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Quinn Taber is the Founder & CEO of Immerse, and he was an absolute joy for us to chat with. Give this episode a listen to find out about his vision for using VR to revolutionize language education!

We had a fantastic conversation with Jens Backvall of Hololink about Augmented Reality, Project-Based Learning, NFTs, Danish Beer Bread, and so much more! Give this episode a listen to find out more about Hololink's vision for democratizing AR and why Jens believes this will be a pivotal moment for education.

Join Adam & Ryan as they speak with Dr. Aditya Nagrath, the Founder & CEO of Elephant Learning

Join Adam & Ryan as they interview Eric Gibbs from Ouriginal, a leader in plagiarism prevention. We discuss how advances in tech are shaping both the problem of plagiarism as well as the solutions that educational institutions have at their disposal! References from the show:International Center for Academic Integritywww.academicintegrity.org Importance of Originalityhttps://www.ouriginal.com/originality-this-important-skill-is-overlooked/ The Growing Threat of Cross-Language Plagiarismhttps://www.ouriginal.com/cross-language-plagiarism-and-challenges/ 

Ryan interviewed Erika Donalds, the CEO of the Optima Foundation, and Adam Mangana, his co-host and the Executive Director of Optima Domi, about the world's first VR-based Classical charter school, Optima Classical Academy, which will open its virtual doors in August 2022!

To Move Mountains is an organization dedicated to coming alongside the people of the Nuba Mountains of Sudan and helping them to build an education system that will celebrate their culture, their identity, and their traditions. Join us as we interview Ryan Boyette, who has dedicated his entire adult life to the region, to learn more about what education means in a context like Nuba, what EdTech may have to offer in this situation, and more.

Join us on this special 40th episode of Ready Teacher One, in which Adam & Ryan finally had the chance to interview one of their heroes, Dr. Derek Ham, the brilliant mind behind the "I Am a Man" experience on the Oculus Rift. As we explain in the episode, without Dr. Ham, this podcast might not exist. Listen in as he shares his insights about the future of VR in Education and tells us a bit about his next VR project on the history of Negro League Baseball.

We had the privilege of interviewing the Metapunk himself, Theo Priestley. Join us as we finish off season 3 with a bang, chatting with Theo about the metaverse, VR, AR, AI, NFTs, Doctor Who, Scotch, and so much more!

Lindy Hockenbary is the Founder of InTECHgrated Professional Development and the author of "A Teacher's Guide to Online Learning: Strategies to Improve K-12 Student Engagement in Virtual Learning." She joined Adam and Ryan to share her thoughtful advice on integrating VR and AR in K-12 education and so much more!

Dr. Muhsina Morris is Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Director of Academic Program at Morehouse College in Atlanta. She's also at the forefront of using VR for STEM education in higher ed. Adam and Ryan had a fantastic conversation with her that you won't want to miss!

This conversation gave us goosebumps the entire time we were having it. The work that Michele O'Brien & Angie King are doing with Virtual Reality is so important and so beautiful that it's hard to explain how it made us feel to be having it... give this episode a listen to hear about the amazing things these two women are doing at Georgian College to preserve and teach the Anishnaabemowin language and culture. It was an important reminder to us as to why we started this podcast and why we're hard at work to bring immersive technology to education, and we don't think you'll be able to listen to this interview without feeling as excited as we are about the power of VR for good. Michele & Angie are two amazing people we are immensely blessed to know, and we want you to hear about what they're working on because we think it will give you hope like it's given us.

Join us as we hear from Kingston Lee-Young about his company VRTY and their efforts to bring Virtual Reality experiences to schools in Australia!

Dr. MacDowell is an Assistant Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. We had the chance to speak with her about her academic research into using XR for Teaching & Learning and her undergraduate and graduate courses about XR for those pursuing education degrees!

Adam and Ryan interview the co-founder of Astra Nova School, a groundbreaking school that's challenging the way we think about how to educate students!

Adam & Ryan interview Motlow State Community College's Chief Learning Officer, Dr. Tony Millican-- a retired Air Force Colonel who wrote his PhD dissertation on using VR in Education, and who's heavily involved in Motlow's efforts to be a national leader in using VR to train students for tomorrow's careers!

