Integrating Visual Thinking Strategies Program - 6-12-07
10 June 2007Integrating Visual Thinking Strategies into Educational Web Resources
Presented in the “Second Life” Virtual Reality Environment
The ISTE Media Specialists SIG sponsored a program, “Integrating Visual Thinking Strategies into Educational Web Resources” in the virtual reality environment Second Life (www.secondlife.com). This online program took place on Tuesday, June 12th. It was highly successful, maxing out the sim to full capacity. Christie Thomas (AV: Corinne Fleury), an MS-SIG member from the University of Chicago, and Wendy Ennes (AV: Woo Phlox), of the Oriental Institute Museum, provided information about Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), a facilitation technique that uses art and artifacts to teach visual literacy using communication and critical thinking skills. Learn about the technique and how it was used to develop the website “Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History” (http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu). We also saw what is believed to be the first use of this technique to interpret objects in a virtual reality environment. The program was held in the ISTE Skypark at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland/51/204/549.
See more event pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/elainetulip
Chatlog: iste-chatlog2.doc
Associated Websites
Ancient Mesopotamia
http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu
Integrating Visual Thinking Strategies into Educational Web Resources
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/papers/ennes/ennes.html
Christie Thomas is the Assistant Director of the eCUIP Digital Library Project. She has worked as an educational consultant for the Chicago Public Schools/University of Chicago Internet Project, an outreach initiative of the University of Chicago, for nine years specializing in online learning, technology issues, and professional development for K-12 teachers.
Wendy Ennes has worked with educators, museums, and arts organizations for many years. Ennes oversees educational e-learning projects for the Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago. She promotes and facilitates professional development opportunities for K-12 teachers both locally and nationally. She has been the project manager for a wide array of online and in-house resources for the museum including; touch screen interactive kiosks; the Oriental Institute Museum’s first searchable database; online professional development courses and interactives like “Dig Into History.”
Lisa Perez (Avatar: Elaine Tulip) is the incoming Chair-Elect for the MS-SIG. She is also an area library coordinator for the Chicago Public Schools Department of Libraries & Information Services.
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