As North Texas school districts continue to deal with a critical teacher shortage, the University of North Texas is using immersive technology to better prepare future educators. Student instructors can practice their skills in a mixed-reality simulation with avatars who respond to the lesson in real-time.

Teaching a classroom full of avatars who keep you on your toes is all in a day's classwork for our students in the Teach North Texas program. As the students prepare to become math and science teachers, CBS 11 reports that the program's immersion lab is a big help. That's where simulated high school students in a virtual classroom interact with them and each other, exhibiting behaviors teachers might encounter in real-life students, including eye rolls!

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