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Fun and Learning With ClassVR Continues!

Thanks to Sarah Thomas from Maple Lake Elementary for the photos!

This program is funded in part with a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education using federal funding, CFDA 45.310 – Library Services and Technology Act, Grants to States Program (LS-00-19-0024-19).

Last week, we held an all-day training at CMLE for our member school libraries to learn how to use our ClassVR headset devices. (Huge thank-you to LSTA and the MN Dept of Ed for this grant!)

Thank you to all the members that took time to join us! Many attendees had already reserved their kits for the month of February and were able to take the kits back to their schools after training. It has been SO exciting to hear feedback already from how students are enjoying the headsets!

If you are in a CMLE member school library and haven’t reserved your kit yet, don’t worry! We still have SOME availability for April and May, and are happy to let you make reservations for the upcoming school year, too. Find the application here.

We will be holding another training session on June 11th, so mark your calendars if you’d like to join us to learn how to best use the devices when you bring them to your school! More information about the program can be found on our page.

As a reminder – this is a FREE program! We are so pleased to share this technology with our members.

Questions? Email vr(at)cmle.org 🙂

Thanks to Sarah Thomas from Maple Lake Elementary for the photos!
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Next ClassVR In-Person Training on Jan. 30th

Learn to use our VR devices and bring them to your school!

Last fall, CMLE was THRILLED to receive an LSTA grant that has allowed us to purchase ClassVR headset devices. We started loaning these out to our member schools FOR FREE last fall and are excited to continue this program. Get more details and reserve kits for your school here.

Each kit comes with eight headsets that include access to an amazing array of VR/AR technology, for students K-12.  Lesson plans, 360 images and videos, and 3D models are all available to use.

And we are holding in-person training again, to help you get comfortable with using the devices!

If you are interested in reserving kits for your school, either this year or next, sign up for training at the bottom of this post. Learning how to operate the devices and making plans ahead of time can really improve your experience with the headsets.

Training will take place from 9am – 3pm on Thursday, January 30th.
Lunch will be provided from 12-1pm

In the morning, we will look at the basics of using the headsets and the portal filled with educational material. In the afternoon, we will practice everything, and give people a chance to work through making their own playlists, and to get their school’s planning set up. (Time is flexible, if you have to come late or leave early it’s okay – we would rather see you for part of it than have you miss it entirely!)

Training will be held at our location: 570 1st St. SE St. Cloud MN 56304. We are inside the cmERDC building and have a large classroom to use.

And if you apply ahead of time, you can definitely pick up your VR headset kit at this training event! You’ll get to keep the kit (each kit has 8 headsets) for approximately one month.

Please RSVP below if you plan to come to this training. Email any questions to vr@cmle.org 🙂

This program is funded in part with a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education using federal funding, CFDA 45.310 – Library Services and Technology Act, Grants to States Program (LS-00-19-0024-19). We would love you to send your thanks to @US_IMLS and with @MnDeptEd for providing this great program we can share with our members!

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Chat with other ClassVR Users in our Google Groups

Woohoo!

Sharing ClassVR headset devices has been the best start to our school year! Find more resources and information about this program here.

It’s been really wonderful to hear back from our school members that have been using the devices. Keep up the great work!! And thank you for the pictures!! 🎉🎉📷

If you haven’t had the devices yet at your school, or are unsure about how others have been using them in their curriculum, we invite you to join our Google Groups. We have two groups available and hope that you will be able to connect with each other for general VR discussion and also to share/solve tech issues and solutions.

Email us at admin @ cmle.org (no spaces) and we will invite you to join the groups, otherwise you can request membership below:

General ClassVR Discussion:

Tech Help ClassVR:

If you have any questions specifically related to VR, please email vr @ cmle.org (no spaces) and we will do our best to help! These devices are new to us too, so we are also in the process of learning how they work.

This program is funded in part with a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education using federal funding, CFDA 45.310 – Library Services and Technology Act, Grants to States Program (LS-00-19-0024-19).

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NEXT WEEK: VR Training!

We’ll see you soon!

Update: spots for training in St. Cloud are nearly full!

Just a reminder that next week on Tuesday, Nov. 5th and Friday, Nov. 8th CMLE is holding in-person training for our VR kits!

CMLE received a grant to purchase VR kits and we are loaning them to our school libraries FOR FREE. You can reserve your own kit here.

RSVP at the bottom of this post. You are welcome to drop in to training as your schedule allows. You are still allowed to reserve VR kits for your school if you cannot attend training.

Please remember to bring your own computer to this training!

If you are interested in additional training, our ClassVR vendor will be holding a free Q&A webinar on Nov. 13th. Here is the link in case anyone is interested in participating. CMLE staff attended the one offered in October and found it useful.

Visit our page to find out more information about the VR kit loan program, including instructions and links to additional materials.

RSVP St. Cloud Nov. 5th training:

Tuesday, Nov. 5th 9am – 3pm (lunch provided 12 – 1)
Classroom at cmERDC location: 570 1st St. SE St. Cloud MN 56304

RSVP Cambridge Nov. 8th training:

Friday, Nov. 8th 9:30am – 3pm (lunch provided 12 – 1)
Meeting Room at the Cambridge Public Library: 244 S. Birch St. Cambridge, MN 55008