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AED 101S: Creating Tactile Sound Stories

AED 101S: Creating Tactile Sound Stories

Students in Ann Holt’s Introduction to Art Education (AED 101S) visited Maker Commons to create a collaborative, interactive art exhibit installed in the Patterson Building that told the story of their visions for teaching and learning. To achieve this, staff taught a...
FYS: Global Literacy

FYS: Global Literacy

Students in First Year Seminar at Penn State New Kensington used IMEX Lab immersive headset pilot headsets as their cohorts rotated through activities that introduced them to global literacy. Students viewed a 360º video playlist and completed assignments that asked...
Fall 2023 Semester Report

Fall 2023 Semester Report

Summary Fall 2023 saw 10,546 students, faculty, and staff use the Media Commons, Maker Commons, and Immersive Experiences Lab initiatives across the Commonwealth. Much of this use was focused in 299 classes in nearly every discipline offered at Penn State. To...
IST 331: Developing Children’s Robots

IST 331: Developing Children’s Robots

Stephen Kanicki’s 16 IST 331 students received an initial training revolving around building and modifying robot racers and then spent the next several weeks developing working prototypes of (and instructions to build) robots designed to appeal to 10-12 year olds....

[ART] Tips & Troubleshooting

This tutorial will show students in ART courses useful tips and troubleshooting steps in Spatial. If you uploaded the wrong image: Click on your image, click on the Replace button at the bottom of the screen, and upload the correct image. Do not hit Delete because it...