Emerging & Future Technologies

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Emerging Future Technologies

• Ashley M. Bridges
• Walden University
• November 20, 2010

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Technology Wordle
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Overhead Projector

• Very basic and simple form of a projector that
  teachers use in classrooms for many years.
• Displays and enlarges images onto a screen or
  wall.
• Generally used to enlarge images from worksheet
  or notes.
• Made up of a box with a cooling fan and a bright
  light with a long extended arm above it.

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SMART Interactive Whiteboard
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SMART Interactive Whiteboard

• SMART Interactive whiteboards have taken over the
  use of overhead projectors in many school
  systems.
• Streamlines the teaching experiences by enabling
  teachers to engage students with interactive
  lessons while simultaneously accessing and
  controlling all of the classroom technology.
• Teachers can write in digital ink with their
  fingers or a pen, as well as interact with
  applications and save notes.

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• Obsolete Technology Tetrad

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• Emerging Technology Tetrad

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Technology Interview

• Dr. Mason
• District Technology Director

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Interview Questionsfor Decision Maker

• How did the school district decide to purchase
  interactive whiteboards for all of the schools?
• Exactly how many products did the district look
  at before making a choice to purchase the boards?
• Did the district ever consider getting Promethean
  Boards?
• Whos decision had it been to purchase a SMART
  board for each classroom?
• Has having the SMART Interactive whiteboard shown
  growth in academics?
• Do you think there will be another technology
  that will eventually make the interactive
  whiteboard obsolete?

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Technology Interview

• Mrs. J. Hubbard
• 2009 2010 Teacher of the Year

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Interview Questionsfor End User

• How long have you been teaching? Subject area?
• Before the purchase of the interactive
  whiteboards were made, did you use overhead
  projectors in the classroom?
• Upon receiving the SMART board in your classroom,
  was there anything specific that you had to do or
  participate in?
• What educational goals does the SMART board help
  you to meet in your classroom?
• Have you seen a difference in academics with
  having the interactive board as opposed to
  overheads?
• Would you recommend the SMART board to other
  teachers? Why or why not?

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• There are actual causes that aid in the emergence
  of new technology. The key principles of
  evolution were stated as numerous forces that
  cause technology to develop as they go through an
  evolutionary process as they continue to change
  (Thornburg, 2008).

• Evolutionary Technologies

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Evolutionary Technologies

• Overhead Projector

• SMART board

• In 1945, the U. S. Army used overhead projectors
  for training.
• In the late 1950s and early 1960s, overhead
  projectors began to be used in schools and
  businesses.
• Some think that the first overhead projector used
  a cellophane roll over a 9-inch stage that
  allowed facial characteristics to be rolled
  across the stage.

• Interactive whiteboard manufactured by SMART
  technologies.
• The first board was introduced in 1991 now used
  in classrooms, lecture halls, group meetings and
  presentations around the world.
• Boards were manufactured to only interact with 1
  person. Now they can work with 2 people at one
  time.

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Rhymes of History
Rhymes of History are one of the forces that
drive the emergence of technology. Dr.
Thornburg (2008) described a rhyme in history as
an affect or effort of a new development that
rekindles something from the past.
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Rhymes of History

• Overhead Projector

• SMART board

• The opaque projector is the precursor to the
  overhead projector. It operates similar to the
  old-time camera.
• The opaque works by shining a bright light down
  onto an object or image. The light reflected off
  the image is focused with mirrors and lenses to
  project the image onto a screen or wall.

• Rekindles the overhead projector.
• Takes over the computer to become interactive and
  all students can see.
• Takes over the television. Students can watch
  television on the SMART board in the classroom.

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• Disruptive technologies can cause a change or
  paradigm shift in business practices, markets,
  and even in the lives of individual consumers.
• However, disruptive technologies dont always
  fully replace the existing technology because it
  can adapt and the two technologies can eventually
  evolve together.
• A disruptive technology is a technological
  innovation, product, or service that eventually
  overturns the existing technology or product in
  the market.

• Disruptive Technologies

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Disruptive Technologies

• SMART board

• Has disrupted the use of many technologies once
  used.
• Overhead Projector
• Television/ Remote control
• Printers
• The SMART board has paved a new way of engaging
  students interactively.

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• Competition between technologies that come out at
  the same time.
• The SMART board is in competition with
  interactive boards from other companies.
• Panaboard (Panasonic), Promethean board, Hitachi
  FX Duo 77 Starboard, etc.

• Increasing Returns

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Science Fiction

• A creative force for emerging technologies.
• Science fiction, on the other hand, stretches the
  imagination to envision a world that is
  dramatically different from the one in which we
  live.

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Red Queens

• The actual competitiveness between two
  technologies that leave all other competitors
  behind.
• As of current, I dont think theres another
  technology that will replace the SMART
  interactive board.

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Interactive Board Future

• I dont foresee the SMART Interactive board being
  in competition anytime soon.
• However, there will be some technology that will
  cause the board to become obsolete.
• SMART will also continue to come up with more
  emerging technology that will get more
  interactive each time.

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References

• Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2008).
  Evolutionary technologies, featuring Dr. David
  Thornburg.
• Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2008). Six
  forces that drive emerging technology, featuring
  Dr. David Thornburg.
• Laureate Education, Inc. (n.d.a). Increasing
  returns Podcast featuring Dr. David Thornburg.
• Laureate Education, Inc. (n.d.b). Red queens
  Podcast featuring Dr. David Thornburg
• SMART. (2010). Smart technologies. Retrieved from
  http//www.smarttech.com/us/Solutions/EducationSo
  lutions