Thursday, March 21, 2013

Label it Emerging Technology, Part 1

Technology is going to get better and better in the future. Plenty of things will get simpler and more complicated as new technology is created. The Nanopore Sequencing article was very interesting. In the future we may be able to read or even change peoples DNA. Yes there are technologies that were considered emerging back in 2009 that are being used now.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Wrap Up

Technology is important because it helps to make things easier for people. A lot of people use the computer to look things up and to learn about their favorite topics. Teachers often use technology to teach also. Technology has its ups and downs but it is still important.

Technology has rapidly advanced over the last 5 years. Computers are more proficient and quicker. Smart phones are better than before. Technology has become more simple in some areas while growing extremely complicated in other areas..

Technology will change just like it always has. Over the next 5 years there will be plenty of advances. Yet there are going to be many drawbacks along the way. Maybe there wont be desktops in 5 years, or maybe there will be more desktops than there are now. Smart phones may become non existent, or they might replace desktops completely.

For schoolwork I use a pencil and a piece of paper. I rarely use a computer. Sometimes I take out my calculator but i avoid it as much as possible.

For personal use I use my cell phone. I also play video games. I don't watch T.V unless i'm with my family.

I think that I will use these tools from online a in online b.

If I had to choose between: Blog, Delicious, Podcast, Avatars, Wiki, RSS Feed, Igoogle, and Widgets/gadgets as the tool that is most practical for life long learning I would pick Blog. You can learn so many things from blogs, as they can be run by people or companies. You can learn life lessons or facts, or even just hold a conversation on a persons blog.

I will probably never use delicious again, unless if it is for school.

My favorite tool to create was the avatar. it was fun to do. there were a lot of things that you can do with the avatar.

My least favorite was the Podcast. It wasn't that fun to do. learning should be fun.

To wrap up this post i'll have to say that the information i learned in this class may be useful in the future and some of may never be used by me again. I learned a lot in this class and it was fun.

myPlick

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