Boats On Mars

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Boats on Mars: Boats on Mars: How Changing Worlds How Changing Worlds Changes Design Changes Design Ferdi Serim Ferdi Serim Co-Chair, ISTE Emerging Technologies Co-Chair, ISTE Emerging Technologies Task Force Task Force

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Presentation for Second Life Best Practices in Education: Teaching, Learning, and Research2007 International Conference

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Boats on Mars:Boats on Mars:How Changing Worlds How Changing Worlds

Changes DesignChanges Design

Ferdi SerimFerdi SerimCo-Chair, ISTE Emerging Technologies Co-Chair, ISTE Emerging Technologies

Task ForceTask 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 changeOn Mars, things change

• No float, no boat

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““in world”, things change tooin world”, things change too

• No Classroom, No Cry

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““in world”, things change tooin world”, things change too

• Construction, not instruction

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Best of Both Worlds - Best of Both Worlds - places with purposeplaces with purpose

• The Emerging Technologies Idea Library

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Best of Both Worlds - Best of Both Worlds - a place with a purposea place with a purpose

• The Emerging Technologies Idea Library

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Best of Both Worlds - Best of Both Worlds - a place with a processa place with a process

• The ET Database, website and blogs

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Design IdeasDesign Ideas• Sense of Place, Purpose, Process

– A room for each topic– A floor for ET Implementation– A floor for 21st Century Skills

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Design IdeasDesign 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 room’s purpose

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Design IdeasDesign Ideas• Sense of Community

– Encouragement to arrange/decorate– Informal spaces for relaxing, conversing – Always open!

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Design IdeasDesign Ideas• Sense of Ownership

– Community Space– Access to presentation tools – Shared Intellectual Property

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Design IdeasDesign Ideas• Sense of Humor

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Design IdeasDesign Ideas• Sense of Humor

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Ready? What’s next?Ready? What’s next?• Join ISTE:ET, get a landmark

• Contribute to the ET Blog

• http://isteemergingtech.wordpress.com/about/

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Ready? What’s next?Ready? What’s next?• Capture your ideas!

• Practice activities• TP to Potlatch Commons and/or ISTE ET Workspace

• http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/155/146/22