Wearable Computers for the Educational Arena

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Wearable Computers for the Educational Arena

• International Conference on Wearable Computers
• March 5, 2002
• Chicago, Illinois

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Capitol Area Consortium for Wearable Computing
Technology in Education
Partners

• University of Maryland College of Education
• Davina Pruitt-Mentle
• Alexandria Country Day School Virginia
• Will DeLamater
• Sherry Ward
• Coventry Schools Ohio
• Lisa Blough
• Lisa Zverloff
• Eric Van Raepenbusch
• Queen Annes County Public Schools Maryland
• David Rose

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History

• Preparing Teachers for Technology of Tomorrow
  Summer Institute 2000
• Richard Bizar Xybernaut Presentation
• Consortium established in October 2000
• Mission identify, investigate, experiment,
  develop, test, and evaluate wearable computer
  applications and solutions for education and
  associated fields.

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Preliminary Work

• Institute for Advanced Computer Studies Human
  Computer Interaction Laboratory and College of
  Education, University of Maryland - Allison Druin
  (Children as Design Partners)
• Educational Technology Outreach College of
  Education, University of Maryland Davina
  Pruitt-Mentle (Professional Development and
  Pre-service Exploration)
• Coventry Local School Districts Lisa Blough
  Administrator, Lisa Zverloff Wearable Computers
  as Assistive Technology

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Consortium Activities
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Queen Annes Activities
Using Technology in the Inclusive Setting

• How do we use technology to include children with
  disabilities in the general education curriculum?
• How do we include students in class
  discussions/participation?
• How can a teacher customize instruction with a
  minimum of technology skills and time?

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Queen Annes Activities
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YES
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Queen Annes Activities
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Alexandria Country Day School Activities
Field Research with wearable computers forms the
basis of the innovative FieldQuestLive program
for middle school student teams
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Alexandria Country Day School Activities
Students webcast a learning module of their own
design from a site of historical or cultural
significance in their region to middle school
peers around the country and around the world
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Alexandria Country Day School Activities
Collaborative effort, problem- solving,
curriculum-building mapped to state learning
standards, and webcast production characterize
this engaging program
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University of Maryland

• Children as Design Partners http//www.cs.umd.ed
  u/hcil/kiddesign/
• Educational Technology Outreach Professional
  Development and Inservice http//www.edtechoutrea
  ch.umd.edu/
• Department of Special Education
  http//www.education.umd.edu/Depts/EDSP/

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Coventry Activities

• Communication
• Curriculum
• Leisure

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Coventry Activities

• Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Grant - 13,000
• Wearable Computers for students with Learning
  Disabilities
• Assistive Technology Infusion Grant (7) - 40,000
• Wearable Computers as Assistive Technology

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Coventry Activities

• Applications in the Classroom
• Text to speech
• Word predication
• MP3
• Icon to speech
• Augmentative Communication
• Wireless internet

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Future Directions

• Continue to explore the use of portable computers
  for specific students with disabilities
• Expand to general education science students in
  the "field
• Students can create content in the field create
  a constructivist learning environment
• Portable computers allow the students to bring
  the technology with them
• Lead to an increase in the amount of time that a
  student with disabilities can be included in the
  general education setting and open new avenues to
  self-dependency
• Bring the outside world inside, and
  computers/technology outside

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Video
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QUESTIONS?