We had the chance to chat with Seth Fleischauer, the Founder & CEO of Banyan Global Learning and a forward-thinking education and technology leader. Learn about Banyan's work doing virtual field trips, supporting the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals, and more!

Adam & Ryan had the chance to interview Dr. Dan Meyer, Chief Academic Officer at Desmos and well-known Math Ed guru!

Adam & Ryan interview the chancellor of VictoryXR Academy about the amazing classes they're teaching in the metaverse!

Technology is making the dreams of progressive educators possible. Join Adam and Ryan as they sit down to hear from Wesley, Garrett, and Indra--the founders of Sora Schools, a completely virtual, project-based learning high school--as they explain how the pedagogies of Dewey, Parker, etc. are coming to life in the age of online learning!

"We aren't asking for a seat at the table. We're building our own table." Adam & Ryan speak with Dr. Michael Torrence, the president of Motlow State Community College, about VR, community colleges, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and getting students ready for 21st century careers!

This time it's different. This time, advances in tech have the potential to make us completely rethink education. And if we don't? Well, we aren't going to be able to stop the march of technological progress anyways... so how are we going to get ready for blockchain, AI, and XR/VR/AR? Join Adam & Ryan as they have an in-depth conversation with Corrales Cachola, the Founder of Brand New Voices, about the way educators can navigate this brave new world and become empowered in the Creator Economy!

VR is about to change the way students learn foreign languages. Join Adam & Ryan as they have a conversation with Michael McDonald about how Virtual Reality is helping to change the way we teach and learn other languages, preserve languages in danger of being lost to future generations, and more!

Heza Mulinzi has a plan: to help teachers create their own Augmented Reality content by offering no-code solutions. Give a listen to our interview with the Founder & CEO of Unbounded-AR and you'll see why Adam and Ryan think that this is a start-up that you very much need to keep your eye on...

The second part of our amazing conversation with Beau McCoy, the Founder & CEO of SOLCademy

Part 1 of our tremendous conversation with Beau McCoy, the Founder & CEO of SOLCademy

We are thrilled to kick off season 3 with an excellent conversation with Brian Moynihan and Rich Henderson of Lenovo's Global Education Solutions division! We discussed the future of VR and AR in education the exciting things that Lenovo has in the works.

Travis Feldler is the Founder & CEO of TechRow, and co-author of the New York Times' guide to Virtual Reality in education. In this interview, he gave us some incredible insights. One of our main takeaways: there needs to be more innovation in implementation in order to make immersive tech work for classroom learning... You can find the New York Times guide that Travis wrote as a PDF here: https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/virtual-reality-teaching-resource-guide/2f53bf8c259b3b2d/full.pdf

Join us as we chat with Melissa Oldrin, the Head of Global Education for Unity, a leading 3D development platform that's crucial to many XR/VR/AR applications. Melissa shared with us about her efforts to help high school students learn Unity development and so much more!

We chatted with Geraldine Perriguey, the CEO & Founder of XR Pedagogy, about her work in using VR for natural disaster preparedness in Guadeloupe, unpacking VR experiences with students to reflect on their emotions, the right age to introduce a student to VR, and much more!

At long last, we had the chance to sit down and chat with Craig Frehlich, the host of the VR in Education podcast and author of the book "Immersive Learning: A Practical Guide to Virtual Reality's Super Powers in Education." Craig gives us his perspective as a veteran teacher on how to best use VR in the classroom and what educators can do to provide deep, conceptual learning for their students with immersive technologies.

Steve Grubbs, the CEO of VictoryXR, joins the podcast to discuss his company's really exciting partnerships with Morehouse College and other institutions of higher learning to develop VR learning experiences, what teachers who are interested in VR can do to dip their toes in the virtual waters, why VR is a smart financial decision for school districts, and so much more!

The past, present, and future of VR all point to one thing: VR is one of the most powerful tools for education that we've ever had! Adam and Ryan had the chance to speak with Chris Madsen from Immersive VR Education, the makers of the incredible Engage platform. Chris talks about how close we are to being able to have school in virtual reality, what it was like to host a landing party for the Perseverance rover in a beautiful Mars crater designed on Engage, and the ways in which Behavioral Science informs his perspective on immersive educational experiences.

