Join the Maker Movement with zSpace

Tinker Toys of Today's Generation: Join the Maker Movement with zSpace

Ding Ding. The clock strikes 8:00 am and children are in their seats. The bell tells you it's time for 45 minutes of math class, going over Chapter 12, then off to science class to learn the scientific method.

This is how the average school day is laid out: rigidly structured by schedules and bells, paced by textbooks and chapters. But what if we allowed a creative space for our students to transform from passive learners into active creators?  

The Maker Movement is the shift to learning through firsthand experience. From tinkering with existing objects to coming up with one's own idea, the maker movement encourages students to experiment, take risks, and play with their imagination.

By allowing kids to learn in non-linear and creative ways, we honor different styles of learning and empower students to break free from constraints of habitual thinking. Technologies enabling design, construction, and invention are the tinker toys and building blocks for today's and tomorrow's generations. These tools transform STEAM education using the basic human impulse to create.

By encouraging students to prototype, experiment, and innovate, Makerspaces create a new generation of creators, who will likely be inspired to start their own companies, design their own products, and make their dreams into reality.

Learn how to transform your classroom into a Makerspace with zSpace for Education.

Let us bring a zSpace demonstration to your school.

It's very easy to set up.

1) Send us an email. 

2) Let us know a good time and date to call you.  (provide a direct phone number) 

3)We will call you.

zSpace, The Perfect Cross Curriculum Environment

How many programs do you run across that can serve multiple curriculums?

Purchasing a zSpace lab can get your Math, Science, History and Language Arts staff all singing your praises; one purchase and many happy educators.

But, zSpace is not about only making the educators happy.

• zSpace meets and supports the Louisiana State Standards
• Ideas4ed can assist with the incorporation of your zSpace lab into your curriculum program.

o   We can collaborate with your teachers to create or connect zSpace activities that will support standards in all core areas across grade levels.

o   We can correlate current zSpace activities to Louisiana, Next Generation Science and Common Core science standards across grade levels,

o   We can collaborate with your full staff in creating a living document that is cross- curricular.

Simply put, Ideas4ed and zSpace will work very hard with you to seamlessly integrate a zSpace lab into your school.

Let us know when we can talk.

Get Social with zSpace

Though they can provide jaw-dropping and immersive experiences, head mounted display VR and AR products such as Oculus Rift and HTC's Vive have sparked concerns of technology's social impact.

Due to their restrictive headsets, these new technologies do not allow for users to communicate and interact with others. Users are virtually cut off from the world around them and are placed into new, simulated realities. This type of isolation surely will not help instill social skills such as verbal communication or body language cues in kids.

zSpace, however, is a screen based virtual reality system that can provide awe-inspiring experiences, while still allowing students the ability to work together, communicate, and interact.

For more on the social benefits of zSpace, watch CTO Dave Chavez, discuss how zSpace is different from other VR and AR solutions.

Let us bring a zSpace demonstration to your school.

It's very easy to set up.

1) Send us an email. 

2) Let us know a good time and date to call you.  (provide a direct phone number) 

3)We will call you.

Dr. Vayla Lee, Superintendent of Schools - Must Read zSpace Comments

" When you take the glasses off you are walking away with a new understanding, like never before. zSpace makes learning come alive."

Valya Lee

Superintendent 

Liberty County School District

This comment is just part of what Dr. Lee has to say about how zSpace is engaging her students in learning.  

To hear the entire 2:52 minute interview with Dr. Lee, select the link below.

http://zspace.com/videos/liberty-county

Need more proof that zSpace is providing a learning experience like no other?  

Let's hear from Jeffrey Baier, Superintendent of Los Altos School District talk about how zSpace provides a meaningful and relevant experience. 

To hear the entire 2:03 minute interview with Mr. Jeffrey Baier, select the link below.

 http://zspace.com/videos/lasd-partnership-stem-pilot

How about another testimonial from a professional educator, like you, talking about the zSpace experience? 

Listen to what Dr. Peter Licata, Director Choice and Career Options, Palm Beach Community Schools has to say. 

