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Virtual classroom project coming to a close « Learn Online

Leigh Blackall reflects on his virtual residency in the Virtual Classroom Project

Tags: self-directed teacher development, teacher education, virtual classroom project, pd on 2008-05-03 -All Annotations (1) -About

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- "polished, finished, packed with closure" - these are important words for educators in SL because the environment offers the opposite of that - it encourages creativity and makes it easy to engage in the process of constructing spaces.
  post by teachandlearn on 2008-05-03 18:33:46
- learning about architecture, sustainability, and SL rendering.
- The simplicity in learning the drawing tools, coupled with the ability to meet numbers of other people in the actual model who would then discuss and help me build the model was a very potent learning experience.
- people who would be there for me, who would look at and discuss my drawings as I did them, and who would share with me links and other information relating to what I was doing for the simple enjoyment of sharing and helping.
- It doesn’t matter if the ideas I had - or the way I was trying to express them were any good or not.. what I’m talking about is the need we all have for encouragement and motivation to improve on and further our own learning. I could have enrolled in a course and paid a teacher to give me that … attention, but even then it would have felt disingenuous and limited by what that one teacher could muster after 20 years of putting up with it.
- This amazing project that Konrad has taken me on boils down to is this:
  
  I have drawn a concept for a building I want to one day build, using Second Life and its communities to draw and develop the model.
  
  I have used numerous online networks to research and inform the model, and this drawing is only one step in many for this long term plan I have. That network has given me the motivation to take it all further.
  
  In the process I have learned a lot about sustainable building, drawing in SL, communicating with online networks beyond my normal peers, and in that I have gained new confidence.
  
  Now I am coming to an end with the VirtualClassroomProject, having reached the limitations of the model in SL Jokaydia, and want to take it further.
  
  I have made numerous attempts to connect with a local group who are developing sustainable building designs, but what was that I said about powering down?
  
  I think it will turn out that I will install the model somewhere more permanently in SL and continue to tweak the model, make variations and details, do a costing analysis for a real build, develop a website for it, and continue to try and find useful contacts who I can work with and possibly take something like this further - no doubt I will find them online… I already have one lead in Melbourne!
- this project has helped me to render my private and two dimensional ideas into a public and socially supportive domain.
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blog of proximal development » Blog Archive » Virtual Classroom Project Reflection

Reflection on the Virtual Classroom Project with comment by Clay Burrell

Tags: virtual classroom project, teacher professional development, Clay Burrell, Leigh Blackall on 2008-04-25 and saved by8 people -All Annotations (11) -About

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Creating a learning space for real life, in second life, 2 weeks on. « Learn Online

Leigh Blackall, the first Educator-in-Residence at the Virtual Classroom Project in jokaydia (SL) reflects on the first two weeks of his residency.

Tags: Second Life, Virtual Classroom Project, Leigh Blackall, third places, architecture, learning, education, home on 2008-04-15 and saved by2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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- my insistence to use real life proportions and limitations
- I have applied permaculture design processes and principles to this project, and thought of the space in Second Life as though it was a real space in real life. I very much enjoy the permaculture design process for its very holistic, even universal design ethic - and given its focus on sustainability and self sufficiency it is also very timely in todays world
- Then I decided to focus on the building design, and for this I’m using discarded 20′ shipping containers as the basis of the building. Shipping containers are great to work with. They are readily available for reuse, reasonably cheap, structurally sound, transportable (obviously), durable, and come in remarkably good dimensions for proportioning an efficient living and working space
- I am trying to work out how to make it so that all the materials and objects that are used in the build can be packed inside the containers, and that any modifications I make to the containers will not compromise their structural integrity, or ability to be transported
- To my mind, nothing these days should be built or developed without careful consideration of these issues. Nothing ever should have been actually! But regarding the challenges of designing a learning space, I am using these primary considerations within a frame of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Its obvious that if people’s basic survival needs are not being met, then they are not in a very good position to be learning things beyond what it takes to survive. If they are stressed, hungry, or uncomfortable, then we are hardly in an ideal space for learning about abstract concepts or developing new skills. Or if the learning space itself is struggling to pay out money for energy, food, or waste management, then it too is in less of a position to commit to learning. And so it is with a real world sustainability and self sufficiency approach that I’m considering these needs
- I don’t believe that institutions are the ideal place for learning. Actually, I think it could be proven so… Instead, I’m going for a family home.. but one that can accommodate up to 15 people if need be
- disruption through architecture
- my design is for a family house that is large enough to host 15 or so people from time to time; that is fully self sufficient in providing for its own energy, water and food needs; that is a system that produces no waste; and that uses building materials and structures that are reused, portable and make minimal impact on the area being occupied
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Creating a learning space for real life, in second life, in under 1 month « Learn Online

Tags: classroomdesign, learning, leighblackall, self-directed teacher development, vicrtualclassroomproject, Virtual Classroom Project, Leigh Blackall on 2008-04-02 and saved by3 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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- Real life needs so much work, it is so wanting of good ideas implemented, and almost impossible to get new ideas tested! So, my design will focus mainly on innovations for real life, that include room for Second Life too.
- e needs so much work, it is so wanting of good ideas implemented, and almost impossible to ge
- As for a learning space, I want to put some thought into what would be feasible in a local community today.. I’m not sure if it will be a space for an Institution yet. But I’m looking for efficient use of space and resources; space design that is conducive to inquiry learning and skills training; and with every single aspect serving some form of opportunity for learning.
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Action Research Resources

Action research resources, including definitions, key researchers and texts.

Tags: actionresearch, practitioner inquiry, self-directed teacher development, teacher education on 2008-03-30 and saved by12 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Towards a Culture of Inquiry ... (PDF)

Tags: PDF, inquiry, practitioner inquiry, professional practice, reflection, teacher education, teacher professional development on 2008-03-25 and saved by2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Writing and practitioner inquiry: Thinking relationally

Graham Parr (Monash University, Australia)

Tags: PD, inquiry, practitioner inquiry, professional communities, professional development, teacher education, teacher professional development on 2008-03-25 -All Annotations (1) -About

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- The value of practitioner inquiry as contribution to individual knowledge and as a generator of knowledge for professional communities.
  post by teachandlearn on 2008-03-25 14:04:56
- Reid envisions teachers as reflexive “inquirers into professional practice who question their routine practices and assumptions”.
- His vision appreciates the value and possibilities of practitioner inquiry for enhancing an individual’s knowledge and professional learning, while also generating knowledge and capacity for professional communities.

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Teacher Professional Development

Virtual classroom project coming to a close « Learn Online

blog of proximal development » Blog Archive » Virtual Classroom Project Reflection

Creating a learning space for real life, in second life, 2 weeks on. « Learn Online

Creating a learning space for real life, in second life, in under 1 month « Learn Online

Action Research Resources

Towards a Culture of Inquiry ... (PDF)

Writing and practitioner inquiry: Thinking relationally

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