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The Machine Stops: Where to from Here?
Carol SkyringLearnTel
@carolskyringcarolskyring.com
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1909: E.M. Forster publishes “The Machine Stops,” a chilling tale of a futuristic information-oriented society that grinds to a bloody halt, literally.
Some aspects of the story no longer seem in the distant future!
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Communication is via an instant messaging/video conferencing machine.
From the 1971 Geaorge Lucas movie: THX 1138 (http://www.joehallock.com/?)p=77)
A world in which:
Only activity - the sharing of ideas and knowledge.
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•Are we living in that world? •Where do we go from here? •What technologies are on the horizon that will impact on teachers and students?
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1 point if you know what it is2 points if you’ve used
• Video conferencing
• Animoto
• Minecraft
• Xtranormal
• Infographics
• One True media
• SecondLife
• Go animate
• Vlix
• Quest Atlantis
• Gesture-based computing
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Now...Sydney Opera House broadcasts Shakespeare live to students
in Port Macquarie and they tweet questions/comments
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Now...Students from all parts of the world collaborate
on projects in real time.
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Now...Students visit museums, art galleries, science
centres, NASA, the reef and more.
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Where to...Visual communication will be THE way to communicate (& learn)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/awfulshot/456852642/
Video:
- creating & consuming
- live
- archived
Images
Infographics
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More tools like
www.animoto.com
www.xtranormal.com
http://itunes.apple.com
www.onetruemedia.com
http://goanimate.com/
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http://ivancash.com/Infographic-of-Infographics
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Where to...Mobile, mobile, mobile.....
http://www.bizarrocomics.com/
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Access learning from anywhere
Creating on mobile devices
Connecting from mobile devices
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Where to...Connect and collaborate
Using a range of tools - more social media
Across time & distance
PLNs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenwarburton/5870909268/
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Where to...Virtual worlds
Simulations
Role plays
Solve problems collaboratively
http://www.minecraft.net/
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Second_Life_Education
http://www.questatlantis.org/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/dopamind/4849524717/
Horizon...
http://www.nmc.org/news/its-here-releases-horizon-report-2012-k-12-edition
<1 year:Mobile appsTablet computing
2-3 years:Game-based learningPersonal learning environments
4-5 years:Augmented realityGesture-based computing
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The Machine Stops
@carolskyring
cskyring@learntel.com.au
Tuesday, 26 June 12