The Curry School of Education'''

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The Curry School of Education...

• ...100 Years of Innovation

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Founded in fulfillment of Jeffersons vision...

• Jefferson, founder of the patent office, was a
  constant explorer of innovative technologies.

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Curry faculty members have continued the
tradition...

• In the 1930s the Curry School used the emerging
  technology of radio to link the University with
  schools.

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Curry School faculty members developed the
nations first state-wide K-12 Internet system.
Virginias Public Education Network (PEN) now
links all 2,000 of the Commonwealths schools.
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Collaborative Education

• The Curry School established the Universitys
  first Internet-based collaborative classroom.

• The Curry Schools video-conferencing classrooms
  now link classes to sites around the world.

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Nationally Recognized for Innovative Practice
Recipient of the first American Assoc of Colleges
for Teacher Education (AACTE) award for
Innovative Use of Technology.
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Nationally Recognized for Innovative Practice
A recipient of the first National Educational
Technology Standards (NETS) awards.
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The Next 100 Years

• 1803 Lewis Clark expedition
• 1903 Wright Brothers first flight
• 2004 Curry School prepares

for the next 100 years.
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Ray Kurzweil

• 1999 Recipient of the U.S. National Medal of
  Technology
• 2002 Inducted into U.S. Patent Office Inventors
  Hall of Fame

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Ray Kurzweil
What otherwise thoughtful people fail to consider
adequately is that the pace of change itself is
accelerating
Today its an axiom that life is changing and
that technology is changing the nature of society.
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Ray Kurzweil
But what is not fully understood is that the last
twenty years are not a good guide to the next
twenty
because we are doubling the paradigm-shift rate
each decade.
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The Past Ten Years

• During the past decade more than 96 of all
  classrooms were linked to the Internet.
• During the past decade a specialized portable
  handheld computer was developed that now is used
  in more than 93 of all high school math
  classes.

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By the end of the next decade

• The single-subject graphing calculator will be
  transformed into a multisubject device

• That becomes a personal learning portal linked to
  a wireless Internet connection.

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Preparing Teachers

• ISTE, SITE, and IECF sponsored the fourth
  National Technology Leadership Summit (NTLS IV)
  held in Bermuda to consider how best to prepare
  teachers.

Niki Davis (SITE President) and Don Knezek (ISTE
CEO) affirm accords at the 2002 technology
leadership summit in Bermuda.
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Preparing Teachers

• Our responsibility is to prepare teachers and
  schools to use these emerging technologies that
  are transforming society
• The best use of technology is fundamentally
  different in each of the core content areas

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Mathematics

• Over 90 percent of U.S. high schools incorporate
  graphing calculators in mathematics classes
• Advanced Placement (AP) examinations now require
  a graphing calculator

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Social Studies

• Sites such as the University of Virginias award
  winning Center for Digital History have made
  thousands of primary documents available to
  history students.

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Language Arts

• Digital Storytelling combines still images with
  short video clips and a narrated voiceover to
  create documentaries that bring stories to life.
• Effective expression in this medium can be used
  as a bridge to writing

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Digital Stories

• Every community has a memory of itself -
• A living memory, an awareness of a collective
  identity woven of a thousand stories.

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Science

• More than half of cameras sold in 2003 were
  digital rather than film.
• Digital cameras have great potential in the
  science classroom.

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Science
Digital Visualization for Science Classrooms

• The Curry School and IECF are working with Bill
  Ferster on development of applications for the
  science classroom.

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Science

• Bill is the recipient of an Emmy award for
  technical excellence for development of the first
  nonlinear digital video editor.