Educational Technology

June 19, 2012

Virtual World: Academy uses latest technology to attract

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:39 am

by Amber Baillie, Air Force Academy

High school students interested in the Air Force Academy can walk around the Academy’s campus, buy items from the cadet store and even fly a plane–all without leaving their bedrooms. The Academy’s admissions office is taking advantage of social media tools like Facebook and mobile phone applications to reach out to students interested in the Academy, and they’ve also developed a virtual world where potential applicants can view the Academy’s facilities and learn important Air Force facts without stepping foot on campus. “A company called Designing Digitally created the virtual world,” said Leann Nelson, chief of marketing and media from the Academy’s Admissions Office. “It was a year-long project. Their team had to come up with a plan and take detailed pictures so that it would look exactly like the Academy and it really does.”

http://www.usafa.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123305348

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