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WNC EdNet by Bob Houghton — last modified 2006-02-13 18:32

The Western North Carolina Education Network is a consortium of schools, colleges and the university of this region. Information here will be used by the the Technology Applications Committee and related work groups in their implementation and educational integration of the consortium's fiber ring project.

3D Consortium Planning by Bob Houghton — last modified 2006-04-15 23:31

This area provides planning and vision documents for a potential consortium of UNC campuses to address 21st century curriculum in the context of 3D environments.

Robotics & Independent Thinking by Bob Houghton — last modified 2006-06-12 08:52

Applying the best of science and mathematics to solving many current problems created the vision and the real world practice of robotics. The topic has caught public imagination through lego-robotics and other manufacturers looking for new ways to grow interest in their entertainment and toy products. Curriculum innovators have in turn used these readily available robotics resources to revitalize interest in the ideas and practice science and math. These documents organize information related to robotics education, for K-12 classrooms and beyond. Initially this thinking centers on a summer workshop for teachers that will study the principles of project based learning, the tools of Lego Robotics technology and Internet collaboration. FIRST Lego League competition will be included as part of a larger Robotics Festival. To create and guide an entity that can make decisions that are independent of its composer requires knowledge of a diverse set of skills. Curiously, many of these skills parallel those of any teacher which introduces another area of study.