Finding possiblites in technology

The title of the article “Cool Or Creepy? A Clip-On Camera Can Capture Every Moment” explains the premise of the article, a clip-on camera that takes pictures automatically throughout the day, an interesting topic. I’ll admit that at first the only thing that I could think about, was what some of the authors’ friend thought ‘that’s creepy’ wondering if this was too much technology. It was hard to get my mind away from the thought that people are taking pictures without my knowledge. However, I came to the conclusion that this could be happening this very minute, since I could be taught in the background of some selfie or other picture; but also that if someone wanted to take a discreet picture of me (not saying they’d want to) with the high resolution of cameras even in cell phones, let alone professional cameras, doing this would be easy. As some of our books have taught us, technology of today may seem only fun, but it can have benefits if we think of it as a tool. A comment made in the article “I don't even have to try to remember anything” made me contemplate what this piece of technology could mean for schools. I came up with a use for this technology though I am sure there are better ones. Of course I started with the students. I don’t think that it could be used as a supplement for taking notes off a presentation, since the resolution was bad. Instead I was thinking about its possible uses for hands on activities. For example having this device would be great for laboratory student, not only so that they document the experiment but also as a form of note taking. Although the resolution isn’t great, even having a blurry image is better than no image. Students can look back and notice actions or results that maybe they hadn’t noticed or seen with these images. Another factor is that by looking at the images they are refreshing the experience, remembering the lesson taught, and therefore more likely to take something away from the lesson. Another benefit of this, could be the fact that because its images, students can share these pictures with other people, or possible students who didn’t do that experiment. By sharing their experience they are passing on the knowledge, in a fun and engaging way. The last benefit I could think of was that if students would share these images with their parents, perhaps they’d take an interest in their child’s learning, realizing how fun and difficult it can be.