Discover how our brand-new S.E.N.D VR content & resources can help support any students with additional educational needs.
Discover the new immersive Human Geography VR resources your students can explore in Avantis World!
Discover how you can transform your History lessons with VR by transporting your class to important moments in time, walking in the shoes of famous historical figures and experiencing what...
Over in ESMS Junior School, Scotland, teacher Jamie Steer is creating unforgettable History & Literacy lessons with ClassVR by letting his students become Viking warriors and so much more!
Virtual reality is a flexible tool, ready to be used in many ways to support learning - including developing literacy and creative writing in your classroom. Here are 3 ways...
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus – Happy St David’s Day! Celebrate by letting your students explore a Welsh coal mine in Avanti's World.
In West Baton Rouge (WBR) Parish Schools in Port Allen, Louisiana, we are breaking down the walls of our classrooms and using ClassVR to help our students explore locations around...
Born on the 7th of February 1812, Charles Dickens was more than a novelist; he was also a well-established journalist, editor, illustrator, and even social commentator, but is best known...
One of the things I love most when visiting Australia is the sheer abundance of nature – from woods and creeks to waterfalls and oceans, there’s always something worth seeing...
Using ThingLink’s Interactive 3D Models in ClassVR Jan 25, 2022 | 2 min read Alongside the team from ThingLink HQ, our development team has created a simple interface within the...
People Planet lets students explore various aspects of human interactions with our planet. From interactions with other countries as a global community to interactions with production and supply chains, interactions...
Guest Blog: A New Path - Fresh Applications of Virtual Reality in Special Education Jan 19, 2022 | 7 min read When choosing which devices to purchase, it was important...
What caused the attack of Pearl Harbor? What events occurred during the attack on Pearl Harbor? What was impact of the events at Pearl Harbor? Why do you think Pearl...
The Education faculty of the Peter & Paula Lunder School of Education, Thomas College, Waterville, Maine are dedicated to the work of re-envisioning teacher education and professional development for its...
At ClassVR, we have a wide range of resources that will help you create exciting Geography lessons that your students will remember for years to come! Whether you’re teaching about...
This latest integration means that VR projects created in the Varwin platform can be opened and accessed directly from a Premium ClassVR headset. Once the project is opened, students can...
As 2021’s highly anticipated COP26 event in Glasgow comes to an end, teachers worldwide are looking at different ways that they can use ClassVR to help explain something as vast...
Who was religious in this time? Why did a group of people want to remove the King from the throne? How were the main conspirators going to get rid of the King? These are just a...
Ludwig Wittgenstein once said “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” As a school leader on an island off the West Coast of Scotland myself, I know first-hand the limited experiences and...
Throughout the day, the 1500 students in attendance had the opportunity to learn and engage with climate change in so many amazing ways. The students heard inspirational talks from the...
Teachers from across the world have already been delivering creative and inspiring lessons with ClassVR this new school year. From travelling to the Land of the Pharaohs to adventuring on the moon, we've seen SO many fantastic examples of immersive learning in schools! Here’s a few of our favourites: If you’re starting a topic like ‘Around the World in...
On September 2nd, 1666 a fire began in a baker’s shop on Pudding Lane whilst most of London slept. This fire was later known and referred to as The Great...
Happy International Literacy Day 2021 from everyone at Avantis! To celebrate, we’ve just released 8 brand new Literacy Land scenes in Avanti’s World – the world’s first educational virtual reality theme park. From the old-English words of Shakespeare to the fairytale world of Snow White, if you’re looking...
Trip Through Time Land is where your students can literally step into the shoes of people who lived long ago. With all our exciting new content, you can experience American History first hand – all from the safety of the classroom. Explore all the different historical Zones, arranged in chronological...
Similarly, when teaching about World War Two, students can begin exploring what life was like for someone arriving at Birkenau concentration camp through a 360-degree photo in the ClassVR library. The VR experiences also...
VR can fully immerse your students in the lesson, gripping their imagination and stimulating their thought in ways never dreamed of with traditional books, pictures and videos. With ClassVR and Avanti’s World, your students...
How was the moon created? What does it look like? Why is it an important part of our solar system? How does the moon orbit the Earth? These are just...
With over 1000 educational resources provided in the ClassVR portal, there’s so many opportunities to add value to your lesson with VR. If you’ve not had time to scope out all...
We are thrilled to announce the opening of a brand-new land inside Avanti’s World; Literacy Land! Joining Super Science Land, Engaging Earth Land and Trip Through Time Land, Literacy Land is designed to support reading literacy...
