Students Should Build the World, Not Just Enter It - TEC 103
About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of students creating digital experiences and the benefits of immersive STEM learning.
What happens when students stop consuming digital experiences and start building them? In this episode of the Tech Ed Clubhouse Podcast , I sit down with Rob Keneally , founder and CEO of Aquatic Metaverse and the creator of Salty Sharks and the Saltyverse . Rob’s work started with a passion for sharks, marine conservation, and changing the way young people see misunderstood ocean species. It has grown into an immersive STEM learning platform where students can explore virtual worlds, solve problems, conduct experiments, and even help design the environments themselves. Our conversation goes well beyond technology for technology’s sake. We talk about what happens when students create something with a real audience, a real purpose, and a life beyond the teacher’s gradebook. In this episode, we dig into: • Why sharks need better public relations • How virtual worlds can support STEM and project-based learning • What changes when students build for an authentic audience • How students in Australia created a virtual platypus world • How students in Greece helped develop an interactive Archimedes experience • The role of productive failure, exploration, and experimentation • How…
Topics covered
- STEM education
- virtual worlds
- student engagement
- marine conservation
- project-based learning
- immersive learning
Keywords
- digital experiences
- student ownership
- problem-solving
- virtual environments
- interactive learning
- marine species
- public relations
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