Ubiquitous Computing

I learned that Ubiquitous computing is a vision of where computers are headed. The writer who speaks of ubiquitous computing as something we don't even think about its just a part of our everyday life. Some examples he gave were things like when we turn on our lights its operated by computer when walk in a room wireless communication would turn our lights on and if we touched an appliance it would turn on, etc... I don't think we are there yet but I do believe we are heading in that direction. Some peoples homes and environments are not anywhere near that type of environment. I can see this happening in some of the newer homes being built. An example would be the whole deal with energy efficient devices. Rochelle

oops talking about wrong assignments

I figured out that I was suppose to be talking about Technology Integration, presentation software and TPCK. Technology Integration is applying technology to the environment and to the learner to make the learning applicable to the 21st century. When we discussed presentation software,This was the first time I had ever heard anything negative about PowerPoint. I always thought of PowerPoint as a cool new invention and I felt like it was definately an improvement to overhead projectors. People can be creative with PowerPoints or they can be boring. I have seen a lot interesting and creative PowerPoint Presentations. TPCK research found that the learners that were immersed in learning technology by design learned problem solving skills. TPCK is a learn by doing strategy. Rochelle