This update is completely free for all ClassVR subscribers and can be found under both the 'Art' and 'History' themes in the ClassVR subscription library. Alternatively, you can search for...
As a teacher, one of the hardest things I ever tried to help my students understand was how to empathise, how to ‘put yourself in someone else’s shoes.’ Because most of...
When it comes to teaching about World Refugee Day, or Refugees as a topic, there is an emotional and moral responsibility to make sure that individuals learn about truthful experiences to help...
We understand that creativity is at the heart of teaching, and that’s why we’ve made it so easy to search, create, upload and explore VR content in the ClassVR Portal. Easily upload you own...
The seismic shift that has happened had a major impact on education. Educators around the world had to shift and shift fast. And they did. Traditionally change in education has...
World Oceans Day was created by the United Nations almost 30 years ago and is celebrated worldwide on the 8th June to “shed light on the wonder of the ocean...
For many schools who are using Google Expeditions, the 30th June is looming… as this is the day Google removes the Google Expeditions app from all app stores and no...
Every year, students look forward to their class trips, student exchanges and activity weeks, all of which provide opportunities for students to interact with others, understand other cultures, reflect on...
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! This week, we are thrilled to announce that we are releasing new content to Avanti's World that is accessible directly from the ClassVR Portal. This new content will help you learn about two famous women in medicine from...
ClassVR includes hundreds of VR, AR and MR educational resources to support your geography and history lessons. Not only can you transport your students across the world, you can even go back in time. Explore...
Prior to remote learning, our ClassVR headsets were consistently being used by over a million students to deliver fully immersive and engaging lessons using virtual reality. However, as students continue...
Many science concepts can be tricky to understand but virtual reality can help. With the use of virtual reality any science experience is possible. Students can fully immerse themselves in explorable scenes...
2020 saw one of the most dramatic changes to the way we teach in modern history. With countries all over the world following strict social isolation rules, students had to do much...
We know first-hand the impact school closures are having on students worldwide and we asked ourselves, what can we do to help? Our dedicated team has been working tirelessly to help create a solution to combat...
There are five new categories now available under the ‘Physics’ section of the Portal: Mars NASA Astronaut Training Videos NASA Commercial Crew Program NASA Launch videos Black Holes
This week’s ClassVR content update is the first of an ongoing series of new resource releases onto the ClassVR portal and we’re starting off down under, with the new ‘Australia’...
Giving your students to opportunity to explore their topic allows them to build deeper, more meaningful experiences than ever before. At launch there are fifteen scenes available on the ClassVR...
Alongside the team from Thinglink HQ, our development team have created a simple interface within the ClassVR portal that allows you to seamlessly take Thinglink media and paste it into...
Is ClassVR suitable for university students? This is a question we hear a lot within the Avantis offices, so our latest blog will be investigating exactly how and why ClassVR...
We love using ClassVR to boost engagement and help students develop a deeper understanding of the content they’re learning about. Aside from complementing class lessons, we’re even using it in...
Minecraft has come a long way in the last few years. Since its release in 2011 the creative ‘sandbox’ game has gone from underground, indie building simulator to worldwide creative...
One of the most exciting things about the ClassVR Portal is the sheer quantity of content that is available to its users. Through the ClassVR Subscriptions section of the Libraries...
As more and more of our users are exploring the potential of using their own content on their ClassVR headsets we are seeing an increasing number of requests for a...
Firstly, visit cospaces.io/edu - you will need to set up a free account to get started (this can be upgraded later, if you like.) The ‘My Spaces’ tab can then...
Chris Bass Avantis Educational Specialist (UK) I remember learning about WW1 in secondary school and finding it difficult to understand. The scale of it didn’t make sense to me and...
With the news currently dominated by stories of Hurricane Florence and a potential environmental disaster approaching the East Coast of North America, it is highly likely that your students will...
Andrew Shelton Avantis Educational Specialist (UK) Within this playlist are many really unique and distinctive resources: Future World: This resource would be perfect for a theme or topic to do...
With that in mind, we have been working tirelessly over the past few months to source new video content for our users. Ensuring that all new content is educationally meaningful...
This is part of our Lesson Plan Focus series. To download samples of the planning materials that come included in the ClassVR Subscription, see https://www.classvr.com/school-curriculum-content-subjects/sample-lesson-plans/ Hannah Davies Avantis Senior Educational...
Wherever in the world you are, the FIFA World Cup 2018 has undoubtedly been a hot topic of conversation. Here in England, we are waiting with bated breath for our...
For younger students the tournament brings with it the opportunity for exciting creative writing and art ideas – using AR, get your class to hold the World Cup in their...
