Resumen de Cyber practicum: A future practicum classroom.
The article offers a solution to the difficulties of placing teaching students in schools for practicums. Teacher education institutions require teaching candidates to have practical experience in a school setting, but often there are difficulties in finding schools in which to place candidates and finding teachers at those schools who will cooperate with instructing the teaching candidates. The author offers a solution described as the Cyber Practicum, a three-dimensional classroom simulation on the Internet. The Cyber Practicum would allow teaching candidates to design their classroom, create avatars, develop lessons, and teach. The simulation involves online chat rooms, a three-dimensional- (virtual reality) themed chat room, and a virtual learning environment.
