Red Queens and Increasing Returns

When I watched the movie for module 4 it was obtain digitally through Netflix. I do believe the current competition between DVD and video-on-demand is an example of Red Queen. Renting movies from the Red Box or online is serving the same purpose for their customers. Renting movies online is much easier for the customer. Often time popular movies may be out of stock with video-on-demand the customer will always have access to movies. I do believe that with the development of various videos on demand vendors that Red Box will be obsolete. The only company that has tried the Red Box ideal is BlockBuster and I not sure if they're still in busy. I haven't seen many and the one that was at the local grocery store has been removed.

Second Life

Second Life is a free 3D virtual world where users can socialize, connect and create using free voice and text.  I would consider Second Life as a disruptive technology because it replacing real human interactions through avatars. According to Nuthall, “There is, however, a key difference between virtual world and the standard web – even flashy sites with lots of graphics – and that is they allow the user to insert a representation of themselves into a digitized environment, and interact with the sights and sounds they witness, including other computerized beings”(2008,para 6). I do believe that is still an emerging technology Second Life because it not as popular as Facebook.  One of two things will happen, Second Life will become an emerged technology or someone will develop something similar that will spark the interest of a mass of people. According to Nuthall, “information technology academics especially are exploring how they can use virtual worlds to teach and train students, conduct simulations and role-play, stage discussions and even conduct experiments”(2008,para 4).  I do believe that Second Life can be an excellent tool for role-playing, and conduct simulations for students because the real world environment can be duplicated. The implication with Second Life is that people can portray themselves to be someone their not, which can be dangerous if someone has a bad intent.

Nuthall, K. (2008, January 20). US: A disruptive technology arrives.Http://www.universityworldnews.com/. Retrieved from http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20080117162121373

Rhymes of History

Dr. Thornburg explains how innovation can rekindle interactions and activities from the past (2009). One example would be the whiteboard. The interactive whiteboard in the classroom is just an improvement of the chalkboard from the past. The SmartBoard allows teachers and students to write information on the board to be displayed. The Smart Board allows teachers to connect their computers to display information, which makes this an improvement from the technology in the past.

Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2009C). Rhymes of History Dr. David Thornburg.

http://www.ehow.com/info_7917716_do-teachers-use-smartboards-classroom.html

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Emerged Technology

Emerged Technology in Education

 The iPad is an emerging technology in the area of education in the last couple of years. Teacher and students are utilizing the various educational app to enhance their classrooms. It hasn't become a mature technology because the iPad devices are very expensive. Schools are in the process of adopting the iPad. One challenge is the cost of iPads for the schools and another is they are very fragile. The iPad meets societal needs by allows people to have a mini portable computer, in which they can access the internet via wifi and or a data plan. It benefits society by allowing people access to the internet without being confined to a particular location. The Apple Company can improve the iPad by creating an usb port and an expandable storage ports such as micro card. If the iPad storage features were similar to laptops and desktop computers school may be able to afford the devices. Schools would just replace the laptops with iPads.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-10-24/the-ipad-goes-to-school-the-rise-of-educational-tablets

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/12/131210-ipad-learning-education-space-science/