“The future will be like the past, only with cooler toys.”
As I think about the technologies forded to us today, I must embrace the fact that technology is repeating itself. As a child, I was often entertained by video games. I loved them. Seeing my interest in these video games, my parents would pull out their favorite video game, the Atari in which they loved playing pack man on. I loved playing the Nintendo where I spent hours playing Super Mario Brothers and a duck game that had a play gun to shoot with. AS the years passed, I saw technology becoming more and more advance. The development of the Sega Genesis, Game Boys, the Nintendo DS, the Xbox, to the Playstation, all rapidly took over the video game market. Each year, something new was being invented and introduced to the world. Now the Wii is taking over the market.
With analyzing the advancement of each of the video game advancements, all are replicas of each other. When you look at the very first, the others were created to make the entertainment more advance and more worthwhile, the goal for the years to come. The video game world has shown that the future gadgets are replicas of the past, except they are faster and cooler.
References:
History of Video Games. (2009). Retrieved on April 15, 2011 from http://www.infoplease.com/spot/gamestimeline2.html
Monday, April 25, 2011
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Emerging Technologies Tetrad
Nook E-Reader
As agreed with my learning community, we decided to embark upon the Nook E-Reader, a newly emerged e-book reader. The Nook is a multicolored touch screen device that offers a keyboard for you to browse books. In addition, this device has Wi-Fi, lots of storage space, and an MP3 player. Barnes and Nobles allows Nook users the opportunity to have access to their online bookstore, newspapers, and magazines.
Enhances: The emerging of this technology is beneficial in several ways. This technology allows its users to carry and store a plethora of information in one gadget. In addition, this technology will enhance literacy in society. Many individuals are more willing to partake upon something that is not of the norm. For instance, reading a book is the norm and many may grow bored with this. However, reading on a gadget such as the Nook will pose to be more interesting thus heightening the will to do so. The availability of Wi-Fi allows the users of this technology the opportunity to access the Internet, share books with others, and listen to music.
Obsolete:
The creation of the Nook gets us one step closer to ridding ourselves of paper. The Nook is replacing print material. No need to carry books, magazines, or newspapers around when it can be housed in a gadget that can fit in your hand. In addition, the standard MP3 players and IPods are fading away due to the capabilities of this technology to offer these features.
Retrieves/rekindles: In the past scrolls were used for learning. From alphabets, to writing, to telling stories, scrolls were used as a means of transporting and creating information. The same was with the Nook.
Reverses: This emerging technology will cut down the visits to the library. In addition, it will cut down on reading print material.
As agreed with my learning community, we decided to embark upon the Nook E-Reader, a newly emerged e-book reader. The Nook is a multicolored touch screen device that offers a keyboard for you to browse books. In addition, this device has Wi-Fi, lots of storage space, and an MP3 player. Barnes and Nobles allows Nook users the opportunity to have access to their online bookstore, newspapers, and magazines.
Enhances: The emerging of this technology is beneficial in several ways. This technology allows its users to carry and store a plethora of information in one gadget. In addition, this technology will enhance literacy in society. Many individuals are more willing to partake upon something that is not of the norm. For instance, reading a book is the norm and many may grow bored with this. However, reading on a gadget such as the Nook will pose to be more interesting thus heightening the will to do so. The availability of Wi-Fi allows the users of this technology the opportunity to access the Internet, share books with others, and listen to music.
Obsolete:
The creation of the Nook gets us one step closer to ridding ourselves of paper. The Nook is replacing print material. No need to carry books, magazines, or newspapers around when it can be housed in a gadget that can fit in your hand. In addition, the standard MP3 players and IPods are fading away due to the capabilities of this technology to offer these features.
Retrieves/rekindles: In the past scrolls were used for learning. From alphabets, to writing, to telling stories, scrolls were used as a means of transporting and creating information. The same was with the Nook.
Reverses: This emerging technology will cut down the visits to the library. In addition, it will cut down on reading print material.
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