Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN, has opened a new EdTech Studio within its Eriksson College of Education. The space will offer technological training for pre-service teachers through the use of virtual reality.
The Pryor High School Innovation Center, located in the MidAmerica Industrial Park at the Rogers State University campus in Pryor, OK, will launch a new, semester-long HVAC pre-apprenticeship this spring for two Pryor High School seniors each semester. The program will use skilled trades learning company Interplay Learning's training platform.
LG Business Solutions USA (LG) has introduced a new CreateBoard, the TR3DK-BM, to be shipped this spring. It will come with ransomware default protection ChromeOS Flex and Android 13 pre-installed and be able to access the Google Play store.
Panasonic North America, Discovery Education, and Olympic and World Champion Katy Ledecky will team up to take students in middle and high school on a second virtual tour through the educational program STEM Forward.
Instructional audio company Lightspeed has announced Cascadia, a networked audio platform for K–12 schools. The new platform allows easy projection of the teacher's voice as well as instant communication outside the classroom and help in an emergency.
PTZOptics has announced its new livestreaming video camera line, Move SE. The line, introduced at CES 2024, includes over 10 new features for PTZ cameras, the company said.
IQH3D, maker of glasses-free 3D technology, and immersive instructional platform Saras-3D have announced the North American launch of their cutting-edge 3D learning tools for physics, biology, chemistry, and mathematics students grades 9–12 — and a new bundle offer for school districts, the companies said in a news release.
ViewSonic has announced a new lineup of ViewBoards for education with its IFP52-2 series of Android-driven devices. The new boards run on the Android operating system and can access the Google Play Store.
K–12 teachers across the United States looking to incorporate virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) into their classrooms can take advantage of a partnership between McGraw Hill and Verizon, who created the Verizon Innovative Learning HQ and have recently added new lessons to its repository.
McGraw Hill and Verizon Innovative Learning have announced new subject offerings and a collaborative feature update to their free mobile augmented reality app, McGraw Hill AR, launched last year. The updates will work both in and out of the classroom.