{"id":11607,"date":"2025-04-22T23:37:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T06:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/?p=11607"},"modified":"2025-04-24T02:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T09:00:31","slug":"thinglink-spotlight-lighting-up-immersive-learning-with-micaela-barbuzzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/thinglink-spotlight-lighting-up-immersive-learning-with-micaela-barbuzzi\/","title":{"rendered":"ThingLink Spotlight! Lighting Up Immersive Learning with Micaela Barbuzzi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>ThingLink Luminaries<\/em>&nbsp;is a series of guest blog posts highlighting certified trainers who are creating interactive and immersive experiences to make learning more engaging, accessible, and meaningful. Our educators and learning designers bring a thoughtful approach to immersive learning, and their work reflects a deep commitment to creativity, pedagogy, and innovation.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In each profile post, we\u2019ll explore their background, teaching philosophy, and favorite ThingLink projects\u2014offering insight into how they\u2019re making a lasting impact in their classrooms, organizations and communities! Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"tl-cta-block\"><h3>Would you like to become a ThingLink Certified Trainer?<\/h3><p>If you\u2019d like to learn more about the benefits of being part of our global ThingLink Certified Trainer community, check our page!<\/p><button class=\"tl-button tl-button--white tl-button--small tl-cta-block__button\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/certified-trainers\">thinglink certified trainers page<\/button><\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introducing Micaela<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a Psychologist, a teacher in the K12 curriculum specialized in Montessori differentiated teaching and a trainer passionate about innovation, I create educational experiences that combine creativity and technology. My head is often between pixels, interactive maps and immersive worlds! I am an Ambassador of wonderful Ed-Tech Apps that increase competence, collaboration and inclusion I am a ThingLink Trainer with a passion for digital storytelling, I love turning every lesson into an adventure. I am always looking for new ideas to experiment and share, because school is the place where magic meets reality. For me, school is a laboratory of ideas where theoretical concepts come to life from the experience of doing and living learning concretely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Micaela&#8217;s ThingLink Project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I created this Thinglink for my students: mathematics with emotions! We know how much children today need to understand and deal with their own and other people&#8217;s emotions and so through this Thinglink we offer them the opportunity to deal with the so-called &#8220;strong&#8221; emotions that we mathematics teachers know well! But thanks to Thinglink even mathematics will have a different flavor especially if immersive and engaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" data-original-width=\"1920\" data-original-height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/view\/scene\/1959656927394792101\" type=\"text\/html\" style=\"border: none;\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.thinglink.me\/jse\/responsive.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What inspired you to create this project?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I was inspired by the daily need to deal with emotions and why not combine it with some healthy fun mathematics?!?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What was the feedback from your students?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It was my students who gave me feedback on the work. They &#8220;played&#8221; it over and over again even with their families and asked me to make more because &#8220;this is how we like to do math&#8221; words of my students!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do you have another project you&#8217;d like to share?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this other Thinglink instead they talk about the Great Migration of Animals. I represented it on a Word Map to make it more realistic. I haven&#8217;t shown it to my students yet but I can&#8217;t wait to do it. I&#8217;ll give them a big surprise! Here there are explanatory videos and realistic images that with the immersive experience that Thinglink guarantees will be another highly engaging work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" data-original-width=\"1920\" data-original-height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/view\/scene\/1962557435667284454\" type=\"text\/html\" style=\"border: none;\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.thinglink.me\/jse\/responsive.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What do you love about ThingLink?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Using Thinglink is a lot of fun for me. While I&#8217;m creating it I always keep in mind the recipients, that is, who it&#8217;s aimed at, and in this way I can also optimize the experience at best. 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