As you can see, the wonderful crew of the Star Trek: Enterprise has been using cell phones, Bluetooth, and flatscreen TVs since 1966. Finally, 40 something years later, we are in an age where technology which grown adults rolling around plaster sets were using daily are finally available to the public and are becoming influential in our education system.
As I am only a couple years away from becoming a teacher myself, I've been thinking recently about what technology I would use in my classroom.
One of the coolest new technologies I've seen is rather complicated. Basically what it is, is putting 3D images onto 2D surfaces. So when you look through the camera on an iPad, you tend to see what's on the other side, but this technology puts a 3D image onto the surface you're looking at. So instead of just seeing a piece of paper on the table, you might see a 3D image of a Rubik's Cube on your tablet, which can then be projected onto a SmartBoard.
This Technology can be used in a music setting when trying to explore concert halls or orchestra set ups. Instead of just having a poster in the back of the room explaining that Violinists sit there while Cellists sit there, I could have a 3D version of a concert hall with instrumentalists sitting in certain places. My students can explore what it really means to perform in an actual way, rather than looking at it on a page.
In short, we are one step closer to Holodecks. I REPEAT: We are one step closer to holodecks.
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