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ClassroomQ – A Neat Way to Keep Track of Who Asks for Help
ClassroomQ is a neat tool that solves a problem that anyone who has ever had a classroom full of students working on individual or small group projects at the same time has experienced. That problem is feeling like every student is asking for something at once and you’re not sure who asked for help first or how long they’ve been waiting for help.
The Final Countdown: GEER Edition
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Google Classroom Login For the First Time
Google Classroom Login For the First Time. How do you get started with Google Classroom? Where do you go first? How do you make a class?
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Worldle Daily – A Street View Game
The Wordle craze seems to have settled down a bit since its height earlier this year (or at least fewer people are sharing their scores on social media). That hasn’t stopped developers from creating many variations on the game. One such variation that I recently tried is Worldle Daily.
Worldle Daily is a combination of the Wordle concept and Google Street View imagery. The game is played by looking at a featured Street View image then trying to guess, by clicking on a map, where in the world that image was […]
Learning How to Tell Time on Analog Clocks and Watches
My oldest daughter got a little analog wristwatch for her birthday a few days ago. So far she loves wearing it (she wanted to wear it to bed last night) and is rather quickly learning how to tell time with it. As you might expect, the watch has prompted a few questions including “how does it work?” If you students or children of your own who need to learn how to tell time on an analog watch, here are a couple of good resources to explore.
ABCya offers a free game called the Time […]
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Google’s Owlchemy Labs Teases Its First Multiplayer VR Game & It’s All About Hand Tracking
Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned VR studio known for Job Simulator (2016) and Cosmosmious High (2022), teased a new multiplayer VR game that’s built from the ground-up for hand tracking interactions.
The studio calls the unnamed multiplayer title their “most ambitious” project yet, underlining that the addition of hand tracking provides an “unprecedented level of communication” between players.
“Bundle this new [hand tracking] technology with players experiencing our quirky worlds with friends and you have all the ingredients for a magical VR experience,” says Devin Reimer, CEO of Owlchemy Labs. “Since Cosmonious High’s launch, our studio has nearly tripled in size. Owlchemy […]
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Fast Travel Announces High-flying Action Co-op ‘EVERSLAUGHT Invasion’, Trailer Here
Fast Travel Games, the studio and publisher behind VR titles such as Cities VR (2022), Wraith: The Oblivion – Afterlife (2021), and Apex Construct (2018), unveiled a new VR co-op action title called EVERSLAUGHT Invasion which is slated to arrive on Meta Quest 2 in early 2023.
Set in the same universe as the PC VR action RPG EVERSLAUGHT (2021), developer MobX Games and publisher Fast Travel say the fast-paced VR first-person shooter is intended for two players, although it also supports single player in what the studios call “high-octane combat” thanks to the game’s focus on […]
Ready Player Me Raises $56M to Expand Cross-game Avatar Platform
Ready Player Me, a company focused on bringing cross-platform avatars to VR and beyond, announced it’s closed a $56 million Series B round.
The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from investors including Roblox co-founder David Baszucki, Twitch co-founder Justin Kan, King Games co-founders Sebastian Knutsson & Riccardo Zacconi, sports and entertainment company Endeavor, Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat Ventures, D’Amelio family, Punk6529, Snowfro, Collab Currency, Plural, and Konvoy Ventures.
Ready Player Me co-founder and CEO Timmu Tõke says the funds will allow the company to continue scaling its avatar system to make it “more flexible for developers, create new […]
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A Simple Tool for Finding Related Search Keywords
Brainstorming lists of alternative words and phrases is one of the strategies that I have students use when conducting online research. Doing this before they start a search and or whenever they feel stuck can help them generate new search result pages that doesn’t duplicate the results of their previous queries. But sometimes our brainstorming sessions need a little jumpstart. That’s when a tool like Keyword.io can be helpful.
