With their cardinal-red blazers and iron-pressed pant suits, students from the David Letterman Learning Experience filed into the Indiana Statehouse for Ball State Day at the Statehouse. During this event, students had the opportunity to show senators and representatives components of the DLLE project.The showcase included the four iPad experiences and Learning With Dave on the touch table. Students used this opportunity to communicate what they learned and accomplished throughout the previous year as part of the DLLE. On more than one occasion, visitors beamed as they tapped through the interactive experiences pertaining to David Letterman’s life. As one woman scrolled through an iPad experience, she laughed to herself and said, “ Man, I remember sneaking into the living room on school nights just to watch a few minutes of Dave. He didn’t have the beard then.”
This woman’s shared memory, however small or silly, reflects and communicates how technology, art, and storytelling prompt connection and meaning– the foundations of the David Letterman Learning Experience.
Story by Melodie Griffin.