VR Voyager Outpost

It has everything in it a dinosaur enthusiast needs.

We have gone right...left...up...and down with what VR Voyager Outpost is supposed to be...NOW we are going upside down.

Things are constantly moving forward with the evolutionary process of our newest character "Mira Nova" Whitney Childers came by to help us with new Augmented Reality markers. THEY ARE SO CUTE! Thanks Whitney!

Good article on what's happening in education and AR.

Augmented reality in children’s books increases engagement translating into better learning outcomes. The popularity of technologies like augmented reality is increasing as more publishers use them to engage young readers. In the US, only 38% of 4th graders and 19% of 8th graders report reading on …

Testing, testing, always testing.

While reworking the educational components for the rebranding of our immersive experience we came upon the term "intense interests" and have found it fascinating in understanding how children's interests play such a huge factor in their intellectual future.

We'd love to hear your thoughts after you read the article.

Here are 3 things we found interesting

"Kids with these interests do research, become emotionally and cognitively engaged, recognize what it takes to become an expert and display persistence in pursuing their passion. "

"An intense interest could also contribute to a sense of positive self-esteem and self-efficacy."

"Most kids who develop an intense interest tend to do it on their own. Parents who attempt to push an interest on a child frequently meet with resistance and ultimately with rejection."

Is Your Kid’s Intense Interest in One Topic Something to Worry About? | The Power of Play | Toca Boca Does your child want to spend all of her time playing Minecraft or singing songs from Frozen? Parents frequently observe their kids becoming very involved in an interest, sometimes becoming an expert with seemingly endless knowledge about their favorite topics or activities. It is common to see a 4-...

This is a great read for educators and parents about "intense interest."

"An investigation carried out at the universities of Indiana and Wisconsin proved that intense interests are very beneficial for the intellectual development of children.

In practice, this type of interests, especially those that demand a conceptual domain as is the case of dinosaurs, not only make that the child have more knowledge about a certain subject but also enhance perseverance, improve attention and enhance skills of complex thinking as the processing of information. It has also been proven that linguistic skills are significantly improved and are an indicator of high understanding.

In fact, these psychologists explain that the way in which some children study dinosaurs or any other object of interest, in reality reveals the strategy that they will then use to face new situations and problems throughout their lives. They will have to ask questions and look for answers on their own, asking for help when they think they need it.

Therefore, those intense interests would be preparing them for life since they do not conform to general data but scratch the surface to deepen. Intense interests allow them to change their perspective, consider strategies to discover what they want, find relationships and, above all, learn autonomously directing their learning according to their motivations.

In short, intense interests make children go deeper into the world and develop critical thinking, motivate them to seek information and develop a passion for knowledge."

▷ Being obsessed with dinosaurs enhances kids’ intelligence To make your kids smarter you have to help them cultivate their intense interests, those that accompany them since childhood.