Emerging Technologies Tetrad

The promethean board is a revolutionary way to create interactive environment which allows students to participate in active learning. It includes the ability to assess student progress formatively, provide resources, and delivery incredible lessons.   

Enhances: What does this technology do that is new? The Promethean board is a revolutionary way to create interactive environment which allows students to participate in active learning. It includes the ability to assess student progress formatively, provide resources, and delivery incredible lessons.   The promethean board will create engaging learning experiences, dynamic lesson award-winning software, and foster collaboration.

Obsoletes: What does this technology replace? This technology replaced chalkboards, whiteboard, classroom computer, LCD projector, overhead projector, and VCR's.

Retrieves/Rekindles: What does this technology bring to mind (or retrieve) from the past? The promethean board brings to mind a whiteboard and overhead projectors.

Reverses: What might replace this technology in the future, or what might it cause to occur? There are so many things that can replace the promethean board. Virtual learning is very important to the educational world. In the future promethean board will allow the students to experience hand-on activities and explore in class field trips.

Reference

Andrea Jacobs. (2010). Interactive White Boards in the English Classroom.

Identify an Emerged Technology

Utilizing Thornburg’s format, respond to the following:

·         Identify a current technology that has emerged in the last few years that shapes learning or productivity in your industry.

·         What problems or challenges have been associated with this technology?

·         What societal need does it meet, and what are its benefits?

·         What would make this technology even better, avoiding the pitfalls you identified?

Promethean board is a current technology that has emerged in the last few years and has shaped the learning and productivity helped education. There are some problems and challenges associated with using the Promethean board. Funding is the first problem for Promethean boards and the second problem is the proper training. Promethean improves learning productivity by educators developing an innovative technology in the 21st century learning environments that work. Regardless of the pitfalls I’ve observed that the Promethean board keeps students and teachers actively involved in learning and resolves different challenges of teaching various students live in a technological world.

Reference :

Murphy, M. (2011). Interactive Whiteboards Made Easy: 30 Activities to Engage All Learners Level 2 (Promethean Version). Huntington Beach: Shell Education.

Rogers, E. M. (2003). Diffusion of innovations (5th ed.). New York, NY: Free Press.

Thornburg, D. D. (2009b). When is a technology emergent? Lake Barrington, IL: Thornburg Center for Space Exploration.