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#SUMMER LESSON VR TO WEST PORTABLE#
Additionally, our VR App Development class uses the portable Oculus Go headsets, an almost 1:1 for that course. Our librarian and resident “maker” hosts an 8th grade VR Club in the lab, and art classes use it as well. We are one of the first schools in the nation to offer courses in immersive technology, some of which will be taught in this lab, and our Upper School Virtual Reality Development Club meets there twice a week. Stemming from a student’s question of “ can I try this?” in 2017, just a few years later our virtual and augmented reality IDEA Lab ( Innovate Design Explore Apply) has: True to our school’s culture of innovation and creativity, our willingness to always do what’s best for students, and our role as educational thought leaders, our VR curriculum was a student-driven initiative.
#SUMMER LESSON VR TO WEST SOFTWARE#
Students are given the opportunity to take the Autodesk Certified User (ACU) test, which is an industry-recognized certification for the Computer Aided Drawing software Autodesk Inventor Professional. Grade 12 | Computer Science Principles (CSP) Programming Grade 12 | Aerospace Engineering 80% projects, planes, rockets Grade 11 | Principles of Engineering (POE) 70% formulas, 30% projects, survey of engineering
Grade 10 | Intro to Engineering Design (IED) 60% projects, 40% math, CAD on Autodesk Inventor Grades 9-12 | iOS App Development and Student Help Desk Grades 9-12 | Computer Science and Software Engineering Progressive curriculum on programming with Python, Swift, Advanced Python and Raspberry Pi Grade 8 | Intermediate Robotics II (Processing Language on iPads, Python, Swift, Raspberry Pi) Grade 7 | Intermediate Robotics (VEX IQ, Graphical Robot C, Arduino and Text-based C) Grade 6 | Robotics (LEGO EV3 and iPad app)