This presentation provides methodologies for students to lead, teach, and showcase their work. It includes sections on elements, energies, and actions that each have four components to guide personal growth. Students are empowered to define projects and curate galleries to pursue their passions. Constructive critiques from peers are encouraged to support students in communicating their goals and improving. The goal is to give students opportunities to direct their own learning and inspire others through showcasing their work.

1. Learning
by Leading
– Discover
Your Destiny
Renne Emiko Brock-
Richmond
/ Zinnia Zauber

3. Achievement, Autonomy, and
Inclusion
This presentation includes three sets of themed
methodologies to provide opportunities for personal
inquiry, public exhibition, and allowing students lead
and teach.
The Elements are physical influences.
The Energies are invisible drives.
The Actions are mental ambitions.
Each set has four quadrants that assist in
understanding different steps and directions to follow
to become the forerunner.
Air, Fire, Water, and Earth
Awareness, Experimentation, Art Activation, and Call to

4. Every decision and action we make produces
a purposeful pathway defining who we are
and our contribution to the world.
We are at
the Crossroads
to awesomeness!

5. Immersive environments not only
give students paths to follow,
but potential trails to blaze.
Educators helps connect the dots along
this path not as guides, but as lights.

6. Define and
design a
classroom
plaza or gallery
with exercises
that cultivates
innovation,
opportunity,
and creative
expression by
recognizing
what makes
each student a
unique catalyst.
Unrestricted by
tangible limits
and costs,
instructors can
provide a
custom public
square with
student
galleries where
these crossing
paths meet to
build a
community.

7. A gallery become a home base where a student
is empowered to pursue their passion.

8. The Elements
The essentials that combine to create character
context, and imaginative and actual chemistry.

9. The Actions
The stages of growth and achievements that are
inside evolution and participation with the outside.

10. The Energies
These oscillating waves of force and will that guid
dynamic perspective, action, reaction, and reflecti

11. The Elements - The essentials that
combine to create character,
context, and imaginative and actual
chemistry.

12. Air – east, expressing, spring, child,
mental, active, and invisible
Air = Expression
creativity and communication

13. Fire – south, doing, summer, adult,
energy, active, and dynamic
Fire = Action
challenge and guide

14. Water – west, thinking, autumn, mature,
emotional, passive, and transformative
Water = Education
knowledge and objectivity

15. Earth – north, feeling, winter, elder,
physical, passive, and precious
Earth = Inspiration
support and influence

16. The Actions - The stages of growth
and achievements that are inside
evolution and participation with the
outside.

17. This is the awaking and openness to
learning new ideas and methods.
Awareness
Action happening on the Inside

18. This is fearless practice and
investigation of techniques.
Experimentation
Action from the Outside to the Inside

19. This is execution of expression
and revealing of motivation.
Art Activation
Action from the Inside to the Outside

20. Inspiring the next step and mentoring.
Call to Action
Action happening on the Outside

21. A “Call to Action” is a clear
statement that directs the
audience to do something. It
suggests immediate
response the next step using an
imperative verb to give orders,
commands and instructions as
to what action you want the
viewer or participate.

22. Felix is new to Second Life. He has shared his images and
videos in his gallery.

23. He is open for business and open to learn more about how
he can participate actively in a virtual world.
He is open for business and open to learn more about how
he can participate actively in a virtual world.

24. To learn how to build in a virtual world, Elaine curated her
projects in her course’s gallery. This new experience opens
her eyes.
She encourages her classmates to join her.

25. Cedrus and NLT are virtual world explorers. Cedrus shares
his machinima and investigates his visual voice through
video.
NLT spends more time on his music for media &
performance research. He practices in the

26. Cedrus’ Mindcraft machinima - After student successfully
apply their teamwork skills in one world, they want to
demonstrate it in another.
And, that includes the physical world.

27. BlackCatBandit and SeeknHide set up a gallery to
showcase student work from the Multimedia Club at
Peninsula College.

28. They work on projects together as part of the club and
collaborate in multimedia classes as well.

29. Students shared work from several media. They collected
images to curation this Minecraft section of the gallery.

30. They want to add more music and books. And, even put a
video on a prim sharing their stop motion project called
“Superhero 101”.

31. Nazo was the first student to earn her own gallery space.
She didn’t have to share with other students
because of her extra efforts to learn more in
Second Life.

32. She uses the gallery to strength her branding and be an
example.

33. Nazo helps tutor new students to Second Life. She shows it
is fun too.

34. She invites students to see her work and adds inventive
projects.
Nazo uses her gallery to experiment with new
skills and happy to teach how she did it.

35. The Energies - These oscillating
waves of force and will that guide
dynamic perspective, action,
reaction, and reflection.

37. inventive, inviting, time stands still, encouraging,
successful, focused, joyful, and in awe
Active
Oh, it is ON! Being our best self in blissful action.

38. destructive, critic, realist, concealing, regretful,
past focused, pessimistic, and static
Negative
Not a bad thing, just in a down swing.

39. constructive, encouraging, dreamer, revealing,
future focused, optimistic, and proactive
Positive
Everything is looking up!

40. spiritual, impartial, unbias, peacemaker,
thankful, insightful, there is no time, only life
Reflective
Have a cup of tea, it’s time to pause or rest.

41. Need to succeed? According to Neil Gaiman all you need to do is
consistently be able to manage two out of these three following things:

42. After identifying their path, student devise digital storytelling
media or virtual objects to demonstrate their goals and
exhibit their accomplishments in the virtual world plaza to
encourage constructive critiques and complements.

43. Constructive Critique
A critique does not mean criticism. A critique is an
assessment of creative work with discussion of good
qualities and possible improvements.
You, the artist, can take this information to understand if
you are successfully communicating your intention.
Those critiquing will use language that is appropriate to
the artwork and supportive.
Be nice even if you are critical.
Be brief and concise. Respond to the artist’s goals by
being honest, clear, and direct.

44. Be specific about your observations, suggestions, and
criticisms.
Stay focused on the work. Refrain from making personal
references unless the artist invites that kind of discussion
or it is relevant to the work.
Be constructive. Ask the artist what form of excellence
they aspire for.
Experience perspective through someone else’s eyes.
Get social! Post share their work on social media if you
want with positive comments on your classmates work.
Empower the artist and have fun!

45. Patience, Perseverance, and Persistence
“There’s always a break.” – Dona Lea Brock
“There are no dead ends, only U turns.” – Dr. Floyd James Brock
“Know at least three ways to get to the same destination.” – Renne Emiko Brock-Rich

46. By creating a call to action, they display a relentless passion and
pursuit of knowledge while mentoring classmates. With that
demonstration of real success and intention in action, students are
confident to take those steps to lead and do it in the actual world as
well.

47. The Elements are physical
influences.
The Energies are invisible drives.
The Actions are mental ambitions.
Our Call to Action –
Provide opportunities for
personal inquiry, public
exhibition, and allowing
students lead and teach.
Thank you very much!
Discovering
Your Destiny