— courtesy Vance County Schools
zSpace, Inc. sponsored a visit by its Virtual Reality Classroom to the campus of Southern Vance High School on September 21, with the lab available for viewing by local students and educators throughout the school system.
Students and educators had an opportunity to go inside the traveling classroom, contained in a large, mobile trailer, and view 3D hands-on demonstrations to enhance classroom instruction in science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics (STEAM).
Clarke student using the 3D software for dissections
There were approximately 12 computer monitors available for students and educators to view 3D images ranging from various kinds of animals, to mountain landscapes, to parts of the human body. Once at the computer screens, viewers wore 3D glasses and used a special stylus to manipulate the 3D images. They could actually dissect the images electronically using the stylus to see the various layers of the image. The process seemed especially fun for students in dissecting animal images and seeing their various body parts and layers.
The zSpace Virtual Reality Classroom came to Vance County at no cost to the school district. The classroom is designed to provide K-12 school districts with a firsthand demonstration of the zSpace technology available to enhance classroom instruction in the core subject areas. With schools now engaging in new phases of innovation and transformation with the creation of STEAM focused programs, zSpace is striving to provide them with the latest virtually reality based learning experiences. With the help of zSpace representatives, the 3D technology is showing how the computer software and devices can be incoporated into lesson plans and curriculum.
STEM students using the 3D software for dissections
Students visiting the mobile STEAM lab were from Clarke Elementary School, the STEM Early High School and Southern Vance High School. They went into the lab in small groups of about 20 students over a four-hour period. After listening to a short presentation by a zSpace coach on how to use the 3D technology, the students were able to experience the hands-on demonstration at the individual computer terminals. Each student group had about 20 minutes to visit the mobile lab.
Each demonstration for the student groups featured standards based activities, lesson plans and video tutorials aligned with Common Core and state standards.
School administrators and several teachers from all Vance County Schools were able to visit the mobile lab and see the demonstrations.
Group of students listening to a zSpace representative explain how to use the software
