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An awesome tedtalk about games in the classroom

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An awesome tedtalk about games in the classroom

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Kyriakos Koursaris: Minecraft in the classroom: The power of playful learning

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Context is key when we have children using technology for educational purposes. Educator Kyriakos Koursaris introduces us to the world of digital gaming based learning with some valuable lessons on how we can play and learn together.

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An article expressing HOW IMPORTANT vr is in the classroom

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An article expressing HOW IMPORTANT vr is in the classroom

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Co-Founder and COO at VR Vision Inc an immersive technology group that is developing virtual and augmented reality solutions for the future.
In a world driven by technology, classrooms have adapted to an ever-changing landscape to create new educational experiences. With the emergence of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies, leaders in the education industry can consider adding more immersive and integrative experiences. (Full disclosure: My company offers these technologies, as do many others.)

Immersive learning is a contemporary learning style that uses technology to engage your senses that a traditional lecture might not be able to accomplish. There are four basic categories of learning styles that most students fall under: visual, auditory, reading/writing and kinetic.
How Can VR Be Used In The Classroom?
Classic lectures typically engage auditory and written learning styles, with the occasional use of visuals to illustrate a point. This method works for many different subjects, while other subjects, like the sciences, could benefit from the inclusion of lab experiments' kinetic elements.

In the same way that a photo or video can help students visualize a challenging concept, immersive learning can add new elements to the standardized curriculum and engage the senses. There are many different ways to create an immersive learning experience, including a virtual tour of the human body to help students learn about anatomy - kind of like a real-life version of The Magic School Bus.

VR is a computer-generated environment that can be experienced from all angles. Two mediums are typically used for VR. One form is through a computer, where students can click around the digital environment and zoom in on any spots they are most interested in. A notable example of this form of VR is the Street View feature on Google Maps.
How Can AR Be Used In The Classroom?
The other form is through a special headset that blocks your peripheral vision while projecting video imaging into each eye, making you feel like you are inside the virtual world. The headset device can look like a gaming device or be as simple as creating a cardboard holder to place a smartphone in.

VR can provide a fun learning experience in the classroom and allow students to view environments or periods that they otherwise would not be able to see. For example, students could take a virtual tour of the pyramids in Egypt in history class or take a trip through the digestive tract in science class. These technologies can also allow students to choose their adventure or which parts of the tour they spend more time on. VR can be a helpful tool for dissections, as some students might prefer to do a virtual dissection rather than the real thing.

AR is a form of technology that allows you to add digital images to the real world. This can be done through apps on AR-compatible smartphones, which will let you look through your phone's camera lens to view the augmented images on your smartphone screen.
How Is This Beneficial?
The most notable example of AR's use was the 2016 mobile game Pokémon Go, which allowed the app to access your camera so that you could see Pokémon creatures in the real world.

Because AR is rooted in reality, it can be used in addition to classical teaching styles. With AR, students can use their smartphones to see comments or labels on diagrams and have the option to read more about something they need further clarification. Teachers can show their students the solar system in their classroom or 3D models of objects to study up close without storing and transporting them.

There are a number of ways that I've observed the education industry can use immersive technologies to help students learn.

1. Increase Engagement: Immersive learning techniques can give students exciting new ways to interact with their environment. VR and AR help students visualize what they are learning and make them feel like they are experiencing it as they learn.

2. Cater To Learning Styles: VR and AR tools can help students who are more visual and kinetic learners get more out of their lectures. VR can also have auditory elements, and you can always have students talk about and write down their experiences to engage students who learn best through listening and reading or writing.

3. Bring History to Life: With VR, students can be transported to a different era. This technology can flesh out their perception of history in ways that their imaginations might not be able to when reading about it.
What Technological Improvements Still Need To Occur?
4. Make Information Memorable: Most students remember the projects they researched or lab experiments they participated in. Using VR and AR can also stand out in students' memories and help them retain the information they learned.

5. Controlling The Learning Experience: Using VR can allow students to choose what elements of the simulation they focus on and spend the most time on. This experience can help them understand a concept they need more information on or find what field of study they are most interested in.

