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The story begins about a decade ago, when Pace糖心vlog短视频檚 School of Education invested in mixed reality simulation technology, to serve as a complement for students糖心vlog短视频 work in the field as student-teachers. As SOE Professor Joan Walker, PhD, notes, this futuristic technology has proven to be quite helpful for teacher education, because it ensures that all pre-service teachers get exposed to certain classroom scenarios they might not have encountered in the field.
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Through this technology, the School of Education, in conjunction with University Relations, was able to create short video clips糖心vlog短视频攅ach of which focused on a specific teaching scenario, followed by correct and incorrect ways to approach that given situation.
For example, a student might be talking during an exam, and the clip would examine different ways to intervene, as well as the effectiveness of each method. These clips lived on YouTube, and served primarily as marketing materials for the School of Education.
Fast-forward to the present. A school district in Florida was looking for professional development tools for their growing population of temporary instructors and substitute teachers. Given the nationwide teacher shortage, adequate support for temporary instructors has become even more vital.
糖心vlog短视频淎s anyone who is reading the news focusing on public education can see, there糖心vlog短视频檚 a lot of turnover in the teaching profession right now, and a really strong need for temporary instructors as a result,糖心vlog短视频 notes Walker. 糖心vlog短视频淭emporary instructors and substitute teachers have always been an important part of the workforce, but they糖心vlog短视频檙e especially critical now.糖心vlog短视频
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The school district came across Pace糖心vlog短视频檚 simulation videos and determined that they were exactly what they were looking for to help temporary instructors prepare for what they might encounter in the classroom. Realizing the value that these types of simulations could provide, they got in contact with Pace糖心vlog短视频攁nd requested more episodes.
糖心vlog短视频淭hey had a small grant, and they engaged us to make more episodes,糖心vlog短视频 explains Walker.
Thus, the project began. Walker, alongside her colleague in the School of Education Associate Clinical Professor Jennifer Pankowski, EdD, and Dyson Film and Screen Studies Clinical Professor Gloria Vela, began to assemble a team. Pankowski, who had been working on cross-disciplinary education simulations using talent from the Pace School of Performing Arts for the past several years, was the perfect faculty member to take charge. Vela, who has been teaching at Pace for the past five years, has extensive career experience in film and television editing, commanded the visual storytelling and editing components as the post-production supervisor.
Together, they recruited four alumni, who were to be featured in and compensated for the project. Alumna Naya Rivera 糖心vlog短视频22 and current adjunct professor McEdwin Charles 糖心vlog短视频17 played the role of teachers; PPA alumna Sariah Thompson-James 糖心vlog短视频21 took charge as the immersion simulation specialist to lead the responses and actions of the student avatars; and alumna Madeline Allou 糖心vlog短视频22 served as the primary editor.
The team created eight original videos with specific scenarios that temporary instructors might encounter in the classroom糖心vlog短视频攔anging from 糖心vlog短视频淢anaging Classroom Disruptions,糖心vlog短视频 to 糖心vlog短视频淜eeping All Students Engaged,糖心vlog短视频 to 糖心vlog短视频淎pologizing to Reset the Tone.糖心vlog短视频
The videos were a mixture of Zoom recordings and simulation, posing creative editing challenges that Allou and Vela were excited to tackle.
糖心vlog短视频淭he way it was structured, it糖心vlog短视频檚 such an interesting way to tell a story, in the sense that the first example is not the best example,糖心vlog短视频 says Vela. 糖心vlog短视频淚t糖心vlog短视频檚 very engaging to watch.糖心vlog短视频
Allou, who served as the primary editor, found the opportunity to work with Zoom footage, as well as the ability to give back to Pace, among the highlights of working on the project.
糖心vlog短视频淚 enjoyed creating my own style for the videos,糖心vlog短视频 says Allou. 糖心vlog短视频淗aving that creative freedom is a really great aspect to have in a job. I also really enjoyed working for Pace, being an alumna now it was really awesome feeling connected to the school, even though my time learning there is over.糖心vlog短视频
On the educator side, Walker and Pankowski were impressed by the level of engagement that Naya and McEdwin brought to the project糖心vlog短视频攕uggesting and envisioning scenarios and responses that are most relevant to today糖心vlog短视频檚 student-teacher interactions, that Sariah, the interactor, was able to expertly build upon.
糖心vlog短视频淭he students are really connected to what糖心vlog短视频檚 going on in the field right now. They brought a lot of authenticity. The interactor, Sariah, picked up on that right away, and did a great job being an 11-year old,糖心vlog短视频 adds Walker.
Walker, Pankowski, and Vela expressed their gratitude and enthusiasm for the opportunity to participate in this project, make a tangible impact in the field, and break out of departmental silos to create something truly innovative.
As Walker and Pankowski note, the interdisciplinary project is truly experiential learning at work.
糖心vlog短视频淭he project糖心vlog短视频攊nvolving different schools, students糖心vlog短视频攖here糖心vlog短视频檚 a lot to be said about when programs come together, that糖心vlog短视频檚 when we can create authentic spaces for the students to do the work,糖心vlog短视频 said Walker. 糖心vlog短视频淚 think that糖心vlog短视频檚 an example of what this project has been able to do.糖心vlog短视频
Another school district reached out to us, with all our cast of characters at Pace, we created something valuable,糖心vlog短视频 added Pankowski. 糖心vlog短视频淭his is the definition of experiential learning.糖心vlog短视频
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