EDUC+8840

=EDUC 8840 Project= First, print or view the following chart. It is included in the video, but is hard to read in the video. Use this handout to supplement the video:
 * __Week 11 Part 2 of Project__**

Please visit my Blog Page to view the Video: []

The full 11 decade chart can be found below:

Open this file to view the Project Timeline:
 * __Week 10 Part 1 of Project__**


 * __The Next Wave__**: While I agree a little with both Thornburg (2008) and Dede (2008) about the possibility of moving into a fourth wave, I am not 100% convinced of either of their theories (communication or biotechnology) as the final word on this wave. Nor am I sure we are entering a fourth wave. Toffler's (1980) first wave lasted thousands of years. His second wave last hundreds of years. To say that the third wave is less than 50 years old seems a little premature. At that exponential scale, a wave would start lasting a year, which may indeed be the wave of the future!

But I believe that we are still in the infancy stage of this Third Wave Information Age, which may later be renamed. Perhaps 1955-2000 will be the early start of this now called "Information Age" which may later, in 2090, be called the Global Connectivism Age (that perhaps computers,the internet, and rapid technology advancements started global capabilities that were previously impossible). Maybe we start finding life on other planets and in 2060 the Fourth Wave might be the Cosmic Connection Age. I am not stating here that I believe in the extra terrestrial beings, nor am I predicting the new name of waves. But I am saying that I think it is too early to predict where these rapid advancements in technology will land us. To me, it is like having a 2 year old who loves to kick the ball and so I am predicting he will be a soccer player - it's too early to tell. I think we are in the infancy stage of Toffler's third wave. Resources America 1900. (1999). PBS. [] Dede, C. (2008). The Next Wave, Part 2. [Audio Recording]. Laureate Education, Inc. Educational Technology Timeline. (1999). [] eMints National Center. (2004). [] Koop, M. (1998). Aviation Resource Center. [] Life in the 1950’s. (2008). Rewind the Fifties. [] Management, History of and Timeline. (n.d.) [] Management Technique Timeline. (2009). [] Presidents. (n.d). The White House. [] Rider, M. (2009). Instructional Design Models. [] Rozycki, E.G. (2000). Using the Gallery of Educational Theorists. [] Saettler, P. (2004). The Evolution of American Educational Technology. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing. Space Age Timeline. (2008). A&E Television Networks. [] Timeline of Computer History. (2006). Computer History Museum. [] Timeline of the Dust Bowl. (2008) PBS. [] Thornburg, D. (2008). The Next Wave, Part 1. [Audio Recording]. Laureate Education, Inc. Toffler, A. (1980). The Third Wave. Bantam Books, Inc., Random House Inc. New York.


 * __EDUC 8840 Week 2 Assignment__**

This is the initial timeline (see below) for EDUC 8440 week 2. I plan to use the dipity timeline or another option later for the final project of focusing on 1900 to the present. For this assignment, putting 8000 BC on the same timeline as 1955 AD with any future detail would entail a very crowded section of 1900 to present if trying to display 8000 BC in the same line.


 * __The Next Wave__**: While I agree a little with both Thornburg (2008) and Dede (2008) about the possibility of moving into a fourth wave, I am not 100% convinced of either of their theories (communication or biotechnology) as the final word on this wave. Nor am I sure we are entering a fourth wave. Toffler's (1980) first wave lasted thousands of years. His second wave last hundreds of years. To say that the third wave is less than 50 years old seems a little premature. At that exponential scale, a wave would start lasting a year, which may indeed be the wave of the future!

But I believe that we are still in the infancy stage of this Third Wave Information Age, which may later be renamed. Perhaps 1955-2000 will be the early start of this now called "Information Age" which may later, in 2090, be called the Global Connectivism Age (that perhaps computers,the internet, and rapid technology advancements started global capabilities that were previously impossible). Maybe we start finding life on other planets and in 2060 the Fourth Wave might be the Cosmic Connection Age. I am not stating here that I believe in the extra terrestrial beings, nor am I predicting the new name of waves. But I am saying that I think it is too early to predict where these rapid advancements in technology will land us. To me, it is like having a 2 year old who loves to kick the ball and so I am predicting he will be a soccer player - it's too early to tell. I think we are in the infancy stage of Toffler's third wave.

Dede, C. (2008). The Next Wave, Part 2. [Audio Recording]. Laureate Education, Inc. Thornburg, D. (2008). The Next Wave, Part 1. [Audio Recording]. Laureate Education, Inc. Toffler, A. (1980). The Third Wave. Bantam Books, Random House Inc., New York.