Adopting AR and VR doesn't come without its own challenges that educational facilitators should be aware of when implementing the technology at scale. Firstly with VR, the hardware could be expensive, or there may not be readily available content for the topics being taught. Also, new advancements in technology are happening at a fast pace with new hardware available every year, so this needs to be considered when budgeting for the life span of the technology.

With AR the same can be said with technology advancements. However, with modern smartphones and LiDAR, more people than ever before have access to AR in the palm of their hands. The challenge here lies with facilitators staying ahead of the curve and trends to know how to maximize the effectiveness of the technology.

Technology has a significant impact on the classroom curriculum, and VR and AR are no exception to this rule. Leaders in education can bring in new technologies that can help students who need the supplemented visual to grasp a topic comprehensively.

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Council Post: How VR And AR Are Impacting Immersive Learning

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Co-Founder and COO at VR Vision Inc an immersive technology group that is developing virtual and augmented reality solutions for the future. In a world driven by technology, classrooms have adapted to an ever-changing landscape to create new educational experiences.

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A very beneficial article for educators in schools with lacking technology access

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A very beneficial article for educators in schools with lacking technology access

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Technology Solutions That Drive Education

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Adding a Dash of VR to Class Is Possible with a Limited Budget

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Thanks to cardboard viewers and free content, districts can explore new tools on a budget

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OPEN vs CLOSED Captions - Why & How to Add Them to Videos Online

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In today's digital world, online video content plays a key role within company advertising and video has become an extremely powerful marketing tool.

But have you ever stopped to think if your video is fully reaching your target audience? Have you ever wondered why you're not getting the views you were hoping for?

While great video content is always the first step, there's another one you may have missed- adding subtitles. Captioning your videos (training content, social media videos, TV shows or movies) proves to have a huge impact on how successful they are.

Some Meaningful Facts about Subtitles:

· They are written transcriptions that are synchronized to media files so that they play at the same time as the spoken world;

· They are designed for hearing users, as they only cover spoken text;

· They translate or transcribe the dialogue or narrative;

· Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH) are the subtitles designed for those who are deaf, Deaf, or hard of hearing. They have additional information, such as speaker tags, sound effects and other elements outside of speech;

· If you choose the subtitle option on a traditional TV, you would find Close captions, required by law on all public broadcasts, as per FCC regulations. Although geared toward the same audience as SDH, they are not as common in streaming internet videos and they don't usually come with the option to turn the subtitles on or off.

6 Reasons why Subtitles are so Important:

Subtitles improve comprehension of, attention to, and memory for the video. In fact, a quick research reveals that many people turn on captions on when they're watching TV shows, movies or other videos even if they're native speakers of the original language. They just understand it better.

Subtitle translation can really open up your global potential and is extremely useful if you have videos that you intend to distribute to foreign audiences. Taking your target audience's language into account is key if you're hoping to make the next leap to international clients.

It is widely understood that over 80% of Facebook videos are viewed without the sound on. By adding subtitles to your videos, you can increase engagement by as much as 15%. After all, what good is it if all your hard work producing the video is lost to the viewers because they are watching it without sound?

It was recently found that videos without subtitles were watched, on average, 66% to completion compared to 91% with subtitles. Besides, higher video engagement online can be well recognized by search engines. The more clicks your videos get, the longer users browse your site, the more brownie points for your SEO.

Adding subtitles and/or subtitle translation to online videos means that Google and other search engines can pick up on both English and foreign subtitles and utilize your key words for international audiences and global SEO, which should enhance your rankings and boost SEO for the source language site.

The biggest benefit to including subtitles lies in increasing accessibility to multimedia content. Subtitling allows viewers who cannot access the auditory component of a media file to still enjoy video in the fullest way possible without missing out the supplementary sounds. Reaching new audiences is a cornerstone of business success!

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THE IMPORTANCE OF SUBTITLES: 6 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD BE SUBTITLING YOUR VIDEOS

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In today's digital world, online video content plays a key role within company advertising and video has become an extremely powerful marketing tool. But have you ever stopped to think if your video is fully reaching your target audience? Have you ever wondered why you're not getting the views you were hoping for?