A brief introduction by the Phoenix Community Alliance will take place in the school foyer at 4:00 pm.  Students of the new University Public School Phoenix will provide guided tours until 6:00 pm.

735 East Fillmore Street

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Maker Faire Africa, 2009

Maker Faire Africa (MFA) 2009 took place this year in August in Accra, the capital of Ghana. MFA is billed as “a celebration of African ingenuity, innovation and invention” which as we learned is often a way of life for many in Ghana. MFA will be happening again in Kenya in 2010, and they are currently accepting sponsorship opportunities.

The work of ASU Global Resolve is well aligned with this same Maker approach in that they strive to “develop sustainable technologies and programs in the areas of energy, clean water, and local economic development…” blending innovation, resourcefulness, and entrepreneurship at all levels.

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Dublin City University and Arizona State University have been appointed as the lead academic partners in the Global Grid for Learning, a concept developed by Dr Theo Lynn, from DCU’s Business School. The project is a global online education initiative to connect a billion digital content resources to education worldwide. Dr. Theo Lynn (DCU) and Dr. Sam DiGangi (ASU) will act as Principal Investigators for Global Grid for Learning.

‘Global Grid for Learning’ will enable teachers move beyond the confines of a text book and overhead projectors and delve deep into the world of digital learning, providing engaging lessons and enabling the classroom to come alive with knowledge.

It will mean teachers in primary, secondary and third level colleges will have access to one of the largest digital learning repositories in the world. They will have access to new teaching resources from thousands of sources, both professional and peer-generated, at their fingertips.

Global Grid for Learning comprises two services, one free and one commercial, the former, www.globalgridforlearning.org, being operated by the lead academic partners and the latter, www.globalgridforlearning.com, by Cambridge University Press. All academic research for both services will be coordinated by Arizona State University and Dublin City University.

Some of the world’s leading content providers and technology companies have already committed to the initiative including Encyclopaedia Britannica, Reuters, Corbis, Bridgeman Education, Intel® Skoool, Microsoft, SMART Technologies, Scran, The Learning Federation and many others. All of the content is copyright cleared, making it legal to use. For the first time teachers and lecturers will not be isolated when it comes to preparing material for their lessons. Global Grid for Learning is also a collaborative project with contributions by teachers for teachers.

“Our participation in Global Grid for Learning represents the type of collaboration envisaged by the transatlantic strategic alliance already existing between ASU and DCU,” says Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski, President of Dublin City University. “This agreement with Cambridge University Press reflects the global intent of the Dublin City University and incorporates industry engagement, research projects, academic exchanges, and new approaches to education.”

“As a department of the University of Cambridge, our purpose at the Press is to further the University’s objective of advancing learning knowledge and research worldwide,” says John Tuttle, Managing Director, New Directions Group. “ASU and DCU share our commitment to this purpose, the wider global education community and the role technology can play in bridging the digital divide”.

Dr. Sam DiGangi, Associate Vice President and director of ASU’s Applied Learning Technologies Institute (alt^I ) said: “Global Grid for Learning brings virtually over a billion educational resources to educators and students. Through the collaboration among ASU, DCU, and Cambridge, these resources will be made readily accessible, easily consumable, and directly relevant. This cross-disciplinary partnership moves beyond associating resources with standards and objectives to developing new ways in which users can assemble resources, create knowledge, share and refine instructional approaches.”

Dr. Theo Lynn, Deputy Director of DCU’s Learning, Innovation and Knowledge Research Centre said: “Global Grid for Learning provides a platform for bringing the open content movement and the commercial publishing industry together to provide universal, affordable and equitable access to education content. Furthermore, it provides researchers, initially in Ireland and Arizona, with the opportunity to work with large source of global primary data to inform education, ICT and business research.”

For Further Information:
Dr Theo Lynn (01-7006873) theo.lynn@dcu.ie

Dr Samuel DiGangi (1-480-965-2047) sam@asu.edu

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“In an effort to organize some collaborative notes and backchannel using Wave, I’ve created a public wave for each main time slot of the Denver conference. Each session in the time slot has its own post. Just reply to the post about the session you attend to chat with other Wavers in the session or to post public notes to share.”

So far, everyone seems to be playing nice and the collective intelligence of the attendees is compiling up fairly well.  This is a good idea and appears to be being well executed by all.  Nice job!

http://www.intellagirl.com

[Update: "EDUCAUSE: 7 Things You Should Know About Google Wave" PDF]

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Teachers earn contact credit hours, while you learn.

• Learn new skills, share research, collaborate and become part of a global social network
• Grants and funding workshops offered, get your share of educational technology dollars
• The IDEAL Project – Integrated Data to Enhance Arizona’s Learning – A partnership between the Arizona Department of Education and Arizona State University
• Learn how Arizona is becoming an innovative leader in Educational Technology by using iTunesU for K-12, a free resource for hosting podcasts and vodcasts.
• Featuring global collaboration projects providing teachers with the tools needed to succeed in today’s technology enriched environments.

http://mec.asu.edu

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Dr Samuel A. DiGangi
Associate Vice-President, University Technology, Arizona State University, USA

With an introduction from
Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching)

Dr Samuel DiGangi’s research activities focus on infusing effective components of instructional design
with emerging technology in education. In addition to extensive use of computer-mediated instruction
in his teacher preparation courses, Dr DiGangi directs several sponsored research projects examining
implementation of high technology telecommunications and international networking in the classroom.
Dr DiGangi possesses a strong background in human-computer interface design; he is adept at program
design as well as network infrastructure and topology evaluation. He has taught numerous courses
devoted to evaluation and assessment of the impact of technology on education.

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Dr Samuel A. DiGangi
Associate Vice-President, University Technology, Arizona State University, USA

With an introduction from
Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching)

Dr Samuel DiGangi’s research activities focus on infusing effective components of instructional design
with emerging technology in education. In addition to extensive use of computer-mediated instruction
in his teacher preparation courses, Dr DiGangi directs several sponsored research projects examining
implementation of high technology telecommunications and international networking in the classroom.
Dr DiGangi possesses a strong background in human-computer interface design; he is adept at program
design as well as network infrastructure and topology evaluation. He has taught numerous courses
devoted to evaluation and assessment of the impact of technology on education.

Download Presentation Flyer

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