Emerging technologies 2011

1. Emerging educational technology refers to computers
and other new electronic technologies that, when
applied to educational settings, can be used to
significantly change education
Link To Introduction Introducing
emerging technologies

2. According to the 2011 Horizon Report

3. Electronic Books: One Year or Less
 Kindles
 Nooks
 Sony Readers

4. Pros
 Size and Weight
 Portable
 Interactive (dictionaries, annotations, graphs, etc.)
 Price
Kindle
Nook

5. Cons
 Cost
 Not all titles are available
 Distracting
 Fragile

6. Mobile Devises: One Year or Less
 Cell Phones
 Iphones
 Ipads

7. Advantages
 Access to the Web
 Portable
 Sophisticated Apps
 Engages Students

8. Disadvantages
 Cost
 Fragile
 Distracting

9. Augmented Reality: Two to Three
Years
 Definition according to the Horizon Report:
Augmented reality refers to the addition of a
computer-assisted contextual layer of information over
the real world, creating a reality that is enhanced or
augmented.
 In other words augmented reality is controlling virtual
aspects over the real world.

10. What Augmented Reality brings to
the Classroom
 Visual Learners will benefit greatly
 Brings larger than life objects to scale for students to
see (volcanoes, layers of the earth, etc.)
 Active learning technique that gets students involved
in learning
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Augmented
Reality

11. Game Based Learning: Two to
three Years
 Learning through competitive games that get students
involved and challenge them on topics that are being
discussed
 Supports collaboration
 Supports Problem solving
 Supports Communication

12. Three Types of Game Based
Learning
 Non-digital: common games in classrooms
 Digital and not collaborative: designed for consoles
(Nintendo, Xbox, etc.)
 Digital and collaborative: creation of massive online
educational games (games such as World of War
Craft, Lord of the Rings, ect.)

14. Gesture-Based Computing: Four to
Five Years
 The use of gestures to interact with technology
 Ipad or Iphone (swiping, touching, etc with the touch
screens)
 Nintendo Wii or Xbox Kinect

15. What will Gesture Based Learning
Bring to Education
 Intensive interdisciplinary collaborations
 Innovative thinking about the very nature of teaching
 Innovative thinking about the very nature of learning
 Innovative thinking about the very nature of
communicating

16. Learning Analytics: Four to Five
Years
 According to the Horizon Report the goal of learning
analytics is to enable teachers and schools to tailor
educational opportunities to each student’s level of
need and ability

17. What is Learning Analytics Bringing
to Education
 Identifies at-risk students
 Allows educators to alter teaching methods if they
learn that students are not grasping concepts
 How educators perceive teaching, learning, and
assessment

18. Distance Based Learning
 Blackboard, Progressbook
 Podcasting
 Second Life
 Video Conferencing

19. Websites
 Blogs
 Wikis
 Zimbio, Digg
 Mindmeister
 Swivel
 Slide Share
 WizIQ
 Wordle
 Google Earth

20. Table Top Computer
 Total touch screen
 “The processor synthesizes the sensor data to create an
eight-bit image from which it can pick out shapes and
large text, such as product names and numbers.”
Schools
 Video

21.  Popularmechanics.com
 Popularscience.com