Article Reflection 2

Warlick, D. (2004) A Future Fiction. Library Media Connection. Retrieved May 26, 2005 from http://davidwarlick.com/ff_article/

I was fascinated by David Warlick’s 2004 article “A Future Fiction,” in which he describes the advanced technologies usage on the fictional Bacon School’s campus. Mr. Warlick’s vision takes place in 2014 and provides his insights as to how the teachers and students will incorporate future technologies into their learning environment. The integration of these technologies offers many conveniences for the teachers and provides a platform for the students to demonstrate their knowledge. The story describes the student’s presentation in all its usage of multimedia and steps back seven day’s earlier to describe the events and interactions of the students in order to create their presentation. Students would meet and work in a described “Knowledge Garden” and enable students to work in conjunction with a multimedia center to research and develop their assignment. The description of the students meeting reminded me of what I would relate to as a corporate project meeting. However, there was one concern that I had and that was big brother feel to this type of campus. As convenient as it is for the teachers, students are being taught to accept the loss of their personal privacy by the incorporated advancements.