CVE UNVEILS ‘INSPIRATION STATION’ SMALLab FACILITY Seneca Valley Administrators, Board Members, SV Foundation Board of Trustees, parents, teachers and students all gathered Tuesday morning to watch learning go high tech. The school unveiled the Situated Multimedia Arts Learning Lab (SMALLab). A large piece of hands-on computer hardware, the lab was installed in a completely redesigned room at Connoquenessing Valley Elementary School. The SMALLab is an embodied learning environment that allows for Kinect-type interactivity within a learning module. Imagine a giant iPad that’s the size of a boxing ring. It is essentially motion sensor technology used for special effects in movies. This technology is being used for core subject instruction in a completely innovative and extremely promising manner for young learners. This $45,000 project was made possible through donations and grants, and was funded at no cost to the district. The Allegheny Intermediate Unit’s (AIU3) Center of Creativity STEAM grant through the Grable Foundation made a commitment to provide $20,000 of funding for this project. The Seneca Valley Foundation also provided a generous donation of $15,000, and the CVE PTO donated $10,000. See a video of this mornings student demonstration held during the ribbon cutting ceremony.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:35:15 +0000
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