Technology Predictions

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Technology Predictions

• One day every town in America will have its own
  telephone (U.S. Mayor, 1880).
• Within the next decade moving pictures will
  replace print (Thomas Edison, 1913).
• I foresee a world market for maybe 5 computers
  (Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943).
• I predict a time when computers will weigh no
  more than one and a half tons (Popular
  Mechanics, 1949).
• I foresee no reason for people to have a
  computer in their home (Ken Olson, President of
  Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977).
• ( Quotes taken from Riel, 2000, pp. 2021)

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From the Reading

• Instructional Models
• Blooms Taxonomy
• Knowledge
• Comprehension
• Application
• Analysis
• Synthesis
• Evalutation

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From the Reading

• Kinds of Computer Use
• Teaching about computers
• Administrative use
• Teaching with computers
• Instructional Software
• Tutorials
• Drill and Practice
• Simulations
• Cognitive Tools
• Data Analysis Tools Spreadsheets and Databases
• Information Literacy - Internet
• Understanding relationships Presentation
  Software
• Writing Editing Word Processing

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From the Reading

• Digital Divide
• Curricular Computing
• Hardware