Professional Development
Learn it, so you can teach it! :)
1.0 - What is Metaverse?
Metaverse is a platform that makes it easy to create Augmented Reality (AR) and Interactive Experiences
Check Out This Dancing Astronaut!
This Student Made an AR Scavenger Hunt!
Here’s What Teachers Think So Far!
Video Examples (click these links!)
1.1 - Why Metaverse?
What am I going to learn?
1.2 - What is Metaverse?
Some General Statistics
Also… it’s FREE to use! :)
1.3 - What is Metaverse?
How is it used in Schools?
ELEMENTARY
Experiences are usually created by the Teacher.
Students view experiences on a shared mobile device.
Activities are usually 5 - 30 minutes long.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Experiences are usually created by the Teacher OR the Student.
Students learn from each other while creating and testing each other’s experiences in class
Building activities are usually 1 hour long.
HIGH SCHOOL
Experiences are usually created by the Student as a project.
Students use Experiences to demonstrate their understanding of another subject material.
Projects can range from one class period to multiple weeks.
2.1 - What Can I Make?
Types of Metaverse Experiences:
AND much…much MORE! :)
2.2 - What Can I Make?
Truth is, Metaverse Experiences are limited to your own imagination.
The possibilities are endless.
2.3 - What Can I Make?
So how does it work? (BASIC)
3.1 - Examples for the Classroom
“...it allowed us to scaffold the student learning experiences, and still let them work at their own pace. It brought together a range of online resources that might otherwise have required a teacher to lead students through.”
- Neil Carmona-Vickery, Deputy Director of Monash Tech School
What are educators saying?
“I’ve created review games, scavenger hunts, and icebreaker get to know you activities. But the most impactful use of Metaverse in my classroom is when I have students take control of the creating and use it to demonstrate their learning.”
- Jhesi Howerton, MS Teacher
“Students were really happy to feel they could own their learning process and receive playful, instant feedback of correct answers, collaborate to guess the meaning of key words or riddles, and to interact with scenery as characters appeared.”
- CLIL Heroes Teacher’s Team
“I love the idea of empowering students as content creators. With Metaverse, students can apply what they’ve learned in a shareable, interactive format”
- Monica Burns, ClassTechTips
“ For educators, [AR tools] fall into two categories: those that offer a library of learning experiences and those that allow creation. I’ve found Metaverse to be the most robust — with the shortest learning curve — for creating augmented reality.”
- Henno Kotze, Senior Teacher
“I have created several experiences where students can review multiplication, division, paired tables, word problems, measurement and number lines!”
- Yvonne Rodriguez, ES Teacher
3.1 - Examples for the Classroom
Try Scanning These QR codes! :)
Cosmos 4 Kids
Ocean Dive Portal
Escape The Zombies!
8th Grade Physical Science Review
To Kill A Mockingbird Video Essays
Earth Science: What Should We Learn Next?
OR click to view in Metaverse Studio!
4.0 - Let’s Build Something
What are we going to build today?
We are going to be building a single experience. In the Experience, we will be learning about features used in order to:
4.0 - Let’s Build Something!
Dashboard Page
Search - Search for Metaverse Experiences
My Experiences - View your created Experiences
My Favorites - View your bookmarked Experiences
My Walls / My Polls - View your created Walls & Polls
Discover - View Metaverse curated Experiences
ON THE LEFT:
ON THE TOP:
Blog - View Metaverse Medium Blog
Tutorials - View Metaverse YouTube Tutorials
My Account - View your Account Info
Create Experience - Create a NEW Experience
4.1 - Let’s Build Something! (Basic)
Click on “Create Experience” to create a new experience. You will be taken to the Storyboard.
STEP 1:
4.2 - Let’s Build Something! (Basic)
Add a character, dialogue, and buttons to your character scene by clicking
STEP 2:
4.3 - Let’s Build Something! (Basic)
Click on “Add New” and add another Character Scene to your storyboard.
STEP 3:
Okay, let’s explain something important really quick.
Got it? Great! Let’s move on.
