The Monterey Bay campus of the California State University is using wireless technology in several projects, all supported by the Wireless Education and Technology Center (WeTEC). The projects, which cover a range of disciplines, challenge the idea of the classroom as a physical space within an on-campus building. WeTEC encourages innovative curricula and works in partnership with other organizations to deploy wireless technologies in community settings.

One example is The ROVing Otter, in which school-aged children use a web browser in the classroom to direct the actions of a submarine that is located in a cove in the bay. The submarine's range includes a kelp forest, underwater cliffs and caves, and a variety of marine life.

Another project involves wireless field archaeology at Spanish missions, where university students are using wireless laptops, GPS, digital cameras, Tablet PCs, and PDAs for remote data collection. In a similar project, geology students use tablet computers and digital cameras to collect data about geological sites, then use wireless file transfer to allow other students to view and modify the images.

Other projects include seafloor mapping, virtual wetlands field trips, and foreign language learning. More information about these and other projects can be found at the WeTEC website.