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Obsolete, Emerging, and Future Technologies
Rhonda GibsonEDUC 7108
Dr. PrattNovember 2010
Obsolete Technology: The Television
Going, Going, Going, Going, Obsolete!!
Obsolete Technolog
y: The Television
I used to be part of many classrooms and media
centers. Now, I am being replaced with an Emerging Technology. Today, I can be found in few classrooms but
in many supply closets.
McLuhan’s Tetrad
Enhances Obsoletes
Reverses Retrieves
Medium
Television TetradEnhances:
•collaborative learning•presentations•color•motivation•organization
Obsoletes:
• writing on a plain black surface with
a dusty material
Reverses
•blackboard•slate
Retrieves
•Visual presentations
Interview One: Mrs. Kirkland1. Please state your name and position.
2. How familiar are you with the Interwrite Boards and InterWrite Workspace.
3. What are the benefits of this emerging technology?
4. How has the Interwrite Boards improved your instruction?
5. Why is the InterWrite Board better than televisions, computers, and overheads in the classroom?
Interview Two: Mrs. Finkley1. Please state your name and position.
2. How familiar are you with the Interwrite Boards and InterWrite Workspace.
3. What are the benefits of this emerging technology?
4. How has the Interwrite Boards improved your instruction?
5. Why is the InterWrite Board better than televisions, computers, and overheads in the classroom?
Six Forces of Emerging Technology
Evolutionary Technology
Rhymes of History
Science Fiction
Disruptive Technology
Increasing Returns
Red Queens
Evolutionary Technology: InterWrite Boards
I am far better than a television.
I am interactive!
InterWrite Board Tetrad
Enhances:
Interactive WhiteboardsCollaborative learningMotivation
Organization
ObsoletesCable
Television
Reverses: Filmstrip machines
Slide MachinesOverhead projectors
Retrieves
Educational movies
Interactive websitesImagesVirtual
Field Trips
Rhymes of History:
Record players
Filmstrips
Slide projectors.
Science Fiction
Disruptive Technology
Record players
1877
Slide Projector1962
FilmstripsUsed widely in the classrooms in the
1970’s
Television in the classroom
1980’s
Interactive WhiteboardsEarly 1990’s
Increasing Returns:
Red Queens:
InterWrite board Smartboards and Promethean Boards
Addressing the Digital Divide:
Future of InterWrite Boards
References:Thornburg, D. (2009). Disruptive technology. Laureate Education, Inc. Retrieved from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com
Thornburg, D. (2008). Evolutionary technologies. [vodcast] Retrieved from: http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com
Soloway, E. (n.d.). The digital divide: Leveling the playing field [vodcast] Retrieved from: http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com
Thornburg, D. (2008a). An amazingly incomplete emerging technologies bibliography. Lake Barrington, IL: Thornburg Center for Space Exploration