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The Stonefields Project

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Where is Stonefields?

Where is Stonefields?

Where is Stonefields?

• The web site

What is Stonefields?

What’s happening?

• Landco is developing the old Winstone quarry near Mt Wellington

• The Ministry of Education is building a new school on the site

• The school is being “fast tracked” as part of the government’s “economic stimulus”

What will you do?

• Teams competing to design a school for the future– 4 things to do …• Scale model• Computerised model (Sketchup and Google Earth)• Web site including how emerging technologies will

influence• Formal presentation to explain all of your work

– Parents and other invited people

Just what is the Horizon Report?

Technology Horizons 1

• Collaborative Environments– Virtual environments where students and teachers

can communicate, share information and work together.

– Can be simple tools like a wiki to a full 3D environment like Second Life.

• Examples:– Voicethread, Google Docs, Sharepoint, social

networking sites, and see the Horizon Report

Technology Horizons 1

• Online Communication Tools– Allow users to connect from anywhere, anytime– Synchronous or asynchronous

• Examples– Skype (desktop videoconferencing), microblogging

(Twitter), instant messaging, Edmodo

Technology Horizons 2

• Mobiles– Blackberry, iPhone etc– 1.2 billion per year– By 2020 will be primary means of connectivity

• Cloud Computing– Resources from large “server farms”

• Examples:– Flickr, Google Docs, Youtube

Technology Horizons 3

• Smart Objects– Nokia Concept Phone– Converging Technologies

• Personal Web– iGoogle, Netvibes– See if this makes sense