Addressing the Digital Divide

The future has arrived addressing William Gibson’s observation and it is not equally distribute with two components. There are the have-nots; if they have a cell phone and network the price is very, very low and everybody has it. It took a short ten years there was the network and computers that were expensive and hard to get on. Not it is simple, cheat, and everyone can get on having access to other people, commerce, and information. The world is changing because of a tiny device and its network (Soloway).

A lot of people in the world have never used a telephone and global perspective is important. We must understand a culture enough for helping people to incorporate new ideas into their culture and when you bring technology to their culture; you must understand their culture and see which technologies will be appropriate for them (Thornburg, 2009).

To help make emerging technologies valuable to others while maintaining gender, cultural, and socioeconomic sensitivity; I will continue to keep up with the new technologies that come available. When the college introduces new technology I will take the training classes so that when it is presented to the students I will have some understanding of what to do and how to do it so that I may be able to help them to understand what they are doing and why. Also, I will have a better attitude of learning something new and not always depending on what I am use too. What may be useful to me, in the long run may not be for my students. My focus is to be sure that all the students learn and will be able to achieve their goals when they leave the classroom.

References:

Thornburg, D. (2009). Diversity and globalism. Laureate Education, Inc. Retrieved November 17, 2010 from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=4199715&Survey=1&47=5828341&ClientNodeID=984645&coursenav=1&bhcp=1

Soloway, E. (n.d.). The digital divide: leveling the playing field. [Podcast]. Retrieved November 17, 2010 from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/courses/14936/CRS-WUEDUC8812-3730077/EDUC_8848_PK_Transcript.pdf

Red Queens and Increasing Returns

The DVD that I obtained for Module 4 was Next. I rented from the video store. The current competition between DVDs and video on demand are Red Queens. The reason is that they did not hit the market at the same time. DVDs and video on demand are competing against one another and working to achieve the same goal (Thornburg, 2009). People spend money going to video stores to rent DVD movies, record them on a DVR, and video on demand they can rent the movie and watch it on their computer with some free of charge and some a fee.

I believe that DVDs and video on demand of McLuhan’s tetrad is reversal; it is setting the stage for its own replacement.

Reference:

Thornburg, D. (2009). Red Queens and Increasing Returns Vodcast: In Laureate Education, Inc. Emerging and future technology.

The Disruptive Power of Second Life

Dr. Thornburg explained disruptive technology ad new technology with the same function of an existing technology, but it functions more sufficiently and then obsoletes that technology (Thornburg).

Second Life is a disruptive technology because it replaces the physical environment, whether teaching, reality or industrial with a virtual environment. I do not see what technology or innovation it displaced. I do not know how many years that Second Life has left. If it does be replaced it will be something better, more intriguing, and at a lower cost.

The social benefit of Second Life will be hand-on training and learning. People can train or learn in their home with the feedback that they need without feeling embarrassed.

Second Life will increase which brings fear due to the increasing ubiquity that is inevitable. People will be able to create and experience things that they could not do in the physical world. It will immense diversity, communication, and collaboration with people from other countries and cultures (Rosedale, 2008).

References:

Rosedale, P. (2008). Second Life [Video]. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/the_inspiration_of_second_life.html

Thornburg, D. (2009). Evolutionary technology Vodcast: In Laureate Education, Inc. Emerging and future technology

Rhymes of History Technology

An example of technology that represents a rhyme of history is text messaging through cellular phones. It rekindles or retrieves from the past: when people had something important to tell or just wanted to tell someone something they would call them on the telephone but they may not be able to talk. It may be that you are in another state and want this communication to go through now. The Indians use to send smoke signals and other people used Pony Express to send mail.

You are able now to talk to a person instantly, able to ask a question and get an immediate reply within seconds. A person can take a picture and send it as an attachment with the text message and you do not have to wait until you see them.

Resource:
www.articlesbase.com/videos/5min/170564612

Emerging Technologies Tetrad

Tetrad: Cellular Phone

Enhances: They are digital, you are able browse and buy from the Internet, send emails, take pictures, record, and have GPS navigation.

Obsoletes: Mobile car phones and could only talk 35 minutes.

Retrieves/rekindles: The big phones in a bag that people would use and the signals could not get far out. To input the text you will blow on the screen to switch modes, and then write with your finger as a stylus.

Reverses: It will occur. A “window phone” will reflect current conditions on the screen. Another example is a solar phone that is on the back of the pone with curved surface allowing it to stick to a window by suction to charge. Plus, it will not get lost on a desk.

References:

Retrieved September 24, 2010 from http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa072199.htm

Ng, A. The Huffington Post, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2010 from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/05/future-phones-the-coolest_n_450678.html?slidenumber=EeQ3cB9j0ug%3D&slideshow#slide_image
Liu Hsiang-Ling's "Sticker Phone"

Identify an Emerged Technology

A current technology that has emerged in the last few years is blogging. It has shaped learning in higher education. There has been no problems or challenges associated in this technology.

The societal needs that it has met are allowing collaboration among students. The benefits are that students can write text, assignments, and post to one another blogs. They are able to provide feedback, correction, videos and opinions in response to projects and assignments. Students are able to work on a project together providing information along with creating team blog. Even when you are on the go you can use Go Mobile. Blogging can be done in 41 different languages.

The website that I used is: http://www.blogger.com/start

New Technologies

The situation that I experienced while encouraging people to use a new technology; was when I was teaching a laptop class. I had a student who would not use the Internet. She said that she did not need to know how to use it and I explained to her the different things that she could do and that it was also part of the laptop class. I also expressed that before the class was over she would be on the Internet and she said that she would not. Her attitude was that she would learn it if she really had to, but she did not have to. She had a resentment of me telling her. When the other students would go on the Internet and learn about emails and search engines she just sat there and looked. After about the fourth week in the class the lady came in with a smile that she had subscribed to the Internet, set up an email account and was on e-bay.

To change the motivation of learners to encourage success I would explain to them the motives of using the technology and what to expect. Using Keller’s ARCS model, when you see the individual abilities, skills and knowledge of other students it pushes them to do better because they don’t want to feel left out or not able to be in a conversation about what is going on. They become motivated, pay better attention and ask questions (Driscoll, 2005).

References

Driscoll, M.P. (2005). Psychology of learning for instruction (3rd ed.). Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.

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