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a student sits at a desk in front of a laptop and looks through a VR headset

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…

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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!…

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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…

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A young boy uses an AR app to see a 3D image of a mountain

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…

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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…

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Augmented reality can be a powerful learning tool

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…

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