{"id":206,"date":"2022-08-05T12:20:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T19:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/msjadelee\/?p=206"},"modified":"2022-08-05T12:39:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T19:39:27","slug":"task-12-speculative-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/msjadelee\/2022\/08\/05\/task-12-speculative-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"Task 12 – Speculative Futures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speculative Futures<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Dunne and Raby (2013) describe speculative design as “the idea of possible futures and using [technology] as tools to better understand the present and to discuss the kind of future people want, and,\u00a0<\/span>of course, ones people do not want. They usually take the form of scenarios, often starting with a what-if question” (p 2-3). \u00a0Dunne and Baby continue to argue that design speculation “<\/span>requires viewers to suspend their disbelief and allow their imaginations to wander, to momentarily forget how things are now, and wonder about how things could be” (p 3). I took all these points and considered the role of teaching with the future of educational technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the first part of my Final Project where I speak about the potential relationship between education and technology in the year 2052. \u00a0I wanted to explore the idea of how technology could possibily take over the mechanics of writing where students would no longer need to learn how to write manually. The process has already begun with accessibility features such as speech to text and texting using a digital keyboard. \u00a0What if the physical mechanics of writing ceased to exist in 2052? I created iMovie trailers describing a Utopian and a Dystopian perspective of this notion. \u00a0Enjoy!<\/p>\n

The second part of my Final Project will be a Podcast, in which I will be interviewing my children about their thoughts of the potential of writing changing with the increase of availability and accessibility of digital writing tools. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n

An Utopian World (iMovie transcript)\r\n\r\nThe year is 2052\r\n\r\nA time where young students are solely reliant on technology\r\nStudents learn digital writing and errors do not exist\r\n\r\nTeachers don\u2019t need to waste time teaching students how \r\nto write\r\n\r\nNo Stationary and writing supplies means less money spent\r\n\r\nTechnology creates excellent digital writers\r\n\r\nUtopian \"Takes place in a highly desirable society, \r\noften presented as advanced, happy, intelligent, \r\nor even perfect or problem-free\"\r\n\r\nAn Utopian World<\/pre>\n