Trends in Educational Technology

Wearable Technology:

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Video:

Wearable Technology Presentation

Additional Resources:

1.Wearable Technology and Health- This website gives more information on how wearable technology is helping people with their health. There are examples of more health wearable technologies as well for information about the ones I covered in my presentation.

2.Examples of Wearable Technology-This website has examples of more wearable technology. It also discusses things such as smart shoes, clothing and glasses that I didn't really touch on. It describes each of the wearable technologies and gives you a better overview of their uses. 

3.Article on Wearable Technology and School-This is a great paper on wearable technology and where we are and where we go from here. It research that supports the use of wearable technology in school as well as it helping kids with health problems and students who have disabilities. It also discusses in more detail how wearable technology will have challenges getting into schools. 

4.Past, Present, Future of Wearable Technology- This article by Grace College gives us a brief history of wearable technology. This too discusses how health technology is evolving and the statistics of the growing wearable technology industry. 

5.History of Wearable Technology-I really enjoyed checking out this website. It starts at the very beginning of when wearable technology was first invented and goes through all the different decades and the wearable technology that was invented during that time. It is also nice because there are pictures so you can see how the technology has progressed through the ages. 

6.Wearable Technology and Universities-In this article is discusses wearable technology and how it is being used in colleges. Like I talked about in my presentation there are pros and cons for this technology in schools. The article touches on that and the concern for cheating on exams. It also shares ways that wearable technology is being used is college and shares some great apps and tools that are being used to help students.