The document discusses how Kinect technology can be used to connect people through gesture-based computing and discusses some examples like Sixth Sense Technology. It argues that for technology to be truly educational, teachers need knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of technology and how to use it to facilitate deep learning, rather than just knowledge of specific technologies.
18. “...they require teachers' knowledge not of a specific
technology but rather knowledge of the affordances and
constraints of technology and how to use technology to
facilitate deep, comprehensive learning.”
“...technology is not educational by default, it must be used
and reputposedby a competent and capable teacher, one
who is skilled and confident in their technical literacy”
Kereluik, Mishra & Koehler, 2010