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Whose Metaverse? Building Digital Equity & Inclusion

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Pennsylvania Convention Center, ISTEverse AR/VR Experience

Learning experience: ISTEverse

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Presenters

Gabo Arora

Cofounder and President

Whose Metaverse?
@gaboarora
@gaboarora

Gabo Arora is a VR and AR pioneer, and a professor at Johns Hopkins University. There, he founded the first degree program on immersive storytelling and conducts cutting edge research on technology and empathy. He also runs LightShed.io, a multi-award winning studio that is poised to inspire the next generation with a skill set for creation and artistic expression. He was most recently appointed as Accenture’s Head of Creative Innovation, building out a new metaverse studio to serve lighthouse clients.

Barry Pousman

Head of Product

Whose Metaverse?
@bpousman

Session description

The Whose Metaverse? platform provides a variety of immersive educational courses on building digital skills in the metaverse, including the latest emerging technologies like generative AI & NFTs. It can also be used in a hybrid model for students to meet in a physical location, such as a hub in Harlem.

Purpose & objective

- Participants will be introduced to online, immersive, collaborative learning environments in the metaverse
- Participants will experience the Whose Metaverse?/LightSchool learning platform in multiple modalities, such as tablet, computer, and HMD-VR (headset virtual reality)
- Participants will learn how these types of experiences can overcome digital equity gaps and foster inclusion among marginalized and underserved communities

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Outline

20 minutes
At the top of each hour during the ISTEverse, Gabo Arora and Barry Pousman will lead a presentation on how Whose Metaverse? is closing the digital equity gap and fostering inclusion. This presentation will last approximately 20 minutes.

40 minutes
Barry and Barry will facilitate experiences in Whose Metaverse? for attendees on multiple devices types and answer questions on how Whose Metaverse? has been implemented in Harlem, as well as two new locations in the Bay area and Seattle.

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Supporting research

https://www.whosemetaverse.org/
https://lightshed.io/
https://www.gaboarora.com/about
https://barry.pousman.com/

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Session specifications

Topic:

Augmented, mixed & virtual reality

Grade level:

PK-12

Skill level:

Beginner

Audience:

Chief technology officers/superintendents/school board members, Teachers, Technology coordinators/facilitators

Attendee devices:

Devices useful

Attendee device specification:

Smartphone: iOS
Laptop: Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows

Participant accounts, software and other materials:

https://www.whosemetaverse.org/

Subject area:

Language arts, STEM/STEAM

ISTE Standards:

For Educators:
Facilitator

Manage the use of technology and student learning strategies in digital platforms, virtual environments, hands-on makerspaces or in the field.

For Students:
Global Collaborator

Students use digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, engaging with them in ways that broaden mutual understanding and learning.
Students use collaborative technologies to work with others, including peers, experts or community members, to examine issues and problems from multiple viewpoints.

Whose Metaverse? Building Digital Equity & Inclusion

, Pennsylvania Convention Center, ISTEverse AR/VR Experience

Presenters

Session description

Purpose & objective

Outline

Supporting research

Session specifications

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