The article “6 Tech Trends for the Next Five Years” was given to me in my leadership class. I really liked this article because it focused on the top trend in education. Because things change so fast with technology it is often hard to keep up with all of the new trends. This article gave me some insight into what I should be focusing on.
· Reality Virtually
· Wireless Predictions — Mesh Networks That Heal Themselves
· Web 2.0: Seeing the Benefit of User-Created Content
· Cell Phones — Boon or Bane to Schools?
· Revolutionizing High School
· Handhelds: The Inevitable Revolution
After reading this article and looking over the top trends, I can see I have a lot of catching up to do. I have looked at virtual reality but am not sure how I feel about it. I believe the entire world will one day be wireless. I am a huge fan of web 2.0 technologies and am excited to see how this evolves. Cell phones-all I can say for now is that hate them in my classroom. I am all for doing some serious revamping of the current high school situation and I think handhelds are not going away and we better see what we can do to adapt them in the classroom.
Hopefully I can keep with all these new trends
IT’s funny. I too hate the cell phones in my classroom but a part of me keeps thinking that if they are this integrated into the lives of my students, I cannot have a relevant curriculum while growing this hatred.
Recently I was watching videos on YouTube and I came across a really interesting one from the West Jordan school district in Utah. I’ll attach the link at the bottom of this post. While I did not agree with everything that it said, it definitely made my ears perk up and started the old noodle a turning.
Oh, grrrrr. I’m at school and cannot access YouTube (another case where something that could be good cannot be used). If you are interested, just put in “education” and “technology” and spend some time watching what others have to say.