ACSA-PARC

Pioneer ACSA-PARC Intern Reflects

2009-03-27T15:43:00.001-07:00

Dr. Sandy Miller, one of the first ACSA-PARC Interns from 1998, recently shared some reflections with me. Click here for the entire document. Highlights of some of the technologies they saw include:

Mega-pixel color computer screens. (The kind we all have now.)
Book readers (Like the Kindle ebook reader). These were still connected by a long cord to a computer, since they didn’t have the technology yet to run it as a stand-alone.

Hyperbolic trees and computer screens icons would explode as users” moused” over them. (Much as the dock in Apple’s does today, as well as other application.)

“Electronic whiteboards” (Very expensive then!) and Zombie cameras that captured information and converted it to digital formats.

Prototype of “Baby crys a lot” which would be used in schools to teach students in family life classes the challenges of caring for an infant.

Most interesting, and probably still the most relevant, is Dr. Miller's conclusion about the experience:

I think we all understood that technology is a social interaction, and
personal contact goes a long way toward helping others make changes. We
saw that technology had many opportunities, but PEOPLE were still the key.

Devin Vodicka, Ed.D.

PARC Interns Present at ACSA Leadership Summit

2008-11-18T14:21:00.000-08:00

PARC Intern: Frank Tinney

2008-11-10T16:40:00.000-08:00

PARC Intern: John White

2008-11-10T16:39:00.000-08:00

Parc Intern: Eric Lehew

2008-11-10T12:33:00.000-08:00

Lucy's Story (by PARC Intern Eric Lehew)

2008-11-06T08:35:00.000-08:00

As part of our presentation to the PARC staff, intern Eric Lehew wrote a story that illustrated the themes that we identified throughout our experience. Click here to read it.

PARC Intern Presentation to the ACSA Delegate Assembly

2008-10-20T10:58:00.000-07:00

PARC Intern Presentation to ACSA Delegate Assembly

2008-10-13T11:57:00.000-07:00

Click here for a brief narrative overview of this presentation.

Devin Vodicka, Director--Curriculum & Instruction
Carlsbad Unified School District

A Walk in the PARC: Final Presentation from the Interns

2008-10-13T11:18:00.000-07:00

At the end of the week-long experience the ACSA/PARC interns presented a summary of insights and implications for education. The presentation focused on five themes:

Responsive Technology
Collaboration and Teamwork
Ubiquity
Continuous Learning
Decentralization

Click here for the complete file.

Devin Vodicka

Director--Curriculum & Instruction

Carlsbad Unified School District

Introduction

2008-10-10T09:03:00.001-07:00

This blog is intended to be used for communication and sharing related to the ACSA/PARC Intern experience.

Devin Vodicka
Director--Curriculum & Instruction
Carlsbad Unified School District