The Career Connection to Teaching with Technology Consortium, initiated by
the Volusia County School Board in Florida, proposes to involve outstanding teachers
from geographically diverse public and private schools in the development of educational
resources and to guide them in aligning their lessons with challenging state and
national standards. University partners and software developers will collaborate
with teachers to create three dimensional software that immerses students in a virtual
reality learning environment. Industry partners have already designed a satellite
delivery system, named the Digital Curriculum Intranet, which will allow
software products, lessons, and other resources to arrive at participating schools
in a reliable, timely manner. The consortium of 30 diverse schools, the American
Psychological Association, Hughes Network Systems, Adobe, J. Weston Walsh publishers
and the University of Central Florida, and other partners will work together to
raise student achievement with technology.