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Creativity Theory Steps

Introduction to Our Approach

Since its inception WiloStar3D’s immersive learning curriculum has emphasized creativity and giving students a voice as part of the learning process. WiloStar3D’s immersive educational research has found that learning in– and creating virtual building projects strengthens all areas across the curriculum.

How do we accomplish these goals? WiloStar students create original virtual world builds, gallery walks, learning pathways and knowledge dome projects in a systemic progression to master curriculum and module topics. Project based learning also allows the use of alternative assessment strategies and allows students to demonstrate learning in their own unique ways.  Relevant scientific and historical avatars strengthen authentic learning and allows students to participate in fun immersive virtual worlds for learning.

Built on Bloom’s Taxonomy & Theory of Multiple Intelligences

WiloStar3D research and hands on experience using immersive learning for over twenty years shows that our program contributes significantly to improved critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making skills. The WiloStar3D immersive learning program builds skills in communication, manipulation, interpretation, and understanding of complex symbols and also regularly engages multiple skills and abilities. Our Immersive Learning program also helps to strengthen learning by having students follow a carefully constructed five level learning system which scaffolds knowledge based on Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Creative thinking involves creating something new or original. It involves the skills of flexibility, originality, elaboration, brainstorming, modification, and imagery. The aim of creative thinking is to stimulate curiosity and promote new thinking. The use of strong imagery and topic interlinking supports visual, linguistic, logical and auditory learning.

Level 1- Gallery Walks

Gallery Walks allow students to create mind maps, concept maps and make interconnections between the lesson concepts.

Level 2- Learning Pathways

Learning Pathways

Here students work on creating 3D kiosks and exhibits and enhance them with 3D objects. Students also create 3D picture graphs, stories and final media boards to demonstrate concepts learned. Each week, their pathway is preserved and archived so they walk and journey down the path at the end of the semester to view their progress. It’s also an excellent way to showcase learning for portfolios.

Level 3- Knowledge Towers

Level 3- Knowledge Towers

Social learning and activities for self-selected topics on Fridays. This allows students to have ownership of their learning and also allows them to be peer teachers and interact in new ways with their classmates.

 

 

Level 4- Themed Virtual World Builds

Level 4: Themed virtual world builds to complement concepts learned during the module or course unit. Students come up with new ideas and projects based on what they just learned.

Level 5- Microcosm World Building

In our Microcosm worlds, students unleash all they have learned as a final assessment strategy to demonstrate mastery of the concepts.  Microcosm worlds are blank slate worlds that allow students to implement new original works of art, technology and stories. These worlds help students take what they learned to a whole new level, thus reaching higher order thinking skills. Students have full control of the sky, terrain and how they want their world to be.

WiloStarius Crew Member Sampling

Avatar Crew Members

Ready to blast off to explore new worlds and complete missions for learning? WiloStar students choose a crew member as their unique student avatar to use exclusive to themselves.

Creativity Unleashed

The WiloStar3D Creativity theory means students are meaningfully engaged in creating new immersive learning activities through interaction with others and actively involved in the creative process. Avatars help accomplish this goal.

Interactive Learning

WiloStar students interact in a gamelike environment where they can 'sit' in class, run across misty mountains and fly through the horizons of learning.

Personal Expression

WiloStar3D allows students to explore different facets of their personalities using avatars in a safe educational environment.

Avatars Teach Social Skills

We show students how their own personality traits and behavior effects others' perceptions of identity. This gives students a chance to see that how you "act" within the 3D world can impact how others view you.

New Avatars Added Constantly

WiloStar3D is constantly evolving and changing to adapt to new technology and to improve its educational program for the benefit of students. We also expect this of our students.

Student Avatar Designs

For our more advanced 3D design students, we offer the chance to add their own creations to WiloStarius.

Role Playing

When you play a role different from your everyday viewpoint, new insight is developed by stepping into another's shoes.

Express your Voice

Students want to express their voice and spirit, and to be able feel safe in their learning environment.

Mod your World

Students complete WiloStar Interactives inside WiloStarius, a revolutionary immersive learning platform that allows students to mod and build their own worlds and regions.

WiloStarius Learning Pathway Method

As a student in the WiloStar3D Academy, you will learn how to build, design, and code your own virtual levels and regions. Each week, as part of your course work and modules, you will complete building and design activities to develop your Learning Pathway region. Each Learning Pathway region has building stations. Your teacher will assign building projects for each station along the pathway. You will share, present and even assess your participants that visit your station. This enables you to not only soak up knowledge in new ways but also shares your knowledge and creations with others. The best part of the Learning Pathway method is that is saves your builds as a viewable archive of learning that you can progress through and visualize as you go.

WiloStarius System Requirements

WINDOWS REQUIREMENTS

The System requirements for optimal performance are listed below.

High End Performance

  • Video Card: NVIDIA GTX 1029 / AMD R9 290 equivalent or greater.
  • CPU: Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater.
  • Memory: 8GB+ RAM.
  • Video Output: Compatible HDMI 1.3 video output.
  • USB Ports: 3x USB 3.0 ports plus 1x USB 2.0 port.
  • OS :Windows 7 SP1 64 bit or newer.

Minimum Recommended System Requirements

+ Intel® Quad Core™ 2 GHz, AMD equivalent, or better
+ 2 GB system memory
+ Windows Experience Index 5.5 or better
+ DirectX® 9.0c or newer
+ Hardware accelerated 3D graphics (256MB+ dedicated memory)
+ Latest Graphic Hardware driver
+ 5GB+ free disk space

MAC NOT SUPPORTED

Indiana Scholarship Program approved virtual school