4. Tetrad for the Overhead Projector EnhancesObsoletes Allows the viewing of one document Alleviates the need for mass copies. Allows to be displayed and edited for Allows teachers to be more mobile in the entire group. the classrooms and promotes student engagement. Retrieves/RekindlesReverses Movie Projectors The need for copies machines and mass Police Identification work printing is a distant memory when it comes Training for World War II to overhead projectors.
6. Tetrad for the Document Cameras Enhances Obsoletes Allows the viewing of one document Alleviates the need for mass to be displayed for the entire group. copies. Retrieves/Rekindles Reverses Viewing images through a lens The idea of viewing images in a wider and more complex manner.
7. Six Forces of Emergent Technologies Increasing Returns Evolutionary Technology Disruptive Technology Science Fiction Rhymes of History Red Queens
15. References Thornburg, D. D. (2008). Emerging technologies and McLuhan's Laws of Media. LakeThornburg, D. (2008). An amazingly incomplete emerging technologies bibliography. Lake Barrington, IL: Thornburg Center for Space Exploration.Thornburg, D. (Producer). (nd). Evolutionary Technologies. [Video Podcast]. Laureate Education, Inc.Thornburg, D. (Producer). (nd). Six forces that drive emerging technology. [Video Podcast]. Laureate Education, Inc.Thornburg, D. (2009). When is a Technology Emergent?. Retrieved from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/courses/14936/CRS-WUEDUC8812-3730077/when_is_a_technology_emergent.pdf Thornburg, D. (Producer). (nd). McLuhan Tetrad. [Video Podcast]. Laureate Education, Inc.Thornburg, D. (Producer). (nd). Rhymes of history. [Video Podcast]. Laureate Education, Inc.Thornburg, D. (Producer). (nd). Six forces that drive emerging technology. [Video Podcast]. Laureate Education, Inc.Thornburg, D. (Producer). (nd). What is emerging technology? [Video Podcast]. Laureate Education, Inc.Thornburg, D. (Producer). (nd). Disruptive Technology. [Video Podcast]. Laureate Education, Inc.
Editor's Notes
Evolutionary TechnologyNew ideas based on developed technology. Rhymes of History New technology which has emerged due to the impact felt many years before from another technology, or when a technology rekindles something from the past. Disruptive TechnologyOne that does not create a new market, but changes the product.A new technology that disrupts existing technology and pushes it out Science FictionCreative forces that expand and generate new creative technological ideas Increasing ReturnsOne technology’s ability to capitalize on the popularity of other technological advances to rise and become popular. Red Queens Two technologies competing for the same market share where, in the process, all other competitors are left behind (Thornburg, 2008).
