What is Wireless World?

Wireless World is a dynamic cross-curricular unit written by middle school teachers to excite 6th-8th graders about wireless technology as well as technology in general. Provided within the materials are lesson plans and examples to afford teachers many ways to communicate this exciting information to students without compromising the students' or teachers' expected and required curriculum.

Materials are separated into five components: a "General Reference" section, plus four areas of study: "Language Arts", "Science", "Math", and "Humanities". Each area of study has complete lesson plans, including "Background Information", "Teacher Information", and "Student Activities".

Wireless World development was funded by AT&T Wireless Services (ATTWS). It is provided free of any cost by ATTWS and the Global Wireless Education Consortium (GWEC) to teachers that wish to utilize the material. The material is copyrighted, but ATTWS grants teachers the right to copy materials for use by students in the classroom. The full copyright statement is given below and is also printed on the materials.

By providing this curriculum, ATTWS and GWEC sincerely hope to support middle school teachers and students in their understanding of technology. We suggest teachers engage parents, industry experts, and higher education faculty in the presentation of Wireless World lessons. By involving these additional human resources, teachers and students will learn how to transfer their excitement about technology learned during Wireless World lessons into planning their future education and careers in technology fields.

How do I get the materials?

The four areas of study, plus a "General Reference" section, can be downloaded free right here on the GWEC website. We ask only that you register to receive the materials and respect the copyright agreement on the materials. Your registration information will be used only by GWEC to solicit evaluations of Wireless World and to inform teachers of updates.

Once you fill out the qualification information, you will be directed to the site registration page. This page is used to allow access to the Wireless World recources. Please fill out the site registration information so you can utilize the resources.

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Wireless World Copyright Statement

© Copyright 2001 AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. and Global Wireless Education Consortium, Inc. All rights reserved.

These modules of Wireless World, comprising student and instructor's materials with exercises, may not be duplicated in any way without the express written permission of the Global Wireless Education Consortium. The information contained herein is for the personal use of teachers that have registered via the GWEC web site and their students and may not be incorporated in any commercial training materials or for-profit education programs, books, databases, or any kind of software without the written permission of AT&T Wireless Services and the Global Wireless Education Consortium. Making copies of these modules (including lessons, exercises, reference sections, etc., contained therein) or any portion, for any purpose other than your own use within your classroom, is a violation of United States copyright laws.

Trademarked names that appear throughout these modules have been used with the permission of their owners.