Meredith Thompson

Optimist, STEAM enthusiast, musician, mother, believer

[Meredith Thompson @Meredith_M_T]

Exited to share our new open source article, Authenticity, Interactivity, and Collaboration in Virtual Reality Games: Best Practices and Lessons Learned, a project @educationarade @MIT @MITGameLab @mit_ili https://t.co/dAf3WD0FEg #virtualreality #gamebasedlearning #cellbiology

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@Chiefs Is that a tag on his shoe?

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@chrissgardner Ugh I thought he just smoked when he was acting someone else - the fact that he smokes for real makes me so sad. What a waste.

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@ThePopStuff Amazing. She's just a wonderful human being.

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I just bought tickets to Vienna Teng live stream - Saturday, September 9th, 2023 - 8:30pm, at @clubpassim https://t.co/5mw39u92MB

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Interested in learning how to help your preservice teachers learn and practice questioning skills? Check out our paper on Eliciting Learner Knowledge (ELK), and open source tool. Paper is open source as well! https://t.co/d827wC9AgQ #teaching #teachereducation #simulations

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Learn how #VR can help develop spatial skills while strengthening #collaborativelearning at a session at #ilrn2022 today, 5/30/22 at 2pm EST

https://t.co/lU7OpOcnpk

Can't make it at 2pm? Here's a prerecorded video of the our main findings: https://t.co/wv3hnRMgwa

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@josephmreilly @hgse @HarvardGSAS Congratulations @josephmreilly !!!

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So glad to see @tressiemcphd at MIT yesterday - such an amazing thinker and scholar - at the beautiful new Hayden Library @MIT @mitlibraries

[Justin Reich @bjfr]

The great @tressiemcphd at @mitlibraries ...Last question, "in a networked age, how do you support working people?" Her answer "A union. That's always the answer. Thats it. A union."

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@gregkulowiec Fabulous and well deserved @gregkulowiec !!

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Why does the cream always stick to one Oreo? Folks @MITMechE built the Oreometer to find out.... https://t.co/WcyZ2xqIOE #oreo #cookie #mechanicalengineering #kitchen

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@maredimare @NGSSchat @NSF What can ice cores tell us? A lot!! My son and I watched these videos and they were extremely informative - thank you @NSF! #Antarctica #globalwarming #climatechange #science

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Wordle 280 5/6 - I can’t believe I actually got this one - woot woot

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[Meredith Thompson @Meredith_M_T]

@josephmreilly @NortheasternCPS Fabulous news @josephmreilly !!! They are lucky to have you - and now you boast both academic and industry experience. So happy for you!!

[Meredith Thompson @Meredith_M_T]

Excited to share our latest publication on how using #simulations in #teachereducation can increase #culturallyresponsiveteaching https://t.co/iLrB4OW4HD @mit_tsl @mit_cmsw @WVEducation #teaching

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Excited to share our latest publication about learning in VR "Stereoscopic Views Improve Spatial Presence but not Spatial Learning" #VR #VirtualReality #learning @EducationArcade @MITGameLab @mit_cmsw https://t.co/Pdv6gzt8YO

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This Thursday 11/4 2:30pm join my colleagues @mit_tsl to share research on using simulations in the "Becoming a more equitable educator" online course. Registration link below
https://t.co/mY46MJmJIt.

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@elizabethaself @elizabethaself - As a fellow academic I hear your message, and I admire your decision to channel your energy in a new direction. I always tell my kids that I'm still figuring out what I want to do when I grow up! ;)

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Just out! Report by Justin Reich @bjfr and @jal_mehta on students' and teachers' and administrators' concerns about returning to school - spoiler alert - it's not concern about test scores..... #COVID19 #EducationPolicy @mit_cmsw @hgse @MIT @Harvard https://t.co/6sRAn4hEik

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Excited to share our newest study “Immersion positively affects learning in VR based games compared to equally interactive 2D games” in Information and Learning Sciences. @mit_cmsw @educationarcade @MIT @MITGameLab @mitopenlearning #VirtualReality #vr https://t.co/uZkwEHSh5R