Immersive VR is the solution to so many of Math Education's persistent challenges. Join us as we chat with Anurupa Ganguly, the Founder & CEO of Prisms VR, as she shares her vision for making amazing pedagogy come to life in ways that simply haven't been possible before!

Math class can be beautiful, enchanting, and fun, and technology can help us make that happen. But first, we've gotta let go of a few things... join Adam and Ryan as they have a wonderful and fascinating conversation with Sunil Singh, author of "Math Recess: Playful Learning for an Age of Disruption."

Kids today live in a brave new world online, and Jeff Patterson wants to keep them safe using Machine Learning. This is our first episode that comes with a content warning: we enjoyed our conversation with Jeff immensely, but we covered a number of topics that aren't appropriate for every listener. Jeff and his company Gaggle are getting a lot of attention for helping school district leaders and administrators prevent student self-harm and bullying using the machine learning applications they're developing, and we're happy to shine a spotlight on their work, while also recognizing that this episode probably isn't for all of our listeners.

What if we put the human experience at the center of EdTech? What if Augmented Reality is a better solution for education than Virtual Reality? What would it look like to decolonize education? Michael Robbins, a true EdTech visionary, addresses all of this and more on this episode of Ready Teacher One! Learn more about Michael and his wonderful work as co-founder of Learning Pathmakers by visiting https://www.learningpathmakers.org/ or by following these hashtags: #learningpathmakers #datadignity and #intospatia

We call this podcast "Ready Teacher One," but honestly, we've never met anyone as Ready for the future of technology and education as Nneka McGee. She joined us to chat about how A.I. will change education, and we learned so much from her!

Arome Ibrahim joined us from Nigeria to discuss the incredible work he's doing with Immersive Tech Africa. Listen to our conversation with him about his efforts to democratize XR in Africa, the potential for XR technologies to change the lives of African students, and more!

Season 2 is here, and the focus this season is on blockchain and how it will impact education! Adam & Ryan kick things off with an interview of Dr. Kecia Waddell, an expert on blockchain uses for education.

Our first ever epilogue! At the end of episode 7, Robert answered one of Adam's questions in a way that absolutely fascinated us, and he was gracious enough to stick around and say a bit more about why he thinks too many VR/AR/XR companies are at the point of "right technology, wrong implementation" (hint: the answer will sound very familiar to teachers and curriculum designers!).

Adam & Ryan had a chance to chat with Robert Rice, a tech pioneer who coined the term "XR." Robert explained why Virtual Reality can be an incredible educational tool for introverted students... the conversation was so great that we wound up recording an epilogue! Make sure to download that too to hear why Robert believes that too many VR/AR/XR companies are hitting the "right technology, wrong implementation" (hint: the answer will sound familiar to many teachers and curriculum designers!)

Adam and Ryan sat down with Craig Peterson, the CEO of VIZN Gaming and a long-time tech entrepreneur, to hear about the exciting technology his team has been working on!

We had a fascinating conversation with Kwaku Aning, the Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Thinking at San Diego Jewish Academy. Kwaku shared his thoughts with us on why Tech isn't the point, how we can increase equity in education with VR (if we're intentional!), and why the most important thing for students in the digital age is... the Humanities!

We had a fascinating conversation about Esports in education, blockchain, XR, and much more with Marcus "Esports" Howard, an entrepreneur, thought leader, and developer at the forefront of a lot of exciting technological change!

Southern Hospitality Meets Virtual Reality-- Ryan & Adam interview Vince Jordan, the Founder and Chief Evangelist of Lobaki, the only VR company in Mississippi. Vince gives us a lot to think about as we ponder the future of tech and education!

Ryan & Adam discuss a question on everyone's mind: Will school ever go back to normal, or is online school here to stay?

Our inaugural episode dives headlong into the impact of COVID-19 on teachers and schools, the rapid development and (mis)implementation of edtech, and what the future of schooling might look like...

Adam & Ryan chat with Damian Kavanagh, the president of the Mid-South Independent School Business Officers (MISBO), about the future of private school education and how technology is impacting it