A Whole New World
Using VR to Teach About Empathy, World Issues, and more!
The End of Storytelling: The Future of Narrative in the Storyplex by Stephanie Riggs
Creators of immersive experiences in virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality have relied heavily on familiar storytelling techniques used in books, theatre, and film — often with confusing and unengaging results. Stephanie Riggs argues in The End of Storytelling that in order to develop powerful stories in these emerging mediums, we need nothing short of a paradigm shift in how we approach and conceptualize immersive narratives.
Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do by Jeremy Bailenson
In Experience on Demand, Jeremy Bailenson draws on two decades spent researching the psychological effects of VR and other mass media to help readers understand this powerful new tool. He offers expert guidelines for interacting with VR and describes the profound ways this technology can be put to use―not to distance ourselves from reality, but to enrich our lives and influence us to treat others, the environment, and even ourselves better. In the world of VR, a football quarterback plays a game against a competing team hundreds of times before even stepping onto the field; members of the United Nations embody a young girl in a refugee camp going through her day-to-day life; and veterans once again walk through the streets where they had experienced trauma.
"Breaking the Fourth Wall": The Effects of Cinematic Virtual Reality Film-Viewing on Adolescent Students' Empathic Responses by Trudeau et al., 2023
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Resource Board: https://wke.lt/w/s/kEwU1Q
News Article: https://knowledgequest.aasl.org/journey-with-jones-leading-virtual-field-trips-during-covid-19/
More About Andrea and Amanda
Andrea Trudeau, M.S.Ed., NBCT is a no-"shh" librarian with 25 years of teaching experience at Alan B. Shepard Middle School in Deerfield District 109 just north of Chicago. She is a 2022 Fulbright-Hays Scholar and the recipient of AASL's 2020 Frances Henne Award and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Northern Illinois University in Instructional Technology with a research focus on virtual reality and its impact on adolescent students' empathic responses. Andrea is a human-centered librarian who firmly believes a school library is the heart of the school, and she works deliberately and diligently to help all those in her school community feel welcome, connected, and valued. Learn more about Andrea at noshhlibrarian.com.
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Amanda Jones is a school librarian from Watson, Louisiana. Amanda is the 2021 School Library Journal Co-Librarian of the Year, a 2021 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, and the 2020 Louisiana School Librarian of the Year. She made national headlines this past year for fighting back against censorship in her community. She is a co-founding member of Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship, a grassroots organization fighting attacks on intellectual freedom in Louisiana. She is the winner of the 2023 Intellectual Freedom Award from the American Association of School Librarians and the 2023 American Library Association IFRT Paul Howard Award for Courage. She serves as an ALA Councilor At Large for the American Library Association, is an AASL Chapter Assembly Delegate, and is Past President of the Louisiana Association of School Librarians. Amanda was named a 2022 K-12 Top 30 IT Influencer to Follow by EdTech Magazine and her book, That Librarian: Fighting Book Banners in Today’s America, will be published by Bloomsbury in 2024. Find out more about her at librarianjones.com and follow her on Twitter @abmack33.
E-mail: librarianjones03@gmail.com
Website: librarianjones.com
Twitter: @abmack33
School librarian in Watson, LA. More info at librarianjones.com.