Coping With Rapid Change

New Interface Technologies

Technology and Pedagogy

The end of an era?

http://starringthecomputer.com/feature.php?f=4

Technology and Pedagogy

The end of an era?Have the keyboard, mouse and desktop metaphor outlived their usefulness?

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/survey-says-smartphones-outsold-pcs-for-the-first-time-ever/

Technology and Pedagogy

The end of an era?Even the new Mac OS is using a new metaphor.

http://www.dynastii.com/05/mac-os-x-lion-latest-update-for-mac-by-apple-available-at-mac-app-store/

Technology and Pedagogy

The end of current pedagogy??

http://prestonrizer14.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/why-we-should-be-able-to-us-cell-phones-in-school/

The New and Now

What have we come to?Horizon Report (2011)Mobile devices of all kindseBooks – standard and new approachesMulti-touch whiteboards

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Mobile DevicesPhoneTextVideoPicturesGPSApps… and much more

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Do we carry our left brain in our pockets?NotesRemindersGoogle for factsDictionaryCalculators

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Do we make use of all the potential?Do we only find ‘likes’?Who here often:listens to more than 4 radio stations?Watches more than 4 TV channels?Gets news from more than 2 sources?

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Students limit themselves to:FacebookA few fav web sitesTexting only friendsWatching the shows their friends watchHaving access to variety does NOT mean we choose varietyWe prefer affirmation.

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eBooksAmazon and HarperCollins sell more eBooks than hard coversA growing trend – even in textbooksBut is this what students want?

The New and Now

eBook Readers

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What Students Want?digital texts to enable communication (audio and video), personalize their education, be interactive relevant more game-like learning situations.

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eBooks are NOT there yet, but there are new ideas.Ex. Our Choice by Push Pop Pressmanipulable images, video, interactive statistics, Interactive maps AND …

The New and Now

the option to blow your breath across the screen to ‘power’ a virtual windmill.

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/mike_matas.html

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eBooks are developing rapidly and will have more appeal for studentsEducators need to learn how to best use this this new integrated form We also need to learn more about how to reference this source material.

The New and Now

These new ‘books’ are missing some of the physical cues that we use for memoryOur sense of near the beginning or end is not thereThe ‘placing’ of left side or right side of a page is also missingWhere are the memory cues in eBooks?

The New and Now

Interactive Whiteboards – becoming a standard feature in many schoolsNot used well by mostMulti-touch boards – teachers need to tie in the pedagogy

Source: Prometheanworld.com

The New and Now

Teacher training matters!There is research to support IWB use – when done well!!!

Source: Smarttech.com

The Near Future

Augmented Reality (AR) adds a layer of information on top of what the person sees in realityWordLens translates signs for you, but you might want to double check ….

The Near Future

http://www.techi.com/2010/12/image-translating-iphone-app/

The Near Future

http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/#PICTURES

The Near Future

Students creating AR games and toursStudents do research about locationsGPS function for locationsAdd images, video, tokens, audio, text

Picture of ARISPicture of Moveable Feast

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Gesture based computing – the beginningsMulti-touch type devicesTouch, swipe, pinch, tap

http://www.kobobooks.com/touch

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Gesture based computing – the beginningsBody ControlWii

Source: http://www.gameconsoleworld.co.uk/official-remote-controller-p-8.html

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Gesture based computing – the beginningsBody ControlKinnect

Source: http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2010/08/24/kinect-will-extend-the-lifecycle-of-the-xbox-360-five-more-years-says-microsoft.htm

The Near Future

Gesture based computing – the Absurd??Body Control – Google Motion (April Fools)

Source: http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html

The Near Future

Gesture based computing – the Absurd??Body Control – The Actual (USC lab)

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfso7_i9Ko8

The Far Off (?)

Control byVoice (why has this been so slow Scotty?)latex glovesbrain waves SixthSense

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Dragon Naturally Speaking has added interface controlsDragon Search app for the iPhone allows users to speak their search terms into their phoneAndroid - speaking, tracing, tapping and writing to take your ideas and turn them into text.

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Microsoft (Clarke, 2010) acoustic skin interface where sensors react to different vibrations on your arm and can be programmed to respond to these. The sensors can be trained to respond to different input, like you might tap your middle finger to open your mail. A small projector can also be added so you can see, on your arm, all the buttons you want to ‘click on.’

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A small projector can also be added all the buttons you want to ‘click on’ are on your arm

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/06/18/natural.user.interface.mouse/

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Manipulate virtual 3D objects

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/06/18/natural.user.interface.mouse/

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Sixth Sense

Source: http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html

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Sixth Sense – take a picture

Source: http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html

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Sixth Sense – make a call

Source: http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html

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Eye Control – great for the disabled, but will have broader uses

Source: http://kanderson-teachingblog.blogspot.com

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Brain Waves Neurosky – tracks attentiveness and frustration

Source: http://www.neurosky.com/Academics/Education.aspx

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Brain Waves – Controlling virtual objects

Source: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/tan_le_a_headset_that_reads_your_brainwaves.html

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Brain Waves – Brain cap tracks your brain as you scan the screen

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/06/18/natural.user.interface.mouse/

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Augmented reality in your contact lens

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/06/18/natural.user.interface.mouse/

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Augmented reality on your dashboard

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5800154/this-augmented-reality-dashboard-may-save-you-from-painfully-real-crashes

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Corning’s View of the Future

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38 (5:33 minutes)

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The Paper PhoneBend the phoneto use it.

Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/05/technology-paperphone-thin-smartphone.html

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Data Manipulation – The Allosphere

Source: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/joann_kuchera_morin_tours_the_allosphere.html

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Data Manipulation – Oblong’s Glove

Source: http://oblong.com/#!/offerings/platform

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Data Manipulation – Students Collect and SharePachube (for example) is a web site designed to collect data from amateursBut they want to collect enough so it has its own checks and balances

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3D Printing – not an interface, but it will spawn change as laser printers did.

Sourcehttp://bu-construction-industry.co.cc/3d-printer.htm