Center for Innovative LEARNING Technologies Joins With Palm Computing to Sponsor Educational Software Contest for Handheld Devices.MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 1999-- SRI International (company) SRI International - One of the world's largest contract research firms. Founded in 1946 in conjuction with Stanford University as the Stanford Research Institute, they later became fully independent and were incorporated as a non-profit organisation under U.S. and The Concord Consortium Team with Palm Computing, the Exploratorium, Handspring(TM) and Puma Technology to Foster Development of Educational Technology Tools for Grades K-12 SRI International -- a leading independent technology innovator and founding member of the Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT CILT Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK) CILT Center for Innovative Learning Technologies CILT Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research (Stirling, Scotland) ) -- announced today that it will join with CILT member The Concord Consortium as well as with Palm Computing, the Exploratorium, Handspring, Puma Technology and others to sponsor a contest to develop educational software applications for handheld computing devices. The goal of the contest is to foster the collaboration of educators and engineers to stimulate development of educational software applications for use by the K-12 educational community. "We are very excited to be working with exceptional organizations such as Palm Computing, The Concord Consortium, the Exploratorium and Puma Technology to sponsor this contest," said Roy Pea Roy Pea is a professor in the School of Education at Stanford University. The author of over 110 published works in the learning sciences and learning technology design, Pea has made significant contributions to the understanding of how people learn with technology. , director of the Center for Technology in Learning at SRI International. "By working together, we hope to stimulate awareness of the limitless potential for handheld devices as a valuable tool for students and educators." The contest is part of a larger initiative by CILT to foster strategic alliances between the public and the private sectors that stimulate research on innovative, technology-enabled solutions to critical problems in K-12 learning. About the Contest Contest entries will be evaluated based on their educational and technical quality, as well as the quality and completeness of their documentation, and will be judged by an independent panel appointed by CILT. Judges include Jeff Hawkins Jeff Hawkins (born June 1, 1957 in Huntington, New York) is the founder of Palm Computing (where he invented the Palm Pilot)[1] and Handspring (where he invented the Treo). , co-founder, chairman and chief product officer of Handspring and inventor of the Palm(TM) connected organizer; David Pogue David Pogue (born March 9 1963) is a technology writer, journalist and commentator. He is a personal technology columnist for the New York Times, an Emmy-winning tech correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning, and tech guest reporter for NPR's Morning Edition. , author of the best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best "PalmPilot: The Ultimate Guide"; Janese Swanson, designer of "Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. Sandiego" and president of GirlTech; and a number of students, prominent educators, and others. Additionally, while applications can be designed for use in any educational setting -- homes, schools or the field -- entries must address topics recognized by the National Science Foundation such as mathematics, science, and technology education, including quantitative social science. Of special note will be applications not practical with desktop personal computers. The implementation cost of the application should be as low as possible to promote use by the broadest range of educators and students. To facilitate rapid development, Puma Technology will be supplying 100 copies of its Satellite Forms(TM) application development tool for the Palm organizer. Satellite Forms enables developers to create complete applications for devices based on the Palm Computing(R) platform without programming. The CILT Knowledge Network will help educators and technologists meet to form teams for the competition. People can enter their ideas, skills and contact information into the CILT Knowledge Network, allowing people with differing skills to find others with complementary skills and ideas. Contest winners will be announced at the awards ceremony, which will be webcast live from the San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Exploratorium on March 6, 2000. Winners will be featured on the Palm Computing web site at http://www.palm.com/ and may have the opportunity to become certified as a Palm Platinum developer at no charge. Additionally, the winning software may be sold at the official Palm Computing(R) platform web site. Final entries are due on January 15, 2000. -0-
Prizes
Contest prizes are as follows:
-- Grand Prize: A Palm VII(TM) connected organizer, a Handspring
Visor(TM) expandable handheld computer, a full Code Warrior(TM)
development environment, a LandWare keyboard, two passes to the
PalmSource(TM) 2000 conference, one round of free Platinum
Certification, and a spotlight on the Palm Computing platform
web site.
-- Second Prize: A Palm VII(TM) connected organizer, a full Code
Warrior(TM) development environment, a LandWare keyboard and a
spotlight on the Palm Computing(R) platform web site.
-- Best in Each Category: A Palm V(TM) connected organizer and a
full CodeWarrior(TM) development environment.
Additional prizes to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. by PalmCentral.com in the form of Palm hardware and accessories. Entries must use a Palm III The Palm III was the first PDA in the Palm III lineup and is also Palm Computing's first handheld to support infrared file transfer and a Flash ROM capable operating system. The first Palm IIIs went on sale in 1998. (TM) connected organizer and can consist of Palm software, hardware, networking, server software, other technology and user documentation. Parts of the application are allowed to be available from other sources, but some aspect of the application must be original. Contest rules and additional eligibility requirements are stated on the CILT web site at http://kn.cilt.org/palm99/. To learn more about the participating organizations, use the following URLs: CILT: http://www.cilt.org/ SRI International: http://www.sri.com/ The Concord Consortium: http://www.concord.org/ Palm Computing: http://www.palm.com/ Exploratorium: http://www.exploratorium.edu/ Handspring, Inc.: http://www.handspring.com/ PalmCentral.com http://www.palmcentral.com/ Puma Technology: http://www.pumatech.com/ About CILT Funded by the National Science Foundation, The Center for Innovative Learning Technologies (CILT) is a distributed center designed to serve as a national resource for stimulating research on innovative, technology-enabled solutions to critical problems in K-14 learning. Our approach is to foster and to conduct collaborative research and development in areas that we believe promise significant advances in learning. CILT founding institutions are: SRI International, the University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. , Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University, at Nashville, Tenn.; coeducational; chartered 1872 as Central Univ. of Methodist Episcopal Church, founded and renamed 1873, opened 1875 through a gift from Cornelius Vanderbilt. Until 1914 it operated under the auspices of the Methodist Church. and The Concord Consortium. This distributed leadership structure brings together substantial experience in foundational research on learning, technology innovation and school improvement. About SRI International Silicon Valley-based SRI International is one of the world's largest independent research, technology development and consulting organizations. Founded in 1946 as the Stanford Research Institute Stanford Research Institute - Former name of SRI International. , SRI has been meeting the strategic needs of global markets for more than 50 years. As part of its strategy to bring its technologies to the marketplace, SRI licenses its technologies, forms strategic partnerships and creates spin-off The situation that arises when a parent corporation organizes a subsidiary corporation, to which it transfers a portion of its assets in exchange for all of the subsidiary's capital stock, which is subsequently transferred to the parent corporation's shareholders. companies. Visit SRI International on the World Wide Web at http://www.sri.com/. Note to Editors: Palm Computing is a registered trademark and Palm, PalmSource, Palm VII The Palm VII product family consisted of two products, the Palm VII and the Palm VIIx Palm Pilots. These were produced by Palm, Inc., before it was split into PalmOne and PalmSource. They had antennas for wireless data communication on the Mobitex network under the now defunct Palm. , Palm V, and Palm III are trademarks of 3Com Corporation or its subsidiaries. Puma Technology, Satellite Forms, Intellisync and Empowering the Mobile Enterprise are trademarks of Puma Technology, Inc. which may be registered in some jurisdictions. All other product or company names are trademarks of their respective owners. Handspring and Visor An electronic PDA originally from Handspring, Mountain View, CA (www.handspring.com) that was introduced in 1999 by the people who invented and marketed the PalmPilot. Based on the Palm OS, it was the first handheld to use the USB interface. are trademarks of Handspring, Inc., and may be registered in some jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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