In doing research this week, I ran into the issue that much of the information I was finding was outdated. Dating from the late '90s and early 2000s, it was interesting to read what educators felt the future would look like and what tools we would be using. The scary part was that their vision was not wide enough. They limited their explorations to the web and what could be published there. They did not anticipate the amount of interaction that we are now seeing. Facebook was not even created until 2004.
The amazing progression (when I was in college, hand-held calculators did not exist, when my last child was born PCs were still only used widely in business, when I owned my business downloading a simple 100 meg program took overnight if you were lucky and did not lose connection) from the beginnings to what we now see as normal will only continue, since that is the only way for the computer industry to continue making money. Trying to imagine what will exist in the future is difficult. It is another good reason for us to become more proficient with our computer skills so that the next generation not only has the background knowledge, they have the attitude that change and progression is normal and to be expected.
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ReplyDeleteGood comment on our vision not being big enough, forward thinking enough! We've come so far in a very short time. I bought a 4GB SD card for my camera this week for $4.99, but I remember buying the first 500 megabyte exernal storage device and it was almost $1000 and bigger than 10 laptops piled on top of one another--(or maybe 30 iPads?)
Amazing.
You might try some alternative search engines if Google isn't working for you. Or use the advanced search in Google to limit the info to more current articles.