This video explores the effectiveness of virtual reality for teaching and learning purposes. Professor Lighthouse, a cognitive psychologist and teacher, discusses the advantages of using a multiple intelligence approach in a virtual world, and the multitude of avenues available to students for processing, comprehending, remembering and applying knowledge in real-world settings. Cross-curricular examples are reviewed. This report also includes an interview with Westley Field, creator and manager of Skoolaborate. See article in Dialogue Magazine @ http://www.dialogueonline.ca/article.php?id=189.
Excellent video - and I'm proud to be your neighbour! II'm i/c Lingualand!). I recommend that people watch right through to the end of the video to gain an insight into the skills and values of Skoolaborate. I look forward to bringing more students into this world!
HelenMFL 1 year ago
Great video Professor Lighthouse! I noticed you had the Chinese classroom I built in it for Skoolaborate! Contact me in the teen grid FireCentaurKGJP Skoolaborators, or on the main grid Fire Centaur on the main grid... very cool video! Nice to see what Wesley looks like in RL! loved the shared media element!
fire2006 1 year ago