Innovative Technologies with a Future in Education

This session focuses on cutting edge technologies from Kickstarter, Apple, Google and other prominent technology companies and their implications for education. This is an inspirational and exciting talk about the possibilities currently available and coming soon to education, some at very little cost!

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1. Derek Keenan!
   Rocky View Schools
   @mrdkeenan
   mrkeenan@gmail.com
   mrkeenan.ca
   Innovative
   Technologies with a
   Future in Education
   This session will focus on cutting edge technologies from Kickstarter,
   Apple, Google and other prominent technology companies and their
   implications for education. This is an inspirational and exciting talk about
   the possibilities currently available and coming soon to education, some
   at very little cost!
   iWatch Concept by Todd Hamilton
   

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2. The iWatch as ‘Futurism’
   • There is a belief in the ‘destiny’ of technology
   • Science Fiction has provided much of the ‘spark’ of
   innovation
   

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3. The Horizon Report
   • Focuses on the adoption of new and relevant
   technologies in Education
   • Since 2009, the Horizon Report has offered possible
   directions and timelines in educational technology
   • Shall we take a look at the predictions?
   

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4. The Horizon Report
   • 2009
   • 1 year: Collaborative Environments,
   Online Communication Tools
   • 2-3 years: Mobiles, Cloud Computing
   • 4-5 years: Smart Objects, The
   Personal Web (the internet of things)
   

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5. The Horizon Report
   • 2010
   • 1 year: Collaborative
   Environments, Cloud Computing
   • 2-3 years: Mobiles, Game-
   Based Learning
   • 4-5 years: Augmented Reality,
   Flexible Displays
   

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6. The Horizon Report
   • 2011
   • 1 year: Mobiles, Cloud
   Computing
   • 2-3 years: Game-Based
   Learning, Open Content
   • 4-5 years: Learning Analytics,
   Personal Learning
   Environments
   

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7. The Horizon Report
   • 2012
   • 1 year: Mobile Devices and
   Apps, Tablet Computing
   • 2-3 years: Game-Based
   Learning, Personal Learning
   Environments
   • 4-5 years: Augmented Reality,
   Natural Learning Interfaces
   

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8. The Horizon Report
   • 2013
   • 1 year: Cloud Computing,
   Mobile Learning
   • 2-3 years: Learning Analytics,
   Open Content
   • 4-5 years: 3D Printing, Virtual
   and Remote Laboratories
   

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9. Framing Technology for
   Education
   • Consider the sources and opportunities, but frame
   them educationally
   • How might we make use of consumer items, and for-
   profit educational technologies?
   

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10. NETS S
    • National Education Technology Standards for Students
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    • How does emerging technology support these goals?
    

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11. Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy
    (from ictintegration.wikispaces.com)
    https://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom's+Digital+Taxonomy
    for full PDF document
    

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12. Emerging Technology
    • Presenting technologies currently on the market, in
    production, and conceptual
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    • One question to consider on each slide….
    

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13. Bare Conductive
    Touch Board
    • With very simple instruction, what could our students create?
    

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14. Emotiv Insight
    • Could this affect the future personalization of learning?
    

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15. Occiptal
    Structure Sensor
    • What could this mean for online learning? Measurement?
    

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16. 3Doodler
    • How could this impact conceptual learning, modelling, authentic learning?
    

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17. Virtuix
    Omni
    • What would you design if you could literally put your
    students inside a world?
    

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18. Combining Technologies
    • Looking at the technologies we have seen today,
    consider what happens when they do become
    mainstream
    • Create something physical, creative (3doodler), scan it
    (structure sensor) and place it into a physical world
    (Virtuix Omni) and then read and consider your
    interactions with it (Emotiv Insight)
    

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19. The Implications
    • What are the implications of these emerging
    technologies?
    1. Learning experiences are soon only going to
    be limited by our imagination and creativity
    2. Preparation for learning will need to be broad
    and open to allow for individual expression
    

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