The Geo-Historian Project

Thomas McNeal

2008 eTech Ohio

Our ProjectModern wireless technology has drastically changed how we

communicate. It also has the potential to be an educational tool for the classroom teacher.

This project was created to: Investigate cell phones as an educational tool; Reduce the barriers to videoconferencing for a school; Provide a form of videoconferencing to schools that had none; Demonstrate how resource sites near and far (museums, zoos, etc.) can

be valuable tools; Give students the opportunity to create a valuble resource for the

community

Geo Historian Project

The Geo-Historian Project utilizes wireless technology to link classrooms with local historical landmarks. Using GPS cellular phones, students will become video historians, creating a living history of real people and real places shared via wireless devices.

“One of the best ways to own local history is to become part of it.” The Geo-Historian Project does just that as

students will take excursions back in time and learn about the people and places and times of local history

Verizon Video Cell Phones

Verizon Wireless donated 3 video cell phones with services;

Two of the phones (LG VX8100) can take still pictures and 15- second video clips and then send them via email or to websites.

The Third phone (Motorola Q) can stream live to a website or another phone.

Roving Reporters

Student reporters with phones visit a resource site such as a museum, business, or local political office and interview an expert.

At this time they create video clips and pictures files with the videophones.

Clips and Photos

Expert answering questions Demonstrations of a concept How-to video Pictures of the subject being

discussed

Sending the Media Pictures and video can be:

Emailed Uploaded to sites like Flickr or youTube Broadcast to your PocketCaster site

PocketCaster

Stream and Archive video

Create webpages (web and mobile)

Dynamic GPS tracking Optional Blog and

YouTube Stepup

DVC Pocketcaster Page

The Next Step: Geo-Historian

Live video broadcasting of video using

PocketCaster from

ComVu Need a mobile device with

video recording ability and a data account with your mobile carrier

How it Works Demo Video KSU Video

2D Barcodes

Scanlife http://www.scanlife.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKIrl3-2E9s Japan http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=OxFR6r-Dqk4&feature=related

2D Barcode genrator- winksite

Winksite http://winksite.com/site/index.cfm QR Code™ Widget Generator

http://www.winksite.com/barcode/

Examples of Other Projects

Frequency 1550 (video): Location-based learning using cell phones, GPS, and UMTS.

Netherlands

National Museum of History Taipei, Taiwan

Taiwan

Links

DVC Project http://www.dvcproject.org/ RCET: http://www.rcet.org

Flickr: http://flickr.com/learn_more.gne Frequency 1550: http://freq1550.waag.org/ Packetvideo: http://www.pv.com/ PIX & FLIX MESSAGING (Verizon): http://

getitnow.vzwshop.com/index.aspx?id=messaging_pixflix

PocketCaster: http://www.comvu.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com

Questions?

Thomas McNeal

Director, Desktop Videoconferencing Project

tmcneal@kent.edu

www.dvcproject.org

The Journal of the Research Center for

EducationalTechnology at http://www.rcetj.org/?type=art&id=79575&

Contacts!

ComVu Media Inc.

Tony Randall

(Office) +1 604 844 2263 ext.4#

(Email) tr@comvu.com

Verizon

Laura.Merritt@VerizonWireless.com