Educators across the country are embracing 3D technology, using state-of-the-art classroom projectors to teach math, science and engineering concepts to students in a whole new way. Though 3D visualization technology is lagging somewhat in the educational sector, many say that it could eventually have extraordinary benefits, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Students with access to classroom technology, like a document camera, tablet computer or HDMI projector, stand to benefit from the wide breadth of educational perspectives the devices support. Different students learn in different ways, and advanced technology can cater to these students' different styles of understanding and retention through the use of multimedia.
Maurio Medley, an eighth-grade math teacher in Florida, noted that he uses 3D software to explain complex mathematical principles to his students. The volume of a cylinder, for instance, is easier to grasp for some students when visualized in three dimensions and animated. Other teachers have used the technology to virtually dissect frogs and tour the human body for anatomy lessons.
From a developer's standpoint, the technology is somewhat slow to integration. "No one wants to make our kids guinea pigs with new technologies," said Darri Stephens, an educational consultant for Discovery Education and Imax.
