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The future of computers in our homes and schools
David Strom (revised 4/13)
Port parent, author,
Internet consultant
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Who am I?
• Port parent, Daly 4th grader
• Co-chair Citizens Technology Cmte (‘94)
• Consultant to many computer companies
• Write frequently on Internet and networking topics (former magazine editor-in-chief)
• Test lots of cool new stuff
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Agenda
• Some predictions for the future
• State of our -- and other -- schools
• Everyone has a web site these days
• Going beyond AOL for home access
• What does this all mean for the average parent
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My vision for 2002
• Laptops for kids
• Internet access everywhere: homes, classrooms, coffee bars, stores, hotels
• Everyone is their own publisher
• Multiple email addresses for everyone
• Portable wireless contact devices: super-pagers
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One no-brainer: PCs get [still] cheaper!
• Dell, HP for $999
• eMachines for $399!
• How low can they go?
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Key applications to watch
• Music and home audio/theater
• Wireless gizmos
• Email and the web intersections
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The next frontier: Music
• Goal: one set of speakers to play everything
• CDs
• MP3s
• DVD, Nintendo TV
• PC games
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Where is wireless going?
• Metricom looking to expand to LI (Internet access)
• Now have six different cell systems to choose from
• Two-way pagers are just becoming popular
• Wireless Palm Pilots
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Wireless obstacles
• Can’t build [enough] towers
• Still slower than wired connections
• Too many things to manage and integrate
• Too expensive
• Batteries never last long enough
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Look ma, no laptop!
• Haven’t owned one in years
• Use cybercafes, libraries for Internet access
• Everything I need is on the Internet now
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What about email and the web?
• Set up various services using web forms
• Then send notifications via email
• Useful for network-based storage, calendars, document distribution
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Examples of email/web applications
• eGroups.com mailing and discussion groups
• my.yahoo.com calendar and stock quotes
• Amazon.com new book notification
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Future computers
• Lighter, faster, cheaper
• Oodles of memory and disk
• Remember the typical PC 5 years ago (486/50 w/ 4/300 MB) ?
• Home networks won’t be easy -- STILL!
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State of Port schools technology
• 3 PCs/classroom K thru 5
• Labs, Internet access in all school buildings
• Weber to be wired + 1 PC/core classroom this summer
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The future of our schools’ technology
• Five years for universal gr. 3-12 laptops
• Two years for well-integrated curriculum
• Two years for >90% teaching training
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School technology report card
• Training the teachers: B
• Improving the infrastructure: B-
• Computer curriculum: B-
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How do we stack up?
• Neighboring communities
• Neighboring colleges
• Rest of the world
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Examples
• CAD lab at HS with NY Tech’s lab
• Manhasset
• Hilton Head High
• Intel’s Lesson Plans on the web
• Georgia “Write an Engineer” site
• Oregon State’s Virtual Student Desktop
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Port Schools web site
• Portnet: www.portnet.k12.ny.us
• School closing notification
• School newspapers, student web pages
• Class field trip pix
• Board of Ed. meeting agendas
• Contact info, calendars, etc.
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Port Washington web sampler
• Library (pwpl.org)• Fire department (pwfd.com)• Town of North Hempstead (northhempstead.com)• Village of Sands Point (sandspoint.org) etc.• Business Improvement Dist. (portwashington.org)• Soccer Club (pwsoccer.com)• Many, many others (including strom.com!)
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Typical home Internet situation today
• AOL with 33 Kbps dial-up modem
• a few multi-PC homes, non-networked
• Biggest uses: Chat, email, word processing
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What’s changing?
• Continuous Internet access
• Networks in the homes
• Applications moving towards the web
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Beyond AOL for home Internet access
• DSL (ISP + Bell Atlantic)
• CableVision
• ISDN
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Advantages for high-speed access
• Always-on connections
• Free up phones for voice calls
• Avoid connection busy signals
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The Internet is always on in my house
• Wife and child now use it daily (28 MM active users in a third US homes?)
• Search movie times in local theaters
• Calendar on Yahoo
• AOL buddy lists always available
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The notion of information on-demand
• Search online encyclopedias (Comptons)
• Download software when we need it (Shareware.com)
• Download music when we want to listen to it (Mp3.com)
• Download books when we want to read them (ToExcel, Xlibris)
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Implications
• Newspapers and TV become less important
• Networks become more compelling
• Finding stuff via the web is still too hard
• Buying stuff via the web is sometimes too much of an impulse
• New applications for web use (taxes, shopping)
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So what’s the average parent to do?
• Make sure you don’t over or under buy technology
• Consider continuous access soon
• Understand and monitor your child’s computer use
• Take a course, pick an application (email) to get started
• Surf with care: misinformation (Tunisia), hate sites, and porn
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Questions?
Copies of this presentation, along with links to the sites mentioned, are available at: www.portnet.k12.ny.us/techconference