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Using VR to Visualize Complex Information

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Virtual Reality is one of the hottest newish education strategies that keeps getting better. Here’s an excellent article from eSchool News about using VR to better understand topics traditionally considered complex: VR helps students visualize complex information. Using VR in Schools. VR Resources.

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How to Keep Learning Fresh Over the Summer

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Teachers have known for decades that ‘summer learning loss’ is a reality. If you can’t put one up on your street, use a virtual lemonade stand. If students are older and prefer to find news via a Google search, install an extension to remove ads and other distractions from the website before reading.

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Getting Older Students Excited About Science Class

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Science in the News Discussing current scientific events , such as scientific breakthroughs or medical advances, can help demonstrate science’s relevance to the world. Virtual Lab Simulations Virtual Lab simulations that offer interactive experiments allow students to explore science concepts digitally.

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Make your LMS a social learning platform

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He has some great thoughts on breakout rooms, discussion forums, virtual reality, and gamifying lessons. For example, YouTube, social media, news websites, even self-help videos/blogs which are present in every possible genre. Learners can indulge in discussions regarding topics they recently learned or are going to learn.

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Universities Can Combat Misinformation By Sharing Research With the Public

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But it’s often individuals from outside of academia who construct topical questions of interest for scholars, serve as study participants, and fund organizations producing such work. Sometimes, the literature on a given study topic is just mixed. These could even be virtual town halls. Universities still owe them. million jobs.

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AI in VR and AR with Rachelle Dené Poth

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this show, AR/VR guru Rachelle Dené Poth delves deep into the transformative potential of Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the classroom. So it's a nice combo of all of those topics.

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19 Ways Students Keep Learning Fresh Over the Summer

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Teachers have known for decades that ‘summer learning loss’ is a reality. If you can’t put one up on your street, use a virtual lemonade stand. If students are older and prefer to find news via a Google search, install an extension like Readability to remove ads and other distractions from the website before reading.

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