Education must involve the whole person. It must embrace the head which is the forming of one’s mind. The head is the symbolic center for knowledge, thinking and rationality. This ability to reason, to process information, to discern and synthesize is a God-given gift that contributes to our humanity and equips students for Christian living. Learning how to apply knowledge, build knowledge and discern knowledge are the keys to the WiloStar educational process. Students create 3D Knowledge towers and virtual worlds to help synthesize concepts learned and to learn how to discern truth from educational concepts and resources. It teaches students to build on this knowledge and to reach higher levels of creativity in the process.

WiloStar3D Academy believes in educating the emotions and building character with Biblical studies. We do this with an integrated biblical worldview in all modules and courses. The heart is the symbolic center of our emotions, feelings and motivation. Values and character are issues of the heart, and Matthew 15 identifies the heart as the source of our “evil thoughts.” The desires of the heart, good or evil, are powerful often beyond our rationality, thereby controlling our decisions and dictating our behavior. In the WiloStar curriculum, we emphasize character education from directed learning experiences and lessons as well as “teachable moments’ right inside the 3D virtual worlds.

Hands builds a foundation to prepare students for service. We do this via local community service requirements but also through our virtual world building. For instance, students will not only volunteer at the local level in soup kitchens, local churches and other organizations but also with their hands virtually with our student mentor program. WiloStar teaches students to be fully engaged in both the virtual world immersive settings and also the real world . We believe that we must challenge students to be “in the world,” active, productive and fully engaged and not just in the “virtual world.”