The Back to the Future Quest was really interesting. It was cool to see how someone in the 1980's saw the direction of technology heading. One of the similarities of technology then and now is that we use computers and devices for communication. We now have video chatting such as skype. We can use our phones to call and text. We have social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. We can be connected to many people at once.
Some of the differences are that we don't have that kind of technology to put someone in the classroom like that. We have the ability to record lectures and view them later, but we can't put someone directly into the classroom. Also, we don't have the database that they predicted. The internet is a lot like that, but we have to decide for ourselves the most relevant content. We don't have a computer that decides for us. We also don't have many things that are voice activated. They are starting to come out with some of that. Such as the new "personal assistant" on the iPhone 4S. Right now we have to use keyboards, buttons, or touch screens to get things done.
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