Throughout the video, Wybrant shares anecdotes on how his students are using emerging technologies and integrating other subject materials to think creatively and solve problems.
Augmented Reality Tools Help Students Apply Skills and Knowledge
One of the technologies Wybrant uses with his students is the Microsoft Hololens 2. Within that augmented reality space, students can see virtual objects that are spatially aware and interact with their real environment.
“You can put a virtual hologram on top of a table, and it will stay there. And if you knock it off the table, it will knock off just as it would have if it were a real object,” he explained.
In one lesson, using virtual lasers and lenses, it wasn’t long before students were using calculus to determine the angles at which the beams of light needed to be redirected. In another, they used real rulers to measure a life-sized Mars rover replica that only those with the Hololens smart glasses could see.
Watch the full episode to learn more about emerging tech in K–12 classrooms.