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We are thrilled to kick off season 3 with an excellent conversation with Brian Moynihan and Rich Henderson of Lenovo's Global Education Solutions division! We discussed the future of VR and AR in education the exciting things that Lenovo has in the works.

Travis Feldler is the Founder & CEO of TechRow, and co-author of the New York Times' guide to Virtual Reality in education. In this interview, he gave us some incredible insights. One of our main takeaways: there needs to be more innovation in implementation in order to make immersive tech work for classroom learning...

You can find the New York Times guide that Travis wrote as a PDF here: https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/virtual-reality-teaching-resource-guide/2f53bf8c259b3b2d/full.pdf

Join us as we chat with Melissa Oldrin, the Head of Global Education for Unity, a leading 3D development platform that's crucial to many XR/VR/AR applications. Melissa shared with us about her efforts to help high school students learn Unity development and so much more!

We chatted with Geraldine Perriguey, the CEO & Founder of XR Pedagogy, about her work in using VR for natural disaster preparedness in Guadeloupe, unpacking VR experiences with students to reflect on their emotions, the right age to introduce a student to VR, and much more!

At long last, we had the chance to sit down and chat with Craig Frehlich, the host of the VR in Education podcast and author of the book "Immersive Learning: A Practical Guide to Virtual Reality's Super Powers in Education." Craig gives us his perspective as a veteran teacher on how to best use VR in the classroom and what educators can do to provide deep, conceptual learning for their students with immersive technologies.

Steve Grubbs, the CEO of VictoryXR, joins the podcast to discuss his company's really exciting partnerships with Morehouse College and other institutions of higher learning to develop VR learning experiences, what teachers who are interested in VR can do to dip their toes in the virtual waters, why VR is a smart financial decision for school districts, and so much more!

The past, present, and future of VR all point to one thing: VR is one of the most powerful tools for education that we've ever had! Adam and Ryan had the chance to speak with Chris Madsen from Immersive VR Education, the makers of the incredible Engage platform. Chris talks about how close we are to being able to have school in virtual reality, what it was like to host a landing party for the Perseverance rover in a beautiful Mars crater designed on Engage, and the ways in which Behavioral Science informs his perspective on immersive educational experiences.

Immersive VR is the solution to so many of Math Education's persistent challenges. Join us as we chat with Anurupa Ganguly, the Founder & CEO of Prisms VR, as she shares her vision for making amazing pedagogy come to life in ways that simply haven't been possible before!

Math class can be beautiful, enchanting, and fun, and technology can help us make that happen. But first, we've gotta let go of a few things... join Adam and Ryan as they have a wonderful and fascinating conversation with Sunil Singh, author of "Math Recess: Playful Learning for an Age of Disruption."

Kids today live in a brave new world online, and Jeff Patterson wants to keep them safe using Machine Learning. This is our first episode that comes with a content warning: we enjoyed our conversation with Jeff immensely, but we covered a number of topics that aren't appropriate for every listener. Jeff and his company Gaggle are getting a lot of attention for helping school district leaders and administrators prevent student self-harm and bullying using the machine learning applications they're developing, and we're happy to shine a spotlight on their work, while also recognizing that this episode probably isn't for all of our listeners.