{"id":7512,"date":"2012-09-11T20:50:45","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T03:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/?p=7512"},"modified":"2012-09-11T20:50:45","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T03:50:45","slug":"zd-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/2012\/09\/11\/zd-net\/","title":{"rendered":"ZD Net"},"content":{"rendered":"

For my critical analysis I have chosen ZD net\u2019s Top 10 ED tech predictions for 2011. Obviously this is an older article so it is interesting to look at what was predicted as being top ED tech for 2011. I also searched and found several articles relating to that one \u201cThe top 5 ed tech developments of 2011 that weren\u2019t\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 and \u201cTop 5 Ed Tech predictions for 2012<\/a>\u201d.\u00a0 All of Christopher\u2019s picks for 2011 didn\u2019t materialize the way that he thought and I would say that his 2012 predictions are not accurate as well. This clearly demonstrates the point that it is very hard to predict what the next growing trend in Ed tech will be. All of these technologies are dependent on certain events happening. Like the 1:1 was dependent on inexpensive tablets being produced and accepted on mass. I would say this will happen in the future but we are not at that point yet.<\/p>\n

Christopher Dawson the author does have some experience in these fields being the Vice President of Marketing for WizIQ inc and learning network provider. However his predictions are nothing more than an opinion and not based on any reliable data. The same is true for Adam Garry, though as a manager of Dell\u2019s global professional learning he would be apprised of the growing trends in ED tech.<\/p>\n

ZD net is a news based online publication that is owned by CNET and focused on reporting on IT. This publication is geared towards the general public with reviews of tablets and other technologies. This publication does provide information and updates on what is happening within the IT world. However, the substance that would be valuable to educator is not necessarily present. Their writers are more inclined on grabbing reader\u2019s attention and keep its list of subscriber\u2019s growing. Based on his failed predictions it would not be a publication I would go out and promote to colleagues. However, it is a good reference point to find out about the newest and latest in the ED tech world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For my critical analysis I have chosen ZD net\u2019s Top 10 ED tech predictions for 2011. Obviously this is an older article so it is interesting to look at what was predicted as being top ED tech for 2011. I also searched and found several articles relating to that one \u201cThe top 5 ed tech […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4998,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[328793],"tags":[548324,548323],"class_list":["post-7512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-week-02-the-edtech-marketplace","tag-top-10-ed-tech-predictions","tag-zd-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4998"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7514,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7512\/revisions\/7514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}