Friday, December 4, 2009
Phyllis J Washington Education Center
The new education center is quite nice. It includes several open "lounge" areas with flat screens, rolling furniture and technology compatability. Anyone can plug in computers, flipcams, etc. and present on a big screen. One advantage of the set up is it provides a flexible classroom - teachers/students can rearrange the space to suit their needs. A second advantage is that passersbys can see what's going on, possibly become curious and want to join in. The show piece of the new facility is a projection globe (one of 15 in the country?). It can project such things as cloud movement, tsunamis and color-coded world language maps. It even has sensors built into the viewing benches that will make them vibrate to simulate motion. The globe is open to teachers and their classes by reservation.
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I am excited to learn more about the globe. It would be a neat place to bring our kiddos for field trips. My thought is...if this technology is here now, what will the technology be for my own children in five years?!
ReplyDeleteSounds awesome!
ReplyDeleteWe have an opportunity to see this technology in action tonight. I look forward to seeing how this awesome tool works.
ReplyDeleteCarolAnn
It amazes me how fast the technology is changing. I wish our school was close enough to bring for a field trip. The globe sounds mind boggling. Is it just for presentations or is it used for research as well? How is it that Missoula has the wonderful opportunity to have such an incredible piece of equipment?
ReplyDeleteDeb O'Neil
It's actually an OmniGlobe. Some other projections: the planets and some of their moons, plate tectonics, global CO2, world fires, lights at night and more.
ReplyDeleteI saw Linda's video and wish I was with you to see it live. What a great learning tool. I hope more opportunities are available for teachers to come and learn about it. Have they advertised it to schools yet or is it still in the beginning stages of applications?
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like an awesome facility.
ReplyDeleteRB