Configuring History: Teaching the Harlem Renaissance through Virtual Reality Cityscapes | 
enlarge | Creators: James J. Sosnoski, Patricia Harkin, Bryan Carter Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Category: Book
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Media: Paperback Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 207 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8 Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 0820467847 Dewey Decimal Number: 973.04960730078568 EAN: 9780820467849 ASIN: 0820467847
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Product Description The multidisciplinary essays in Configuring History describe how teachers can use virtual reality technology to teach the Harlem Renaissance. Describing in detail the construction of Virtual Harlem, Bronzeville, and Montmartreall important sites in African American cultural historythe essays delineate the technologies employed in the construction of these cityscapes and the learning theoryconfiguring historythat informs the project. The book provides a model of a collaborative learning network, linking classrooms at universities in the United States and in Europe, and demonstrates the importance of collaboration between the sciences and the humanities for the future development of instructional technologies. Contributors include: Holly Davenport, Tom DeFanti, Brenda Eatman Aghahowa, Liliane Gallet-Blanchard, Andrew Johnson, Steve Jones, Jason Leigh, Janice Lively, Marie-Madeleine Martinet, Ken McAllister, Kyoung Park, William Plummer, Timothy Portlock, Jim Pyfer, David Richardson, Georgia Tappan, Veronica Watson, Chris White, Trent White
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