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"Now that we finally have the Oculus Rift's Touch controllers, VR gaming on the platform is about to get a lot more interactive. However, based on a video released by Oculus on Monday, the best use of the Touch controller may turn out be Medium, a software tool from Oculus that allows you to sculpt with digital clay in virtual reality."

"You can now use the tablet to hack like MacGyver, farm like the Quaker Oats guy, and sculpt like Michealangelo. (OK, we're stretching, but you get the idea)."

"Being a relatively new concept, the definition of Maker Ed isn't exactly set in stone, though it roughly relates learning making making. What your definition of "making" is will likely help you form your definition of maker ed and learning through making, whether that be clay for sculpting, wood and saws for building, or apps for digital wares. The 21 kits below are a part of this movement, but they're also incredibly cool. They have less to do with making from scratch and more to do with making from pre-made materials (kits), but that doesn't make them any less useful for learning through play and creation. Oh, and we've got 2 or 3 books in there as well."

"In today's post I am introducing you to a set of powerful free iPad apps to use with students to create 3D models and artefacts.Students can use these apps to sculpt and paint  3D shapes, make 3D printable designs, transform pictures and images into interactive 3D models, and create 3D characters. The digital artefacts students create through these apps can be used for a variety of scholastic tasks from creating 3D models for  science experiments to designing 3D characters for digital storytelling. All of these apps are created by the popular Autodesk."