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SEL & Well-Being

How student-created VR can enhance SEL and special ed

May 10, 2019May 8, 2019 by Billy Deskin & Sam Williamson
Quality social-emotional learning (SEL) and effective special education (SpEd) programming look remarkably similar.
STEM & STEAM

5 ways to use AR and VR in the classroom

April 18, 2019 by Rob Furman
3 young students eagerly looking at a MERGE Cube, an AR app, with a laptop
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are the new hot trends in education. But what does that mean and how is it going to benefit our students?…
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Why our district is investing in AI, AR, VR, and MR

November 5, 2018 by Samuel Mormando
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For most of our students, it’s hard to imagine communicating without email or text message. The number of ways our students learn, share, and communicate has grown exponentially…
STEM & STEAM

Immersive technology: Asset to the classroom or another tech fad?

October 11, 2018 by Julia Ottesen
Augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), mixed reality—can immersive technology really benefit students and their learning, or are these just tech fads? In their recent edWebinar, Jaime Donally,…
STEM & STEAM

4 ways AR/VR can transform your lesson plan

May 6, 2019August 3, 2018 by Cathy Hackl
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The post-1990’s generation, Gen Z, doesn’t remember a world without digital technology. In fact, the children of millennials, born after 2010, are sometimes described as Generation Alpha. They…
STEM & STEAM

Virtual reality could help students remember better, new research says

July 17, 2018 by Laura Ascione
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Virtual reality is exciting and engaging for students, but for the most part, schools have struggled to find ways to incorporate it into the curriculum. Now, new research…
Creating 21st Century Learning Environments

What research says about virtual reality in classrooms

April 18, 2018 by Tanner Higgin
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While we've been inundated over the past few years with the promises and potentials of virtual reality (VR), it's been tough to slice through the hype to find…
Research

5 ways virtual reality is being used in education right now

October 17, 2016 by Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>
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Considering Sony Playstation’s VR headset sold out in pre-order last week, most of us are aware that virtual reality (VR) ... Read more
Teaching & Learning

This immersive VR platform was designed with education in mind

August 31, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo
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A new virtual reality program, designed in part for educators, is giving a whole new meaning to the virtual classroom. ... Read more
Teaching Trends

How augmented reality enhances the classroom — even without technology

August 4, 2016August 1, 2016 by David Loveland and Jim Wasserman
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With or without technology, augmented reality is an often-overlooked way to meet students at their level understanding and build up.
Teaching Trends

zSpace creating virtual field trips for Google Expeditions

July 18, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo
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zSpace announced they are working with Google to create an end-to-end virtual reality classroom experience that combines the power of ... Read more

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