On this episode of Graduating Anxiety, Alex speaks to Micah Shippe. As a middle school teacher, technology trainer, author and professor, Micah is on the cutting edge of education technology and has spent his career studying methods of implementing innovative solutions into education environments. Currently, he is the founder and CEO of Ready Learner One, a transformative company leveraging emerging technologies like AR and VR to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of training offerings and make education more immersive. Though this technology becomes all the more urgent given COVID’s push to virtual education, the implications and benefits of these learning solutions go far beyond the reach of making online education more accessible.

Key Takeaways: 

• Micah’s work boils down to content, users and how to connect them. Really that’s what education is all about— content and methodology for effectively connecting it with students.
• There is an exciting social dynamic to virtual learning that is only growing. In Ready Player One, students were immersed in a virtual world that they experienced as a collective. Moving slowly closer to this reality is one of the exciting things about AR and VR. 
• New technology is always exciting, there is a novelty to it. But we need to look beyond the novelty of the tech and really discover, what are the sustainable elements of it? This is where the proper usage of these tools lays, in integrating them into existing systems to make our lives easier.

Learn more about Ready Learner One here: https://readylearner.one/  

Learn more about Alliance Tutoring’s virtual reality packages here: https://alliancetutoring.com/virtual-reality-tutoring-and-coaching/