{"id":53940,"date":"2016-03-05T07:05:31","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T12:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=53940"},"modified":"2016-03-05T07:06:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-05T12:06:36","slug":"virtual-classrooms-a-vision-of-the-future-of-teacher-training-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2016\/03\/05\/virtual-classrooms-a-vision-of-the-future-of-teacher-training-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual classrooms: A vision of the future of teacher training [Smith]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual classrooms: A vision of the future of teacher training<\/strong> <\/a>— from edtechmagazine.com by D. Frank Smith
\nA classroom simulator platform operating out of UCF is breaking new ground for how teachers hone their craft.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Stepping in front of a classroom of skeptical students can be nerve-wracking for first-time teachers, but a new teaching platform at the University of Central Florida gives educators-in-training the option of conquering their classroom jitters in a virtual environment.<\/p>\n

Educators must navigate social, pedagogical and professional hurdles all at once. And TeachLive<\/a><\/strong> is the first of its kind \u2014 a classroom simulator that can emulate these challenges and scale its difficulty to the specific needs of the teacher.<\/p>\n

TeachLive places a teacher-in-training in a virtual classroom populated by computer-generated students. A Skype conference call and a Microsoft Kinect<\/a><\/strong> motion sensor power the high-tech pantomiming behind the platform. It’s currently being used at more than 80 campuses across the U.S.<\/strong> to train some of the next generation of educators, and it appears to be working.<\/p>\n

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\"teachlive-march2016\"<\/a><\/p>\n

teachlive.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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TLE TeachLivE\u2122 is a mixed-reality classroom with simulated students that provides teachers the opportunity to develop their pedagogical practice in a safe environment that doesn\u2019t place real students at risk. \u00a0This lab is currently the only one in the country using a mixed reality environment to prepare or retrain pre-service and in-service teachers. The use of TLE TeachLivE\u2122 Lab has also been instrumental in developing transition skills for students with significant disabilities, providing immediate feedback through bug-in-ear technology to pre-service teachers, developing discrete trial skills in pre-service and in-service teachers, and preparing teachers in the use of STEM-related instructional strategies.<\/p>\n

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