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  • As the project got underway, there was considerable interest in seeing the how similarly K-12 and higher education were viewing emerging technology. As it turned out, there is a considerable overlap, but there are also clear distinctions.
  • collaborative environments and online communication tools
  • barriers such as policy constraints on using online tools, the fact that many students do not bring laptops to school (as opposed to many college students, who do), and policies that restrict Internet access in many schools.
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  • Communication tools are a part of most students’ daily lives outside of school.
    • Michelle Krill
      Michelle Krill on 28 Apr 09
       
      Blogs, skype, and many other tools apply here. Moodle has some of these built in, as do other services.
  • Collaborative Environments,
    • Michelle Krill
      Michelle Krill on 28 Apr 09
       
      Online tools such as wikis, mindmapping sites, social networks would apply here.
  • Over the next year, we anticipate that both groups of technologies will begin to move into the mainstream of teaching practice.
    • Michelle Krill
      Michelle Krill on 28 Apr 09
       
      Collaborative Environments and online communication tools.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 20 Jun 09
       
      I hope so. But, as I travel around the state I'm still seeing schools blocking wikis and blogs - even in IU buildings where the only users are adults! The fear of lawsuits is palpable! What we need is a news-worthy crisis to make us take this seriously.
  • Multi-touch interfaces, GPS capability, and the ability to run third-party applications make today’s mobile device an increasingly flexible tool that is readily adapted to a wide range of tasks for social networking, learning, and productivity.
  • Collaborative work, research, social networking, media sharing, virtual computers: all are enabled by applications that live in the cloud.
    • Michelle Krill
      Michelle Krill on 28 Apr 09
       
      Google Apps for Education is useful for cloud computing, as well as collaborative work.
  • There are a number of technologies that are used to configure and manage the ways in which we view and use the Internet;
    • Michelle Krill
      Michelle Krill on 28 Apr 09
       
      The start of this is already here with the use of RSS. Teachers and students can personalize their web experience, which in turn can personalize their learning experience.
  • Smart objects combine a unique identifier with sensors and network access to link physical objects with a wealth of virtual information.
  • Smart objects combine a unique identifier with sensors and network access to link physical objects with a wealth of virtual information.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 30 Nov 09
       
      Is this what is used to make Augmented reality objects? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKw_Mp5YkaE
  • Michelle Krill on 28 Apr 09
     
    Technologies to Watch section.
  • anonymous on 20 Jun 09
     
    Technologies to Watch section.
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