Boats On Mars

Boats on Mars:Boats on Mars:How Changing Worlds How Changing Worlds

Changes DesignChanges Design

Ferdi SerimFerdi SerimCo-Chair, ISTE Emerging Technologies Co-Chair, ISTE Emerging Technologies

Task ForceTask Force

On Earth• Design governs

On Earth• Concrete floats

On Earth

• Water provides more than buoyancy

On Earth

• Design supports continuity

On Earth• Design reflects changing needs

On Earth• Design is driven by purpose

On Earth• Design is driven

by purpose

• Not all purposes are equal

On Earth• Design is driven

by purpose

• Water can reveal or conceal

On Mars, things changeOn Mars, things change

• No float, no boat

““in world”, things change tooin world”, things change too

• No Classroom, No Cry

““in world”, things change tooin world”, things change too

• Construction, not instruction

Best of Both Worlds - Best of Both Worlds - places with purposeplaces with purpose

• The Emerging Technologies Idea Library

Best of Both Worlds - Best of Both Worlds - a place with a purposea place with a purpose

• The Emerging Technologies Idea Library

Best of Both Worlds - Best of Both Worlds - a place with a processa place with a process

• The ET Database, website and blogs

Design IdeasDesign Ideas• Sense of Place, Purpose, Process

– A room for each topic– A floor for ET Implementation– A floor for 21st Century Skills

Design IdeasDesign Ideas• Sense of Flow (floating on Mars)

– Prompts for entering/leaving spaces– Clickable navigation cubes – Potlatch Boxes

Nav cubes provide notecards with explanations of each room’s purpose

Design IdeasDesign Ideas• Sense of Community

– Encouragement to arrange/decorate– Informal spaces for relaxing, conversing – Always open!

Design IdeasDesign Ideas• Sense of Ownership

– Community Space– Access to presentation tools – Shared Intellectual Property

Design IdeasDesign Ideas• Sense of Humor

Design IdeasDesign Ideas• Sense of Humor

Ready? What’s next?Ready? What’s next?• Join ISTE:ET, get a landmark

• Contribute to the ET Blog

• http://isteemergingtech.wordpress.com/about/

Ready? What’s next?Ready? What’s next?• Capture your ideas!

• Practice activities• TP to Potlatch Commons and/or ISTE ET Workspace

• http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/155/146/22