There is an interesting point how Web 3.0 mentions the web of things, which undoubtedly can be rather useful and totally scary. Are we really going this way?
20 years ago, there were similar scare tactics and scenarios presented and we didn't really get there...Hopefully, the progress will happen as we all move along the continuum of development, fitting into the world we then will live in.
In today's eyes, the lack of anonymity, personal space and privacy in the future web 3.0, might be viewed as a return to Big Brother's Watching You. As we get used to these ideas though, participating in the web, and seeing its advantages, we may well decide to acclimatise and assimilate to the new way of thinking, removing those scary bits that today seems outrageous.
When you watch the odd, old movie and the "goody" is chased by the "baddy" and your first thought is "why doesn't she just RING the police?" the concept of everyone running around with a mobile becomes clear in your mind. 20 years ago, this wasn't the case. We probably doubted the need for mobiles, claiming issues with the inability of getting away and the dangers to always be contactable. Today we have a very different view of the usefulness of mobile phones.
Mobile phones can now be used in the classrooms, as we invite M-Learning, seeing possibilities arise as more and more people have access. For students in the primary classroom this access is still - and hopefully for years to come (see...I am still remembering those days before mobile's everywhere!) - not something we can count on. However, in group settings one mobile device per group may suffice and with parent helpers involved, the ZOO excursion can now be documented in more ways than one.
20 years ago, there were similar scare tactics and scenarios presented and we didn't really get there...Hopefully, the progress will happen as we all move along the continuum of development, fitting into the world we then will live in.
In today's eyes, the lack of anonymity, personal space and privacy in the future web 3.0, might be viewed as a return to Big Brother's Watching You. As we get used to these ideas though, participating in the web, and seeing its advantages, we may well decide to acclimatise and assimilate to the new way of thinking, removing those scary bits that today seems outrageous.
When you watch the odd, old movie and the "goody" is chased by the "baddy" and your first thought is "why doesn't she just RING the police?" the concept of everyone running around with a mobile becomes clear in your mind. 20 years ago, this wasn't the case. We probably doubted the need for mobiles, claiming issues with the inability of getting away and the dangers to always be contactable. Today we have a very different view of the usefulness of mobile phones.
Mobile phones can now be used in the classrooms, as we invite M-Learning, seeing possibilities arise as more and more people have access. For students in the primary classroom this access is still - and hopefully for years to come (see...I am still remembering those days before mobile's everywhere!) - not something we can count on. However, in group settings one mobile device per group may suffice and with parent helpers involved, the ZOO excursion can now be documented in more ways than one.
As my dad says when talking about TV shows and whether they are dated or not: there are shows before mobile phones and shows after. Things are changing so quickly, I have given up trying to keep up. After dropping my mobile phone in the pool a few months ago, I went out to buy a new one and picked up something I thought was pretty cool only to be told the next day by a 10-year-old that I'd actually bought a really old phone (old as in 12 months ago). It's going to take me a long time to adjust to the idea of using a mobile phone as a computer, because I just haven't had to do it yet (maybe my life just isn't urgent enough?). I feel for the poor schools that save up to buy everyone a laptop, only to find in five years time that laptops are out and mobile devices are in. How long will it be before babies are given an iPhone as a Christening gift?
ReplyDeletegah! that would be ghastly! and you are right, there is scope in the future to use financially less burdening equipment in schools. At least to just search and download, but would my wiki survive? and who pays for the call?
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