Emerging Web TechnologiesShowcase October 2012

1. Cloud Computing2. Social Media3. Mobile First!4. Smart Phones and Tablets5. HTML56. Pervasive Computing

1. What is it?2. How does it work?3. Who's doing it?4. Why is it signficant?5. What are the downsides?6. Where is it going?7. What are the implications for higher

education?

THE SEVEN QUESTIONS7 Things You Should Know About Series from Educause: http://www.educause.edu/research-and-publications/7-things-you-should-know-about

Everybody has a cloud!◦ Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Your Bank,

Apps or data are accessible on the Internet instead of on a single computer or network.◦ Saas – Software as a Service: "on-demand software",

software and associated data are centrally hosted in the cloud

◦ Iass – Infrastructure as a Service◦ Paas – Platform as a Service

Cloud Computing

Image Source: http://www.smallbiztechnology.com/archive/2011/09/wait-what-is-cloud-computing.html/

Integration with Mobile Media◦ A phone knows who you are, where you

are and where you’ve been. Social Media has become a

mainstream way of life for most. ◦ One of the newest and hottest social

media is Pinterest.◦ Live Social Media Stats:

http://www.sjbrooks-young.com/id221.html

Social Media

Mobile devices, ereaders, tablets, and smartphones are becoming main stream◦ inexpensive◦ lots of competition

Business use of mobile devices is just emerging◦ over 50% of infrastructure organizations had

implemented a “bring your own” mobile device program by the midpoint of 2012

◦ mobile business intelligence (BI)

Mobile

25% of American Adults Own a Tablet (Pew Internet & American Life Project)◦ Apple, Google/Android, Microsoft, B&N Nook,

Amazon Smaller less know companies getting into the market Children’s tablets a big gimmick for this Christmas

Tablets

44% of US adults have a smartphone!

80% of humans own a smartphone ◦ http://

ansonalex.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/smartphone-usage-statistics-2012-infographic.jpg

Amazon, Nokia Phablet: hybrid of phone

and tablet

Smartphones

http://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/insights/uploads/815616.pdf&embedded=true

Continues to grow and change◦ Apple iOS Store◦ Android/Google Play Market

Several off-spins of the Android market App Development

◦ Everyone needs their own app

App Ecosystems

M-payment We won’t be swiping plastic cards in 5 years, we’ll be

using mobile devices…◦ NFC, Near Field Communications

Mobile payments projected to reach $1.3 trillion by 2017◦ Mobile payment platforms:◦ Google Wallet◦ Merchant Customer Exchange◦ LevelUp◦ PayPal◦ Venmo

Mobile Payments

http://mashable.com/follow/topics/mobile-payments/http://technorati.com/business/article/retail-giants-team-up-for-mobile/

Mobile Payments 21% of mobile phone owners have

used mobile banking in past 12 months. 11% more think they will start using it. 141 million consumers used mobile

payments in 2011 $50 billion – NFC mobile payments

projection for 2014

Infographic (right):http://i.imgur.com/hpArq.png

Data Visualization Video infographics

(animated/interactive/narrated)

Infographics

Metrics and Data to drive decisions has become the trend this year.

Tools that provide live/real-time constant data and metrics have become really popular this year. ◦ http://chartbeat.com/ - just one example (

http://chartbeat.com/demo/)

Data is HOT

WebGL GeoLocation: http://html5demos.com/geo HTML5 Canvas

◦ Allows for dynamic scriptable rendering of 2d graphics and images

◦ one example: http://bomomo.com/ HTML5 Video: http://html5video.org/ WebGL

◦ Web-based graphics library

HTML5

Google+ http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/◦ Hangouts

Agile Creativity: http://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/insights/creatives/agile-creativity/◦ http://www.creativesandbox.com/

Google

 low-power ARM chips (64-bit capability)(bottom-line: chips are able to process more using less power to do it and cheaper, means more businesses getting in the cloud, more services and features offered, large clouds become more powerful, more features, faster, more storage)

Intel, HP, AMD all working on competitive chips

Hardware

http://www.zdnet.com/arm-you-think-our-servers-are-good-now-just-you-wait-7000001553/?s_cid=458

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is the use of a wireless non-contact system that uses radio-frequency electromagnetic fields to transfer data from a tag attached to an object, for the purposes of automatic identification and tracking.

It’s in everything and being added to more and more!

RFID

The “Internet of Things”◦ Google Glasses◦ Pebble Kickstarter

M2M communication – machines communicating to each other

Google Project Glass: https://plus.google.com/+projectglass/

Microsoft’s Smart Eye Glasses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=a6cNdhOKwi0

Pervasive Computing

Augmented reality (AR) is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. 

http://mashable.com/follow/topics/augmented-reality/

Augmented Reality

Adaptive Learning Technologies Adaptive learning is an educational

method which uses computers as interactive teaching devices. Computers adapt the presentation of educational material according to students' learning needs, as indicated by their responses to questions and tasks.

◦ Adaptive eLearning Research Group: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Srsp88IQ3cU

◦ http://www.knewton.com/

Adaptive Learning Platforms

This is a current job position being hired at several large universities.

Someone to keep up with the technology!◦ exploration◦ recommendations◦ management

Emerging Technologies Librarian

Apps like Flipboard and Readability. ◦ Use these apps to follow the technology news

sites and expert blogs Podcasts/Vodcasts Use Social Media

◦ Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, Google+ - connect with experts

Determine a way to collect the information and keep your own notes: evernote

Keeping Up

Image by Cambodia4kids.org: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/1343334854/

What is Cloud Computing? http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372163,00.asp

ARM: The nature of Servers has changed: http://www.zdnet.com/arm-the-nature-of-servers-has-changed-7000004294/

Augmented Reality is Finally Getting Real: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428654/augmented-reality-is-finally-getting-real/?mod=related

Adaptive learning: Why Your Kids Will Be Smarter Than You: http://mashable.com/2012/07/17/knewton-adaptive-learning/

A few good articles…

Educause Series, Seven Things You Should Know About…. http://www.educause.edu/ELI7Things Technology Review (Published by MIT) http://www.technologyreview.com/

Tech&Learning Online Magazine: http://www.techlearning.com/index

Mashable Tech http://mashable.com/tech/ Google Mobile Blog http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/ TechCrunch http://techcrunch.com/ PCMAG http://www.pcmag.com/ ZDNet: http://www.zdnet.com/ PewInternet: http://pewinternet.org/ This Week In Technology Network: Think with Google: http

://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/insights/

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