Week Thirteen - The Future: Education & Technology

What do you think your classroom will look like in 5 years? In 10 years? What kind of tools will you and your students use?

EDUCATION MEETS THE REAL WORLD
Academics Meets Architecture video

VIRTUAL TEACHERS & FRIENDS
Virtual Teacher Could Change Distance Learning (Teaching Math) Audio
Toddlers Embrace Our (Giggling) Robotic Overlords

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
Student Exchange, Without the Jet Lag: Educational Collaboration in a Virtual World (Second Life)
Global Education on a Dime: A Low Cost Way to Connect (Global SchoolNet & ePals )

HIGH TECH HIGH SCHOOLS
Microsoft's High-Tech High
High Tech High
Three Cities, One New High-Tech High School (Education for future engineers, mathematicians and scientists)

ONLINE SCHOOLS
Insight School of Washington
See Press Release 8/29/2007 Internet Academy/K-12 Online Education
Interview with Bill Finkbeiner, Executive Director
Florida Virtual School

CELL PHONES
From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Schools (A blog with a lot of good ideas)
Cell Phones for Learning
Cell Phones Tackle Reading, Language Barriers (2008)

TECHNOLOGY FOR LESS
Turn any surface into an interactive white board with eBeam
Low cost computers for students include the XO Computer -- Explore the XO, the Classmate PC & the teachermate

OTHER RESOURCES
Digital Learning Commons - Tools for promoting technology & learning in Washington State Schools
Password Safe - create a secure name/password database on your computer
Connexions - "a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc."

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY & SPECIAL LEARNERS RESOURCES
University of Washington DoIt Program: Academic Resources for K-12 Educators
Alliance for Technology Access
Center for Applied Special Technology
Assistive Technology Training Online
Special Education Resources on the Internet
Students with Special Needs