Wireless Revolution in EcoTourism Education. Cape May, January 23, 2007

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1 Wireless Revolution in EcoTourism Education Cape May, January 23,

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3 Survey of us.. What is our digital profile Raise hands in the last five days. + Made a cell phone call: Yes / No + Sent an IM message: Yes / No + Taken a picture with a film camera Yes / No + Taken a picture with a digital camera Yes / No + Taken a picture with a cell phone Yes / No + Accessed the Internet via your cell phone Yes / No + Used Google online Yes / No + Made a purchase online Yes / No + Watched videoon the Internet or Cell Phone Yes / No + Hacked a website No need to tell 3

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5 MetaVerse 5

6 MetaVerse The science fiction novel Snow Crash was published in 1992 by Neal Stephenson. The MetaVerse is like the virtual universe of the Internet in which we access information and create our digital identities (avatars online alias). 6

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9 Case Study 9

10 Fairmount Water Works 200 years of EcoTourism 10

11 Fairmount Water Works 200 years of EcoTourism 11

12 Fairmount Water Works 12

13 Fairmount Water Works Interpretative Center 13

14 Fairmount Water Works Interpretative Center 14

15 Regional Center for EcoTourism Education Open to the public all week except Mondays Major field trip destination for primary & secondary school classes to learn about watersheds Nationally recognized center for meetings and conferences about water and watersheds Extending the educational experience of the Center by innovative media outdoors that directly connects learning to experiencing watersheds 15

16 Experiential Education via Digital Media Learning by hands-on participation Learning by interactive experience Learning by exploring the personal connections of the visitor to his or her watershed, making the education experience directly relevant Learning through the Digital Water Lab that is linked to the PWD Research Center Learning by applying the lessons outdoors beyond the classroom 16

17 Dramatic Connection between the FWWIC and our Watersheds 17

18 Dramatic Connection between the FWWIC and our Watersheds 18

19 All Exhibits are Submersible or Removable within 3 hours 19

20 Add Dramatic Connection between the FWWIC and our Watersheds Add photo 20

21 Digital Video that relates the changing River and the Land Record aerial video from a helicopter of the 330 miles of the Delaware River and 130 miles of the Schuylkill River Flying 200 foot elevation Flying at 65 mph 18 hours of flight time Working with experts to identify 280 points of interest along the river Created multimedia exhibit program with video, audio, flight throttle and dynamic map for interactive flying from 0 to 600mph 21

22 Digital aerial video integrated into Digital Watershed Exhibit 22

23 Digital Media relates Wildlife and the River Fairmount Fish Ladder 48 Species of Fish in the Schuylkill All of the fish especially Shad need to pass the Dam In the past there were hundreds of thousands of Shad migrating up the Schuylkill River Aquatic biologists need to count the fish as they pass through the viewing window in the view room at the fish ladder 23

24 Digital media exhibits connecting Wildlife and Water Two high resolution digital imaging camera systems are installed in the fish ladder viewing room bunker Wireless digital link connects the cameras with the FWWIC Exhibit provides direct live, real-time viewing of fish passage through the fish ladder The companion FWWIC website provides the same real-time viewing of fish passage Imagery by biologists to count fish for their research 24

25 Unexpected guest at the Fish Ladder 25

26 Connecting Outside + Inside FWWIC River Otter 26

27 Digital media exhibits connecting Communities and Water You can enter your street address and the exhibit program displays your watershed address View the Schuylkill River Heritage Video Digital video profiles of 7 major watersheds and community efforts to protect them Photo galleries illustrating watershed community activities Send digital postcards to family and friends about supporting watershed advocacy Request more information about how to support and care for your water and watershed 27

28 Interpretative Center Website extending the learning Learn about your Watershed and FWWIC resources Access for teachers to lesson plans and education resources about Water and Watersheds Participate in ongoing Watershed education, activities and events View live video from the fish ladder Sign-up for periodic Watershed related newsletter Volunteer opportunities to support our Watersheds 28

