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I think that ed tech has actually come a long way in being able to deliver content knowledge to students in ways that it is sticky, and meaningful, and exciting, using multi-modal tools, whether that’s a YouTube clip, or an ed tech activity, or a Powerpoint slide, that is a step in the right direction.
On the content side, I’m really excited for the potential of virtual reality, including tools as cheap as cardboard, which is, you know, $5 per kid. You can now imagine accessing content knowledge in whole new ways. It’s not just that we’re learning about ancient Egypt in abstract ways, in a textbook or even watching a YouTube clip. We’re now actually able to go into the pyramids, or to see what it looks like in Tutankhamen’s tomb.
And those are things you can do now with virtual reality that take the knowledge acquisition to a whole other level. |