{"id":7916,"date":"2017-10-12T06:34:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T13:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myuctv.tv\/?p=7916"},"modified":"2017-10-12T06:34:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T13:34:03","slug":"vr-its-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/uctv\/vr-its-happening\/","title":{"rendered":"VR! It\u2019s happening!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uctv.tv\/steam\/search-details.aspx?showID=32158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uctv.tv\/images\/widescreen\/32158.jpg\" alt=\"8232\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignright\" \/><\/a>While the idea of strapping on goggles to virtually visit Ancient Rome or go inside a molecule sounds like the stuff of science fiction, the technology to do just that is becoming more popular and available every day. Yes, there are plenty of obstacles \u2014 from cost to teacher training \u2014 but using virtual reality as an educational tool offers considerable<br \/>\nbenefits. Not only can it boost visual and technology literacy, but it also improves students&#8217; attention and engagement. Learn how this technology has the possibility to transform K-12 education from educators and engineers gathered by Sally Ride Science@UC San Diego.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uctv.tv\/steam\/search-details.aspx?showID=32158\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to watch Virtual Reality in the Classroom<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uctv.tv\/steam\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view more programs from the STEAM Channel. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the idea of strapping on goggles to virtually visit Ancient Rome or go inside a molecule sounds like the stuff of science fiction, the technology to do just that is becoming more popular and available every day. Yes, there are plenty of obstacles \u2014 from cost to teacher training \u2014 but using virtual reality [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[65,72,403,75,88,2],"tags":[223,404,346,73,347,74,121,405],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myuctv.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}