I still remember being kept after class and having to clean the erasers, clouds of white dust billowing through the air leaving a film across my skin and causing me to cough like a three-pack-a-day smoker. The smell is imbedded in my memory as if it as yesterday. Boy are those days gone.
Fast forward to 2013 and not only are tablets and ipads becoming more prevalent in the classroom, but phones can share files with merely a touch and "the cloud" is only beginning to penetrate the education system, but what lies ahead for technology in the classroom?
For over a decade, the New Media Consortium (NMC) has been charting the landscape of emerging technologies in teaching, learning, and creative inquiry on a global scale. Here are some quick insights....ALL within the next 4-5 years: (comments in italics mine)
- By the end of this year, the mobile market is expected to consist of over 7 billion accounts
- Mobile users will have downloaded 70 billion apps across smartphones and tablets.
- Digital textbooks (no more saying you lost your book but at least we'll be saving some trees)
- Monitoring tools that provides students with insights into their study habits and behaviors while using e-textbooks (something I'm sure would surprise many a parent)
- Algorithms that turns a random graders feedback into statistics and performance reports.
- Interactive fictional games that could turn learning history or other subjects.......into fun.
- Web-based interactive games that engage nursing students with real-life scenarios
- Computer-aided design classes featuring the incorporation of 3D printers for rapid prototype development.
- A virtual ocean laboratory to conduct studies on the acidification of the marine environment.
- Imagine a laboratory classroom where students utilize a wearable sensor that detects hazardous gases and immediately alerts the user of these conditions.
- A brain-sensing headband making it possible to control actions with one’s thoughts and to collect data about the brain’s reaction to various stimuli.
Find out more @ http://teacherswithapps.com/10-emerging-educational-technologies-and-how-they-are-being-used-across-the-glob/#comment-46406
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