He is going to rave about zSpace. . 

To hear the entire 2:23 minute interview with Dr. Peter Licata, select the link below.

http://zspace.com/videos/palm-beach-community-schools-use-zspace

If you watch at least one of these interviews, you will hear how virtual reality with zSpace in the classroom has positively impacted the learning experience at these schools.  

Let us bring a zSpace demonstration to your school.

It's very easy to set up.

1) Send us an email. 

2) Let us know a good time and date to call you.  (provide a direct phone number) 

3)We will call you.

VR vs AR vs zSpace - Who will win the classroom?

If it is your responsibility to figure out what technology offers 

the most engaging learning experience, 

to the broadest audience, 

at the most cost effective price, 

then this email is written for you. 

VR was the big topic at CES 2017.

VR is a hotter topic than when smart boards or iPads were introduced.  

Kids love the Samsung and Google Goggle experience.

Sony is in the game. 

It is transporting kids to new places and providing new experiences. 

VR is engaging, but does the new technology sit well in a classroom? 

Is there a learning experience?  

It's a burning question for me.  

Over the holiday, I was able to be the tech geek that I am 

and check out the local Best Buy for cool gadgets. 

It was my chance to see the latest and greatest in VR.

VR Goggles

Virtual Reality (VR) goggles are totally immersive and getting more so with every iteration. 

The visuals and audio are awesome. 

Sony and Oculus are incorporating the devices for the hands.  

It is impressive technology. 

It is really cool for a single player.  

Looking at it with an educators eye, 

I could not imagine how you would manage a classroom of kids

with eyes and ears covered.  

  
There doesn't appear to be a strong focus by any of the headset VR manufacturers mentioned to move from the gaming world to K12 education. 

VR glasses and Google goggles are cool for single application, but out for the classroom.

Augmented Reality (AR)

Augmented Reality (AR) is amazing. I think the best example of it is still Pokemon GO. The characters overlaid in the real world gets my imagination going about where this tech will go. 

Google has created an AR experience 

for a few museums around the country. 

I'm sure we will see more applications from them in 2017. 

I'm just not sure how well AR can ever work in the classroom 

with the student being tied to a desk. 

For AR to be awesome, 

the students need to move around in different environments. 

Since the Reality part never changes, 

it may not be all that exciting

for student engagement and learning. 

  
There is no thriving education piece that I could find

and you need to move out of the classroom to be engaged. 

For that reason, AR is out.

Desktop Virtual Reality

zSpace is real world virtual reality as called by the manufacturer.  

I think that description not only sells the product short, 

but really misses the boat in trying to describe the experience. 

To me, zSpace is a holographic experience. 

There are hundreds of objects floating in the air, 

in front of the computer, 

that can be manipulated. 

Yes, it is virtual reality.  

But, until you sit in front of a zSpace desktop computer

and see for yourself, 

I think it is best described as a computer that let's you 

interact with a hologram.  

It is mind blowing the first time you see it. 

It is inspiring the first time you see kids around a zSpace workstation.  

The really cool part about the experience is that is can be viewed by multiple people. 

There are glasses to be worn, but the kids are not isolated like VR glasses.  

Multiple kids can wear glasses and view the experience at the same time.  

Committed to Education
 

zSpace is also completely committed to creating an educational experience. 

There are hundreds of holographic models that can serve a science teacher, 

a history teacher, 

an arts teacher, 

a geography teacher, 

and an ELA teacher. 

It's safe to say that everyone in a school can use zSpace. 

Any subject area can be enhanced with the zSpace product. 

Check it out here: http://edu.zspace.com/activities/ . 

For that reason, zSpace is the WINNER.

Planning 2017/18

If you are working on your budgets for next year, 

trying to figure out the best bang for a school buck, 

and want a product that will engage all the students

across multiple curriculums, 

check out zSpace. 

We can bring a demo unit out, 

so that you can see first hand how well it engages students 

and how easily it will integrate into your curriculum. 

There is even a zSpace tour bus with a dozen stations.

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