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On page two down, it talks about all aspects of virtual communication.

From the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation 2005

Different statistics for Web 2.0 users.

This is a reading excerpt from edu cause that discusses the platforms of PLEs. It looks into the framework of student study and the affects of adapting to new environments.

explains the dynamics of ubiquitous computing

This pdf mentions some things on how virtual communication changes and the future good it can do.

This journal expands on the philosophical disadvantages of Web 2.0 as well as acknowledging the scientific education advantages within a school system. Within a school system, a classroom is started with a base of a higher expectation rate (highly structured), and a control on the primary thinking points of the students (based on scientific data).

"We realize that teachers across a wide range of disciplines are embracing multimedia as a means to engage students and bring subjects to life. We have created a series of sample lessons that can be incorporated into many aspects of the school curriculum. The lessons are intended to provide inspiration to teachers and provide them with the resources they need in order to build interesting and stimulating classes. You can browse the lessons from the menu on the left and each lesson can be downloaded as a PDF from the appropriate links. Different institutions have various rules and regulations when it comes to using recording equipment and the internet - please find below a few issues you may need to address before embarking on any multimedia projects."

"Google is currently the most used search engine. It has one of the largest databases of Web pages, including many other types of web documents (blog posts, wiki pages, group discussion threads and document formats (e.g., PDFs, Word or Excel documents, PowerPoints). Despite the presence of all these formats, Google's popularity ranking often places worthwhile pages near the top of search results."

This group may be an interesting group to interview for Flat Classroom project - from Houston.

Got a link to this wiki from Estie Cuellar, amazing teacher who has joined in Flat Classroom this year. She says: "I would like to share something with you guys. I teach a Sports Marketing Class. I'm always looking for new and fun ways to reach the kids. Yesterday, I started my class on a comprehensive project that I'm calling, "Rock On." The goal of the project is for the students teams (all of my classes work in teams) to synthesize what they've learned in class so far (they've learned the marketing mix, target marketing, positioning, segmenting, and the 7-key functions of marketing) and plan a 20 city tour for their band. I found the project from a "Best Practices" book that Jeff McCauley of The Marketing Teacher compiled from marketing teachers and sent out as a PDF a couple of years ago. I have modified the original project to utilize Web2.0 technologies." Interesting ideas - wish I could teach marketing!

It has lots of good info on connecting the world, not just for government and employment stats but lots of other topics too. It is pretty long so you'll have to sort through stuff, but its worth the time.

google business report from google about the impact in business development

look at it, comment, do whatever

This long article discusses ways that technology is beneficial and how it is detrimental to the environment. Also, it explains how people should try to not have technology have such a negative effect on the environment

This article is to help group 10: Virtual Communcations. It discusses the challenges of virtual communication and also explains how it is better for your wallet.

I know that both groups were struggling with the environment aspect of the Virtual Communications project. Hope this helps!