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How Immersive Learning Prepares Students for the Future
04/04/2023
Topics: Virtual & augmented reality
Remember your first school field trip to the zoo? Or browsing bones at the natural history museum? Or learning how to milk a cow at a local farm?
While most of our school experiences fade over time, a…

Looking for a Google Expeditions Replacement? Check Out These 2 AR/VR Tools
04/28/2021
Topics: Virtual & augmented reality
If you haven’t dipped your toe into the world of augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR), you and your students are missing out!…

The Hottest Topics in Edtech in 2021
01/29/2021
Topics: Digital Citizenship, digital equity, esports, SEL, Virtual & augmented reality
For a few years now, we’ve shared the hottest edtech trends of the year based on the topics resonating with educators at the annual ISTE conference. Although the topics themselves often don’t change much from…

Create AR Using These 5 Apps
12/16/2022
Topics: Virtual & augmented reality
One of my first experiences with augmented reality came from the Aurasma app, later known as HP Reveal. The mobile app layered 3D objects and videos on top of a high contrast image. My mind was blown after I…

23 Resources for Bringing AR and VR to the Classroom
10/06/2022
Topics: Virtual & augmented reality
You don’t need a VR headset to experience virtual reality. That’s the message that AR/VR guru Jaime Donally wants all educators to understand.
“Headsets present barriers. I focus on implementation,” says Donally, author…

Augmented reality can be a powerful learning tool
01/06/2020
Topics: special needs, STEM, Virtual & augmented reality
What do a skillet, a grand piano and a computer have in common? They are all types of tools, of course. Sitting idly, they just take up space. But a skillet in the hands of Emeril Lagasse or Wolfgang Puck becomes…