Keynote Speaker: Craig Kapp
"Emerging Interfaces in Education: How Augmented Reality, Social Computing and Mobile Devices will change the way we Teach, Learn and Play."
There is little doubt that we are in the midst of an information revolution. The pace of technological innovation over the last few decades has dramatically influenced the way in which we consume, produce and share information. Consider that:
- The Apple iPhone, a consumer-grade mobile device, runs 600 times faster and has 128,000 times more memory than the computer that sent a human to the moon.
- Futuristic technologies, such as virtual 3D holograms and augmented displays, have emerged from the pages of science fiction novels and can now easily be experienced on a home computing system.
- Facebook now has more registered users than the population of the United States, and these individuals willingly share terabytes of personal information with the network, including over 2 billion photos per month.
As educators, it is more important than ever to keep our fingers on the pulse of innovation. We will explore some of these next-generation developments in technology such as interactive visualization techniques, participatory social media platforms and persistently connected mobile devices. How will these emerging tools and technologies alter the educational landscape, and how can we best utilize them to meet the growing needs of our changing student population?
Biography
Craig Kapp (M.S. The College of New Jersey) is an Adjunct Professor in the Schools of Business and Education at The College of New Jersey and has most recently served as the Assistant Director for Instructional Technology at TCNJ. He has taught a wide variety of courses, such as Authoring and Multimedia Development, Introduction to Interactive Computing and Educational Applications of Computing for School Administrators. Craig is currently a full time graduate student at the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at NYU. He plans to one day return to academia as a faculty member teaching in the area of Interactive Multimedia.
Craig's Blog, the Pixel Farm