One of the greatest benefits of using ThingLink EDU as a tool for learning is the ability to easily build in data collection for assessment, planning, and personalized learning. Participants in the Summer VR Challenge will discover Google Forms woven throughout the lessons. Look for the icons to access these forms on the 360 World Map as you work your way through Lesson 1: Get Started with the ThingLink Summer VR Challenge.
Using ThingLink to Collect Data for the Teacher Challenge
One of the greatest benefits of using ThingLink EDU as a tool for learning is the ability to easily build in data collection for assessment, planning, and personalized learning. Participants in the Summer VR Challenge will discover Google Forms woven throughout the lessons. Look for the icons to access these forms on the 360 World Map as you work your way through Lesson 1: Get Started with the ThingLink Summer VR Challenge.
ThingLink at #ISTE2016
ThingLink made a big splash at ISTE2016 with interactive 360/VR lessons. Educators were excited to discover the powerful possibilities of using the sleek new tool to design learning experiences on top of breathtaking 360 images. Many thanks to Naomi Harm and Dell for inviting us to display our images on the gorgeous, new 70 inch LED touch display! Everyone loved exploring the 360/VR lesson on London, above. Explore the lesson in full-screen mode for the best experience.
Explore Resources from #ISTE2016
- Find a link to participate in the ThingLink Summer VR Challenge, a self-paced and free pilot with pedagogy. Sign up to gain access to the 360/VR Tag Editing tool and learn to create and share interactive 360/VR images.
- Find the coupon ISTE2016 to become a 360/VR Pioneer and lock in pioneer pricing, for life. Get the 360/VR tag editing tool plus all of the premium features of ThingLink for $100 per year for life. Take advantage of this ISTE2016 coupon today.
Take Aways from #ISTE2016
At ISTE2016 I had the opportunity to hold my first hands-on training session using ThingLink 360/VR. The room was filled with educators using a variety of devices. I'm happy to report that participants were able to work in teams to add tags to 360/VR images easily with very simple, basic directions. They were able to generate ideas for using ThingLink to meet their teaching and learning needs. It is an honor to empower educators with tools that help them transform teaching and learning, and ThingLink 360/VR is a tool that can do that!
Next Post: Get Started with the ThingLink Summer VR Challenge
Many educators at ISTE2016 stopped by the EdTech Coaches Playground to chat with Jodie Johnston and I about the ThingLink Summer VR Challenge. Jodie and I met during the 1st ThingLink Summer Challenge 3 years ago, and it was such fun meeting face-to-face and working together to invite educators to join us this year! Teachers who recently registered for the summer VR Challenge are being given access to the 360/VR tag editing tool and the teacher challenge is about to begin!
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ThingLink is Celebrating #ISTE2016
To celebrate #ISTE2016, ThingLink is offering our new 360/VR Tag Editing tool to individual educators for use with students at pioneer prices! Educators can gain access to this engaging interactive tool for annotating incredible 360/VR images for $10 per month, billed annually. Take advantage of this offer now through the end of June to unlock the powerful possibilities of teaching and learning with ThingLink 360/VR.
Build an Interactive 360/VR Tour of the Smithsonian at #ISTE2016
Teachers and students are invited to join me and Naomi Harm for a 30-minute session in the Dell MakerSpace where we will work together to design an interactive 360/VR image tour of the Smithsonian. We’ll begin with breathtaking panoramic images of one of the world’s most fascinating museum and we will use the ThingLink VR tag editing tool to add interactive layers of artifacts to bring the image to life through text, images and video. Then we’ll explore ways to turn the resource into standards-based lessons that will engage students like never before! Stop by in between sessions to chat.
Build an Interactive 360/VR Tour of the Smithsonian
Dell Learning Lounge | Near the Blogger's Cafe
Teachers and students are invited to join me and Naomi Harm for a 30-minute session in the Dell MakerSpace where we will work together to design an interactive 360/VR image tour of the Smithsonian. We’ll begin with breathtaking panoramic images of one of the world’s most fascinating museum and we will use the ThingLink VR tag editing tool to add interactive layers of artifacts to bring the image to life through text, images and video. Then we’ll explore ways to turn the resource into standards-based lessons that will engage students like never before! Stop by in between sessions to chat.
