Worldwide Education and Research Conference 2007
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Meeting the Needs of the Web 2.0 Student
Worldwide Education and Research Conference 2007
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Global Participation. VP of Global Education and
Research Kim Jones (left) welcomed an international cast of presenters
and participants to Sun Microsystems’ annual
Worldwide Education and Research Conference, held in San Francisco.
This year’s theme, Education 2.0: Education in the Participation Age,
prompted conference participants to examine the state of education
globally, and explore the latest technologies that support collaboration,
social networking, and the needs of the “Web 2.0 student.”
New Models for Education.
Presenters included industry luminaries as well
as Sun senior executives and key customers,
who reflected on emerging models for education
and the technologies that will enable
them. Sun Chairman and Co-Founder Scott
McNealy (left) considered the implications of
Web 2.0 for education.
New Media. Sun
Chief Gaming Officer Chris
Melissinos (far left) moderated
a panel discussion on
how new media will create
“eLearning 2.0.” Panelists, left to right: Moodlerooms’ Stuart Sim, Jane Kagon of UCLA Entertainment Studies and Performing Arts, and Gerri Sinclair from the World Center for Digital Media in Vancouver
discussed gaming, virtual environments, and social software, with particular
attention to Second Life, the popular online 3D world.
Power in a Box. Project Blackbox, Sun’s prototype of a self-contained,
virtualized data center, was curbside at the St. Francis Hotel for participants to tour (left). Still in beta, the unit has everything—an entire data center—shoehorned into a cargo container that’s delivered by truck. Just hook up power, water, and data lines—then leave it in the parking lot. It’s probably the most computing technology you’ll ever see in a walk-through of about 15 paces.
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