As an educational technologist the objective I have at this time is to spread the message of digital technology being here to stay. People need to understand the fact that digital technology will continue to diffuse and satuate our everyday lives. Using technology to educate others on its uses and how it is serving man is very important to being a productive citizen in the 21st Century. Do my best to make new technology accessible to everyone.
References
Soloway, E. (2009). The Digital Divide; Leveling the Playing Field; Laureate Educational Inc.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Module 5 post- Red Queens
In this module we reviewed two of the six forces that drives the emergence of a technology. The two forces are increasing returns and red queens. Increasing returns is when two technologies emerge at around the same time and one drives the other to extinction. Red queens is when there is a competition between technologies and one is left behind. In an earlier module we discussed science fiction as a force that drives emerging technology and I bought a DVD from a video rental store that is closing its entire chain in this state. I see this as being the red queen effect because there is video on demand servers such as netflix, cable and home disk operators that offer video on demand.
The implications of this can be traced back to the video tape having an effect on how we view movies at home to the DVD making the video tape obsolete to video on demand having an affect on DVD rentals and causing video stores to go out of business. We no longer have to drive to a video rental store because we can now have them delivered to our homes or order them into our living rooms. Movies are being released to the viewing public from theaters much quicker now and many individuals are able to wait a couple of months for the release of movies; ticket sales are decreasing but the price of tickets are on the increase. There is much to take into consideration when we look at how society is and will be impacted by emerging technologies. " Look around you and you will see the "Red Queen Effect" is happening in many places: it's part of the business landscape, new technology development and arms races" (von Oech 2007).
References
Thornburg, D. (2009). Emerging and Future Technologies; Laureate Education Inc.
von Oech, R. (2007). Created Think; The Red Queen Effect, retrieved from; http://blogcreativethink.com/2007/03theredqueene.html
The implications of this can be traced back to the video tape having an effect on how we view movies at home to the DVD making the video tape obsolete to video on demand having an affect on DVD rentals and causing video stores to go out of business. We no longer have to drive to a video rental store because we can now have them delivered to our homes or order them into our living rooms. Movies are being released to the viewing public from theaters much quicker now and many individuals are able to wait a couple of months for the release of movies; ticket sales are decreasing but the price of tickets are on the increase. There is much to take into consideration when we look at how society is and will be impacted by emerging technologies. " Look around you and you will see the "Red Queen Effect" is happening in many places: it's part of the business landscape, new technology development and arms races" (von Oech 2007).
References
Thornburg, D. (2009). Emerging and Future Technologies; Laureate Education Inc.
von Oech, R. (2007). Created Think; The Red Queen Effect, retrieved from; http://blogcreativethink.com/2007/03theredqueene.html
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Disruptive Technology-Second Life
Second Life is a disruptive technology in that it is a virtual world where things we imagine in the real world and things we cannot imagine will be made possible (Nuthall 2008). Second Life will enable our avators in the virtual world do things that at this moment cannot be accomplished in the real world. Distance teaching and learning has been affected in many ways by virtual worlds. Second Life is one of the earliest of the virtual world applications and this has given rise to other virtual world applications.
Virtual worlds can be used for teaching and learning by individuals around the globe regardless of time and location. Multiple segments of the business world and the education community have been utilizing virtual worlds. Field trips to locations around the world from the classroom or home are made possible through virtual worlds. Disruptive technologies never move society straight from one point to another but there is chaos in between. With the development of so many virtual world applications, the quest would be to make them as real-life as possible. The company that will be able to enhance the animation to make the characters more life like will take the virtual world to new heights.
References
Nuthall, K. (2008). University World News; US: A disruptive technology arrives; retrieved from http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20080117162121373
Second Life Work: Education (2009). retrieved from; http://education.secondlife.com/whysl/
Thornburg. D (2009). Disruptive Technologies; Laureate Education Inc. video podcast
Virtual worlds can be used for teaching and learning by individuals around the globe regardless of time and location. Multiple segments of the business world and the education community have been utilizing virtual worlds. Field trips to locations around the world from the classroom or home are made possible through virtual worlds. Disruptive technologies never move society straight from one point to another but there is chaos in between. With the development of so many virtual world applications, the quest would be to make them as real-life as possible. The company that will be able to enhance the animation to make the characters more life like will take the virtual world to new heights.
References
Nuthall, K. (2008). University World News; US: A disruptive technology arrives; retrieved from http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20080117162121373
Second Life Work: Education (2009). retrieved from; http://education.secondlife.com/whysl/
Thornburg. D (2009). Disruptive Technologies; Laureate Education Inc. video podcast
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