week 7 Digital

Reverse Time Capsule 

“What if we were to receive a time capsule not from the past, but from the future?” (Coupland, 1995)

What would you put into a reverse time capsule to send back 20 years? What current artifacts might surprise the citizens of 1998 the most? Share on your location’s Padlet: 

Auckland Central / Auckland Mangere Bridge / Auckland Clendon Park / Auckland Manurewa / Auckland East / 
Auckland Al Madinah / Auckland West / Christchurch / Hamilton / Hawkes Bay / Invercargill / Marton / Masterton /
Nelson / Ngatea / Rangiora / Rotorua / Tauranga / Wellington

The concept of disruptive technology was first outlined by Clayton Christensen (1997), in his book 'The Innovator's Dilemma'. In it, he states that “Disruptive technologies bring to a market a very different value proposition than had been available previously. Generally, disruptive technologies underperform established products in the mainstream markets. But they have other features that a few fringe (and generally new) customers value.”

Disrupted Domains

Many aspects of society have been recently disrupted by technology. As a few examples consider that one of the world's largest...

...taxi companies owns no taxis (Uber)
...accommodation providers owns no real estate (AirBnB)
...phone companies owns no telecom infrastructure (Skype)
...retailers has no inventory (Alibaba)
...movie houses owns no cinemas or physical stores (Netflix)
...media companies owns no content (Facebook)
...software vendors doesn’t write the apps (Apple / Google)

How Many Jobs Are At Risk?

According to the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (2015), the number of New Zealand jobs at risk of automation in the next two decades is 885,000 (46%)

Education Disruption

In terms of education, an interesting blog post by Gade (2014) states "The more overdue a disruption is, the more sudden it is when it finally occurs, and the more off-guard the incumbents are caught". This reflects the idea of 'Amara's law', which says that we tend to first overestimate, then underestimate, the impact of new technologies (Ridley, 2017). Gade (2014) suggests that technology disruption could mean “eliminating the bottom 99% of workers in [the teaching] professions”, while also suggesting that the rise of the 'celebrity teacher' is entirely possible.

Twitter 

These are the hastags we will use on Twitter, to discuss the benefits of using twitter as an educator #TMLwhytwitter and #TMLDCL. You can also set up your own TweetDeck at Tweetdeck.twitter.com to follow #TMLDCL and the other hashtags used at various points throughout the session (on your laptop)

Twitter Terminology Basics

Tweet / Reply / Retweet (RT) / Direct Message (DM) / Hashtag (#) (precedes a topic) / @ (precedes a Twitter user name you are referring to) / Following/Followers / Modified Tweet (MT) (summarising for sharing) / Hat Tip (HT) (citing your sources in Twitter!)

The Reality Continuum

From Milgram, Takemura, Utsumi & Kishino (1994). Between the two extremes of the real environment and a completely virtual one, the continuum goes from overlaying reality with a few additional elements on the left, to the occasional introduction of real elements into a digital environment (e.g. the user’s hand) on the right

Virtual Reality

• Creates immersive, computer generated environments which replaces the real world
• The user is completely immersed in an artificial world and cut off from the real world
• Senses are mediated by the virtual world

Popular VR headsets include Oculus Rift and Google Cardboard. The HTC Vive is another popular headset that works with Google Tilt Brush, a VR application that supports the creation of 3D virtual art.

VR at Pakuranga College - The VR game created and marketed by students at Pakuranga College is available here.  

Google Expeditions

Google Expeditions, which you can use with Cardboard, is a virtual reality teaching tool that lets you lead or join immersive virtual trips all over the world — get up close with historical landmarks, dive underwater with sharks, even visit outer space! It was released free to the public on 27 June 2016 but is not totally free, especially for the whole class and with full features. See the Google Expeditions Tutorial

• Expeditions will only work on a WiFi network that is set up to support peer to peer networking
• If you cannot connect on your local WiFi network, you will need one member of the group to use their phone (and their data) to act as a hotspot - other members of the group will need to connect to that hotspot
• If technical difficulties prevent you from joining a tour, it is possible to just look at a tour on your own device without joining a group
• You can use the app with your smartphone in Google Cardboard mode or full screen mode outside the cardboard, or just with your tablet

You can now make your own tours using Google Tour Creator

Augmented Reality

Augmented reality overlays information on a view of the real world, rather like the Terminator's view of the world in the 1984 movie, but it is no longer science fiction. Unlike virtual reality headsets, which block out the real world, augmented reality headsets like the Microsoft HoloLens and Daqri Smart Helmet mix reality and virtual content together.

Augmented reality apps use various types of triggers to link views of the real world to virtual content. These triggers might be 2D images, as in simple tools downloaded through apps onto smart phones like 

- Google Translate (needs printed text - not handwriting). Try Googling images of written road signs in your chosen language 

- Quiver, uses printed sheets that you can colour in

Or, they can be GPS locations, as in Zombie Run and Pokemon Go!

HP Reveal terminology

Trigger Image: The image recognized by the app, which launches the overlay. Images with high contrast and unique features are best. The app uses a ‘traffic light’ to tell you if an image will be a good trigger.
Overlay: An image or video linked to a trigger image
Aura: A combination of trigger image and overlay

Click on this link to try some universal auras tinyurl.com/KKARTML

Individual task with HP Reveal

Create an ‘aura’ with your mobile device. There are some instructions on the portal (these still refer to Aurasma) if you find it hard to work out how to get going (Android and iOS versions are rather different)

1. Create a video - 3 seconds talking about yourself
2. Create a trigger image by drawing a detailed picture of your face
3. Use the image to trigger the video

Where could you use AR in Schools?

There are many approaches that can be used to bring learning to life through augmented reality (Nesloney, 2013):

• A Student Photo Wall: Set up a display of student photos in the classroom linked to a personal student videos about the individual student that can be shared with parents and visitors.
• Book Reviews: Have students record a video of themselves giving an review of a book. The trigger image to launch the video review could be the book cover, a picture of the student or an image they have drawn. Afterward, other students/teachers can scan the cover of the book and instantly access the review.
• Parent or Inspiring Role message: Source a recording from an inspirational speaker or record a message from a parent/friend of the student that provides words of encouragement to the student. Attach a trigger image to student desks or cover of their books.
• Year books/School magazines: Add an AR to printed school publications and include video profiles from sports events, school plays or award ceremonies as a rich memory of school activities.
• Word Definition Walls: Students can record themselves providing the definitions to different vocabulary words on a word wall.
• Lab Safety/Safety Messages: Put trigger images linked to safety videos around a science laboratory/workshop so that when students scan them, they can learn the different safety procedures and protocols within the learning environment.

Whakataukī

Ko te pae tawhiti whāia kia tata, Ko te pae tata. Whakamaua kia tina.
Seek out distant horizons and cherish those you attain.

Related Standards for the Teaching Profession

Teaching

Teaching: Teach and respond to learners in a knowledgeable and adaptive way to progress their learning at an appropriate depth and pace. 

Te whakaakoranga

Me whakaako me urupare ki ngā ākonga i runga o te matatau me te urutau kia neke whakamua ai te ako i te taumata me te kaha e tika ana mō ia ākonga.