Dewey Jung/Craig Cunningham to conduct brainstorming session at MERLOT in August

[Dewey Jung / Craig Cunningham]

Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching - MERLOT
Eighth International Conference

MERLOT: Still Blazing the Trail and Meeting New Challenges in the Digital Age

7-10 August 2008
Hilton Minneapolis Hotel
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
http://conference.merlot.org/2008/

Saturday, August 9, 2008
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Round Table Discussion:
How We Can Use Virtual Environments for Teacher Education: A Brainstorming Session
Track: Track 7 - Community of Practice: Harvesting the Promise of Technology with Teacher Education
Presenters: Craig Cunningham
Nicollet
In this participatory session, the audience will brainstorm about the uses of multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs) for teacher education. The presenter will give a short demonstration of the most popular MUVE, Second Life, and will describe the primary affordances and features of the environment. Small groups will brainstorm uses of the environment for teacher education, and report to the larger audience. A collective wiki will be created that will summarize the discussion. All welcome, even if you have no experience with MUVEs!