From: aw1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Andrew Wargo)
Subject: Re: INFO?: Using VR to interest students in science and math
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 17:05:27 GMT
Organization: Mississippi State University


In article <1jg8nnINNb08@shelley.u.washington.edu> dyer1@llnl.gov (Kathleen M. Dyer) writes:
>
>
>held each year in the East Bay (San Francisco) area. It is aimed at
>junior and senior high school girls. Dozens of talks and seminars are
>offered by people who work in many different fields. The only common
>demoninator in the topics is the need for science and math.
>
>
>      ~ computers are fun.
>      ~ computers are useful.
>      ~ computers are everywhere.
>      ~ people (and especially women) who like to use computers are
>        not necessarily geeks.
>
>Because of the time constraints, we usually pick some area that
>involves graphics, with the intent of capturing their interest
>quickly.  Two years ago, it was scientific visulaization. Last year,
>it was Mandelbrot sets. This year, we would like to do something with
>virtual reality (or artificial reality, etc.)
  virtual reality..

isn't that interesting..I'm an international relations major, and out Head
of the Computing Center has given me the on again/off again project of studying
and adapting VR for classroom/teaching enhancement...Please, email me your
suggestions, ideas, etc. as well as anything you may find especially useful in
our attempts.

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