2. According to the Horizon Report 2017 K-12 Edition, in five years,
two important developments in educational technology may be
artificial intelligence (AI) and “the internet of things”.
3. Important Developments in Educational
Technology
AI deals with creating and using smart machines that resemble human beings
and their functions.
“The Internet of Things (IoT) consists of objects endowed with computing
power through processors or embedded sensors that are capable of
transmitting information across networks (NMC, 2007, p. 50).”
By the year 2028, both of these concepts will be a reality in virtual schools.
Holographics may even be experienced by online students.
5. Artificial Intelligence
Is currently already being used by some children in their homes.
Amazon Alexa
Alexa records/streams
audio clips of what you
say and then sent to a
server, where they stay
until deleted.
(Moynihan, 2016)
Google Home Apple Siri
A log of activities is kept online..
It includes voice requests,
Google searches, YouTube
videos, and apps launched on
Android, organized until the
user deletes it..
Siri logs and records your
queries, but she doesn't
catalog them or provide
access to the running list
of requests and deletes it
n 6 months.
Microsoft Cortana
Cortana uses a combination
of cloud-stored data and on-
device data and keeps a list
of all the information. You
see and manage the data
stored on your machine.
6. Milestones of AI
(BBC, 2015)
September 2002
iRobot launches the Roomba®
floor vacuuming robot.
June 2010
At Shanghai's 2010 World Expo, some of
the extraordinary capabilities of the Nao
robots went on display, as 20 of them
danced in perfect harmony for eight
minutes.
November 2017
November 7, 2017, Waymo
announced that it had begun
testing driverless cars without a
safety driver at the driver
position.
February 2011
In 2011, IBM's Watson took on
the human brain on US quiz
show Jeopardy.
June 2014
The chatterbot Eugene Goostman
passed a series of test of a
machine's ability to exhibit intelligent
human behavior
7. The Future:
2028
In 2028, AI will assist teachers by
facilitating and guiding small group
discussions.
AI will also be assisting teachers by
assessing and grading assignments, thus
freeing up teachers’ time.
“ The AI capabilities allow future teachers to
monitor virtual students’ attention levels and
responses to actions such as addressing
learners by name (NMC, 2017).”
9. IoT: How it works (Johnson, 2015)
Step 1
A device with an on and
off switch are
connected to the
internet.
Step 2
The device sends and acts on data
they acquire from their surrounding
environments using embedded
sensors, processors and
communication hardware
Step 3
These devices can sometimes
talk to other related devices, a
process called machine-to-
machine(M2M)
communication, and act on the
information they get from one
another.
10. The Future of IoT
Scholars will not only be
electronically recorded each
day, the can purchase
supplies and lunch through
their smart cards that
parents’ reload.
Internet on buses will be a
revolutionary act that will
help to eliminate the digital
divide.
Smart Id cards that track
attendance & buy lunch
Smart buses with WIFI &
GPS for HW/assignments
Smart desks that connect
to internet
11. Lastly, Holographics
Online instructors will be
interacting with scholars
via holograms. Whether
the scholar is in a
traditional or an online
school, the can access
their instructor
holographically.
12. References
BBC. (2015, September 14). AI: 15 key moments in the story of artificial intelligence.
Retrieved from http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zq376fr
Johnson, B. (2015, August 19). How the Internet of Things Works. Retrieved from
https://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet-of-things.htm
Moynihan, T. (2016, December 5). Alexa and Google Home Record What You Say. But
What Happens to That Data? Retrieved from https://www.wired.com/2016/12/alexa-and-
google-record-your-voice/
New Media Consortium (NMC). (2007). NMC/CoSN Horizon Report 2017 K12 Edition, 48-
51. Retrieved from https://cdn.nmc.org/media/2017-nmc-cosn-horizon-report-k12-EN.pdf