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http://www.google.com/glass/start/

 

Review -5-

 

Google Glass for Teaching & Learning

 

Google Glass

 

Google Glass new ways of using technology effectively in teaching and learning. Google Glass is a device you wear much like a pair of glasses - though the device features only a single prism resting near the user’s eye; thus, the singular pronunciation of the device’s name (these are not ‘Google Glasses’). When the device is on, a slightly transparent visual display the size of a mid-size TV monitor rests above your vision and out of your line of sight. Since the device is so close to the user’s face, the device is intentionally designed to be as unobtrusive as possible.

The Google Glass: the potential for Google Glass in education is just too great. That’s why we thought it would be useful to compile an early-stages ‘Teacher’s Guide to Google Glass’. The typical lecture will become something totally different. In fact, much of the education process will be flipped as students will be able to view the world through the lens of a teacher (literally) and get a new perspective on learning.

 

Break Down:

The Good: Hands Free, convenience, multitask and open platform.

 

The Bad: Distraction, Rudeness, Privacy, Stress, Surfing, using Google Glasses, Anti-Social, Ugly, and Price. Once the expensive pair of glasses actually makes it into the hands of a teacher.

The Bottom Line: This is a useful and helpful device for teachers to use technology in education. I think is that a lot of big businesses and educational field will be built on top of Glass, and that's a very good thing for Google future.

 

Rating:  4.5 (very good).