Scenes are the visual elements of an Experience. These will be what the user actually sees on their screen.
Blocks are the logic elements of an Experience. These perform functions in the background of the Experience.
4.4 - Let’s Build Something! (Basic)
Let’s configure Scene 2.
STEP 4:
4.5 - Let’s Build Something! (Basic)
Time to link these Scenes together using transitions.
STEP 5:
All Scenes & Blocks Require Transitions! They are super important!
4.6 - Let’s Build Something! (MCQ)
Add 3 more Character Scenes & configure the scenes to create a Multiple Choice Question.
Use The Skills We’ve Learned So Far:
Challenge: Let’s make a Multiple Choice Question.
Create a multiple choice question.
Branching paths for correct & incorrect.
4.7 - Let’s Build Something! (MCQ)
Add a Scene background.
STEP 6:
4.7 - Let’s Build Something! (MCQ)
Now change the backgrounds in your MCQ!
STEP 6:
4.8 - Let’s Build Something! (MCQ)
Change button styles.
STEP 7:
4.8 - Let’s Build Something! (MCQ)
Now change the buttons in your MCQ!
STEP 7:
5.1 - Let’s Build Something! (FRQ)
Time to make the Free Response Question!
STEP 1:
5.2 - Let’s Build Something! (FRQ)
Add a Block to validate the correct answer.
STEP 2:
Add New
Configure
5.3 - Let’s Build Something! (FRQ)
Add two Scenes for correct & incorrect paths.
Use The Skills We’ve Learned So Far:
Challenge: Let’s finish the Free Response Question.
Hopefully, it looks something like this. :)
Branching paths for “correct”
& “incorrect” responses.
Congratulations!
You just configured your first Code Block!
Yep. It’s that easy.
6.1 - Let’s Build a Selfie Wall
Add the Camera Scene
STEP 1:
6.2 - Let’s Build a Selfie Wall
Add a Media Wall Scene
STEP 2:
6.3 - Let’s Build a Selfie Wall
Create a NEW Media Wall
STEP 3:
6.4 - Let’s Build a Selfie Wall
Add a “Save to wall” Block from the “Walls” to save the photos to the Media Wall
STEP 4:
Don’t forget to link your Scenes & Blocks!
Nice!
You made a Media Wall!
Fun Fact: To record text responses to the wall, you can link Text Input Scenes to it!
7.1 - Let’s Build an AR Portal
Add a Photo/Video Portal Scene
STEP 1:
7.2 - Let’s Build an AR Portal
Select your 360º Video
STEP 2:
7.3 - Let’s Build an AR Portal
A preview of the Portal should appear in the Scene.
WOW!
That is a sweet AR Portal you just made!
Just wait until you see it in action. :)
8.0 - The Final Touches
Hint: Main Menu
Final Challenge:
8.1 - The Final Touches
Were you able to figure it out?
(I dragged some scenes around to make it all fit.)
8.3 - The Final Touches
Now it’s time to publish our experience!
8.4 - The Final Touches
Experience Name & Description
8.5 - The Final Touches
Check the “Advanced” Settings
8.4 - The Final Touches
Share your Experience with the World!
Time to celebrate!
You just created & published your first Metaverse Experience!
Time to show your colleagues how cool you are. :)
BTW, There’s Even More to Explore!
Metaverse Features we did not cover in this session:
Check out our YouTube Tutorials to learn more!
(Click me)
9.0 - Classroom Experiences
Let’s take a look at a few educational experiences to see how they were made.
Feel free to make a copy of these experiences and remix them for your class.
9.1 - Ocean Dive AR Portal (Basic)
Ocean Dive Portal
Here’s How It Works:
9.2 - 5Q Multiple Choice Template (Novice)
8th Grade Physical Science Review
Here’s How It Works:
9.3 - Digital Breakout Activity (Intermediate)
Escape The Zombies!
Here’s How It Works:
CONGRATULATIONS!
You have completed the official Metaverse Professional Development Session!
Hope you learned something valuable.
If you have any additional questions, feel free to email me at luis@gometa.io
Cheers!
-Luis :)