Using Immersive Realities for Professional Development

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Using Immersive Realities for Professional
Development

• Ferdi Serim
• Co-Chair, ISTE Emerging Technologies
• Task Force

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Lay of the Virtual Land?

• Gertrude Stein Theres no there there
• Define Immersive
• Why Bother?
• Is it SAFE?
• Im confused..

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Is What Youve Heard True?

• Its expensive
• Its too confusing
• Its too hard
• Its just cartoon characters wasting time,
  wasting money and having sex

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Boats on MarsHow Changing Worlds Changes Design

• Ferdi Serim
• Co-Chair, ISTE Emerging Technologies
• Task Force

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On Earth

• Design governs

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On Earth

• Concrete floats

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On Earth

• Water provides more than buoyancy

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On Earth

• Design supports continuity

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On Earth

• Design reflects changing needs

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On Earth

• Design is driven by purpose

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On Earth

• Design is driven by purpose
• Not all purposes are equal

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On Earth

• Design is driven by purpose
• Water can reveal or conceal

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On Mars, things change

• No float, no boat

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in world, things change too

• No Classroom, No Cry

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in world, things change too

• Construction, not instruction

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Best of Both Worlds - places with purpose
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Best of Both Worlds - a place with a purpose
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Best of Both Worlds - a place with a process

• The ET Database, website and blogs

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Design Ideas

• Sense of Place, Purpose, Process
• A room for each topic
• A floor for ET Implementation
• A floor for 21st Century Skills (NETS-S)

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Design Ideas

• Sense of Flow (floating on Mars)
• Prompts for entering/leaving spaces
• Clickable navigation cubes
• Potlatch Boxes

Nav cubes provide notecards with explanations of
each rooms purpose
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Design Ideas

• Sense of Community
• Encouragement to arrange/decorate
• Informal spaces for relaxing, conversing
• Always open!

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Design Ideas

• Sense of Ownership
• Community Space
• Access to presentation tools
• Shared Intellectual Property

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Design Ideas

• Sense of Humor

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Design Ideas

• Sense of Humor

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Ready? Whats next?

• Join ISTEET, get a landmark
• Contribute to the ET wiki
• http//isteemergingtech.wordpress.com/about/

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Ready? Whats next?

• Take the Plunge!
• Get an avatar
• Work with a docent
• Leverage Ideas!
• Use potlatch boxes
• Use the wiki
• Contribute!
• Build the database

Visit http//slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE20Island/1
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