Technology and Communication:

“The Now Generation”

Michael Horgan2/21/12

PowerPoint Presentation #4Real World Technologies

The History of Communication: Introduction

• “The process by which we assign and convey meaning in an attempt to create shared understanding.”

• It unifies us • Communication occurs

everywhere: home, school, community, work, right now

• Constantly changing

Communication: Era by Era• 1900-1920’s

– First talking motion picture– First cross continental telephone

call – First radio with tuner introduced– The television is invented

• 1930’s-1950’s– “Golden Age” of radio, first U.S.

television broadcasts– “Age of Information Science”

(government computing and commercial sale)

– The long playing record (“vinyl”) was invented

– Photocopier invented

• 1960’s-1980’s– Inventions:

• Zip codes• Fax machine• Apple I home computer, laptops• Sony Walkman• Floppy disks, CD-ROMs, • Cell phone networks

• 1990’s-2000– First web browser written– World Wide Web, Dial-up takes off

• AOL (“IM’s”), CompuServe– E-mail becomes big– Long range pagers are popular– First DVD available

History of Communication:The 21st Century

• MP3’s and The IPod– Revolutionizing storage and

presentation of music• Text Messaging and the Smart

Phone– Data plans– BlackBerrys and IPhones

• Fast Internet Connections: Social Media Anyone?– YouTube, MySpace, Twitter,

Facebook, LinkedIn, Skype

Communication Technologies:An Educational Context

• Current Impact– LOOK AT YOU

• Future Impact – Unlimited Potential

• Cloud computing, e-books, mobile and interactive learning, game-based learning

– Upgrades are a priority• 65% of districts plan to upgrade, 64% of districts

have current technology.

• Failures and Roadblocks– Rampant plagiarism

• Social Media– The Digital Divide

• Old school vs. New School– Failure of Integrating Technology into Public S

chools

Communication Technologies:A Business Context

Technology: How Do I Communicate?

The Impact of Social Media

Communication: The Future?

• Forbes “Top 10 Devices of the Future”– Empathy Vest– The Phone Glove– Micromedia Paper– $100 Laptop– Ubik Concept Mobile Phone– Haptics– VOWI-FI– 802.16 Phones– VVT Finnish Walking Bio-Identification

Phone– Qualcomm iMOD phone

Questions?

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