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K-12: Emerging Technologies for the Digital Classroom
Foundations for the Future (www.f3program.org)
December 7, 2005
Claudia H. Huff, Principal Research Associate & Fellow
Georgia Tech Research Institute
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Quick Overview
1. Wireless Access Technologies
2. Wireless Applications in the Sky:
TIE program - Telescopes in Education
3. Wireless Applications in the Water:
SeaMaven - Oceanography for 6-8
4. What’s next?
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Approach
1. What is it?
2. How does it work?
3. What can you do with it?
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Why Wireless?
1. Rapid deployment and low cost
2. Appropriate for mobile and rural implementations
3. Includes access and applications
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Wireless Access Implementations
1. SoWeGA (SouthWest Georgia) K-12 network
2. Santa Ana Pueblo community network
3. Montana wireless demonstration
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Randolph/Clay/Stewart/Quitman Network Topology
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Santa Ana Pueblo
• 12 government departments and 188 homes connected with broadband wireless
• Community Networking
• Home to school connections
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Pueblo of Santa Ana Network Topology
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Montana WiMax Demo
• 10 mile 54Mbps link using pre-WiMax equipment
• Cost: Millions for fiber vs. few thousand for wireless
• Deployment Timeframe (months vs. days)
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Montana Broadband Wireless Network Demonstration
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Remote Wireless to University of Montana
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Topic 2: Wireless in the Sky
• Significant Telescope at Fernbank Science Center
• Students at Lyerly Elementary in Elberton (over 100 miles away)
• Remote Telescope operation on rainy day in Elberton (sunny day in Atlanta) to study sunspots and interact with astronomer
• Telescopes in Education Program (NASA)
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Topic 3: Wireless in the Ocean www.SeaMaven.org
1. A virtual learning tool for studying the marine ecosystem, using live data from the ocean, geared to middle school students
2. Pulls live data from remote sensors located on offshore platforms through SKIO to an Internet website
3. Allows exploration of many concepts, such as:
A. Hydrology and atmospheric measurements (and their interdependence)
B. A virtual tour of the south Atlantic Bight
C. Individual and group projects involving recording measurements, comparing data, and generating/testing hypotheses
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More about SeaMaven
1. Includes teacher-designed learning activities, implementation strategies, and an “Ask the Scientist” page
2. Funded by NSF, internally, and with “sweat equity”
3. Formally evaluated (formative and summative)
4. Always “under construction” (dynamic and expanding)
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SeaMaven Partners
• Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
• Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary
• South Atlantic Bight Synoptic Offshore Observation Network (U.S. Navy)
• Users (teachers and students)
• Suggestions welcome!
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SABSOON Tower Configuration
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SABSOON Tower Sensors
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SAB Bight Region
\Geographically unique area:
• Relatively shallow
•Close to the Gulf Stream
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SAB Hydrographic Regions
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SAB Offshore Influences
Weather effects on the mainland have a direct impact on coastal ecology as do offshore weather effects.
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SABSOON FishCam
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SABSOON FishCam
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Reality Checks
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SeaMaven R2 Tower Page
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SeaMaven Video Gallery
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SeaMaven Ask the Scientist Page
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SeaMaven Activities
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Future Work: Buoy Data
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Moored and Floating Buoys
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National Marine Sanctuaries
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Ideas for You
1. Set up environmental monitoring in your schoolyard using wireless tablets and wireless sensors
2. Live video chat with schools in other geographic areas
3. Virtual field trips via videostreams
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What’s Next?
• 1 to 1 computing (laptops/whatever for all)
• Full wireless mobility (anytime, anywhere)
• Software radios (one device that does everything)
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Thank You!
Foundations for the Future (www.f3program.org)
December 7, 2005
Claudia H. Huff, Principal Research Associate & Fellow
Georgia Tech Research Institute