Module 2 - Emerging Technologies Tetrad

Enhances - With the Lytro camera images can be focused after the picture has been developed. With this you can take a picture and focus on lots of different objects and make multiple pictures out of that one.

Obsoletes - This camera could replace the digital cameras of today. With today's cameras one focuses on an object and takes the picture. This will no longer be necessary. The photographer can just take a picture and play with it until it is to their liking.

Retrieves - This camera retrieves the memory of the 3D camera which processes the ability to take pictures which can be developed and viewed in 3D using special glasses.

Reverses - The Lytro camera could one day be replaced with cameras with enough megapixels to zoom into anything. Such technology was used at the Obama inauguration. One can zoom in on an individual's face out of thousands of people.  Take a look, it is amazing!

http://www.davidbergman.net/blog/how-i-made-a-1474-megapixel-photo-during-president-obamas-inaugural-address/

http://www.lytro.com/#

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Module 1 - Identify an Emerged Technology

One technology which has emerged in the last few years in the field of education is the Smart Boards or interactive white boards.  This technology turns a dusty chalkboard into an interactive learning experience.  With the utilization of a Smart Board such as a MIMIO or a Promethean, teachers can demonstrate concepts in ways that a regular dry erase board could not offer.  In a world where technology is second nature to our young students, the Smart Boards allows them an opportunity to learn from something they are comfortable with. 

            Despite all its advantages, these boards have posed some challenges since their introduction into schools.  In an economy which is anything but flourishing, the cost of the board prohibits some classroom from having this convenience.  The expenditure of the boards has caused some schools to even purchase a few with the purpose of sharing among all the teachers.  Training is another challenge among teachers who have had the privilege of working with the Smart Boards.  Again, the failing economy has caused some school, such as mine, to cut in the area of workshops and travel.  Without adequate training the Smart Boards are merely classroom decoration which offers no meaningful learning experiences to the students.

            To avoid the purchasing and nonuse do to lack of knowhow, companies which sell these products could offer to the school which purchase them free staff training to teach operation and implementation to teachers.  Free webinars could also be provided if the company had no way of offering an actually person to do the training.  The Promethean website has done a good job of offering tutorials which demonstrate basic use as well as more advance ways to use their product.        

http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en-us/