. (n. d.). Jetson's technology. today [blogpost] Retieved from http://computers.families.com/blog/jetsons-technology-today
Wikipedia (2010, October). The Jetsons. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jetsons
Wikipedia (2010. October). Molecular assembler. Retieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_assembler
Friday, October 1, 2010
Hanks’ 8848 Module 2 Blog Assignment
Enhances: What does this technology do that is new?
Smartboards are interactive whiteboards that are excellent at allowing users to organize lessons and save them as presentations that are motivational. Links allow users to place the presentations right on lesson plans for easy retrievals. Other features help keep users entertained and allows for collaborating with one another. With the now available smart tablet, there is ample range instead of confinement to a desk. Smartboards provide that can be utilized at home and completed from a laptop or desktop. Smartboards keep up with the societal demands. It is an easy installation and continually upgrades as more innovations are found.
Obsoletes: What does this technology replace?
Smartboards replace inexpensive software such as the overhead that required no computer. They did require other material such as transparencies, markers, and bulbs. The bulb continually needed replaced. Overheads were messy both with the material such as cloths to clean them as well as getting all over the users’ hands.
Retrieves: What does this technology bring to mind from the past?
A Smartboard may be thought of as a blackboard that requires no chalk, but has a marker (chalk) and eraser. The blackboard eraser gets dirty, dusty, and has to be dusted often, but the Smartboard does not. It also reminds one of the slate that was once written on by the old school classroom students.
Reverses: What might replace this technology in the future, or what might it cause to occur?
In the future, Smartboards will be replaced by holographic 3-D images. These will allow students to apply concepts into real models.
Reference
Home Smart Technology. (2010). smarttech.com
Business Data Communications. (2010). Technology trends in the classroom: The digital white board.
http://www.businessdatacom.com/Customers/Education/tabid/68/Default.aspx
infacom. (2010). Interactive whiteboards. http://www.infacom.co.uk/products/interactive_whiteboards.htm
Smartboards are interactive whiteboards that are excellent at allowing users to organize lessons and save them as presentations that are motivational. Links allow users to place the presentations right on lesson plans for easy retrievals. Other features help keep users entertained and allows for collaborating with one another. With the now available smart tablet, there is ample range instead of confinement to a desk. Smartboards provide that can be utilized at home and completed from a laptop or desktop. Smartboards keep up with the societal demands. It is an easy installation and continually upgrades as more innovations are found.
Obsoletes: What does this technology replace?
Smartboards replace inexpensive software such as the overhead that required no computer. They did require other material such as transparencies, markers, and bulbs. The bulb continually needed replaced. Overheads were messy both with the material such as cloths to clean them as well as getting all over the users’ hands.
Retrieves: What does this technology bring to mind from the past?
A Smartboard may be thought of as a blackboard that requires no chalk, but has a marker (chalk) and eraser. The blackboard eraser gets dirty, dusty, and has to be dusted often, but the Smartboard does not. It also reminds one of the slate that was once written on by the old school classroom students.
Reverses: What might replace this technology in the future, or what might it cause to occur?
In the future, Smartboards will be replaced by holographic 3-D images. These will allow students to apply concepts into real models.
Reference
Home Smart Technology. (2010). smarttech.com
Business Data Communications. (2010). Technology trends in the classroom: The digital white board.
http://www.businessdatacom.com/Customers/Education/tabid/68/Default.aspx
infacom. (2010). Interactive whiteboards. http://www.infacom.co.uk/products/interactive_whiteboards.htm
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