30 Minute Sessions at a Glance
| ....Monday.... | ...Tuesday..... | Wednesday |
| 10:00-10:30 | *10:00-10:30 | 10:00-10:30 |
| 11:00-11:30 | *11:00-11:30 | 11:00-11:30 |
| 2:00-2:30 | *2:00-2:30 | |
| 3:00-3:30 | *3:00-3:30 |
*On Tuesday Naomi will be taking the lead while I present sessions elsewhere at ISTE.
Presentation: Dive Into ThingLink 360 and Virtual Reality!
Presentation: Dive Into ThingLink 360 and Virtual Reality!
Wednesday: 1:15–2:15 | Dell Learning Lounge | Near the Blogger's Cafe
Would you like your students to explore Mars, visit historic places, or dive deep into the ocean? Explore ways to use ThingLink’s virtual reality tools to immerse students in learning experiences as if they were there. Learn how you can maximize instructional time to help students develop higher order thinking skills as they collaborate, communicate and create, based on that common VR experience. Consider the opportunities to extend the walls of your classroom to bridge cultures and foster global understanding. Embrace opportunities to engage students like never before and help them connect to their learning with ThingLink VR in the classroom.
The ThingLink Summer VR Challenge is Almost Here!
This online self-paced professional development opportunity is free and it's starting next week. Sign up for the ThingLink Summer VR Challenge today!
Join me at #ISTE2016 to Power Up the ePortfolio Process
Power Up the ePortfolio Process with Multimedia Rich Apps
Tues: 4:00-6:00 | Poster Session | Building/Room: CCC Lobby D, Table 40
Learn to embrace e-portfolios to empower students as stakeholders in their own learning. Explore apps that seamlessly support the three-step e-portfolio process to ensure successful implementation and management. Discover powerful ways students can create collections of artifacts to document learning as they engage in self-reflection and goal setting.
Join me at #ISTE2016 for Digital Storytelling with Interactive Images
Tues: 1:15–3:15 | Poster Session | Room: CCC Lobby D, Table 33Every image has a story. Learn how authors of all ages can tell deeper stories with multimedia rich interactive images and 360/VR images. Explore a variety of examples and get resources to create powerful stories that engage students like never before and appeal to the diverse needs of all learners.
Please join me at ISTE to explore the powerful possibilities of digital storytelling with interactive images and 360/VR images during this poster session on Tuesday!
ST4T Session Resources
Sharing the interactive slideshow from today's presentation at Superior Tech for Teachers. Thank you to the participants who attended.
Join Me on Friday
Imagine the Places You'll Go with Virtual Reality in the Classroom!
Friday, June 17 • 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Would you like your students to explore Mars, visit historic places, or dive deep into the ocean? Explore ways to use ThingLink’s virtual reality tools to immerse students in learning experiences as if they were there. Learn how you can maximize instructional time to help students develop higher order thinking skills as they collaborate, communicate and create, based on that common VR experience. Consider the opportunities to extend the walls of your classroom to bridge cultures and foster global understanding. Embrace opportunities to engage students like never before and help them connect to their learning with ThingLink VR in the classroom.
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Countdown to the ThingLink Summer VR Challenge
In less than 2 weeks we will officially be kicking off the ThingLink Summer VR Challenge! This free, online, self-paced professional development experience will provide opportunities for educators at all levels to work together to explore and create interactive 360/VR activities for teaching and learning. This Pilot with Pedagogy is designed to help educators successfully embrace the powerful possibilities of the 360/VR Editor. We invite you to participate in this online learning experience.
Learn to add a layer of engagement to your coaching menu by picking up a toolkit of interactive images and 360 content for modification and reuse.
Join our free, self-paced, online professional development opportunity designed to help coaches connect, collaborate and create interactive 360/VR resources across all grade levels and content areas.
If you can't stop by in person, no worries, the ThingLink Summer VR Challenge is all online! Just complete the form so we can connect with you to help you gain access to our brand new 360/VR tag editing tool and stay informed as we get closer to the kickoff!
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Benefits of Participation
- Get your hands on ThingLink's new 360/VR Tag Editing Tool for free during the duration of the 5-week teacher challenge.
- Gain access to our collection of 360 images, ready for annotating with the 360/VR tag editing tool.
- Learn, create and connect with innovative educators across the globe.
- Embrace the powerful possibilities of designing and using interactive 360/VR in the classroom.
