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I also agree with Matt about the iPad replacing textbooks, I honestly don't think that it could really happen. I personally hate reading off of the computer and absolutely prefer to have a book in front of me. But even looking at evolving technologies such as the chalkboard, the whiteboard, the smart/interactive board, they all have had an enormous impact on student learning. Yet as a response to Megan, I don't think that chalk boards will be around, possibly whiteboards, yet I don't really think of whiteboards as a replacement of chalkboard. They both have the same purpose, the whiteboard just evolved from the chalkboard. Also, if we think of the ferule (pointer), the laser pointer was evolved from that as well, both being used for the same purpose, yet models of the ferule can be seen still today. So I think that technologies evolve to make old ones better. -Claire B. | I also agree with Matt about the iPad replacing textbooks, I honestly don't think that it could really happen. I personally hate reading off of the computer and absolutely prefer to have a book in front of me. But even looking at evolving technologies such as the chalkboard, the whiteboard, the smart/interactive board, they all have had an enormous impact on student learning. Yet as a response to Megan, I don't think that chalk boards will be around, possibly whiteboards, yet I don't really think of whiteboards as a replacement of chalkboard. They both have the same purpose, the whiteboard just evolved from the chalkboard. Also, if we think of the ferule (pointer), the laser pointer was evolved from that as well, both being used for the same purpose, yet models of the ferule can be seen still today. So I think that technologies evolve to make old ones better. -Claire B. | ||
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| + | The inventions listed were items that we do not think about everyday as even important anymore. I agree with Megan on the fact that years from now many of the items on this list will not be used often at all. Most students in college for instance use a laptop over pen and paper, and the chalkboard is very rarely used as powerpoint presentations have grown in popularity. I am not saying that they do not carry any importance, but they are not the first choice of use by students and/or teachers. As technology advances, the classroom itself will evolve in an attempt to make the lives of the students and teachers easier. I personally think that it is only a matter of time before the ipad does actually replace text books, or laptops replace using pen and paper, or the projection screen is used on a blank wall without a blackboard. Technology will continue to develop as long as the society that we live in wants the most effecient way to learn in the classroom. - Patrick Kramer | ||
== Pursell, ''American Technology'' == | == Pursell, ''American Technology'' == | ||
