My Ideal Learning Environment

According to Recesso & Orrill an ideal learning environment “has ample resources, easy access to materials, and comfortable surroundings” (p. 19). I would love to create this environment for my classroom. I hope to promote learning while having students use a variety of tools. Meeting the needs of every child is important so the use of differentiated instruction and teaching to the multiple learning styles is a must. Instead of being the traditional information deliverer, I would like to be a teacher that choreographs, questions, assesses, troubleshoots, engages, interacts, and facilitates.

Ideally, I would love to move my classroom from nonimmersive technologies to immersive technologies where students are able to enter a virtual environment. I would love to provide my students with “technology that augments the real-world experience” (Recesso & Orrill, p. 24). Since I teach ancient civilizations, this is very hard for my students. However using augmented reality, my students would be able to “visit” some of these places and/or museums.