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Location Clue. When it comes to science-based learning, Lasting Learning provides the best thinking, research, and educational resources available.

Scholarly articles explore recent breakthroughs coming out of educational learning labs. Videos feature expert learning researchers who explain educational concepts in accessible, easy-to-understand formats, so teachers, parents, and students can leverage strategies to improve teaching and learning. Online tutorials deliver anytime, anywhere study techniques to turbocharge learning. And a rich set of resources provide links to courseware, test prep software, books, online videos, and much more. Organized to inform, inspire, and take action Get started with the resources in Learn Smart.

Inspirational videos from leaders in the field of sports training, neuroscience, and educational psychology explain breakthroughs in learning science and inspire us to achieve our maximum potential. The Editors of Lasting Learning. ISTE 2017.

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Design Thinking for Learning Design in Canvas Courses. Imagination Institute. Default and Executive Network Coupling Supports Creative Idea Production Roger E.

Imagination Institute

Beaty, Mathias Benedek, Scott Barry Kaufman, and Paul J. Silvia The role of attention in creative cognition remains controversial. Neuroimaging studies have reported activation of brain regions linked to both cognitive control and spontaneous imaginative processes, raising questions about how these regions interact to support creative thought. Download paper. Virtual Reality Technology Lab : School of Social Work : Texas State University. Social Work Today - Study: Virtual Reality Training Improves Social Skills of Individuals on the Autism Spectrum. Tech & Tools Although most children with high-functioning autism have above average intellectual capabilities, they often experience social difficulties.

Social Work Today - Study: Virtual Reality Training Improves Social Skills of Individuals on the Autism Spectrum

Untitled. Audrey Hamilton: Virtual reality technology is not just for gamers.

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Over the last decade, research into advanced virtual reality therapy techniques has shown it to be effective for people with physical and psychological disabilities. A psychologist at the forefront of this research tells us how virtual reality is helping people literally face their fears and learn to overcome them. The Virtual Reality Medical Center. Treating social anxiety with virtual reality - College of Arts & Sciences. When students arrive at college, they are tremendously excited – and in some cases, tremendous anxiety.

Treating social anxiety with virtual reality - College of Arts & Sciences

When students confront an entirely new social scene, without the support of the friends and family they left at home, they may develop social anxiety, or the fear of being negatively evaluated or humiliated. Social anxiety affects up to a third of college students, and hinders their academic achievement. Students who are ethnic or racial minorities, or who come from low-income families, are especially prone.

Postive VR - App Android su Google Play. INNOVATION FACTOR:Our project is to transform the Gear VR into a Positive Technology​ Platform for improving an individual's health and well-being by reducing stress.

Postive VR - App Android su Google Play

For more info about Positive Technology, check here: PROBLEM:Stress is the second most reported work-related health problem, affecting 20%/35% of workers in industrialized countries (in 2010, WHO data).Stress can cause people ill and misery, both at work and at home. Stress may also compromise workplace safety, and contribute to other work-related health problems, such as musculoskeletal disorders. Virtual Reality. Get Cardboard – Google VR. How do I know which viewers will work with my phone?

Get Cardboard – Google VR

Choose a viewer that fits your phone's screen size. Most Cardboard apps work with Android 4.1+ and the latest iOS smartphones. Apps for Google Cardboard – Google VR.

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Home. 360 Video Spotlight: CNN Virtual Reality Videos. CNN Virtual Reality videos are here!

360 Video Spotlight: CNN Virtual Reality Videos

Users of all ages can now access 360 degree video to explore different places, spaces and special events. From heading inside of London’s Big Ben to standing on the edge of an aircraft carrier, students can view 360 video on a laptop, tablet or headset to explore the world. If you’re a regular visitor to ClassTechTips.com you know how much I love virtual reality. This type of immersive storytelling can reach learners in new ways and help them build a better understanding of what life is like in different parts of the world.

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8 Tips for a Google Expeditions Pilot Infographic. Educational Technology Infographics 8 Tips for a Google Expeditions Pilot Infographic 8 Tips for a Google Expeditions Pilot Infographic Google Expeditions enable teachers to bring students on virtual trips to places like museums, underwater, and outer space.

8 Tips for a Google Expeditions Pilot Infographic

Expeditions are collections of linked virtual reality (VR) content and supporting materials that can be used alongside existing curriculum. These trips are collections of virtual reality panoramas — 360° panoramas and 3D images — annotated with details, points of interest, and questions that make them easy to integrate into curriculum already used in schools. The infographic presents 8 Tips for a Google Expeditions Pilot from Heather Kilgore, an Instructional Technology Coordinator for Commerce ISD in Commerce, Texas, where she shares the lessons learned from their Google Expeditions pilot program. 1.Get Administrator Buy-In It is always important to get buy-in and support from your administrators and teacher leaders. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

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Physical Therapy and Pain. Cardboard. Cardboard puts virtual reality on your smartphone.

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The Cardboard app helps you launch your favorite VR experiences, discover new apps, and set up a viewer. Try out a set of included demos as well • Earth: Fly where your fancy takes you on Google Earth.• Tour Guide: Visit Versailles with a local guide.• My Videos: Watch your videos on a massive screen.• Exhibit: Examine cultural artifacts from every angle.• Photo Sphere: Look around the photo spheres you've captured.• Arctic Journey: Fly alongside Arctic terns, create your own flower garden, relax under the northern lights and more. To fully enjoy this app you'll need a Cardboard viewer. The 20 Best Augmented-Reality Apps. Augmented reality has long sounded like a wild futuristic concept, but the technology has actually been around for years. It becomes more robust and seamless with each passing decade, providing an astonishing means of superimposing computer-generated images atop a user’s view of reality, thus creating a composite view rooted in both real and virtual worlds.

Although AR apps run the gamut, from interactive map overlays and virtual showrooms to massive multiplayer skirmishes, each piece of software hones in on smartphone GPS and camera functionality to create a more immersive experience. The available selection of augmented reality apps is diverse, encompassing both premium and freemium offerings from a variety of big and no-name developers, but sometimes choosing which apps are worth your smartphone or tablet’s precious memory is tougher than using the apps themselves. 9 Amazing Augmented Reality Apps for Teaching and Learning. Augmented reality (AR) has evolved in recent years and its application in classrooms is limitless.

Educators don’t need to feel overwhelmed when trying to introduce AR in their classroom because there are many great apps that don’t require a lot of knowledge in the field. There are useful apps for every subject and there are also apps that when a teacher is ready they can create their own AR targets. Augmented reality works well in schools because it brings close to real life experiences to the classrooms. It’s fascinating to see the faces of students when they have the opportunity to explore space, the human body, cells or chemistry elements.

You appreciate how eager and engaged they become with some simple AR apps. Augmented Reality Demo. TEDx and Augmented Reality - Informal Learning and International Exchange with Mobile Technology. The Virtual Plant Cell 360° tour - Plant Energy Biology VR. Chemistry VR - Cardboard.