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Jithin KS • Edited

Do you think there is sufficient space for this kind of visualizations in other topics in subjects like astronomy??? I'm asking this because I'm working on a project which is all about making use of interactive visualizations to improve STEM education???

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Adrian

I totally do but I may be a bit biased as my wife is an educator and I feel like there is so much potential to improve learning. Things are progressing but not always at the right speed and across the board. So I think there is a place for them but it's hard when schools only think of things like Chromebooks as something to replace paper pencil instead of thinking how to make learning more interactive and customized to a students need. Is there a need for this stuff? absolutely.

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leob

Removing the teacher and just putting the pupils behind a screen isn't gonna work ... but neither is the opposite, the old style drill method where pupils sit silently for hours while the teacher is "drilling" them with endless lists of facts and boring stuff ... I'm no expert but I suppose it's gotta be a healthy mix :-)

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Jithin KS

Yes definitely, there should be some facility for the teacher to make use of this kind of interactive visualization while they teach.

dev.to/jithinks97/dynamic-learning...

This project that I'm doing has this goal in mind.

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leob

Got it, very nice project!