Technology for Educators EAD 2823 - Media & Computers

1. Trend Concepts & Examples

   
TREND CONCEPTS EXAMPLES or INFO
Haves & Have-Nots /The Digital Divide
Personal Broadcasting / User-Created Content
Social Computing / Social Networking
Mobile Phones / Handheld Devices
Virtual Worlds
Massively Multiplayer Educational Gaming /  Environment or MUVE
Privacy & Security Issues
   

2. Search Terms for Emerging Technology Topics:

 

Augmented reality & enhanced visualization

¨3-d visualization tools

3-d modeling

¨simulations

alternative reality

computer simulation

artificial intelligence

augmented reality

virtual environments

virtual reality

 

Collaborative Learning

¨

computer games and education

electronic games

games, educational  

operational gaming

Massively Multiplayer Educational Gaming

MOO Multiuser dimension, Object Oriented  

MUDs Multi-user Dungeons  

user-created content

nvirtual learning environments (VLE)

sometimes also called:

¨Learning Management System (LMS),

¨Course Management System (CMS),

¨Learning Content Management System (LCMS),

¨Managed Learning Environment (MLE),

¨Learning Support System (LSS) or

¨Learning Platform (LP)

n(examples: BlackBoard, WebCT, etc.)

virtual reality games 

 

Context aware environments & devices

Smart Rooms or Intelligent Rooms

 

General Concepts and Terms

cellular telephones

computers/educational use/elementary schools

computers/educational use

internet/educational use

intelligent tutoring systems

handheld computers

mashups

multimedia

open-source software

pen-based computers

personal digital assistants

learning objects

Semantic Web

tablet computers (or digitizing tablets

Third generation wireless telecommunication (or 3G)

Wikis (Internet)

widgets

wireless communication systems

RSS feeds

 

Hardware

Apple iPod (MP3 player)

3-D photocopiers (or rapid prototyping machines)

n

ndigital projectors or video projectors  or PC projectors

iPod

handheld computers

portable pen scanners

 

Mobile Technology or Personal Technology

handheld devices

handheld computers

PDAs

¨3G (or 3rd generation mobile telephone technology)

3.5G

SMS or short messaging service

text messaging

personal broadcasting 

podcast; podcasting or pod casting

web blogs; blogs; blogging

video blogging or vlodding

nSocial Computing

¨

blogs, blogging

¨folsonomy; folksomonies; folsomonic (example: wikis)

geographic information system (GIS) data

social bookmarking

social networking

virtual conferences; computer conferencing

¨virtual collaboration

voice over IP or VoIP (Skype, for example)

privacy

online security

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3. Websites Related to Media & Technology in Education

 

  • CARET is a project of the International Society for Technology in Education in partnership with Educational Support Systems. CARET was founded in 2000 with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. http://caret.iste.org/
  • Horizon Reports  The Horizon Project, as the centerpiece of New Media Consortium's (NMC) charts the landscape of emerging technologies for teaching, learning and creative expression.  Since 2002, the NMC has held an ongoing series of conversations and dialogs with hundreds of technology professionals, campus technologists, faculty leaders from colleges and universities, and representatives of leading corporations. Each year, an Advisory Board considers the results of these dialogs and also looks at a wide range of articles, published and unpublished research, papers, and websites to generate a list of technologies, trends, challenges, and issues that knowledgeable people in technology industries, higher education, and museums are thinking about. NOTE: All Horizon Reports are released with a Creative Commons License and may be freely replicated and distributed for noncommercial purposes provided that each is distributed only in its entirety.
  • 2008 Horizon Report.   http://www.nmc.org//pdf/2008-Horizon-Report.pdf
  • 2007 Horizon Report.   http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2007_Horizon_Report.pdf
  • 2006 Horizon Report.   http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2006_Horizon_Report.pdf
  • X-Block i-DRiVE TV is high-tech TV made for students, by students. It's a cutting-edge, half-hour television show featuring student interviews, discussions with experts, profiles of the latest techno gadgets, and real-life Internet stories.  http://xblock.isafe.org/idrive.php

and from EDUTOPIA, a George Lucas Educational Foundation website...

Web 2.0


4. Library Databases Containing Material Related to This Course:

 

 

DATABASE Title

PRODUCT NAMES

Academic Search Elite

EbscoHost

MasterFile Premier EbscoHost

Education Full-Text

WilsonWeb

E.R.I.C. Education Resources Information Center
NOTICE:  To use library databases (such as those listed below) from an off-campus computer you will need to login using the username/password that you use for the campus login, BlackBoard and Webmail (not WebAdvisor).  If you have problems accessing these databases contact University Libraries by calling 417-328-1620 during normal library operating hours.

5. Examples of Educational Technology Periodical Titles Available via SBU University Libraries:

 

To find out which issues of these periodicals the University Libraries own, and how you may access them click here on the A-Z Journal Tracker, type in the periodical name in the FIND box and hit enter.  If you need assistance understanding the search results or find these periodicals be sure to ask a librarian for assistance.

  • Educational Technology
  • Educational Technology Research And Development
  • Educational Technology Research and Development : ETR & D
  • Information Technology in Childhood Education
  • Learning And Leading With Technology The ISTE Journal Of Educational Technology Practice And Policy
  • Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
  • Journal of Interactive Media in Education
  • Journal of Research on Technology in Education
  • Journal of Technology and Teacher Education
  • Media and Methods
  • Music Education Technology
  • THE Journal: Technological Horizons in Education
  • plus many more

6. Powerpoint

7. To Request Research Assistance from a Librarian:

 

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