Phase 2 of the initiative promotes digital inclusion through laptops with mobile connectivity and mobile laboratories with virtual reality devices for elementary-level education
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL / ACCESSWIRE / May 16, 2024 / Qualcomm Incorporated, through its Qualcomm Wireless Reach initiative, and Instituto Crescer announced today the opening of mobile virtual reality laboratories and an expansion of phase 2 of the ASCON Program - Student Always Connected, in four schools in Goiânia (GO). The program aims to close the digital divide by reshaping the way students learn and educators teach. The goal is to bring classrooms to life, modernizing them and enabling a world where all students are connected, intelligently, from home, the classroom or anywhere.
"Connectivity has increasingly proven to be an essential and powerful tool in the daily lives of citizens adapted to modern society, with access to information, diverse content, regardless of their interests, training or area of activity. We believe that its good use is an important aid for teachers in the training of students. Qualcomm Wireless Reach is focused on using advanced wireless technologies to enrich people's lives through programs that strengthen economic and social development," explains Milene Franco Pereira, Senior Manager, Government Affairs, Qualcomm Serviços de Telecomunicações Ltda.
The addition of mobile carts/laboratories with virtual reality devices from Beenoculus in each of the four participating schools, furthers achieve the goals of increasing digital inclusion and skills. Beenoculus promotes innovation in education through Extended Reality (XR) immersive experiences and training on devices leveraging the Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform.
"At Beenoculus we say that education means taking someone to a world that exists beyond them. With this, we hope that our extended reality solutions will contribute significantly to the educational training of students", says Rawlinson Peter Terrabuio, co-founder and CEO of Beenoculus.
In this phase, there is an increase in the number of participating students, with an additional class being added per school in 2024. "The program aims to create an environment of digital inclusion, where students have the necessary tools to reach their full potential, increasing digital skills by taking advantage of new learning opportunities. Through virtual reality, students will have access to interactive and immersive content on various educational topics, in addition to the continued use of Always-Connected PCs (ACPCs) for their formative moments, contributing to the digital transformation in schools", observes Luciana Allan, director of Instituto Crescer.
During the first phase of the project, 120 ACER 511 Chromebooks - equipped with the Snapdragon 7C processor - were supplied to three school communities in Goiânia. In In total, more than 200 students and teachers received these Always On laptops, ACPCs equipped with Embratel's mobile LTE connectivity features.
Through the ASCON program, teachers learn about cutting-edge technology and other topics. In phase 1, the topics included cybersecurity, cyberbullying and emotional security, metaverse, Artificial Intelligence, emerging technologies, research and basic programming concepts. In phase 2, the training will include the concepts of designing learning experience, resource curation, spatial learning, and creation/authorship of immersive resources.
The Student Always Connected (ASCON) project is a collaboration between Wireless Reach, ACER, Claro, Embratel, Calriz, Beenoculus, Instituto Crescer and the Goiânia Municipal Department of Education (SME of Goiânia).
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ABOUT INSTITUTO CRESCER
Founded in 2000, headquartered in São Paulo and operating globally, Instituto Crescer is a laboratory for creating and implementing large-scale social impact projects that contribute to the development and strengthening of communities and people. Counting on the contribution of national and international resources, we work with the following purposes: 1. Contribute to having Brazil's educational indicators among the best in the world 2. Have minority groups, indigenous peoples, peripheral and rural communities active in democratic spaces for social participation 3. Reduce the economic vulnerability of young people and adults 4. Influence companies to be more socially and environmentally aware.
ABOUT BEENOCULUS
Beenoculus is a Brazilian company that pioneers Extended Reality (XR) solutions for education. The company offers a complete platform that includes immersive virtual reality educational content, active teaching methodologies and data analysis for personalization. Beenoculus is committed to democratizing access to exponential technologies to transform education.
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该计划的第二阶段通过具有移动连接功能的笔记本电脑和用于小学教育的带有虚拟现实设备的移动实验室来促进数字包容性
巴西圣保罗/ACCESSWIRE/2024年5月16日/高通公司通过其高通无线覆盖计划和Instituto Crescer今天宣布在戈亚尼亚(GO)的四所学校开设移动虚拟现实实验室,并扩大ASCON计划的第二阶段——学生永远保持联系。该计划旨在通过重塑学生的学习和教育者的教学方式来缩小数字鸿沟。目标是让教室充满活力,实现教室现代化,打造一个所有学生无论在家中、教室还是任何地方都能实现智能互联的世界。
“事实越来越多地证明,连接是适应现代社会的公民日常生活中必不可少的强大工具,无论他们的兴趣、培训或活动领域如何,都可以获得信息和多样化的内容。我们认为,它的良好使用是教师培训学生的重要帮助。Qualcomm Wireless Reach专注于使用先进的无线技术,通过加强经济和社会发展的计划来丰富人们的生活。” 高通电信服务有限公司政府事务高级经理米琳·佛朗哥·佩雷拉解释说。
四所参与学校均增加了装有Beenoculus虚拟现实设备的移动推车/实验室,进一步实现了提高数字包容性和技能的目标。Beenoculus通过扩展现实(XR)沉浸式体验和利用Snapdragon Spaces XR开发者平台在设备上进行培训,促进教育创新。
“在Beenoculus,我们说教育意味着将某人带到一个存在于他们之外的世界。Beenoculus联合创始人兼首席执行官罗林森·彼得·泰拉比奥说,借此,我们希望我们的扩展现实解决方案将为学生的教育培训做出重大贡献。
在此阶段,参与的学生人数有所增加,2024年每所学校将增加一个班级。“该计划旨在创造一个数字包容的环境,让学生拥有充分发挥潜力的必要工具,通过利用新的学习机会来提高数字技能。通过虚拟现实,学生将有机会获得有关各种教育主题的交互式和身临其境的内容,此外还可以在成长时刻继续使用始终连接的电脑(ACPC),为学校的数字化转型做出贡献。” Crescer研究所所长露西亚娜·艾伦说。
在该项目的第一阶段,向戈亚尼亚的三个学校社区提供了120本配备Snapdragon 7C处理器的宏碁511 Chromebook。总共有超过200名学生和教师收到了这些Always On笔记本电脑,这些ACPC配备了Embratel的移动LTE连接功能。
通过ASCON计划,教师可以学习尖端技术和其他主题。在第一阶段,主题包括网络安全、网络欺凌和情感安全、元宇宙、人工智能、新兴技术、研究和基本编程概念。在第二阶段,培训将包括设计学习体验、资源管理、空间学习和沉浸式资源的创建/创作等概念。
“学生时刻保持联系”(ASCON)项目是Wireless Reach、宏碁、Claro、Embratel、Calriz、Beenoculus、Instituto Crescer和戈亚尼亚市教育局(戈亚尼亚中小企业)合作开展的。
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Instituto Crescer 成立于 2000 年,总部位于圣保罗,业务遍及全球,是一个创建和实施大型社会影响力项目的实验室,这些项目有助于社区和人民的发展和加强。依靠国家和国际资源的贡献, 我们的工作宗旨如下:1.为使巴西的教育指标跻身世界最佳之列做出贡献 2.让少数群体, 土著人民, 边缘和农村社区积极参与社会参与的民主空间3.降低年轻人和成人的经济脆弱性4.影响公司提高社会和环境意识。
关于 BEENOCULUS
Beenoculus 是一家巴西公司,开创了教育扩展现实 (XR) 解决方案。该公司提供了一个完整的平台,其中包括沉浸式虚拟现实教育内容、主动教学方法和个性化数据分析。Beenoculus 致力于普及指数级技术,实现教育变革。
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