The Machine Stops: Where to from Here?
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The document discusses how modern communication technologies and society may be heading in a direction similar to the dystopian future depicted in the 1909 short story "The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster. It suggests that communication is increasingly occurring through instant messaging and video conferencing online. It then examines current technologies like video conferencing, virtual worlds, and mobile devices that are changing how students learn and collaborate across distances. The document predicts that visual communication, mobile devices, social media, and augmented reality will become increasingly important in education in the coming years.
The Machine Stops: Where to from Here?
- 1. The Machine Stops: Where to from Here? Carol Skyring LearnTel @carolskyring carolskyring.com Tuesday, 26 June 12
- 2. 1909: E.M. Forster publishes “The Machine Stops,” a chilling tale of a futuristic information-oriented society that grinds to a bloody halt, literally. Some aspects of the story no longer seem in the distant future! Tuesday, 26 June 12
- 3. A world in which: Communication is via an instant messaging/video conferencing machine. Only activity - the sharing of ideas and knowledge. From the 1971 Geaorge Lucas movie: THX 1138 (http://www.joehallock.com/?)p=77) Tuesday, 26 June 12
- 4. • Are we living in that world? • Where do we go from here? • What technologies are on the horizon that will impact on teachers and students? Tuesday, 26 June 12
- 5. 1 point if you know what it is 2 points if you’ve used • Video conferencing • One True media • Animoto • SecondLife • Twitter 24 • Go animate • Minecraft • Vlix • Xtranormal • Quest Atlantis • Infographics • Gesture-based computing Tuesday, 26 June 12
- 6. Now... Sydney Opera House broadcasts Shakespeare live to students in Port Macquarie and they tweet questions/comments Tuesday, 26 June 12
- 7. Now... Students from all parts of the world collaborate on projects in real time. Tuesday, 26 June 12
- 8. Video removed see: http://gng.org Tuesday, 26 June 12
- 9. Now... Students visit museums, art galleries, science centres, NASA, the reef and more. Tuesday, 26 June 12
- 10. Where to... Visual communication will be THE way to communicate (& learn) Video: - creating & consuming - live - archived Images Infographics http://www.flickr.com/photos/awfulshot/456852642/ Tuesday, 26 June 12
- 11. More tools like www.animoto.com www.onetruemedia.com www.xtranormal.com http://goanimate.com/ http://itunes.apple.com Tuesday, 26 June 12
- 13. Where to... Mobile, mobile, mobile..... http://www.bizarrocomics.com/ Tuesday, 26 June 12
- 14. Access learning from anywhere Creating on mobile devices Connecting from mobile devices Tuesday, 26 June 12
- 15. Where to... Connect and collaborate Using a range of tools - more social media Across time & distance PLNs http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenwarburton/5870909268/ Tuesday, 26 June 12
- 16. Where to... Virtual worlds http://www.minecraft.net/ Simulations Role plays http://www.questatlantis.org/ Solve problems collaboratively http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Second_Life_Education Tuesday, 26 June 12
- 17. Horizon... <1 year: Mobile apps Tablet computing 2-3 years: Game-based learning Personal learning environments 4-5 years: Augmented reality Gesture-based computing http://www.nmc.org/news/its-here-releases-horizon-report-2012-k-12-edition http://www.flickr.com/photos/dopamind/4849524717/ Tuesday, 26 June 12
- 18. The Machine Stops @carolskyring cskyring@learntel.com.au Tuesday, 26 June 12