Prompt #7

According to Wayne Gretzky's belief, we need to be one step ahead in order to be successful. I think the future of technology will be so expansive, that we need to explore as many types of safe technology as we can. Therefore I think we should be "skating" toward all six up-coming technologies and many more in order to expose students to as large of a variety of digital examples as we can. I think schools are one of the best places to use cloud computing because it will be an easy and effective way for large groups of students to all have access to a big variety of the same controlled information and programs. I also think we should look toward online ways to increase collaborative learning. Like they touched on in the "Using Online Games for Learning" video, the online world is the way youth interacts these days, so it is important to show them how to participate in group projects through technological devices. Game-based learning is effective because it captures the attention of kids. Due to students' taste for technology, using digital game-based learning will engage them in learning even more. I think mobile devices like cell phones and tablets are the biggest tools we should try to use because that is what we carry around with us everywhere. Using these will help better show how to learn in our everyday lives as well. The augmented reality device I liked best was the Wikitude World Browser because it connects people with the world in a very clear way. Lastly, I believe the new ways to use flexible displays should be used in the classroom because it will make virtual information even more convenient.