There are many reasons why students can’t make it to school as planned: snow days, a local disaster, a flu outbreak or professional development days for teachers. But does that mean that all teaching and learning should come to a screeching halt?
Some college professors and K-12 educators in Ohio are integrating cutting-edge technology in classroom lessons. Among them are high-school teacher David Kaser, whose students are using virtual-reality headsets in the classroom.
A brain-mapping exercise helps to explain why some people are creative -- and others are not as creative -- suggests Roger Beaty, a postdoctoral fellow in cognitive neuroscience at Harvard University. In this commentary, Beaty, who led the study, explains what makes some people more creative than others.
Some teachers are tapping virtual reality in classroom lessons. Three educators show how they are using virtual reality, including a high-school teacher who takes students on virtual field trips and another who introduced a virtual-reality lab.
After they sat down at their desks at Montour Elementary School, the students quickly dove in and adjusted their characters and settings within their personal Minecraft accounts.