Keeping VR tech clean and classroom-ready shouldn’t take teachers off task. Our latest blog breaks down simple, student-led routines for headset storage, sanitation, charging, and troubleshooting so schools can run immersive learning smoothly every day. 🔗:

When language class feels like travel. Over two days at Rectory School, a Spanish class stepped into a virtual city where vocabulary met real-world conversation. Using menus and scripts they created, students recorded themselves ordering food in the target language—building

New to virtual reality in K-12 education? Get your VR legs at FETC with Optima and VR leader Porter Birchum in the FETC Classroom. Learn the basics and how to get started with immersive learning. #ImmersiveLearning #FETC #EdTech #VirtualReality #K12Education

Literature meets history in immersive VR. At Charlotte Latin School, six classes of 8th graders took a self-guided virtual journey inspired by Animal Farm, exploring how fiction reflects real-world events. Through images and audio, students compared key scenes from the novel to

We’re beyond grateful when educators take a moment to share Optima with their community. Thanks for sharing, Ms. James (@iamthatenglishteacher)! 🔗: https://t.co/AZNGaIaLk7 #EdTech #ImmersiveLearning #K12Education

Second graders at Caring and Sharing Learning School turned measurement into an adventure. Inside The Land of Too Big and Too Small, students explored objects at different scales, chose the right units of measurement, and reviewed concepts together in a shared virtual space.

Lida Hooe Elementary School's 5th graders blasted off on an unforgettable science adventure! 🚀 From the desert to outer space, students explored why we experience day and night by watching Earth rotate and revolve around the Sun, then reenacting it themselves. Hands-on learning

6th Grade students at John Quincy Adams Elementary School wrapped up their Mysteries and Investigations Unit with a Sherlock Holmes Detective Race in VR. The students searched for hidden examples of figurative language around historical London, and then brought all of the clues

Discover how Optima uses Genius SIS to streamline enrollment, support rapid growth, and enhance our VR-enabled K–12 learning model. In this conversation, Fallon McLaughlin, Director of Admissions at Optima Academy Online, shares how a flexible SIS helps elevate both operations

We’re proud to share that Optima’s CEO, Adam Mangana, recently took the stage at Meta’s headquarters to share the vision behind immersive, values-driven education and the future of learning through emerging technology. #Optima #FutureOfEducation #EdTech #VirtualRealityLearning

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We know each school community is unique, and last week, Providence Day explored two VR experiences that reflected exactly what their teachers envisioned! Educators brought their ideas to life in VR and directly into their curriculum through immersive learning. Sacred Spaces-

Last week, 7th and 8th grade students at The Classical Academies in Vista took a trip to Mars to explore various rovers, including the Sojourner, Curiosity, and Perseverance. Their teacher also provided them with the opportunity to then build their own Mars rover after exploring

5th graders at one Lumin School used VR to explore inclusion and empathy connected to their study of Wonder. In the library, they watched two vignettes—one welcoming a student, one ignoring—then discussed what makes a space feel welcoming. In the theater, they walked the stage to

11th and 12th grade students at St. Margaret's Episcopal used virtual reality to launch their Experiential Education course on the history of apartheid in South Africa this week. Through an immersive timeline, students explored key events leading up to the 1994 democratic

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Optima Ed Co-Founder and CEO Adam Mangana recently joined the EdTech Insiders podcast to discuss “Inside the First VR Homeschool: Meta-Backed Optima Ed and the Next Era of Learning.” Listen to the full episode: https://t.co/XR5BWXsltB #OptimaEd #EdTech #VirtualReality

The Middle School English students at St. Margaret's Episcopal took their first steps into VR this week, exploring immersive environments on the moon and aboard a space station. The experience supported their current science fiction unit—bringing literary imagination to life.

John Quincy Adams Elementary School from Dallas ISD took 60 third graders into VR to capstone their Body Systems lesson last week. The students explored the skeletal, circulatory, and muscular systems together. After, they traveled to Egypt to climb the pyramids as a reward for

What an amazing week for Caring and Sharing Learning School! The 4th graders traveled to the Galapagos Islands to study the flora and fauna native to Ecuador. The 3rd graders took a trip to the clouds and practiced their classification of plane figures! Then, the faculty members