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Exploring the Future:Presenter Gerry Davis

Educational Technologist

Northwest Ohio Educational Technology Foundation

Bowling Green State University

Gdavis@bgsu.edu | Davis@nwoet.org

800-966-9638

http://www.classroom20.com/profile/gerry5757

Date Thursday, March 6, 2008

Exploring the future of the Internet

Gerry DavisEducation Technology SpecialistNorthwest Ohio Educational Technology Foundation2007

The Internet Becomes the Computer

Content FiltersExploring the future of the internet

20 sites at a time

The Threat of SecurityThe Threat of SecurityHindering Technology Integration In the Classroom

Learning and Leading with Technology | Sept / Oct 2007

By LeAnne Robinson, Abbie Brown and Tim Green

Content filters are less than perfect…

209,000How do you bypass a content filter?

Possible Ways

But if that weren’t enough ……

Solution

Allow teachers the professional courtesy to choose content.

Get Involved in your tech planning meetings.

Engage all stakeholders in a meaningful dialogue.

Provide children with internal guidance systems so they don’t become cyber feral.

Net NeutralityExploring the future of the internet

20 sites at a time

But what exactly is net neutrality, and why does it seem to have everyone from Google to concerned?

In a nutshell, the issue involves the transmission of data over broadband networks.

Cable and phone companies are seeking to regulate how material flows to users through their networks.

Question is; Where do we fit in?

Schools Consume Bandwidth!

?#!?!!

Web 2.0 – The Internet is the computer

Exploring the future of the Internet20 sites at a time

Web 2.0, coined by O'Reilly Media ; a second generation of Web-based services - such as social networks, wikis and blogs, that emphasize collaboration among users.

Applications

Good Application

Digital Storytelling

Conclusion

Schools are still grappling with low bandwidth issues. This is especially true in rural areas. For the foreseeable future most 2.0 applications will be used at either home or in urban areas. Nevertheless expect it to become the accepted way of computing in the future.

The network will become the computer.

User Generated Content

Or the

The People Formerly Known as the Audience

The People Formerly Known as Students

Exploring the future of the internet20 sites at a time

Blogs often provide commentary or news on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news; some function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic.

From Wikipedia Video

This blog is mostly personal

This blog is strongly focused on copy write law ..

Blogger

Create your own blog using Google Blogger

Use Google to search for Blogs specific to your needs.

WikisExploring the future of the internet20 sites at a time

Pod Casting

• Podcasting Podcasting derives its name from Apple's iPod, to

create a podcast, to listen to one, you don't need to own an iPod, or any portable music player. Podcasting is a new type of online media delivery. You publish AV files to the internet and your users “subscribe” via RSS feed to receive them.

Podcasting lets you create your own online program, with content of your choosing.

Streaming Media

Streaming media is multimedia that is continuously received by, and normally displayed to, the end-user as it is being delivered by the provider.

The term is usually applied to media that are distributed over networks. Most delivery systems are either inherently streaming (radio, television) or inherently non-streaming (books, video cassettes, audio CDs).

Computing Interface

New Computing Mobile Multi Media

Massive Storage Cell Phones

Display Technology Massive Bandwidth

Surface ComputingExploring the future of the internet20 sites at a time

Microsoft Surface is a forthcoming multi-touch product from Microsoft which is developed as a software and hardware combination technology that allows a user, or multiple users, to manipulate digital content by the use of natural motions, hand gestures, or physical objects.

The Future is…Tomorrow

On the horizonComing

The Future is NOW

Does this look familiar?

MP 3 Players – New Computing

Cell Phones – New Computing

Handheld Computing

New Media Content DistributionExploring the future of the internet20 sites at a time

• A digital audio player (DAP) is a device that stores, organizes and plays audio files. It is more commonly referred to as an MP3 player because of the MP3 format's ubiquity, but DAPs often play many additional file formats. Some formats are proprietary, such as Windows Media Audio (WMA), and to a degree, Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) and MP3.

Convergence Features

• Maps• GPS• Video Player• Music Player• Full Web Access• Clock/Timer• Calculator• Television

• Podcasts• Vodcasts• Text Message• Camera• Calendar• Productivity Tools• Radio• Email

Cell Phones | Hand held Computers

Number Texts Per Month

= 3000 plus How is that possible?

Friend or Foe?

Before you judge, think about the number words that have entered the language since the time of Shakespeare.

By necessity language is dynamic and a reflection of our communicative needs.

Virtual Worlds

Virtual Worlds – Second Life et al

www.virtualworldsreview.com

Virtual world

A virtual world is a computer-based simulated environment intended for its users to inhabit and interact via avatars.

Second Life, unlike many Web 2.0 applications Second Life requires the installation of an executable (.exe) so that the user can access the world.

Getting Around

Flying

Walking

Teleporting

Social Networks

A social network service focuses on the building and verifying of online social networks for communities of people who share interests and activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others, and which necessitates the use of software.

Most social network services are primarily web based and provide a collection of various ways for users to interact, such as chat, messaging, email, video, voice chat, file sharing, blogging, discussion groups,

The Future

Change is Constant, but we can’t allow ourselves to be overwhelmed by it. Being aware is an important component of adaptation.

We don’t know the future but we do know chance favors the prepared mind.

Web Portals

• A web portal is a site that functions as a point of access to information on the World Wide Web. Portals present information from diverse sources in a unified way. Popular portals are MSN, InfoOhio, and Craigslist. Aside from the search engine standard, web portals offer other services such as news, stock prices, social content and many other features. Portals can provide a way for enterprises to provide a consistent look and feel.

BGSU course portal

InfOhio information portal

craigslist portal

The Terabyte Massive Storage | Bandwidth

Exploring the future of the internet

500GB / 4.2 GB = 120 Full Length Movies

Transmission SpeedsSeptember 2006

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation has successfully demonstrated the ultra-large capacity optical transmission of 14 Terabits per second (Tera is one trillion) over a single 160 km long optical fiber.

The Future

Change is Constant, but we can’t allow ourselves to be overwhelmed by it. Being aware is an important component of adaptation.

We don’t know the future but we do know chance favors the prepared mind.