Journal 2

"Real-Life Migrants on the MUVE: Stories of Virtual Transitions" by Ross A. Perkins and Cathy Arreguin

As a student in the Special Education Program, I am always thinking of activities to engage all learners, that is why I found this article to be so interesting. I had never heard of anything like this before and it really exciting me. All students do not learn the same. Some kids do learn by direct instruction, but there are so many more that do not. Some kids really do need hands activities to connect themselves with the material presented to them. I really can't think of a better way to get kins engaged on lessons that really do not interest them. The students can feel like they are playing a game and won't even realize how much they are learning. The authors even specifically talk about a classroom of students that had been labeled as severely learning disabled and the positive effects this type of learning had on their interest of the materials. I really feel that kids need to learn the way that is best for them, and this kind of technique realty does "appeal to a broad spectrum of learner intelligences".

Questions:
1.) What if some students do not respond to MUVE?
I think that maybe this isn't for all students and so if they do not respond to it, then they can have an alternative assignment. I do feel though, that MUVE may be a little hard to get into for some students, so I would encourage all my students to at least try.
2.) How would MUVE fit into the curriculum that needs to be taught?
Just like everything else, MUVE isn't something that could be used all the time by itself. Using MUVE for somethings, or for topics that may not be of interest to students would be a great way to use it in the classroom.