The Baltimore Design School in Station North opened a new innovative learning lab replete with all the latest technology available.The equipment and lab come thanks to a partnership with Verizon, Heart of America and Arizona State University.Timothy Jackson, a seventh-grade student, was using virtual reality to learn how to create planets.”I think it’s pretty cool,” Timothy said. “So, what are you doing here in this game (is) I’m creating different types of planets.”Other technologies available in the lab include coding, 3-D printing and artificial intelligence.”It’s really going to give them those design skills that continue to enhance our curriculum, prepare them for the next steps — college and career readiness — and so that experience is going to be a wonderful thing for them to engage with,” Baltimore Design School Principal Darrin Brozene said.This is now the fourth lab of its kind in Baltimore City, where both students and staff can take advantage of all the technology. Other schools include Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle School, Graceland Park/O’Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle School and Holabird Academy.Baltimore City school officials said the access to innovative technology will help students become more prepared for the future digital world.”You think about the highest level of understanding for a student is creation, and this lab will allow our students to actually create using technology that will actually expand their educational opportunities tenfold,” said Tina Hike-Hubbard, the district’s chief of communications, engagement and enrollment.
The Baltimore Design School in Station North opened a new innovative learning lab replete with all the latest technology available.
The equipment and lab come thanks to a partnership with Verizon, Heart of America and Arizona State University.
Timothy Jackson, a seventh-grade student, was using virtual reality to learn how to create planets.
“I think it’s pretty cool,” Timothy said. “So, what are you doing here in this game (is) I’m creating different types of planets.”
Other technologies available in the lab include coding, 3-D printing and artificial intelligence.
“It’s really going to give them those design skills that continue to enhance our curriculum, prepare them for the next steps — college and career readiness — and so that experience is going to be a wonderful thing for them to engage with,” Baltimore Design School Principal Darrin Brozene said.
This is now the fourth lab of its kind in Baltimore City, where both students and staff can take advantage of all the technology. Other schools include Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle School, Graceland Park/O’Donnell Heights Elementary/Middle School and Holabird Academy.
Baltimore City school officials said the access to innovative technology will help students become more prepared for the future digital world.
“You think about the highest level of understanding for a student is creation, and this lab will allow our students to actually create using technology that will actually expand their educational opportunities tenfold,” said Tina Hike-Hubbard, the district’s chief of communications, engagement and enrollment.
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