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One of the things I love most about 3D virtual learning is that it encourages students to be creative. 3D virtual education allows and encourages students to manipulate, change, and create their worlds – their way.

The best part of an immersive virtual learning environment is to see the doors of imagination blast wide open. To see students once again get excited about learning. We all remember our own traditional school education, and many of us not very fondly. The intense boredom, looking at the clock every 10 minutes, impatiently waiting for the bell to FINALLY ring, living for the weekend (and for recess) – how sad!

Learning is supposed to be fun. It’s supposed to be challenging and engaging and creative. Taking a bunch of kids and having them sit quietly in a classroom taking notes while a teacher lectures – this is NOT what education is about. Education is about being curious, asking questions, researching a subject because it tickles your imagination and creating your own worlds and characters and plays.

3D virtual education makes sure learning is all that, and more. It is never about being passive, quiet or restrained. On the contrary: while students at WiloStar3D are required to sign a Code of Conduct to ensure appropriate behavior is respected and upheld, and are supervised at all times while online, we love to see our students have fun and get excited about learning.

WiloStar3D students role-play historical characters, put on plays for other students, and create interactive games. Our creative approach to learning prompts students’ pursuit of connections among ideas and concepts. Students who frame questions and issues and then go about answering and analyzing them take responsibility for their own learning and become problem solvers and, perhaps more importantly, problem finders. Our students love going to school – we wouldn’t have it any other way.

We believe that students should be excited about learning. We believe that students should love going to school. The notion that schooling must be repetitive, dry and boring is just unacceptable to us.

That’s why WiloStar3D focuses on 3D virtual learning tools. 3D virtual education is fun and engaging. Our educational 3D worlds immerse and engage students in the same way that today’s best video games grab and keep the attention of players. The main difference is that our worlds are not a video game. Our fully accredited educational curricula and worlds have been carefully crafted and developed for k-12 students. Our entire educational program has been designed with students in mind.

3D virtual education can enrich any learning experience. For homeschooling families, it has the added benefit of helping the students avoid feelings of isolation. Students get that “really attending school” feeling by running around our 3D campus and assuming the identities of our highly expressive student avatars. They attend virtual classrooms and participate in group projects. They really do “go to school” every morning, and they love it.

While traditional education establishments have often resisted use of technology as part of the learning process, clinging to traditional teaching methods, it is our opinion that traditional education can and should coexist with 3D virtual education. Indeed, with technology and Web 2.0 becoming such an integral part of everyday life in the last decade, traditional schools are warming up to the idea of incorporating technology and immersive 3D learning into their curricula.

3D worlds can easily be incorporated into any curricula, immediately turning “boring” into “fun.” What better way to get our children excited about the process of learning and raise lifelong learners?