Wireless Connectivity & Virtual Environments
AI, Communication, Collaboration, Systematic Web, &Expanded Mobility
Grid and Cloud Computing
Convergence and Futuristic Technology
Emerging Issues
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What is a virtual environment?
a digital representation of real or imagined worlds
100
What are Artificial Intelligences?
Programs that work similarly to the way the human brain works.
100
What are the basic operating principles of grid computing?
Resource sharing and communicating data.
100
What is the blending of technologies into a single multipurpose technology?
Convergence
100
What are some possible problems/differences when dealing with advancement in technology?
Becoming dependent on technology Not keeping up with the changes (literacy) Decentralizing instruction Altering the role of the teacher
200
What does WiFi stand for?
Wireless Fidelity
200
What are the tools that can combine data from different sources?
Data Mashups
200
What is a popular way of using peer-to-peer networking?
Sharing music (MP3 files) Sharing any type of file/data
200
What is a common technology that we have now would be considered a convergence tech?
iPhone Palms Kindle iPad
200
What are some common educational tools that could, in the future, be replaced by some type of technology? And explain how it would replace it.
Books- E learning Writing pencil paper-Typing or voice recognition Homework tray- Emailing HW to the teacher
300
What does WiMax stand for?
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
300
What is Collective Intelligence?
the knowledge and understanding that emerge from large groups of people
300
What was the first major breakthrough using grid computing?
SETI@home project -Search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
300
What is one way wearable computers could be used in future education? (Example from text)
Miniaturized computers could be used to assist special needs students. -Possibilities are endless -Using the computers to show/tell when an epileptic child is about to have a seizure.
300
What will be a common expectation when advancing further in school at an early age?
Computer literacy will become as common as reading and writing and students will be expected to know how to work a computer without teachers spending excess time to catch the students up on current technical knowledge.
400
What do Virtual Worlds allow you to do?
to interact via avatars for social, educational, and even business purposes
400
Who started Web 3.0 and when?
Mossberg 2009
400
What is a "Cloud Computing" and list 1 or 2 examples.
Cloud Computing- a network environment made up of multiple computers often in different locations, that offers small slices of computing resources on demand to many users. EX: Amazon and MobileMe
400
What type of displays expand the possible ways in which we can view and interact with the data output from our computers?
Flexible & Wearable EX: portable monitors that can be moved around easily -can be small enough to roll up into a pen or big enough to put it on a wall (Not very common in todays tech. but a possibility for the future)
400
What is a Virtual Learning Community?
Teaching multiple classrooms in different areas, even across the world. Ex: Using Skype to learn from a different area of the world
500
What does bluetooth make possible in a classroom?
to arrange the learning environment without the limitations dictated by the length of cables.
500
What promises to make learning any time, anywhere a reality for everyone?
Mobile computing
500
What is a way that cloud computing assists in making education more affordable and easily accessed?
Any shared computer with the power to connect to the cloud would give you the capabilities you need, without having to have the latest computer and software updates in each classroom.
500
How would the emergence of interactive displays open possibilities in education?
Geomapping would make teaching and learning in various areas of social studies and science a true kinesthetic experience.
500
Will teachers be obsolete in the future?
*****Opinion question***** But must explain answer in a way that makes logical sense and have examples to back up idea.