How the Internet of Things is Changing Our Colleges, Our Classrooms, and Our Students (eBook)

Mickey Slimp’s career has married technology and education to create a better world for students. As the founding director of the Virtual College of Texas, an innovative media producer in biotech, a former reporter, and a community college leader, his insight provides new digital markers for the pathways to student learning.After thirty years in various industries and technology-related positions, Roy Bartels retired from Western Texas College as Chief Technology and Information Security Officer. His experience, education, and service on regional, state, and national boards, plus his retirement career in fiction writing, gives him a unique perspective on the Internet of Things

AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: Life in the 2030sA Brief History of the FuturePersonal Technology Available NowA Day in 2030So, Hold On. Here’s What’s ComingChapter 2: The Internet of ThingsWhat is the Internet of ThingsGetting to NowHow the Internet of Things WorksStandards, Routers, Bridges, and Gateways – Oh My. . .Chapter 3: The Student as an EndpointThe Ubiquitous Use of TechnologyThe Rural Dilemma Digitization of the PersonThe Digitization of Personal EffectsStudent Mastery of the Digital EnvironmentStudent Use of Social MediaThe 21st Century StudentThe Student in a “Multiverse”Chapter 4: Teaching in the Empowered ClassroomUniversal Access to InformationSharing the PowerLearning Models for the Early 21st CenturyThe Evolution of Distance EducationeLearning – an Educational Crucible for IoTChapter 5: Smartphones and Student Empowered Learning So many Toys ToolsIs Learning Changing Due to IoT?Chapter 6: The Campus Network—Building an Infrastructure for IoT The Physics of the InternetAlways ConnectedSo, How Much is Enough?IPV4 & IPV6Static vs. Dynamic AddressesWhat is WiFi and Where Does It Come From?Copper and FiberEthernetHubs, Switches, and RoutersWhere Does “The Cloud” Come In?Types of CloudsEquipment and Software: Planning for Upgrades and ObsolescenceServer CapacityChapter 7: College Facilities in the Digital AgeEmbedded Technology Throughout the OrganizationRethinking Campus FacilitiesEnergy EfficiencyInventory ManagementHuman Traffic and Crowd ControlSchedulingCar Traffic on CampusLaboratories and the SciencesAthletics and IoTSocial Spaces for LearningPublic Information and Message ControlChapter 8: The Security NightmareMore than Just the MachinesThreats to Your NetworkSpecific Infection TypesPreventionPlanning for Failures, Recoveries, and SecurityThe Professional EdgeChapter 9: The Careers of the IoT Age“Daddy, What’s a Truck Driver?” HealthcareSo, What is Next?Artificial IntelligenceQuantum ComputingWork and the Self-Driving CarEmerging CareersThe Disconnect with TeachingChapter 10: Looking AheadNetworking FuturesResources for the EducatorFinal WordsOne Final ToolEpilogue: Graduation DayAppendix: Truthfinder Report About the AuthorsIndex