Fall 1998
Vol 7 Issue 1
IN THIS ISSUE...
Peeking Around the TechnoCorner
Getting Rid of (Visible) Instructional Technology
A Philosopher's View of the Net and the Future
Demo of a Real Time Remote Experiment
What the Future Holds for Learning Languages
Bag of URLs
SEE ALSO...
The Forum
Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction
Bag of URLs
MCLI collects relevant web sites to share with you in our "Bag of URLs":
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/eye/bag/
This site offers you features to search among more than 1400 items already submitted, a place for you to "drop" more URLs in the "bag," and an e-mail list to sign up so you can receive notices when the most recent bag has been updated.
Below are a few sites that address the futuristic theme of this issue. We encourage you to share more related sites.
Maricopa Web Sites
The Sedona Conference: Transforming the Medium-The Convergence of Education, Technology and Entertainment: "Join the Maricopa Community Colleges and leading multimedia and entertainment experts from around the world in Sedona, Arizona, April 7-9, 1999 for an interdisciplinary conference which provide an extraordinary examination of multimedia advancements, digital technologies, and philosophical and educational themes for understanding the future and higher education in the next millennium."
http://www.dist.maricopa.edu/comm/redrock/
The Futures Institute at Rio Salado College: "We see ourselves as students of the future and as active agents in its creation. Our approach is interdisciplinary, cosmological, and practical...Through our website, workshops, and consulting activities we offer a variety of educational services to people who are interested in creating the future. "
http://www.rio.maricopa.edu/future/
Integrated Studies 290 - Introduction to the Future 101: is an "interdisciplinary and integrative inquiry and examination of possible developments in the future," offered in distance learning formats from Rio Salado College
http://futures.rio.maricopa.edu/class.html
The Impact of Information Technology: Learning, Living, and Loving in theFuture by Tom Lombardo, Labyrinth-Forum Spring 1997: "I would suggest that society is, in fact, transforming in a fundamental way, but the Information Revolution is only part of a more general phenomena involving multiple and interdependent causes, including human values, ways of life, culture, science, politics, and economy."
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/labyforum/Spr97/spr97.html
Other Web Sites
The Whitehouse Millennium Council: "is a multi-year initiative to mark the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the new millennium. The Program will celebrate the accomplishments of this American century, recognize and initiate projects, and engage every sector of society in conveying our rich heritage to future generations."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/Initiatives/Millennium/main.html
World Future Society: "is a nonprofit educational and scientific organization for people interested in how social and technological developments are shaping the future."
http://www.wfs.org/
Cybertown: is a virtual futuristic city to be explored via the web: "Cybertown was built in the latter half of the 21st century and is located in the Omega Quadrant not too far from the galaxy known as the Milky Way. It is populated mostly by people originally from Earth. Many of them left Earth after the Great War in the hopes that a new start would lead to more peaceful times."
http://www.cybertown.com/
Foundation for the Future: This "was established to promote scholarly research to better understand the factors that may affect the future of humanity."
http://www.futurefoundation.com/
Foundation for Global Community: is an organization that hopes to "contribute to an evolution of cultural values, from today's dominant focus on 'more,' on growth and materialism, to an emphasis on "enough," on quality and excellence of spirit."
http://www.globalcommunity.org/
Bonus Web Sites
only available in the web version!
WIRED "Quick! The Future is all about...." one year off from the millenium change, the January 1999 issue has a futuristic theme.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.01/