It is hard to come up with something new in terms on new media
considering it is expanding rather quickly. However, an idea I have is to
create a program for school purposes in which if children are sick, they can
directly connect to the classroom through a webcam and still catch the lectures
and lessons instead of missing the work. Everything in our lives now have
cameras, our phones, iPads, computers etc, so it would be convenient to log and see what is going on in class if you can't make it to class.
Check out this robot invention called VGo. It runs on Verizons LTE network. It's basically this robot with a screen that will goto work or school for you if your sick. When class is over, you ride the robot to the next class. There is a mic as well so you can talk to anyone and see anywhere you point the camera!
ReplyDeleteI actually ran across an article discussing the application of new media in school systems when doing research for the term paper. There are some schools that use twitter as a medium to update students about class room changes and cancellations. I agree with you totally, we should definitely have new media present incorporated in ways to get information from classes that we miss. This way we wouldn't have to ask others for their notes especially when they might not take them that well.
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