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4 Augmented and Virtual Reality Projects That Point to the Future of Education

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At NYC Media Lab’s recent Exploring Future Reality conference , long-time educators including Agnieszka Roginska of New York University and Columbia University’s Steven Feiner pointed to emerging media as a way to improve multi-modal learning for students and train computer systems to understand the world around us.

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Massive "Mobile MakerSpace" Resource

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Finally, you can see real-time updates by checking out our school's hashtag on social media: #GWgreats. Since we didn't have the luxury of designating an extra classroom as a “MakerSpace” we opted for a mobile-cart model. I’ve blogged about some of these stories in the past, but will include only highlights here.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Indeed, according to one story in The Atlantic , a school district in Colorado opted to do away with parent-teacher conferences entirely, encouraging parents instead to simply check online to see what their children were up to. The incident, she added, had also made her aware that “Pearson is monitoring all social media during PARCC testing.”

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