{"id":822,"date":"2019-09-30T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2019\/09\/30\/immersive-reader-is-now-available-in-merge-explorer\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T11:53:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T18:53:18","slug":"immersive-reader-is-now-available-in-merge-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2019\/09\/immersive-reader-is-now-available-in-merge-explorer\/","title":{"rendered":"Immersive Reader is now available in MERGE Explorer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are excited to announce that Immersive Reader is launching on MERGE Explorer. MERGE transforms learning in the classroom by empowering students to hold virtual objects in the palm of their hands to create active learning experiences. 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MERGE Explorer is a creation platform for STEM that features NGSS-aligned content, AR tools and lesson activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/surface-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1XwvjeL_G8s\">Leslie Fisher\u2019s talk<\/a><\/strong> about the MERGE Cube, its recent additions and integration with Immersive Reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a closer look at how Microsoft schools are leveraging this new learning medium, we travel to Egypt where Microsoft Innovative Educator expert, Omnia Ismail Elsayed, explains how she is using the MERGE Cube to engage students in STEM and beyond at Mansoura College (a Microsoft Showcase School). 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This success has inspired Omnia to experiment with new uses for the MERGE Cube across her campus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Social studies: illustrate the before-and-after effects of war, allow students to hold monuments and landmarks using the DiG! app and design tools such as Tinkercad and CoSpaces.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre-K students: counting, animal sounds and other early developmental skills.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Art: visualizing drawings and designs created in tools such as Paint 3D as virtual objects on the MERGE Cube.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/immersivereader.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Holding an ancient artifact, human heart or the solar system will forever change a student\u2019s experience with STEM\u2014and that is a great place to start to change student outcomes in STEM. 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