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Download Table of Contents, Introduction, Foreword (by Mark Anderson), Chapter 1

This is last year's page. This is a good explanation of Virtual communication. this is specifically the common forms of virtual communication

This was talking about virtual communication and what it is. It was saying how it is used in everyday life and how people use it. By talking to someone over the internet that's in a distant location is virtual communication.

A sprawling consortium of Hollywood content providers, consumer electronics companies, and Internet players said on Sept. 12 that its members are planning to develop a standard that will let consumers buy movies and other digital content once and play them almost anywhere, on any type of device

Another 3d virtual world

A new 3D world to explore. I believe we're going to see an increasing proliferation of these. Linden Labs has had the monopoly (and still does), however, there are some key areas that they have not listened to their users - with the teen and lack of an educational grid as an example.

PUtting technology in the hands of children is becoming a civic cause.

One laptop per child is attempting to get small, portable computers in the hands of children in impoverished areas.

Web 3 -- what is it? What will it look like?

Web 3.0 and how the web is evolving is a part of current discussion. Some say Web 3D is more likely with Second Life like environments merging with the Semantic web. This is a great site for those working on inventing and predicting what will happen.

Learn about Web 3.0 and what is coming.

iPhone programming as part of a college computer science curriculum - ABSOLUTELY! Congratulations Dean Shareski!

iPhone programming is making its way into colleges

Looks like your veins may become your identification instead of your fingerprints. Interesting.

I love this article from Pennsylvania about Suzy Nestico's class participation in the Flat Classroom project and the Flat Classroom conference. Many in pennsylvania have struggled because of their restrictive rules. Suzy gets it done. "The Flat Classroom Project, cofounded by Julie Lindsay, Beijing, China and Vicki Davis, Camilla, Ga., speaks to the very heart of Pennsylvania's Classrooms for the Future initiative and 21st Century learning, Nestico said. It utilizes technologies such as a Ning and Wikispaces that allow students to collaborate with other students around the world to peer edit and design a variety of multimedia, despite location and cultural barriers, much like how the real world is starting to work. Each student works with an international partner to create a multimedia presentation based on one of the 10 "Global Economic Flatteners," as described by Thomas L. Friedman in his book "The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century." Nestico learned of the Flat Classroom concept while completing her master's degree in education at Wilkes University, and felt it would give her students an opportunity to explore cultural and political issues without ever having to leave home. After participating in the projects with multiple classes over the past year-and-a-half, new doors opened and, now, students are beginning to meet face-to-face, she said. Students are not just doing education, they are living it, creating it, and ultimately, reshaping what it will look like for others in the future, Nestico said." Great byline that gets to the heart of what we're doing.

Article highlighting Mount Carmel Area's participation in the Flat Classroom Conference in Mumbai, India

Google Inc. is planning to build high-speed fiber-optic broadband networks in the U.S. to offer Internet speeds that are more than 100 times faster than what Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc. sell today.

"If the '90s were the Internet era, maybe the '00s were the mobile decade. Technology packed ever more power into ever smaller devices, putting portable electronics at the leading edge of innovation this decade. Click here to find out more! Related Articles * Tech Gifts for the Holidays * 7 Myths About Windows 7 * The Best of What's New in Windows 7 Shrinking tech unshackled the Web from PCs, PCs grew small enough for a clutch purse, and high-quality cameras fit comfortably in a hip pocket. Even video games, once the hypnotizer of only the young and pudgy, were unchained for a new form of freewheeling, arm-flinging family fun. With freedom of movement in mind, here are the top tech innovations of 2000-2009:"

Google plans to release their own tablet, similar to the iPad.

Basics about Bluetooth