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Educating for an Abundant Future

Educating for an Abundant Future. We are in an era of unprecedented technological development. Information technology tends to improve exponentially:. Thirty years really ain’t that long…. Moore’s Law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore% 27s_law

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Educating for an Abundant Future

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  1. Educating for an Abundant Future

  2. We are in an era of unprecedented technological development. Information technology tends to improve exponentially:

  3. Thirty years really ain’t that long… • Moore’s Law • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law • Other information technologies: Genetics, Robotics, Nanotechnology, and Artificial Intelligence are likely to undergo similar swift changes. • Technology that is almost toy-like will be serious gear in the future.

  4. Ray Kurzweil: Inventor, Author, and Futurist • A quick introduction: http://vimeo.com/25330827#t=99

  5. Organ Printing • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzyXKl9sW70

  6. Nanotechnology • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mZ8C1ToHqs

  7. Three-Dimensional Printing • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD2Rdeo8vuE • There’s even a gun now: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGHOFxeaDr4 • Special Needs Applications: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1FUhnN5Yc8

  8. Robots! • Baxter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OIxWMTrGl8 • Momentum Machines: Burger Robot! • http://momentummachines.com/gallery/ • In the classroom (Korea): • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qveufNFjSg&list=PL60D9755030EF7F70&index=28

  9. Your Turn • What are some possibilities that you see? • How can these developments affect how you live? • How might they affect what we teach? • How might they affect what we teach? • Can you think of potential ethical dilemmas? • What happens if human life is extended? • Do you want to live 100+ years? • Multiple careers? • Multiple marriages? • How do you (and your students) adapt to this rapidly changing technological future?

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