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Project Outline
==This project has two parts: **a collaborative group wiki ** and a **video**. ==

Part A - Wiki Editing
Students will be grouped and will work on one of the topics detailed below.
 * 1) Students will add content, edit, update, and improve the wiki pages.
 * 2) Students will create digital stories in their assigned area. (video)
 * 3) Each Group member is required to participate. Group Contracts will be enforced.
 * 4) This project will count as your final project grade, which includes both daily grades and a test grade.

=Collaborative Technology Innovations Wiki= =Topics:= = = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. Development of the Internet: = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. How the World Wide Web has Changed the World: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">by The Kings = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. Work Flow Software: = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4. Uploading: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">by Tora = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5. **<span class="wiki_link">Globalization and Outsourcing- by Coke-a-Cola ** = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">6. In-forming through web searches **(Google, Yahoo!, MSN Web Search)- by Jewels ** = =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">7. Personal Learning Environments and Social Networks- <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">by The Queens = =**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">8. Mobile: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">by Those Random Kids **= =**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">9. Virtual communication: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">by Flower Power **= =<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">10 Wireless connectivity: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">by Massive Attack =
 * Provide a perspective from your country on Internet connectivity: development, access methods and statistics
 * Conduct a digital divide comparison and discussion based on country and regional news and issues (Are there digital divides between countries, within the countries themselves? What is the impact of limited Internet availability on education and industry?)
 * Discuss the development of the WWW (Netscape etc) and associated protocols
 * Provide a perspective from your country on WWW standards and issues
 * Discuss the use of the WWW in education and business (local and global perspective)
 * Provide current scenarios and examples of work flow software to support your comparative discussion eg how does a Mac OS PC 'talk' to a PC running WinXP?
 * What are the most common applications that promotecollaboration work flow packages and Web 2.0
 * What is collaboration software and how does it fiunction in education and business?
 * How must education change to instruct students in collaboration? How must industry change how they train their workforce?
 * How does cultural and geographic (time zone) issues impact collaboration?
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Discuss examples include open source software, blogs, and Wiki's as online projects
 * Discuss the impact of the Internet and how uploading has changed the way we find, use and transfer information
 * Provide an outline of essential Web 2.0 tools (Blogs, podcasts, wikis) and discuss developments and trends in the participating countries
 * Discuss essential social and ethical issues to do with using Web 2.0 tools in both education and business.
 * Provide current scenarios and examples of using Web 2.0 as an effective collaboration and communication too
 * Discuss ways technology has changed the way people do business with each other and give specific examples from around the world
 * Provide evidence of how the development of outsourcing has changed job opportunities and created new areas of expertise and opportunity in education and business.
 * Discuss what job skills are necessary for the 21st Century and how this impacts on plans and trends in education for your country and the rest of the world
 * Explore and discuss the development and impact of Google and other search engines on the concept of In-forming
 * Compare global perspectives on using a search engine such as Google: developments and trends
 * Provide current scenarios and examples of the impact of Google on education
 * Discuss the business aspect of Google as an example of the impact of Internet connectivity and the potential for business development and possible monopolization
 * Provide an historical account of the development of social networking and PLE's
 * Discuss the approaches taken locally and globally to the use of social networking tools for education
 * Provide current examples of how business and education use Web 2.0 tools to connect and deliver/find information
 * Explore and discuss the development of mobile computing from a global perspective, giving specific examples from personal use and from other areas of the world
 * Provide evidence of how mobile computing has an impact on education and business
 * Provide current examples of the emerging new tools (devices and methods of connectivity) that we should all be taking notice of now
 * Breakthroughs in instant messaging, peer-to-peer networks
 * Videoconferencing
 * Explore and discuss the use of online and virtual communication tools such as VOIP, peer-to-peer networks and video-conferencing
 * Find current evidence of how these being used in education and business in various countries
 * Discuss social and ethical issues to do with the digital divide, security and privacy with the use of virtual communication in different countries
 * Outline the development of wireless connectivity for your countries (Internet and mobile devices)
 * Explore and discuss how mobile computing has impacted on education and business
 * Provide examples of current use and trends in this area

=**<span style="color: #0007ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Part B - Video **= Select the type of video production from the list below, relating it to your topic as appropriate.
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Story: ** These videos explain the topic at hand as well as the latest research and the findings from the Wiki.
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Innovations, research, predictions: ** these videos explain new innovations, what research shows in the new trends available, as well as how you envision the future as it relates to your topic.
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">First person narrative: ** in this video you will tell the story of a person involved in the trend.
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Group stories :** in this video you tell the stories of several people involved in the trend and how it effects them.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**How we Live:** In this video you will show how __ plays a role in education and business industry, how it is an important part of human well being or in the workforce.
 * Videos need to be a minimum of 30 seconds, however a one to two minute video is more appropriate for this application.**
 * All videos must be posted to the Team Wiki Pages.**

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