29 FWWIC Urban EcoTourism 100,000 Visitors in 3 years 29

30 EcoTourism Digital Communications Exploring, Discovering, Stewardship & Fun.! Interactive Learning Experiences Participatory Learning Information Commons Sustainable Kiosks Soundtrails Wireless Soundtrails - Podcasting 30

31 Wireless Revolution extension the EcoTourism interpretative experience outdoors. 31

32 The closest distance between two people is a story. 32

33 How to connect the guests to the Fairmount Water Works Interpretative Center with real stories, real events and real issues that are relevant in their outdoor watersheds 33

34 Participatory Learning through Interactive Media The visitor is a co-creator of their interpretive Narrative Experience The visitor contributes to program content The meaningful interaction continues beyond the immediate experience The story changes depending on the visitors The content is expandable Adaptive Interfaces: multi-lingual, multi-generational, multicognitive learning styles, ADA compliant 34

35 Outdoor Digital Interpretative Media Visitor is often mobile and as well as the subject The objects of interpretation maybe invisible or perishable No electricity or technical infra-structure Wayfinding over unknown terrain is essential Environmental weather conditions are changeable and sometimes severe 35

36 Concept of the Information Commons The Commons are forms of wealth and assets that belong to all of us. They are our collective inheritance. The Commons include natural resources, public spaces, scientific research and public knowledge that have accumulated over centuries. The Commons create our Commonwealth. Boston Commons We are developing programs that interact with information, images, video, audio as an information commons. 36

37 Digital Access Output for Information Commons 37

38 Wikipedia Is a collaborative online encyclopedia that was launched 4 years ago.. 38

39 Wikipedia Wikipedia currently has 1,575,379. 6,321,961 1 Information Pages 2,709,449people have registered user accounts 1,048 people (or 0.04%) accounts belong to administrators Wikipedia has less than 30 employees 39

40 Wiki Wiki is a Hawaiian-language word for fast-fast! Wiki refers now to software that creates collaborative content. Wiki is about digital consumers also becoming digital authors of meaning that is relevant to them Wiki is about participation Wiki is about collaboration 40

41 Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Clarke's Third Law Arthur C. Clark Author 2001 a Space Odyssey ipod Nano 41

42 67,642,000 ipods in use since introduced In 2002 ipod Nano 42

43 Cell Phone is becoming your new Media Everything Computer New LG 9800 cell phone = Phone, MP3 player, Camera, Video Player, Expandable Memory, 43

44 Convergence of Wireless Networks + Mobile Access + Outdoor Learning & Exploration Nearly the entire Delaware Watershed region has cell phone access 44

45 "It's not just a cell phone; it's a lifestyle tool " million cell phone subscribers in the US in million cell phone subscribers receive news in the US in billion text messages sent in the US in million cell phones receive video in the in the US in 2005 By 2010 (in 4 years) 95% of US population will have a cell phone 772 million cell phones were sold world wide in 2005 More pictures were taken via cell phone than by regular cameras in world wide 2005 Wireless-service revenue topped $102 billion in the US in

46 Cell Phone Usage Generational Divide 46

47 Sound Trail Remote Onsite Information and Interpretation via cell phone Interpretation at the site of the education experience Completely mobile and adaptable Completely scaleable for content and number of users Multiple languages Very quick content updates Rapid and economical development No barriers to entry 47

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57 FWWIC Wireless Sustainable Watershed Kiosk 57

58 Sustainable Watershed Kiosk 58

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61 Outdoor Anywhere Interactive Kiosks Sustainable Materials Durable Solar Powered Kiosk Touch screen, Audio, Video Wireless Network Content + Hardware Upgradeable Re-configurable Re-locatable Vandal Resistant Integration of ATM when appropriate 61

62 Even in the Digital Domain we do not inherit the world from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. 62

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64 EcoTourism + Digital Media = Positive Experiences 64