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As Facebook Changes Name to Meta, Company Wants to Pull Education Into Its 'Metaverse'

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Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta yesterday, as part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s sweeping vision of creating a next-generation “embodied” internet inspired by science fiction, where users, as he described it , will be “in the experience, not just looking at it.” In 2014 the company bought VR company Oculus for $2 billion.

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Whatever Happened to Building a Metaverse for Education?

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In her testing of the device, she said she felt truly immersed in a demo that allowed users to appear to walk among dinosaurs. And they are calling on tech companies to seek input from educators and education researchers as they continue to develop the hardware that will make such virtual worlds possible. We need interactivity.

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A New Essential Formative Feedback Tool for Project Based Learning

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00:06:40:20 – 00:07:12:03 Vicki Davis I'm actually using a demo that I have made where I have put some typos in. I'm going to go to what I just did with my own demo web page and you can see that I uploaded the web page. I'm just showing you my web page on the YouTube demo. I'm trying to make sure if it is done effectively.

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How to Create Apps in the Classroom and Inspire Design Thinking

The CoolCatTeacher

I love how my students can edit together but can also view live changes on their smartphones using a QR code demo that is still private just to them and me. You know, I don't have a lot of companies on here. And then I interviewed her down at the company, and then Alefiya and I became friends. Now, it's not a commercial.

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Unlock the Secrets: Expert Homework Hacks for Busy Parents

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I love how my students can edit together but can also view live changes on their smartphones using a QR code demo that is still private just to them and me. If you want more content from Vicki Davis, you can find her on Facebook. Go to coolcatteacher.com/freetrialmadlearn to start your trial today. If you want to learn more.

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Google Assistant and Edwin Want To Be Your Next English Tutor

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Google is investing in the education startup Edwin , an AI-powered English tutor that was one of eight education technology companies to come out of Y Combinator’s latest demo day. In addition to the funding, Edwin and three other selected companies will have access to advice from Google engineers, and marketing support.

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Y Combinator’s Newest Batch of Education Technology Startups

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There were all the usual trappings of a startup demo day. Caffeinated founders paced the lobby in colorful T-shirts splattered with their company logos, polishing their pitches for their on-stage presentation and meetings with potential investors. You won’t find those companies in this batch. Here’s what we saw instead.