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Using Immersive Technologies and African Folklore storytelling for STEM Education

"Using Immersive Technologies and African Folklore storytelling for STEM Education"

When: from 12-12:30 PST on Thursday 12/12 via Zoom.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/using-immersive-technologies-and-african-folklore-storytelling-for-stem-edu-tickets-1105889327749?aff=oddtdtcreator

Why attend: Immersive technologies like VR and AR offer a unique medium to incite curiosity for STEM education. Add african folklore into it and you get a new way to drive STEM education altogether.

Joing the VRARA Seattle Chapter as they host speaker Daniel Gyekye, PhD from the University of Oregon who will walk us through his approach into using African folklore to engage new generations in STEM fields.

Roberto Haza, Seattle Chapter President and founder of Xtended Reality Advisory is delighted to host Daniel and dive deep in this use of immersive technologies using cultural storytelling with education purposes.