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Setting Our Sights on Virtual Reality

Setting Our Sights on Virtual Reality

Posted in 8-12, AR & VR Tools, artSTEAM, English, engSTEAM, techSTEAM | Tagged with Google virtual reality tour, interactive, Language Arts, multimodal, STEAM, virtual reality

Virtual realities (VR) are computer-created environments in which people can interact with what has been programmed or, when linked to some kind of network or on-line access, with each other. Typically, users wear some kind of headset or goggles to facilitate their sensory experience, which is primarily visual (sometimes fully 360°) and perhaps aural and/or […]

Star Viewing Apps

Star Viewing Apps

Posted in 4-7, 8-12, AR & VR Tools, K-3, Not Subject Specific, Resource | Tagged with app, AR, augmented reality, engaging, Free, inquiry, interactive, science, sky, starviewer

These are apps that provide an immersive and augmented viewing of the stars, planets, and sometimes even space stations or satellites! They allow students to recognize and experience the locations of various stars in relation to themselves. It’s a powerful tool that promotes questioning, deeper understanding, and engagement because students can rotate their devices to […]

AWW App

AWW App

Posted in 4-7, 8-12, English, Not Subject Specific, Physical and Health, Resource | Tagged with annotate, app, aww, collaborate, collaborative, digital whiteboard, draw, Free, interactive, Language Arts, math, online, Presentation, science, whiteboard

AWW stands for A Web Whiteboard, which is exactly what it is. An online digital whiteboard that can be curated by a single or multiple users. This digital whiteboard is device-responsive, web-based, and FREE which means it’s quick to access for multiple users. A teacher can pre-create a board and invite students to brainstorm on it or […]

Digital Whiteboards

Digital Whiteboards

Posted in 4-7, 8-12, K-3, Not Subject Specific, Open Educational Resources, Resource | Tagged with annotate, app, brainstorm, collaborate, collaboration, collaborative, digital, digital whiteboard, draw, explain, inclusive, interactive, multimodal, present, Presentation, Teacher Use, whiteboard, whiteboards

Digital whiteboards are also known as Interactive online whiteboards. They are a blank canvas and depending on the application, you can add images, hyperlinks, draw or annotate them, upload videos, and some allow voice recording. Several allow real-time collaborative co-creation while some are more for individual use with sharing options. There are a plethora of options […]

Universe Sandbox

Universe Sandbox

Posted in 4-7, 8-12, AR & VR Tools, English, K-3, Paid, Resource | Tagged with app, interactive, physics, resources, science, simulation, Simulations, Teacher Use, virtual reality

Universe Sandbox is a physics-based Virtual Reality (VR) platform that offers users access to various advanced simulations. Using this software, you will be able to explore what happens if two galaxies collide or an asteroid crashes into earth with great detail and accuracy and you have the option of viewing this on VR headsets. EDUCATOR […]


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