Journalist and educator Sarah Jones started using 360 degree immersive filming to transform the way she told stories in the news. She discovered that by using virtual reality, journalists have to give up the desire to tell the story themselves, and relinquish control to their audiences. Now she is bringing the same revolution to the world of teaching: giving children the ability to navigate their own learning, explore other worlds and find out whatever they want to know. Find out in Sarah's talk how virtual worlds can transform not just how we learn, but how we experience life.
After a decade working in television news covering everything from the US elections 2008 to being in Sex and the City, Sarah moved into academia with the plan to change how we teach media and journalism. With a focus on mobile, global, collaborations, Sarah brings together students from all over the world to work on focussed television production projects. This is largely covered through mobile filming and editing.
2016 is set to bring huge developments in Virtual Reality and through this technology, Sarah has been developing immersive storytelling practices. This is combined with building immersive educational experiences, which will give the opportunity for a student to explore conflict, emergencies and crisis situations whilst building their own learning experience. Her three year old is her chief VR tester who loves exploring the world of dinosaurs.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
