YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT???

The present ubiquity and conception of mobile cellular technology has been a significant factor of the modern lifestyle for decades.  In the most basic sense, the concept of mobile technology revolved around several components to make the technology work.  Assuming that an infrastructure is present to support two phones that will communicate over a radio link through a network of interconnected radio towers operated by a mobile service operator is a mouthful of information to convey in just one sentence!!  Albeit, despite the wordy explanation we do have a better understanding of mobile cellular technology – imagine that!!!  How does our newly gained knowledge of mobile cellular technology help us in understanding how to use mobile technology and perhaps dictate future use? 

(Hold that thought for a moment…)

According to The Horizon Report (2011), by the year 2015 eighty percent of the people will be accessing the Internet through mobile devices.  In Japan, seventy-five percent of the tech savvy population is already accustomed to accessing the Internet via mobile devices.  Imagine that in the United States, cell phones are already native to children under the age of thirteen and by the time these children reach early adulthood cellular technology would have outgrown its original purpose (for talking to another cell phone).…Now, I want you to remember to earlier in this post when we asked ourselves how to use mobile technology in the not so distant future?

(Good, glad you are still with me…)

The future is now…  Are we disturbed when we see signs such as ALL CELL PHONES MUST BE TURNED OFF OR ALL CELL PHONES MUST BE ON VIBRATE during a study session at the library or while in a dark movie theater??

  I think it is time that we reconsider how much of an opportunity we are missing by restricting the use of cell phones in certain ‘quiet’ places.  Imagine using mobile technology to help society dictate future use instead of future use being dictated by our outdated mobile etiquette?  Mobile devices provide a wealth of data collecting potential that can be infused with ANALYTICS LEARNING to bring forth new models learning models to help us understand ourselves better.  Experiments involving data collected from social media outlets may already be merging with data from other sources to help teachers find better and more effective ways of teaching their students according to learning style. 

So how does our newly gained knowledge of mobile cellular technology help us in understanding how to use mobile technology and perhaps dictate its future use?  The answer may lie in being unconventional – use mobile technology to help us learn about ourselves instead of us learning how to use mobile technology – use imagination!!!… Encourage mobile technology and discourage preconceived bias…. 

Imagine….what would Einstein do with a tablet device???