{"id":5645,"date":"2012-05-20T09:39:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T16:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/?p=5645"},"modified":"2012-05-20T09:41:28","modified_gmt":"2012-05-20T16:41:28","slug":"top-10-ed-tech-predictions-for-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/2012\/05\/20\/top-10-ed-tech-predictions-for-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Ed Tech predictions for 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 6.0pt;background: white;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"color: #252525;font-family: Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size: 45px\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: Verdana;color: #959595\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;font-size: 9pt\">I have choses to review Dawson and Garry\u2019s 2011 predictions (with the hindsight of a year and half passing).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: Verdana\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: Verdana\">Devices<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: Verdana\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt\">Both writers express their view of 1:1 device to student ratio but have dissimilar views of what that device will look like in public education. Garry, as a Dell employee promotes net books while Dawson sees the tablet market taking precedent. A year and a half later this battle is \u00a0still one up for grabs. The implementation BYOD in an open market may have the final say but it will be be heavily influenced by software developers. Will apps be able to run on both types of devices? From my experience seeing kids interact with tablets, I would say they have the current advantage. The infrastructure however, in the schools I deal with, (teacher training, admin, parent approval, board approval ect..) is years away from making this transition. I think pilot schools that adopt such an e-learning 1:1 strategy will allow\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px\">enrolment<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt\">\u00a0be the indicator for further growth. If the school is busting at the seams due to over\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px\">enrolment<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt\">\u00a0then other schools will have to follow suit. We see this with Hockey and Dance academy schools now. Is there Tech academy schools in our near future in BC?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: Verdana\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: Verdana\">Boiling Chicken Eggs<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: Verdana\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: Verdana\">So does software such as e-learning textbooks with personalized learning combined with authentic projects (seems to be the main vision for the future) come first, or do the economics of scale to get the right devices out to the masses need to come first? Water is still water (at sea level for all you science teachers) at 99 degrees Celsius. Computers are just expensive typewriters if they do not reach a certain threshold of use. Where will be the final few degrees come from to \u201cturn water into steam\u201d in our public system?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Comments?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Brian Hotovy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0I have choses to review Dawson and Garry\u2019s 2011 predictions (with the hindsight of a year and half passing). \u00a0 Devices \u00a0 Both writers express their view of 1:1 device to student ratio but have dissimilar views of what that device will look like in public education. 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