Up and down the UK teachers and students alike are breathing a sigh of relief – the Key Stage 2 SATS tests are (almost) over! However, with the writing assessments...
Hannah Davies Avantis Senior Educational Specialist (UK) Dominic Broad Primary School Teacher, Barry Island Primary SchoolDominic Broad, Barry Island Primary School explains: "Autism is a part of daily life for...
As former teachers, we know how difficult it can be to find new and interesting ways of approaching topics or to find ways of integrating new technology and new content...
Hannah Davies Avantis Senior Educational Specialist (UK) An increasing number of schools using VR are opting to have their students work in partners. Whenever I observe or lead sessions like...
Charlton Park Academy is a Special Academy for students with complex, low incidence special educational needs. Based in Greenwich, London, Charlton Park goes above and beyond to transform the lives of...
Hannah Davies Avantis Senior Educational Specialist (UK) Augmented Reality is now here to completely transform the way students can appreciate sculpture. Using the Augmented Reality Classroom app on our ClassVR...
This is part of our Lesson Plan Focus series. To download samples of the planning materials that come included in the ClassVR Subscription, see https://www.classvr.com/school-curriculum-content-subjects/sample-lesson-plans/ Hannah Davies Avantis Senior Educational...
This is part of our Lesson Plan Focus series. To download samples of the planning materials that come included in the ClassVR Subscription, see https://www.classvr.com/school-curriculum-content-subjects/sample-lesson-plans/ClassVR lesson plans offer a range...
You’ll notice a few changes to the Libraries pane in the Plan area of the Portal. We’ve grouped the different Libraries to make it easier to find what you need:...
Students from Albany’s Mt Lockyer Primary School first to use ClassVR “The only source of knowledge is experience” – Albert Einstein Students of Mount Lockyer Primary School, in Western Australia’s...
The Digital Competence Framework (DCF) has been introduced into the curriculum in Wales to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to confidently, creatively and critically use technologies. The...
ClassVR is the world’s first complete virtual and augmented reality set designed specifically for schools, with standalone headsets, intuitive gesture controls, a huge library of content and an easy-to-use teacher...
The training session, carried out by Hannah, one of the Educational Specialists who works at Avantis, was for Teachers from schools within Wales who are already using the headsets. Even...
We're excited to announce our integration with CoSpaces, an incredible tool that gives your students the power to create 3D worlds in any browser and experience them in 360 with...
Welcome Back! Having had a summer being told how lucky you are to have such long holidays while managing your time to accommodate: planning for the new term, gathering resources,...
This is part of our Lesson Plan Focus series. To download samples of the planning materials that come included in the ClassVR Subscription, see https://www.classvr.com/school-curriculum-content-subjects/sample-lesson-plans/Ancient Egypt was always one of...
Quite often, I’ll get asked a variation of the same question by teachers: what content do you have for young children? What about 11-12 year olds? Do you have content...
Of course, it’s really important that the content we provide is high-quality and curriculum-linked, but I think one of the most exciting things about the ClassVR system is the fact...
Hannah Davies Avantis Senior Educational Specialist (UK) With ClassVR, the ARC (Augmented Reality Classroom) app recognises a 2D image and brings it to life by bringing up a corresponding 3D...
Hannah Davies Head of Educational Services (UK) Of course, you don’t have to leave the planet. Even the ability to explore a range of different habitats here on Earth lends...
Hannah Davies Head of Educational Services (UK) If you only have a few ClassVR headsets, you can… create a carousel of activities in your classroom with virtual reality or augmented...
Hannah Davies Avantis Head of Educational Services (UK) How different an impression a child gets from seeing a picture of the Pyramids of Giza to standing by them and staring...
Hannah Davies Avantis Educational Specialist (UK) Ages 3-7: Northern Lights In addition to exploring the Northern Lights ClassVR experiences, read ‘The Magic Sky’ by Lucy Richards and collect adjectives to...
Zoe Verrall Avantis Educational Specialist (UK) So how do you create and maintain high student engagement? Most teachers have a fair few tricks up their sleeve to get children excited...
Hannah Davies Avantis Educational Specialist (UK) This is where I think ClassVR has a really important role to play. Next time your Year 1 class is learning about the history...
In an academy far far away… This week I had the pleasure of setting up ClassVR at St Wilfrid’s C of E Academy in Blackburn. Lead Teacher in New Technologies,...
Hannah Davies Avantis Educational Specialist (UK) Seeing teachers’ reactions to ClassVR has absolutely been worth all that hard work. Of course, there’s the initial amazement for those teachers who’ve never...
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