Elementary classes Aged 13 to 15 Years

Struggling with test anxiety is something that many students face every day. As a teacher, it is important to provide tools and coping strategies that students can apply to a test situation or use in everyday life.

• VR use case:
  Using Learning mate, students can be transported away from the classroom and into calming places like sandy beaches or snow-covered mountains to help tune out anxieties and refocus their attention. These experiences help build student emotional intelligence skills to allow them to imagine their happy place in the future.

Understanding the entire design and technology process, from research and planning through to product launch, it’s a vital process for students to learn which helps them build problem solving, creative and design skills.

• VR use case:
  Using software like TinkerCAD alongside Learning mate allows student to develop 3D models, review them in VR and edit as appropriate to develop a product. From initial thoughts through to final product, these modern technologies help students confidently analyse, assess and build designs..

Pre-learning and pre-exposure to a topic can help students develop curiosity, interest and introduce key vocabulary before they start to learn the new material.

• VR use case:
  Using Learning mate as a pre-learning tool provides students with VR content to help them understand what to expect and a solid foundation for deeper learning. The immersive content is designed to be engaging and trigger initial thought processes around the topic which can be used in whole class discussions.