Wearable Computers for the Educational Arena International Conference on Wearable Computers March 5, 2002 Chicago, Illinois

March 5, 2002ICWC: Davina Pruitt-Mentle2 Capitol Area Consortium for Wearable Computing Technology in Education 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 Anne’s County Public Schools – Maryland –David Rose Partners

March 5, 2002ICWC: Davina Pruitt-Mentle3 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.

March 5, 2002ICWC: Davina Pruitt-Mentle4 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

March 5, 2002ICWC: Davina Pruitt-Mentle5 Consortium Activities Assistive Technology General Research Children as Design Partners PD and Teacher Design Teams Case Studies

March 5, 2002ICWC: Davina Pruitt-Mentle6 Queen Anne’s Activities 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? Using Technology in the Inclusive Setting

March 5, 2002ICWC: Davina Pruitt-Mentle7 Queen Anne’s Activities NO YES

March 5, 2002ICWC: Davina Pruitt-Mentle8 Queen Anne’s Activities

March 5, 2002ICWC: Davina Pruitt-Mentle9 Field Research with wearable computers forms the basis of the innovative FieldQuestLive program for middle school student teams Alexandria Country Day School Activities

March 5, 2002ICWC: Davina Pruitt-Mentle10 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

March 5, 2002ICWC: Davina Pruitt-Mentle11 Collaborative effort, problem- solving, curriculum-building mapped to state learning standards, and webcast production characterize this engaging program Alexandria Country Day School Activities

March 5, 2002ICWC: Davina Pruitt-Mentle12 University of Maryland Children as Design Partners – Educational Technology Outreach – Professional Development and Inservice Department of Special Education –

March 5, 2002ICWC: Davina Pruitt-Mentle13 Coventry Activities Communication Curriculum Leisure

March 5, 2002ICWC: Davina Pruitt-Mentle14 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

March 5, 2002ICWC: Davina Pruitt-Mentle15 Coventry Activities Applications in the Classroom Text to speech Word predication MP3 Icon to speech Augmentative Communication Wireless internet

March 5, 2002ICWC: Davina Pruitt-Mentle16 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

March 5, 2002ICWC: Davina Pruitt-Mentle17 Video

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