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NASA STEM Challenge for Grades 9-12 InWorld
A competition from NASA provides a challenge for High school students, in 2 phases. In phase 1 students have an opportunity to work cooperatively, in teams of three-to-five students, as engineers and...
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Spatial Training in a Virtual World May Improve STEM Skills
Studies over the past 50 years indicate a significant, positive correlation between spatial thinking and STEM disciplines. Project Talent is one of those studies to support spatial training among our...
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Advisory Panel to Offer Obama Ideas for Advancing STEM Education
Advisory Panel to Offer Obama Ideas for Advancing STEM Education.
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Build a Virtual Biome to Master Science Standards
Environments in virtual worlds can be realistic or fantastical, each has benefits for students both as visitors and as creators. National and state educational standards require that students can...
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Teaching and Learning Options in the Virtual World
The virtual environment offers students alternative ways of learning concepts. Educators understand that differentiating instruction is important and that we should not limit ourselves to telling and...
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Genetic Study via Virtual Pets and Plants
A pair of Meeroos on a farm in Second Life. Can the virtual world SL breedable pets such as Meeroos and breedable plants such as Sibotanicals provide some opportunities to learn about biological and...
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Hour of Code in an MMORPG and an Immersive 3D Environment
I will be joining ISTE’s SIGVE and the IB Educators Guild in WoW in on an Hour of Code to celebrate Computer Science Week and to advocate for teaching coding at all grade levels. This will be at...
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