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#Repost @xochitlch with @repostapp. ・・・ Visiting a Pueblo Mágico, Atlixco, Puebla, MX. #HaciendaSanAgustín. Continue to follow #SmithsonianLatinoCenter digital outreach mobile broadcast series "Mexico de Hoy" for stories from Xochimilco and Mexico City on Ustream #Smithsonian_LVM. #pueblomágico

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Visiting a Pueblo Mágico, Atlixco, Puebla, MX. #HaciendaSanAgustín. Continue to follow #SmithsonianLatinoCenter digital outreach mobile broadcast series "Mexico de Hoy" for stories from Xochimilco and Mexico City on Ustream #Smithsonian_LVM (at HACIENDA SAN AGUSTIN)

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Join us for the Danzantes Unidos Festival 2016

Did you know that "the annual Danzantes Unidos Festival (DUF) is the largest gathering of folklorico artists in the country? It celebrates the artistry and educates the community on the history and traditions of Mexican folk dance." To learn more visit: https://danzantes.org/

‪#‎Smithsonian_LVM‬ will be broadcasting LIVE from the ‪#‎DUF2016‬, March 18, 19, 20, via ustream http://www.ustream.tv/cha…/smithsonian-latino-virtual-museum. Join us!!

Connect with the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum on Twitter and Instagram@Smithsonian_LVM and become a part of our growing online community.Follow us on Facebook!

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Callejón del Viejo San Juan listo para la Navidad

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Smithsonian LVM “Latinas in STEM” series is back!

#Smithsonian_LVM “Latinas in #STEM” Series is back! Join us this month to celebrate the wonderful#Latinas that make a difference in our society by inspiring many other Latinas to consider pursuing a STEM career.

Revisit last year's featured Latinas:

Diana Albarrán Chicas. https://tmblr.co/ZhCU9r1falgoz

Vanessa Larco https://tmblr.co/ZhCU9r1g8SipA

Diana Trujillo https://tmblr.co/ZhCU9r22nRT2N

Rebecca Garcia https://tmblr.co/ZhCU9r1gjxc3M

Do you know any inspirational women who are in STEM related career paths? Do you want to learn more about how to reach your educational goals? Visit the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museums’ iTunes U collections featuring ¡Chequea esto! (Check this Out!), a series of educational animated videos tackling issues popular among Latino youth. Topics include college applications, career paths, cultural tradition, and social media. Each video is quick, engaging, and fun!

Web 3-D Interactive Books

3-D LVM Augmented Reality

Eco Explorers 3D Interactive Games

Connect with the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum on Twitter and Instagram @Smithsonian_LVM and become a part of our growing online community. Follow us on Facebook!

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Happy #museumselfie day from the #UTEP Second Life Island-LVM Placita-Sin Fronteras Café! Smithsonian Latino collections accessible 24/7! Visit us in Second Life and share your selfie, too! http://bit.ly/1WeTmAi #Smithsonian_LVM #museumselfieday #Latino #virtual #museum

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Cuerito, morcilla, arroz con longaniza y pavo, arroz con dulce... What's your favorite #holiday food? #lvmcelebración #mylatinohistory #Smithsonian_LVM #MiasKitchen @smithsonian_lvm @xochitlch

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It's #JazzAppreciationMonth. Create your own tunes!

Would you like to create your own tunes using an interactive mixer? Visit our Digital Collections from the Exhibit "American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music.https://americansabor.org/sabor-mixer#/latin_jazz

Learn how Latino musicians have had a profound influence on traditional genres of music in the U.S. including Jazz, R&B, and Rock n' Roll. Explore the stories and life experiences of these artists living in the U.S. and see how their creative work was influenced to produce musical traditions such as Salsa and Mambo.

"American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music," a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian, presents the musical contributions of U.S. Latinos from the 1940s to the present, exploring the social history and individual creativity that produced stars like Tito Puente, Ritchie Valens, Celia Cruz, Carlos Santana and Selena.

Related Topics & Educational Resources:

Latino Virtual Gallery

Sin Fronteras Sudio Live

Latino Digital Collections Archive

Connect with the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum on Twitter and Instagram@Smithsonian_LVM and become a part of our growing online community. Follow us on Facebook!

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Augmented Reality in 3 easy steps.

One of the featured technologies in the LVM Teacher Training Toolkit is Augmented Reality through a mobile app. It offers you the possibility to explore and learn about different objects and spaces by only using you mobile device. It is literally bringing the magic of Digital Latino Collections to your hands.

You can learn how to use this immersive technology by following these 3 easy steps:

1. Choose your AR application. At LVM we really like working with Junaio. It's easy to download, it's available for Android and Apple mobile devices and it's FREE!

