FINAL PROJECT STEP 1: IMMERSIVE LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS

This is the overview of the article I had to read on Immersive Education-Libraries and Museums Technology Working Group(LAM.TWG). To get to this article I click on the link (http://JiED.org​) found in our class lecture notes and assignments. The overview summarized how they are using virtual worlds and other immersive technology to create virtual museums and libraries. It also spoke about the importance of keeping up with technology as well as the importance of keeping up with the new ways students are learning and finding knowledge. 

One of their main goals are to design virtual museums and libraries that can be accessed virtually. This is a new style of learning that can be fun for some students. A lot that goes on now is technology based. Some people even read the newspaper online. This style of learning can be successful for some students because they don't have to worry about traveling, for example to the library, but instead you can access any book in the library right from your home or anywhere you desire. 

 This diagram below shows that students can virtually access the same information they may need for learning from anywhere in the world. They are trying to create  library and a museum that have two sides, a client side and a server side. This is perfect because instead of shutting down the site for maintenance, like most websites have to do, they can just edit while people are using it. There are the educators, students and fake participants who are the people who came up with the information.

There are many different styles of learning. There are many people who can benefit from learning through technology because it gives them the opportunity to learn in the comfort of their own home where it is quiet. The library may be a quiet place to learn, but it can be quite difficult to get comfortable because there are many other students there. The idea that someone can virtually access new and old information at the click of a button can be very helpful to students.

When in elementary, middle and high school I remember taking many field trips to many educational places such as, museums. As I got older I realized how fortunate I was to be able to go on these trips. Not everyone has the necessary funding to go on these educational trips. Filed trips such as these are important because it gives the students the opportunity to get out of the routine of listening to the teacher talk the entire day and lets them explore something new in a different way. Being able to virtually access these museums would create great opportunities for those who can't physically go on educational field trips.