Communication Technologyof the Year 2023

By: Hannah Brady

Looking Back• 10 years ago– Hard-back textbooks– CD Players– VHS– Dial-up internet– Flip phones

• It’s hard to believe these communication technology were dominate 10 years ago and are now almost non-existent.

Current Technology

•Ten Years Later– Online Learning– Ipods– Facebook– Twitter– Smartphones– Etc

• Its astonishing to see in such a short period of time how all these communication technologies have changed our daily lives.

Google Project Glass:The New Smart Phone

• Instead of a smart phone it seems this would be new way of getting information at our “fingertips“.– “ the small screen on the glasses flashes information right on cue, allowing the

wearer to set up meetings with friends, get directions in the city, find a book in a store, and even videoconference with a friend.” (LaMonica, 2012).

The New Smart Phone

Being “four eyed” will never look so cool as with the Google Eye

A bar of small icons floats just above the wearer's eyesight, and by looking upward, the wearer can interact with the icons to view the weather, send text messages, and do much of what a smartphone can do.

With this the Google glasses will allow the wearer to see what’s around them and not just look at a phone screen. The wearer will be able to live in “reality”.

Media System Dependency Theory

• “assumes that the more a person depends on having his or her needs gratified by media use, the more important will be the role that media play in the person’s life and therefore the more influence those media will have on that person.” (Media System Dependency Theory)

• We are all becoming addicted to our phones, today the media is encouraging people to do so with live tweets and voting with text.

High-Tech Education

• Education progresses every school year. And the year 2023 will be no different.

• All students will use tablets

• Computer adaptive testing

• Online classes

Communication technology in Education

• Digital Textbooks– Instead of hauling around a backpack full of books students will have

everything on their tablet. – Student will submit homework electronically– Teachers will be able to grade and post homework with a click of a button.

As well as communicate with parents regarding their child’s progress.• Computer Adaptive Testing

– Students sit in front of computer screens and take tests that adapt to their ability. • If a student get a question right then the proceeding questions will become more

difficult, however if they get it wrong the questions become easier.

• Online courses– Students will become home schooled more and be able to graduate earlier.

(Cuban, 2012)

Social Learning Theory

• Social Learning “theory was that humans learn behaviors by others performing those behaviors and imitating them. In today’s increasingly mediated society, the mass media message becomes the source of observational learning.” (Theory of Mass Communication, 2010).

• Children see someone everyday using some form of technology, which they learn and sometimes teach people how to use them. So with the future using tablets to learn, it seems children will catch on quickly to the subject and could make subjects more interesting just by using a tablet.

The Future of Entertainment

• The basic television in the future– Will have wifi– Be able to control from a phone– Holographic– Ultra High Definition (4320p) which

is 16 times the resolution of HDTV– Voice control

The Introduction of 5G•5G will include:

– Ability to assess multiple wireless network– Group cooperative relay– IPv6– Deliver high speed internet everywhere

(Future Time Line, 2013).

Video Games of the Future

• Video Games will feature:– Less lag time online– More realistic– More motion-

controlled games– Games to improve

life styles– Have a sleeker

design

Moore’s Diffusion of Innovations Theory

• Diffusion is the “process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over a period of time among the members of a social system”. An innovation is “an idea, practice, or object that is perceived to be new by an individual or other unit of adoption”. “Communication is a process in which participants create and share information with one another to reach a mutual understanding” (Rogers, 1995).

• It takes time for technology to come about and be accept into society. So this theory explains how and why it takes time for technology to become the norm.

Diffusion of Innovation Model

Source Page• Cuban, Larry. (2012, December 27). Predictions about High-Tech in K-12 Schools in

2020. Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice.Retrieved July 15, 2013, from https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/predictions-about-high-tech-in-k-12-schools-in-2023/

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• LaMonica, Martin. (2012, April 6). Google Project Glass: You aint seen nothin’ yet. Cnet. Retrieved July 15, 2013, fromhttp://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57410443-76/googles-project-glass-you-aint-seen-nothin-yet/.

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http://srambeau.wordpress.com/2010/09/19/social-cognitive-theory/