On Keyword.io you can enter a search term and have a list of related search terms generated for you. These are different and more comprehensive lists than […]
Read Write Think Animal Inquiry
This morning I’m taking my daughters to a little petting zoo near our home. They love to pet the goats, sheep, ponies, horses, and bunnies. Both of my daughters love learning about animals and they are both learning to write right now. Thinking about those things reminded me of a writing template hosted by Read Write Think.
Read Write Think’s Animal Inquiry template is an online graphic organizer template that students fill in as they learn about animals and or fill in from memory. It’s a simple template that doesn’t require students […]
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PlayStation VR 2 Launching Early 2023, Sony Confirms
Sony confirmed today that its latest VR headset, PSVR 2, will see a release date in 2023. The company’s brief announcement didn’t include a price for PlayStation VR 2, one of the last pieces of key info that’s still unknown.
Sony today shared one of the last but most important pieces of info regarding PlayStation VR 2… its launch window. The company confirmed today on Instagram (of all places) that the headset’s release date will come in early 2023, but shared absolutely no other info about the headset’s launch.
Meta CEO Teases “Major updates to graphics” After Viral Criticism of ‘Horizon Worlds’ Screenshot
An innocuous screenshot of Meta’s social VR platform shared by CEO Mark Zuckerberg last week saw widespread criticism in the tech sector. Prompted by the reaction, Zuckerberg shared a glimpse of purported visual upgrades headed to the platform.
Last week Meta announced it had expanded its Horizon Worlds social VR platform to new territories (France & Spain). Along with the announcement, CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted an innocuous photo that made rounds in the tech sector as a purported example of the company’s failed attempt to create an appealing virtual world.
Image courtesy Mark Zuckerberg
We’re launching Horizon Worlds in France […]
Two Resources to Help Make Virtual & Hybrid Learning More Equitable & Effective
This is a guest post from Dr. Beth Holland (@brholland), Research & Measurement Partner at The Learning Accelerator (TLA) – a national nonprofit.
As the school year ramps up again, teachers and leaders have to confront the same challenge that has been plaguing schools since the start of the pandemic: how to develop more effective, engaging, and equitable virtual or hybrid learning environments. However, a major challenge exists in the field: there are few models to help educators define quality in virtual and hybrid contexts.
Searching is a Thinking Skill
Have you ever had a conversation with a student that went like this?
Student: “Mr. Byrne, Google has nothing on my topic.”
Mr. Byrne: “What is your topic?”
Student: “The Civil War.”
Mr. Byrne: “Are you sure that Google has nothing about the Civil War?”
Student: “Well I looked at a bunch of links, but they didn’t say anything about what I was looking for.”
If you have had a conversation like the one above then you have experienced one of the flaws of the digital native concept. Yes, most […]
History Discussion Prompts for All 50 States
This morning I discovered a new-to-me U.S. History resource created by C-SPAN Classroom. That resource is a collection of video clips and “bell ringers” for every state in the United States. Bell Ringers are short video clips that are accompanied by discussion questions to start a lesson.
In looking at C-SPAN Classroom’s collection of state history resources it appears that the clips and bell ringers cover a wide array of topics related to each state. For example, the collection of Maine resources includes a video of top policy issues according to […]
‘Townscaper VR’ Releasing on Quest & Pico Headsets in October
Earlier this year indie developer Oskar Stålberg showed interest in adapting Townscaper to VR headsets, showing off some prototype builds of the cozy, pint-sized town creator game working with motion controllers. Now Stålberg says we can expect to jump into the game on Meta Quest and Pico headsets soon.
Townscaper initially launched on Steam Early Access in 2020, bringing with it the opportunity to automagically plop down quaint island towns and hamlets.
Since then, Stålberg’s self-admitted “experimental passion project” has garnered critical acclaim for its intuitive and relaxing gameplay, making it feel a bit like playing with LEGO. Unlike other city-building games […]
What is The Week Junior and How Can It Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks
The Week Junior makes current events accessible for children in an engaging and confidence inspiring way.