Immersive+Learning+Environments

Leadership Symposium Wiki 2009
=**11. Learning Environments**=


 * Preconceptions**
 * What is a powerful learning experience?
 * Why do students have a right to powerful learning experiences?
 * How do we ensure that powerful learning experiences are the central goal of all learning environments for students?


 * Multimedia**
 * Information Literacy: Higher Ed Example from Della Curtis ** : []

__Description__ Used with graduate students to provide an overview scenario of information literacy and the use of VoiceThread. They respond to a series of questions about information literacy. They are also responsible for responses to another set of questions by their students and teachers. VoiceThread notes: While this VoiceThread project shows an engaging discussion between graduate students looking to earn a master's degree in education, it also showcases the collaboration that can be captured in a VoiceThread between colleagues and professionals.

__Benefits to student educators__ VoiceThread is a powerful tool for project-based learning. It is the jolt of technology integration juice for education! The grad students later told me that their elementary students begged to make more VoiceThreads - so they did!

__Process/Assignment__ The project was accomplished as a out-of-class assignment over a two-week period of time. Everything about VoiceThread was easy - creation, technical, tools, etc. The objectives remained the same over the course of the project because it was carefully planned with the focus on what I wanted my students to know and be able to do.The objectives were to demonstrate effective use of VoiceThread; to share knowledge of information literacy instruction with their students; and [to discover] how they envisioned their use of VoiceThread with their students. My graduate students were empowered, engaged, and excited about using VoiceThread to communicate new knowledge. The next day, several of by grad students used it with their elementary students!

__Challenges or setbacks__ Planning a well-organized experience in a new media format.

__Tips__ Enjoy the experience and watch the excitement among adult learners emerge!

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 * David Jakes: [|Immersive Learning Environments Wiki page]

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 * Critical Reading**
 * ISTE NETS - Students - 2007 [|here]
 * ISTE NETS - Teachers - 2008 [|here]
 * ISTE NETS - Administrators - 2009 [|here]

Creating Immersive Learning Environments with Mixed Meda View more presentations from David Jakes.
 * Digital Tools**
 * Embed Code
 * See the Immersive Learning Environments Wiki Page above
 * David Jakes Slideshow above


 * Reflections**
 * What?
 * So What?