Interview with ClassVR’s Chris Klein at TCEA 2025

Interview with Hal Speed of Robotical. Robotical.io

Interview with Arturo Guajardo of PockeTalk. www.pocketalk.com

Storey Sitwala and Eric Swanson deeply dive into the Renaissance Next, a powerful new teacher experience that advances instruction and empowers educators with in-the-moment recommendations to support your most critical decisions. Renaissance Next streamlines your workflow by seamlessly bringing lessons, resources, and activities together—helping you to better personalize teaching and to truly See Every Student. https://www.renaissance.com/renaissance-next/

Todd Brekhus, Chief Product Officer for Renaissance and the General Manager for Nearpod shares the newest offering called Renaissance NEXT. This integrated interface brings together the family of Renaissance products AND provides a dashboard to allow educators to make informed instruction decisions in real-time regarding further instruction, small group assignments (or reassignments), and more. https://www.renaissance.com/ 

Brian Johnsrud talks Creativity, Generative AI, and Teacher and Student Mental Wellbeing with the EduTechGuys. https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2023/07/26/creativity-in-classroom-reduces-burnout-improves-teacher-student-wellbeing https://edex.adobe.com 

Dave Grzesko and Carly Burton-Sallay discuss how to make technology changes in the classroom more positive and share how to create buy-in with IT, Admins, and Teachers. There’s also a focus on How to Adopt New Technology that Drives Systemic Change. https://www.benq.com/en-us/education.html

Chris Klein, VP of Educational Services for Avantis Education, creators of ClassVR, brings the latest innovations in virtual reality for K-12 schools. He also shares the importance of taking a step back to evaluate where you’ve been and where you’re going. https://www.classvr.com/us/

Audra Selkowitz shares how VEX Robotics is working to help students learn coding and more through SEL initiatives and programs. https://www.vexrobotics.com/

Dr. Chad Stevens talks about his new role as CEO of TinkrWorks, a Hands-on STEAM platform - From projects such as Smart lamp, Pampered Plant, and Weather Station to TinkrBots, Planetary Pathways and more! https://tinkrworks.com/