Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, 8 PM ET: VIRTUAL REALITY IN EDUCATION Dr. William Schmachtenberg (Dae Miami in Second Life) will share the research he conducted this summer into Virtual Reality. There is so much hype about Google Cardboard, Gear VR, and Oculus Rift, but how much of it is hype and will it help educate students? Dr. Schmachtenberg has reviewed apps on Gear VR and … [Read more...]
VSTE Minecraft Survival Summer 2017
New to Minecraft? Interested in learning more about this game that seems to have captured your students' attention? This summer, the Virtual Environments PLN will be exploring Minecraft survival mode. The first live meeting will take place, Friday, May 26, at 6:45 EDT. The team will build a safe house. Three students from eastcoastminers.org will come build recipe frames … [Read more...]
VE PLN: Summer of Survival
This summer, Memorial Day through Labor Day, VSTE Place in Minecraft will hold its first Summer of Survival! Participants will be able to warp to survival mode for a completely different Minecraft experience. We will discover why our students beg for survival mode at school. It's challenging, but fun, and we will need each other to survive! You may be able to earn points from … [Read more...]
VE PLN, Monday, February 6, 2017: Survive the Summer
The VE PLN will meet Monday, February 6, 2017, 8 PM, at VSTE Place, our Minecraft server, to discuss running survival world professional development experience this summer. Visitors from the Minecraft MOOC hosted by the Electronic Village Online will be coming by Monday night to give us advice and tell us about their experiences. We know many teachers and ITRTs are … [Read more...]
VE PLN in Minecraft, November 21, 2016, 8 PM
VSTE Virtual Environments PLN will meet in Minecraft on November 21, 2016, at 8 PM. We have a server on Beastnode. All you need is to get a regular Minecraft account and join our multiuser server at 69.175.17.26:25565. Send Kim Harrison ([email protected]) with your Minecraft user name and she will whitelist you. Please don't want until the last minute. Let's decorate the … [Read more...]
