08 Progressing/Future Technology

Chapter 12 had some interesting things about our technology in it. One of the things that It talked about was something called Gamification which is creating smart toys for children to play with in order to learn. One of the most notable games that has been born from this is a game called the World Peace Game. This game was developed for fourth grader by their teacher John Hunter and it does so much for kids to learn. It helps kids learn by being a multi leveled board game that creates a environment in which the students representing different countries must achieve world peace with different tactics. It make the students brains work while having fun and learning at the same time. Another thing that will be big as the future continues in is the use of 3-D printing. Something like this can be used for children with disabilities. Imagine a blind child wants to know how something very specific feels since they cant see. This tool can print something out in a 3-D form and give shape to it. With this they would be able to feel and actually touch something to make it out. To the children who aren't blind something like this can be used in order to see how certain things work and go together close up. I think every child likes to be hands on with things because being able to feel and touch gets their attention. Something that has been notable while reading was the digital divide. Basically children who have technology at home and others who didn't. As a child I had limited technological resources at home, either it wasn't up to date or it was broken. As time went on I did end up getting better technology at home and things for class became a lot easier to get done. If I had a class room id be sure to not always give homework that's constantly online because not everyone has those resources at home. Even though its easier to have technology, I wouldn't mind the old fashion way at times. Another thing id do if I had students would be to do a poll in class to see who had computers at home to do online work and I'd probably make a classroom assignment judgement on that.