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Key concepts for educators considering vras a teaching & learning tool.
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developmentally
appropriate content
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building
spatial skills
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making connections
to locally relevant issues
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navigating
concepts
ideas & constructs dimensionalized.
a java geometers sketchpad?
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navigating
extraperceptual spaces
micro-macrospatial & multitemporal contexts.
for fun and for profit.
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navigating
virtual reality
remote tele-remote "sensing".
www.terraserver.com
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| vrml |
in Education:
a user's perspective
on potential for instruction and exploration.
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to what learning ends?
local sense of place
or
virtual meeting space.

moo mud
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qtvr locales
environmental, biological & earth systems science
investigations.
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GIS-enhanced visualization.
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Content ideas for developing
online courses that have vrcomponents...
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earth and space sciences,
astronomy,
cosmology.
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time and evolving landscapes and cultures.
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local community mapping projects.
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vras a conceptual development tool for teaching & learning about
humans and environmental reality.
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interactions
in science
atmosphere,
biosphere,
hydrosphere,
geosphere,
anthrosphere.
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local perspectives on global issues.
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anthrosphere & cyberspace
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virtual communities
teams of children and mentor adults conducting like studies in locally
relevant contexts.
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Projects making strides toward vrfor
teaching and learning
a "sense of place".
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An example project funded by US Deptartment of Education
Technology Challenge Grant (1999 - 2004)
<http://globe.ed.uidaho.edu/lc_rediscovery>
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www.ecoguild.com
plugged in... and sharing information.

www.globe.gov
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Key concepts for educators considering
vras
a teaching & learning tool.
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navigating
concepts
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navigating
extraperceptual spaces
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navigating
virtual reality
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developmentally
appropriate content
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building
spatial skills
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making connections
to locally relevant issues
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