101 years of Technology

Published on Nov 19, 2015

101 years of Technology through the lens of Family & Consumer Sciences - Keynote address presented to the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences Texas Affiliate 2014 Conference in Richardson, TX by Catherine Dutton

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

101 years of Technology

through the lens of FCS
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To Talk of the Future

Look to the past

Two stories

Electricity

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Thomas Edison

1925

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RUral America

Electricity

1935

10% of farms had electricity
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More than lights and radios!

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Cooking, Appliances...

radios, irons, washing machines

Refrigerators

Educating

families, consumers, and the general public

Radio

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Transistor

1947

Automatic CoffeePot

1952

Transistor Radios

1954

MicroWave Ovens

1967

MicroProcessors

1971
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Ovens Use Microprocessors

1977
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1978 - 8,000 transistors

Computer-Controlled Sewing Machine

MoBile Phones

1980's

Environmental Focus

Washers, Dryers, etc

Internet

1980's

Shift

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Sharing

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Creating

social

Families...

Family time

Close or Far

Expanding Access

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MOOC

Massive Open Online Courses

Diffusion of Innovation

Horizon Report

New Media Consortium

Flipped Classrooms

One year or less

Learning Analytics

One year or less

3-D Printing

two to three years
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Games & Gamification

two to three years
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Quantified Self

Four to five years
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Virtual Assistants

Four to five years
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Reimagine

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We Can Influence