- Curate a collection of ThingLink 360/VR Lessons created by colleagues participating in the challenge.
- Learn about opportunities to become a ThingLink Certified Educator.
- Relax, get inspired and have fun as you grow and learn to how to bring a whole new level of engagement to your teacher toolkit.N
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Kicking Off at ISTE
It has been a tradition for the past 3 years to launch the ThingLink Summer Challenges at ISTE, and I'm pleased to announce that the EdTech Coaches Network has given me a physical space to share the challenge with attendees this year. If you're going to ISTE, please stop by to learn more, explore and connect. Here are back-to-back sessions I'll be sharing on Tuesday.Transform Teaching and Learning with an Interactive Toolkit
Tues: 9:30 -10:30 | EdTech Coaches Playground | Station 3Learn to add a layer of engagement to your coaching menu by picking up a toolkit of interactive images and 360 content for modification and reuse.
Create, Connect and Collaborate: Take the ThingLink Summer VR Challenge for Coaches
Tues: 10:45-11:45 | EdTech Coaches Playground |Station 6Join our free, self-paced, online professional development opportunity designed to help coaches connect, collaborate and create interactive 360/VR resources across all grade levels and content areas.
If you can't stop by in person, no worries, the ThingLink Summer VR Challenge is all online! Just complete the form so we can connect with you to help you gain access to our brand new 360/VR tag editing tool and stay informed as we get closer to the kickoff!
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Get Inspired
Watch the recorded version of our ThingLink Live 360/VR Interactive Image Slam to get inspired by our some amazing ThingLink 360 pioneers, and think of the places you can go explore this summer during the ThingLink Summer VR Challenge!
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Live at Superior Tech 4 Teachers!
I'm very excited to be presenting a few sessions at the Superior Tech 4 Teachers Conference in Clearwater Beach Florida next week! I hope to connect with educators looking for ways to leverage the power of tech for learning!
My sessions will focus on great ways to combine ThingLink, multimedia, Google Apps, 360/VR and all sorts of 3rd party tools to design and facilitate learning experiences that engage students like never before. If you're planning to attend the conference, or if you live nearby, please join me for great ways to transform teaching and learning.
My sessions will focus on great ways to combine ThingLink, multimedia, Google Apps, 360/VR and all sorts of 3rd party tools to design and facilitate learning experiences that engage students like never before. If you're planning to attend the conference, or if you live nearby, please join me for great ways to transform teaching and learning.
Transform Teaching & Learning with ThingLink + Google Apps
Thursday, June 16 • 10:15am - 11:15am
Learn to embrace the powerful possibilities that are available by combining ThingLink interactive images and video with Google Apps. Educators can use a Google Doc to collect information, automate tasks and make the workflow progress smoothly throughout any student drive learning experience. ThingLink is a media rich cross-platform tool that displays published Google Docs right on top of any image or inside of a video. Google Docs are useful for collecting data for assessment, collect feedback and even provide opportunities for reteaching and challenge. Better yet, those Google Docs are live and interactive so students don’t have to navigate to another page. Join this session to learn more about this truly great combination of tools for engaging students in personalized learning experiences with ThingLink and Google Docs.
Learn to embrace the powerful possibilities that are available by combining ThingLink interactive images and video with Google Apps. Educators can use a Google Doc to collect information, automate tasks and make the workflow progress smoothly throughout any student drive learning experience. ThingLink is a media rich cross-platform tool that displays published Google Docs right on top of any image or inside of a video. Google Docs are useful for collecting data for assessment, collect feedback and even provide opportunities for reteaching and challenge. Better yet, those Google Docs are live and interactive so students don’t have to navigate to another page. Join this session to learn more about this truly great combination of tools for engaging students in personalized learning experiences with ThingLink and Google Docs.
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Imagine the Places You'll Go with Virtual Reality in the Classroom!
Friday, June 17 • 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Would you like your students to explore Mars, visit historic places, or dive deep into the ocean? Explore ways to use ThingLink’s virtual reality tools to immerse students in learning experiences as if they were there. Learn how you can maximize instructional time to help students develop higher order thinking skills as they collaborate, communicate and create, based on that common VR experience. Consider the opportunities to extend the walls of your classroom to bridge cultures and foster global understanding. Embrace opportunities to engage students like never before and help them connect to their learning with ThingLink VR in the classroom.
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