The Future Technologies
 

Encore
Online virtual learning environment system.

Active Worlds
Activeworlds offers a comprehensive platform for efficiently delivering real-time interactive 3D content over the web.

Tapped In
TAPPED IN™ is the online workplace of an international community of education professionals. K-12 teachers and librarians, professional development staff, teacher education faculty and students, and researchers engage in professional development programs and informal collaborative activities with colleagues.

Groove
Groove Networks Inc. provides software and services that enable organizations to extend critical business processes, projects and meetings across time, space and organizational boundaries.

The Future of the Internet
 John Patrick’s  (IBM) vision of the future.

Next Generation Internet (NGI)
An IBM site about the future direction of the Internet.

Future Problem Solving Program
A great site for getting students involved with community-based problem solving.

The Digital Earth
This is from a speech by Al Gore about the possibilities of creating a fantastic global software network that could take students anywhere on the planet for indepth study.  Very interesting article!

The National Information Infrastructure:  Agenda for Action
This is the Clinton Administrations statement concerning the building of the future Net.  An interesting proposal with worldwide implications for businesses, schools, and homes.

The Telecommunications Reform Initiative
A speech delivered by Al Gore at UCLA.  This is a long speech, but if you can shift through it, you'll find some interesting comments about how the administration plans to change communication laws to prevent the bottleneck in the communications industry.

The Future of Networking Technologies for Learning
This site was created by the US Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology.  It contains articles on the implications of future networking efforts on education.

Classroom of the Future
The site was created at the University of Missouri-Columbia.  It gives examples of the future classroom using videoscreens, virtual reality, and workstations.
 
 

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