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Obsolete and Emerging Technologies

Obsolete and Emerging Technologies. Presented by: Jane DeWitt EDUC 7108 Dr. Thornburg August 2010. Obsolescence never meant the end of anything, it's just the beginning… Marshall Mcluhan. http://www.icelebz.com/quotes/marshall_mcluhan /. What is an. Emerging Technology?.

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Obsolete and Emerging Technologies

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  1. Obsolete and Emerging Technologies Presented by: Jane DeWitt EDUC 7108 Dr. Thornburg August 2010

  2. Obsolescence never meant the end of anything, it's just the beginning… Marshall Mcluhan http://www.icelebz.com/quotes/marshall_mcluhan/

  3. What is an Emerging Technology? • Definition varies • Some argue…if technology has not reached mainstream it’s emergent • Other feel emergence is the very onset of discovery • (Thornburg, 2009)

  4. Emerging to Emerged Regardless of the innovation, the adoption of technology is not a linear process(Soloway, n.d.) • There are gaps • Chasms • Early adopters • Visionaries

  5. All technologies enter the chasm • Some come out • Others don’t (Soloway, n.d.) http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/content/RationalEdge/jul01/m_chasm_sf.jpg

  6. Technology can be emergent if it is new to your community Even if its an old technology If it’s new to you… it’s emergent (Rogers, 2003) http://suewaters.wikispaces.com/file/view/Slide12B.JPG/31092781/Slide12B.JPG

  7. Emerging on the Scene • Invented in 1958 • First retail LaserDisc • not released until 1970 • Compared to DVD and • CD technology • Stopped being • produced by 1989 http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/images/laser-disc-0607-lg.jpg

  8. The Battle Begins... • From 1970s until 1995 there was a home video market battle • Beta (backed by Sony) vs. VHS (backed by Philips-JVC) and LaserDisc • Consumers had a limited choice of movie releases • LaserDisc was the first casualty http://www.timefordvd.com/images/hardware/JVC_D-VHS_tape_DF420_large.jpg

  9. No Adoption of the LaserDisc LaserDisc had a lot of great qualities, but many that were detrimental in its adoption • Played only data • Unable to record new data • Radius of disc was 12 inches • Difficult to store • Only stored one hour of video per side as compared to 6 or more on VHS or Beta

  10. Obsolete Technology in the classroom “The DVD! Much like the “8 Track Player” and the “Cassette”, the DVD is smaller, holds a great amount of data and is cheaper to purchase/create. Back in the day, the laserdisc was cutting edge, now it is edged to be cut-due to new technologies” (Jim Handschuch, 2010) http://www.wcsd.k12.ms.us/tes/Principal.jpg

  11. Replacement Technology • VHS was eventually replaced by CDs and DVDs for the home videos market • The CD and DVD rely on many of the same key patents that were originally intended for the LaserDisc • CDs, DVDs and LaserDics were completely digital products • CDs, DVDs and LaserDisc products manufacture and store data in a similar manner

  12. LaserDisc...a Bad Decision? Did the decision makers within our district jump too quickly at the purchase of the laserdisc player?

  13. Enhances • Provided viewer with a sharp picture with • High band width • Top notch sound quality • Able to handle analog and digital audio • Allowed for extras to be added • (commentary/bonus features) • (WGRZ-TV Buffalo, 1992) LaserDisc • DVDs with digital Dolby surround sound • United Streaming in educational setting to stream videos via internet • Streaming of video-audio-TV programming through the internet • (Laserdisc, 2010)

  14. “….by virtue of being introduced, a new technology carries with it the seeds of destruction paving the way for the next one to follow..” Dr. Thornburg, 2008

  15. Emergence of the DVD • Next generation of optical disc storage • Obsoleted the LaserDisc • Industry standard announced in 1995 • Backed by major industry first in Japan (1996) and in U.S. (1997) http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadgethd.com/media/2008/12/12-19-08-bd-dvd-hybrid.jpg

  16. Enhances • Provides a compact, optical storage system • Read, write, record • Full length, high quality movies • High quality music, surround sound • Otional videos/graphics • Built in copy protection • (“DVD(Digital Versatile Disk”, 2008) D V D s

  17. Integration of Technology

  18. Why the LaserDisc did not integrate into the school “Within our school, there was probably only ONE, that had to be signed out…and it came with bulky equipment and no lessons on how to make it all work together.” (C. Reider, 2010)

  19. Six Forces: Evolutionary Technologies A technology goes through a predictable, nonlinear process in which it becomes exponentially more powerful over time … (Dr. Thornburg, 2009)

  20. Six Forces: Evolutionary Technologies According to Dr. Thornburg(2009), during the early stages of technology development there are numerous evolutions and the LaserDisc was no exception.

  21. Six Forces: Evolutionary Technologies • Prior to the release of the LaserDisc, other innovations were evolving. • One such invention was the Polaroid Polavison • Polavision made instant movies by capturing 18 instant photos a second

  22. Six Forces: Evolutionary Technologies • Are also responsible for the obsolescence of the LaserDisc • Evolution of technology continued to advance • LaserDisc arrived too late on the consumer market • Obsolesced by VHS which was later obsolesced by DVDs and CDs

  23. Six Forces: Rhymes of History A new technology is a fresh emergence of the impact felt many years before from another technology… (Dr. Thornburg, 2009) http://i.ehow.com/images/a04/ep/9u/rekindle-romance-fire-relationship-200X200.jpg

  24. Six Forces: Rhymes of History Did the LaserDisc rekindle something from the past? • Families gathering around the radio • Home movies • Slide shows But…do these explain the original emergence of the LaserDisc? …….Maybe

  25. Six Forces: Rhymes of History • Perhaps one reason why the LaserDisc did not fully emerge stems from its inability to fully rekindle something from our past. • Other inventions, emerging on the scene at the same time, doomed the LaserDisc, even before consumers could truly appreciate its advancing technology

  26. Six Forces: Rhymes of History The DVD was able to rekindle something from the past • Movie Night • Family gathering time With more time to spend together, without incurring a huge expense, the DVDs emergence may be partially attributed to the Rhymes of History

  27. Six Forces: Disruptive Technology

  28. We shape our tools and afterwards our tools shape us.Quotation of Marshall Mcluhan I wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't believed it.Quotation of Marshall Mcluhan

  29. References Slide 2: http://www.icelebz.com/quotes/marshall_mcluhan Slide 11: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldvd.htm

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