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3 Tips to Make a Splash with Summer Learning

Meet Students Where They Are At This year was a challenge for all of us, and some students may need a little extra support. Having a few different levels of the same lesson can help students stay engaged and motivated as they learn. Focus on their Passions Finding ways to work students favorite topics and … Continue reading →

How are Educators Using Immersive VR worlds for CTE Classes?

A few weeks ago we had the chance to interview Matthew Hodge from CART about the amazing work he is doing with his game design students for our podcast. Here is a bit about what he had to say about how he has been using Virbela to help his students make the most of a … Continue reading →

Thank You Teachers

Teachers are such an important part of our community and our future. Today we just wanted to extend a huge thank you to the teachers and staff supporting students through these unprecedented times. Continue reading →

Everything you need to know about UnConferences

Unconferences first started popping up in 1998, and have been a fun and unconventional way of hosting conferences ever sense. While in person unconferences are still on hold, we are excited to be hosting our very own in our Virbela campus starting in May! Before that starts, we thought we would tell you a bit … Continue reading →

3 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day

Check out this TED TALK from our friends at Florida Clinicians for Climate Change Reduce, Reuse and Recycle with Makey Makey https://makeymakey.com/blogs/how-to-instructions/creating-makey-makey-instruments This lesson using recycled materials to create instruments is music to our ears! Be sure to check out this lesson and so many more on their blog! Explore Lessons with Discovery

Curious about Mindfulness Labs? Try one now.

As we all continue to adapt with the constant changes and challenges of the Pandemic, schools have been turning to mindfulness to help students and staff alike. Studies have shown that even just 5 min of mindfulness a day can make a world of difference in student stress, performance, and even interpersonal communications. With that in mind, a lot of schools have been putting together lessons or labs centered around mindfulness for students. Here at the Douglas Stewart Company, we have created a virtual mindfulness lab of our own! You can check it out on the blog, or experience it live in our virtual campus. Continue reading →

Top 3 ways to Celebrate Robotics Week

This year National Robotics Week is April 3-11, but here at DSC we are celebrating ALL. MONTH. LONG. While the ways to celebrate our truly endless, we thought we would highlight 3 of our favorites that will work for any classroom set up! Whether your students are in the classroom or learning from home, there are still plenty of ways to celebrate robotics week Continue reading →

Say Hello to our 5 Featured Influential Women of March

In honor of women’s history month we highlighted a different influential woman on social media each week. In case you missed one of these bios, or just want to see them all together in one place, we have compiled them into a list here. Uma Chowdhry– Chemist Uma Chowdhry is a research scientist focused on material … Continue reading →

5 Tips for Effective Team Bonding in Immersive Worlds

Recently our team had a week long team bonding workshop in our DStewart EDU Campus powered by Virbela. We had so much fun really diving in to the possibilites of our virtual world as a team, and wanted to share our top 5 tips with you. Continue reading →

K-12 Funding Basics: Understanding COVID-19 Relief Funding

Looking for a quick way to get updated on COVID Relief Funding? VARConnection has you covered. Continue reading →