el Día de los Muertos
el Día de los Muertos
Mixed Reality Poster Presentation at D2L
For more information please also see these resources:
Global Education Conference 2010 http://www.globaleducationconference.com/index.html
Conference Elluminate Recording http://bit.ly/i67yrY
Global, Local and Virtual: Understanding Tradition and Culture
Dr. Cherry Emerson, Kae Novak and Rurik Nackerud
Emphasizing 21st century skills, this project examines permeable national borders and global awareness of cultural migration. This allowed the students of an Introduction to Chicano Studies at a community college in the United States the opportunity to explore el Día de los Muertos holiday, tradition, and culture using a curriculum incorporating local, global, and digital forums. Utilizing mixed reality, students created a Día de los Muertos altar for a real museum. Then the students helped design a traditional Mexican cemetery and learning exercises within Second Life. They analyzed and developed methods of introduction for other students to experience this cultural holiday and its importation to the United States by emmigrating Mexicanos. The reality-based altar’s display is temporary yet the virtual creation continues as a tool for Ethnic Studies, Anthropology, and other courses. This activity reaches both local and global communities through virtual and reality based presentation and content.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 – 11 am MST/10 am PST and 6pm GMT
Intro to el Día de los Muertos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1kQkSLM8Ic
Mini-documentary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaORc0ZRuGU
PowerPoint Presentation http://www.slideshare.net/diadelosmuertos/global-local-and-virtual
First Assessment or CAT ( classroom assessment technique) - “Write down 5 things you know about Día de losMuertos.” http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2725556/Dia_de_los_Muertos_CATS
Cemetery video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2HRaNFEeJg
Mission church video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jNgYI36ehU
Second Life Area (still work in progress)
slurl http://slurl.com/secondlife/Front%20Range/109/39/701/
Conference hashtag: #globaled10