Category : Professional Development

Explore Vocabulary Across All Languages for the ThingLink Teacher Challenge

By / Jun 26,2017

Nearly 600 educators from locations across the globe have registered for the 4th Annual ThingLink Teacher Challenge. Many are active members of our community, some are just joining us for the first time. We are pleased to have received quite a few kickoff activities from participants.  Now it’s time for our 1st ThingLink Teacher Challenge Activity, Vocabulary Across All Languages.

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Education, Professional Development, ThingLink Mobile, ThingLink Rich Media Tags, ThingLink Teacher Challenge, Virtual Reality

3 Reasons ThingLink Virtual Reality is the Best Tool in Education

By / Jun 10,2017

Are you ready to take a step towards bringing Virtual Reality to your school or classroom this year? We know your students are quite eager to become engaged in virtual learning spaces where they can explore, learn and create. As educators, we should foster and develop these desires and embrace this emerging medium.

Let’s explore the use of 360 images for Virtual Reality in Education and then learn 3 reasons why ThingLink Virtual Reality is the Best Tool in Education.

  1. ThingLink is aligned with SAMR and designed to grow with you from start to finish!
  2. ThingLink Virtual Reality Content Creation Promotes Highest Levels of Learning.
  3. ThingLink works with your existing equipment and is a sustainable resource.
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Education, Events, Professional Development, ThingLink Bootcamp, ThingLink Teacher Challenge, Virtual Reality

Image of the Week: Collect Your Task Cards with ThingLink

By / May 16,2017

The now common phrase, “There’s an app for that” can be daunting for any teacher or student. Task cards can be a great way to learn by doing. Our image of the week comes to us from Ron Burke. Ron’s interactive image embeds a variety of task cards, for various web tools/apps, providing learning opportunities through various challenges.

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Education, Image of the Week, Images we Love, Professional Development, Thinglink users

Reserve Your Spot in the ThingLink Teacher Challenge in June!

By / May 2,2017

We invite educators to take the 4th Annual ThingLink Summer Teacher Challenge in June. Learn to leverage the power of ThingLink Premium tools and explore the vast possibilities of teaching and learning with 360/VR.

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Events, Professional Development, ThingLink Teacher Challenge, Virtual Reality

Image of the Week: Interactive Technology Resources

By / Apr 18,2017

Any new technology always brings with it a learning curve; a ThingLink interactive image can be a technology resource for learning how to navigate the new tool. Our image of the week comes to us from ThingLink Certified Educator, John Sowash, author of  The Chromebook Classroom. John’s tutorial on Chromebook tips & tricks is a fantastic interactive image.

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Education, Image of the Week, Images we Love, Professional Development, ThingLink Certified Educators, ThingLink Rich Media Tags

Join Our ThingLink 360/VR Bootcamp Celebration Event!

By / Mar 18,2017
Celebrate and share in the learning that has resulted from ThingLink 360/VR Bootcamps across the US. Get inspired by educators who are transforming teaching and learning through interactive 360/VR images. Learn how easy it is to Bring a Bootcamp to Your Backyard!
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Education, Interactive Image Slam, Professional Development, ThingLink Bootcamp, ThingLink Certified Educators, Virtual Reality, Webinars

How to Build a ThingLink 360 Breakout!

By / Mar 13,2017

We are excited about our community’s interest in creating ThingLink 360 Breakout activities! This post is designed to help participants create their own interactive activity.

Each of the images you see below is a ThingLink with more information about the topic. Please continue to tweet questions to Dan Gallagher @gallagher_tech or send an email to support@thinglink.com. We will update the images below based on FAQs!

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Education, Instructions, Professional Development, ThingLink Certified Educators, Virtual Reality

Join Us for a Bootcamp in Kansas!

By / Feb 14,2017
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We’re excited to be headed to Blue Valley Schools near Kansas City, KS for a VR in the Classroom Bootcamp with friend and Certified Educator Jodie Johnston on March 7, 2017

Join us near Kansas City, KS for a full-day of professional development designed to help educators learn to turn any 360 image into a powerful lesson or virtual field trip for students! This workshop promises to be packed with pedagogy and built for success.

 

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Education, Events, Professional Development, ThingLink Certified Educators, Uncategorized, Virtual Reality

Join Our Live Event: Using Interactive Virtual Reality in the Classroom

By / Feb 13,2017

JOIN OUR LIVE EVENT ON FEBRUARY 13th @ 7 PM EST!

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Education, Events, Professional Development, Virtual Reality, Webinars

Join Our Live Event: Breakout of Your ThingLink 360!

By / Feb 12,2017

We hope you will join our webinar event featuring Dan Gallagher’s session on how to facilitate Breakout EDU type learning experiences, powered by ThingLink 360/VR. This session will take place live on February 28th @ 6:00 pm EST. Sign up to receive an archived copy of the recording.

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Creative Challenge, Education, Events, Professional Development, ThingLink Certified Educators, ThingLink Mobile, Virtual Reality
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