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A Casting Call for Social VR

by Len Scrogan

Throughout the year, I conduct presentations about “Virtual Reality in Education” at various national ed-tech conferences. Some of these are deep-dive workshops, two or three hours in length, serving up rich details and specifics …

Tags:Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Disruptive Technologies in the Classroom: Staying Ahead of the Ed Market

by Len Scrogan

Education always seems to be changing. We see new movements or redirection. Fresh experiments or retooling. Newfound priorities. Newfangled nomenclature. Staying on top of these changes is important. The constantly shifting environment in the …

Tags:display technology| Education| Vol 25 - Issue 21

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ISTE 2018 Preview

by Len Scrogan

The annual ISTE conference is rapidly approaching, convening this year in Chicago. The ISTE conference is the largest ed-tech conference in the U.S, and will offer more than 1,091 educational sessions to nearly thirty …

Tags:Augmented Reality| display technology| Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Does Dystopia Promote VR?

by Len Scrogan

Educators using VR in schools certainly don’t shy away from their histrionics. Take for example some of the VR-related titles at a recent national ed-tech conference: OMG with VR Oh, the Places We Will …

Tags:Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 19

VR Simulation Effective in Education

by Len Scrogan

Quick Search: Research is a series dedicated to unpacking some of the emerging research on 3D, VR, and other dynamic visualization technologies. See my introductory article on this topic, entitled The Research Chase. In …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Education| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Educational VR: Prosumers versus Consumers

by Len Scrogan

There are a lot of good things happening with educational VR across the country, yet I find that many of the great stories about VR in classrooms somehow seem to fly under the radar. …

Tags:Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Reality Check 2018: VR in the Ed Market

by Len Scrogan

There is so much hype surrounding VR in the education market nowadays, it seems particularly wise to stop and do a reality check, at least once in a great while. [Enticing] Although I am …

Tags:Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 13

VR versus Physical Display

by Len Scrogan

The US ed-tech conference season kicks off with a strong event, the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC 2018), held each year in Orlando, Florida. Now in its 37th year, this year’s visit led …

Tags:Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Rigor in Educational VR

by Len Scrogan

Something may be percolating in educational circles. A development of special interest to me, something I call the impending AR/MR/VR rigor movement, could be on the rise. In a previous article, I wrote, “The …

Tags:Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 13

VR @ FETC 2018

by Len Scrogan

The US ed tech conference season kicks off at the start of the year with a strong event, the Future of Education Technology Conference, held each year in Orlando, Florida. FETC always sets the …

Tags:Education| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 08

BackPacking with VR

by Len Scrogan

The US ed tech conference season kicks off at the start of the year with a strong event, the Future of Education Technology Conference (now in its 37th year), held each year in Orlando, …

Tags:Education| PCs| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Listen to the Music: A SXSWedu 2018 Preview

by Len Scrogan

Every spring, one unique ed-tech conference allows attendees, exhibitors, thought leaders, and other pacesetters in the education space to gather and jam to the rhythm of coming horizons in educational innovation. This predictive education …

Tags:Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 09