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
Showing posts with label Module 3. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Module 3. Show all posts
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Module Three Assignments
Both the storyboard and blog for Module 3 for Moller and EDUC 8842 are posted. Please read them and give me you feedback for the storyboard here and the other blog post assignment after that blog. Thanks, Deb :)
Distance Education and Online Collaboration
According to Siemens’s vodcast “Assessment of Online Learning,” face-to-face (F2F) assessments are now basically on the knowledge level; however, it is shifting to the participatory model of assessing due to the influence of distance learning (DE). Assessment becomes more collaborative in nature as online learning becomes more prevalent. Students, community, and instructor (based on participation or projects) assess peers in online community. In this way, assessment is becoming more authentic. Assessment is teaching. This shows "fair and equitable assessment" of learning because it can show student growth, amounts of participation, and is based on authentic contexts.
George Siemens in his vodcast “Learning Communities” stated that schools in K-12 provide singular individualist model of learning in a F2F environment. Society is a learning community where people work together. Individuals need online experience with working in a system. Trust and cooperation and novel type interaction-externally, so ideas will be creative and fresh.
Palloff, R. M., & Pratt, K. (2005, pp.31-38) stated that it is necessary to anticipate problems, such as conflicts and technical difficulty and address them early by offering suggestions or support. The role the instructor plays is crucial; they serve as a guide, set the stage for collaboration, provide resources and links, and make sure the workload is manageable. The role the instructor plays impacts the assessment plan because they have to set the parameters for the assignments and assessment. Since the assessment would be collaborative in many instances, instructors have to participate in the discussions, encourage others to think using provocative questioning, and be open for cultural differences. If a student does not want to network or collaborate in a learning community for an online course, members of the learning community can e-mail the member by private email, call them in case of technical problems, and
Researching other blogs online, I found a blog from Indiana University (2010) that contained information on “world guidance on how to implement team-based projects, troubleshoot them, and promote their success” with a 32 page report attached to the suggested blog.
Reference
Indiana University. (2010, March 9). Student collaboration in the online classroom [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://icoblog.wordpress.com/category/collaboration/
Palloff, R. M., & Pratt, K. (2005). Collaborating online: Learning together in community. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Siemens, G. (n.d.). Learning communities. [Vodcast], Retrieved from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com
Siemens, G. (n.d.). Assessment of online learning. [Vodcast], Retrieved from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com
According to Siemens’s vodcast “Assessment of Online Learning,” face-to-face (F2F) assessments are now basically on the knowledge level; however, it is shifting to the participatory model of assessing due to the influence of distance learning (DE). Assessment becomes more collaborative in nature as online learning becomes more prevalent. Students, community, and instructor (based on participation or projects) assess peers in online community. In this way, assessment is becoming more authentic. Assessment is teaching. This shows "fair and equitable assessment" of learning because it can show student growth, amounts of participation, and is based on authentic contexts.
George Siemens in his vodcast “Learning Communities” stated that schools in K-12 provide singular individualist model of learning in a F2F environment. Society is a learning community where people work together. Individuals need online experience with working in a system. Trust and cooperation and novel type interaction-externally, so ideas will be creative and fresh.
Palloff, R. M., & Pratt, K. (2005, pp.31-38) stated that it is necessary to anticipate problems, such as conflicts and technical difficulty and address them early by offering suggestions or support. The role the instructor plays is crucial; they serve as a guide, set the stage for collaboration, provide resources and links, and make sure the workload is manageable. The role the instructor plays impacts the assessment plan because they have to set the parameters for the assignments and assessment. Since the assessment would be collaborative in many instances, instructors have to participate in the discussions, encourage others to think using provocative questioning, and be open for cultural differences. If a student does not want to network or collaborate in a learning community for an online course, members of the learning community can e-mail the member by private email, call them in case of technical problems, and
Researching other blogs online, I found a blog from Indiana University (2010) that contained information on “world guidance on how to implement team-based projects, troubleshoot them, and promote their success” with a 32 page report attached to the suggested blog.
Reference
Indiana University. (2010, March 9). Student collaboration in the online classroom [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://icoblog.wordpress.com/category/collaboration/
Palloff, R. M., & Pratt, K. (2005). Collaborating online: Learning together in community. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Siemens, G. (n.d.). Learning communities. [Vodcast], Retrieved from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com
Siemens, G. (n.d.). Assessment of online learning. [Vodcast], Retrieved from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com
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