Finally, here is a late follow-up post with my thoughts on what I saw at the VR for Change Summit in New York City on August 2nd. Overall, it was quite encouraging to witness the dedication and innovation that exists in this arena. While money and funding issues are always lurking beneath the surface, many […]

Last week was the 2017 Games for Change Festival in New York City and for the first time, they had an entire day dedicated to virtual reality. The VR for Change Summit was a part of the conference showcasing VR experiences, research, and practices that center around socially relevant issues. Entertainment was still an integral […]

Previously, I discussed how the use of virtual reality in education can increase students’ interest and engagement. Now that this fairly obvious statement has been made, we can move on to a second, more interesting point. Virtual reality allows for constructivist learning VR also provides an opportunity for constructivist learning, i.e. allowing students to construct […]

Recently I had the opportunity to share Google Expeditions with 12 high-schoolers in a summer tech camp. This is not the first time I’ve led a group through using Google Expeditions so I knew that there would probably be some technical glitches.  True to form, there were troubles for students connecting to the personal WiFi […]

Virtual reality’s renaissance is now a little over a year and some months old. The 2016 releases of the Oculus Rift CV1, HTC Vive, and some say the years earlier release of the Google Cardboard, spawned a frenzy of speculation about the future. Education is a realm that is no stranger to the lures of […]