Talk on 3D graphics and the future of education presented at the official launch of NextSpace on Thursday 28 February 2008

1. Derek Wenmoth Director, eLearning Core Education Ltd [email_address] Graphical communications technologies and the future of education

4. Today 82 percent of kids are online by the seventh grade, (Pew Internet and American Life Project) Time using electronic media holding steady at 6.5 hours a day -- but packing more media exposure into that time: 8.5 hours' worth, thanks to "media multitasking"

7. Responses http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/ewan_mcintosh/2008/02/beyond_the_three_rs.html

8. Touch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhhbaaWBgnk

10. What about the teachers?

14. Collaboration Combining strengths to realise the potential of the product suite for the good of the nation’s children. 3D digital technologies Innovation and support Online environments Digital content Communities of practice Professional development Research Professional learning communities online http://www.nextspace.org.nz http://www.core-ed.net http://www.cwa.co.nz

15. 3D graphical environments http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSreOOg93Zk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNMljw0F-aw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfUb7QFJSDA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91wuBqlny50 Spore Magic Book MS Table StreetView