Learning+on+the+Holodeck

Learning on the Holodeck: Theaters without Audiences Presenter: David Thornburg

Notes by: Stephanie Connor - Project-based learning can transform education using an educational "holodeck" to create a "theater without audiences" where there are no passive observers.

We spend too much time teaching kids about things but not how to do things.

Open source textbooks (used in CA) can be edited to include new/changed information.

Anxiety, Flow, and Boredom. Keep increasing the challenge to keep kids interested. Example: challenging games, success, increasing difficulty

What does your ideal classroom look like?

Holodeck - have roles to play. Kids can choose their roles, but there is no audience.

Simulations: space exploration, underwater exploration, navigating through human body, earth exploration, weather exploration, traveling back in time

Goal: engagement