Presentation I gave at the Era 5 Conference, Brisbane 26 June 2012.

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!
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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)
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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?
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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
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6. Now...
Sydney Opera House broadcasts Shakespeare live to students
in Port Macquarie and they tweet questions/comments
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7. Now...
Students from all parts of the world collaborate
on projects in real time.
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8. Video removed see:
http://gng.org
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9. Now...
Students visit museums, art galleries, science
centres, NASA, the reef and more.
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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/
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11. More tools like
www.animoto.com www.onetruemedia.com
www.xtranormal.com http://goanimate.com/
http://itunes.apple.com
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12. http://ivancash.com/Infographic-of-Infographics
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13. Where to...
Mobile, mobile, mobile.....
http://www.bizarrocomics.com/
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14. Access learning from anywhere
Creating on mobile devices
Connecting from mobile devices
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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/
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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
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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/
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18. The Machine Stops
@carolskyring
cskyring@learntel.com.au
Tuesday, 26 June 12