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AWS Think Big Space opens at JL Simpson Middle School

AWS Think Big Space opens at JL Simpson Middle School

Amazon Web Services’ newest Think Big Space in Virginia opened Thursday at JL Simpson Middle School in Leesburg. The AWS Think Big Space is an educational lab for students in the school and across the county that builds on the division’s existing computer programming that was first integrated in 2017. IT Division Supervisor Nicholas Grzeda …

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The School of Health Sciences Hosts the Fourth Annual Global Engagement and Research Forum

The School of Health Sciences Hosts the Fourth Annual Global Engagement and Research Forum

Students from the Doctor of Physical Therapy, Master of Physician Assistant Studies and Nursing programs shared their research at the annual forum at McKinnon Hall inside the Moseley Center on Tuesday. Sporting a pair of black virtual reality goggles, physical therapy doctoral student Alex Japit G’24 shared how the research he is conducting with fellow …

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Ten New Professors Join Augusta University’s School of Computing and Cyberscience

Augusta University School of Computing and Cyberscience is proud to announce the addition of 10 new faculty this academic year. The School of Computing and Cyberscience has experienced unprecedented growth over the past four years. Student enrollment doubled, and for the first time in the school’s history, the student body totaled over 700. The school …

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KU School of Nursing launches "Metaversity" offering virtual and immersive learning

KU School of Nursing launches “Metaversity” offering virtual and immersive learning

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – As a child growing up in California, Alejandra Buenrostro used to watch “The Magic School Bus” on TV. In the PBS animated series, Mrs. Frizzle and her students rode a special bus that could take them on scientific field trips to otherwise impossible places, including inside the human body. Now an …

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Sand Springs science teacher gets $18,000 grant for VR classroom headsets

Sand Springs science teacher gets $18,000 grant for VR classroom headsets

SAND SPRINGS — Sixth-grade science teacher Sandy Gilstrap answered the knock on her classroom door Tuesday morning with a degree of excitement that even a winner of the Publishers Clearing House contest would envy. Gilstrap’s own version of a “prize patrol” filled the Sixth Grade Center hallway outside, with representatives from the Sand Springs Education …

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STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN A VR EXERCISE IN PROFESSOR ELISABETH ARNOLD WEISS’S WRITING 340 CLASS (Photo/Courtesy of Elisabeth Arnold Weiss)

Into the ViterbiVerse – USC Viterbi | Engineering school

STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN A VR EXERCISE IN PROFESSOR ELISABETH ARNOLD WEISS’ 340 WRITING CLASS (Photo/Courtesy of Elisabeth Arnold Weiss) In the middle of a clean white boardroom floats a large parachute with ropes that contains a collection of props: a broom, a tricycle, a drum, and a slice of chocolate cake. A hand reaches out …

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KU School of Nursing launches "Metaversity" offering virtual and immersive learning

KU School of Nursing launches “Metaversity” offering virtual and immersive learning

As a child growing up in California, Alejandra Buenrostro used to watch The Magic School Bus on TV. In this PBS animated series, Ms. Frizzle and her students rode a special bus that could take them on scientific field trips to otherwise impossible places, including inside the human body. Now an undergraduate student at the …

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PHOTOS: Swanton School Leverages Direct Technology Funding

PHOTOS: Swanton School Leverages Direct Technology Funding

SWANTON — Students at Swanton Primary School are embarking on the technological future. The school presented its enhanced MergeEDU programs on Monday, Nov. 14, to officials from the Vermont Liquor and Lottery and the Education Agency. MergeEDU is a program for Android and Apple technology that uses virtual reality headsets and the device’s camera to …

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RECAP: Gas Price Relief + Illegal Cannabis Application + Internet for All + Housing + School Buses = Big Delivery Week for Californians |  Governor of California

RECAP: Gas Price Relief + Illegal Cannabis Application + Internet for All + Housing + School Buses = Big Delivery Week for Californians | Governor of California

SACRAMENTO — Whether it’s easing rising costs, including high gas prices, cleaning up California’s school buses, or innovating a 10,000-mile broadband network at scale of the state, the Newsom administration worked hard this week to take action for Californians across a variety of issues. Lower Gas Prices, Provide Relief, and Hold Greedy Oil Companies Accountable …

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