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"Hour of code" With Virtual Reality

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Adina Goldberg,

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WCCCE '18: Proceedings of the 23rd Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education

Article No.: 16, Pages 1 - 7

https://doi.org/10.1145/3209635.3209636

Published: 04 May 2018 Publication History

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C3d.io is a new tool developed specifically to showcase the connection between computer science, Virtual Reality and 3D printing. It offers teachers and students in K-12 a fun and novel way to explore these technologies that also satisfies BC's new ADST curriculum.

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WCCCE '18: Proceedings of the 23rd Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education

May 2018

86 pages

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DOI:10.1145/3209635

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