The
Virtual Learning Lab: Facilitated Teaching and
Learning in the Wireless Environment |
By Ruben G. Mendoza,
Ph.D.
Grant Proposal: Version of 10-10-02
The Institute for Archaeological
Science, Technology, and Visualization is committed
to the development and deployment of innovative
and cutting-edge technologies in archaeological
research and museum anthropology contexts. As
such, GIS (Geographic Information Systems),
GPS (Global Positioning Systems), EDM (Electronic
Distance Measurement), GPR (Ground Penetrating
Radar), and recent innovations in multimedia
visualization are critical adjunct to our academic
programming in archaeology and museum studies.
CSU Monterey Bay student
Keith Noboru Iida is here pictured at work in
the recovery of the roof tile layer of the Lost
Convento building at Old Mission San Juan Bautista,
California. December, 1995.
In fact, much of what the Institute
of Archaeology and its students have accomplished
to date centers on the research and development
of instructional technologies and multimedia
for archaeology and the social sciences more
broadly.
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The SmartPad is but one of many new electronic
devices that will be tested in concert with the
wireless Pocket PC's deployed during the course
of this project.
To that end, the Wireless Technologies in Archaeology
Demonstration Project seeks to extend the scope
of the Institute's existing mandate through the
deployment of wireless and broadband technologies.
Recent funding will make possible a demonstration
project that seeks to deploy digital instrumentation
for data capture and post-processing within the
context of an authentic archaeological field research
setting. Ongoing archaeological research at two
early California missions dated to the late 18th
century -- mainly San Carlos Borromeo del Rio
Carmelo and San Juan Bautista -- will serve as
the project sites for the demonstration project
in question. |