2. Scan your image. Identify your image and place it in front of your phone, pretend you are taking a picture of it, and hold you phone still.

3. 3D object appears. After scanning the image you can see the 3D object right in front of you. Turn your phone slightly around to see the object from different angles.

Would you like to give it a try? Visit the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum's collections on iTunes U collections to download the LVM Teacher Training Tool Kit, featuring Augmented Reality (AR) and all kinds of fun immersive activities and academic resources. Watch our Teacher Training Tool kit Tutorial to learn more about Transmedia.

Related Topics & Educational Resources:

Web 3-D Interactive Books

3-D LVM Augmented Reality

Eco Explorers 3D Interactive Games

Connect with the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum on Twitter and Instagram @Smithsonian_LVM and become a part of our growing online community. Follow us on Facebook!

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Celebrating Latinas in STEM: Vanessa Larco, Senior Product Manager.

This month LVM focuses on highlighting Latinas in STEM. Our featured person of the day is Vanessa Larco. Senior Product Manager for Box, an online file sharing and personal cloud content management service for businesses.

Larco, 29, is currently considered one of the most influential Latinas in the world of technology according to C|Net. She obtained her degree in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology and has worked since then for some of the most important companies in the market of technology. She started her career as an intern in Microsoft and from there her growth in the field has been unstoppable.

Although right now she focuses on the development of technology for mobile devices, she has had experience developing products for systems like Microsoft Surface and Xbox Kinect.

Her favorite aspect of the technology industry is “using technology as a chance to improve the lives of millions of people”. Watch her interview here. 

(Picture and video courtesy of C|Net en Español)

Do you know any inspirational women who are in STEM related career paths? Do you want to learn more about how to reach your educational goals? Visit the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museums’ iTunes U collections featuring ¡Chequea esto! (Check this Out!), a series of educational animated videos tackling issues popular among Latino youth. Topics include college applications, career paths, cultural tradition, and social media. Each video is quick, engaging, and fun!

Web 3-D Interactive Books

3-D LVM Augmented Reality

Eco Explorers 3D Interactive Games

Connect with the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum on Twitter and Instagram@Smithsonian_LVM and become a part of our growing online community. Follow us on Facebook!

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Celebrating Latinas in STEM: Diana Albarrán Chicas.

Diana Albarrán Chicas is a Mexican Electrical Engineer. She came to the US with her family to look for a better future and opportunities. And boy did she find them! Through a counselor from her school, she found out about financial aid, college applications, and the importance of being a good student during all her school years. She graduated from MIT and right now works for Space Systems/Loral (SSL) a company that fabricates commercial satellites to be sent out to space. She leads a team of 10 people in charge of product testing.

Albarrán Chicas is not only a role model for her professional achievements, but she is also the founder of Latinas in STEM, a foundation that inspires and empowers Latinas to pursue, thrive and advance in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics STEM fields. She also co founded along with her husband, Empower Educational Services, teaching students the value of education through hands-on, real life applications in the STEM areas as well.

Watch Albrarrán’s inspirational speech at the Latinas Think Big Innovation Summit.

(Picture courtesy of CNet en Español)

Do you know any inspirational women who are in STEM related career paths? Do you want to learn more about how to reach your educational goals? Visit the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museums’ iTunes U collections featuring ¡Chequea esto! (Check this Out!), a series of educational animated videos tackling issues popular among Latino youth. Topics include college applications, career paths, cultural tradition, and social media. Each video is quick, engaging, and fun!

Web 3-D Interactive Books

3-D LVM Augmented Reality

Eco Explorers 3D Interactive Games

Connect with the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum on Twitter and Instagram@Smithsonian_LVM and become a part of our growing online community. Follow us on Facebook!

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Celebrating Latinas in STEM: Diana Trujillo, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Engineer.

This month LVM focuses on highlighting Latinas in STEM. Our featured person of the day is Diana Trujillo, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab engineer and Mars Curiosity team member. 

Trujillo started her degree in aerospace mechanics and biomechanics at the University of Florida, and finished it at the University of Maryland. She was part of the internship “NASA Academy” at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland and that lead her to start working with NASA since 2008.

This Colombian engineer currently participates in the Mars Curiosity Laboratory Rover, which was sent out to the red planet to search environments where life might have existed and the capacity of those environments to preserve evidence of past life.

Read a full article from TechRepublic about Diana Trujillo and her work with NASA. (Picture courtesy of CNet en Español)

Do you know any inspirational women who are in STEM related career paths? Do you want to learn more about how to reach your educational goals? Visit the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museums’ iTunes U collections featuring ¡Chequea esto! (Check this Out!), a series of educational animated videos tackling issues popular among Latino youth. Topics include college applications, career paths, cultural tradition, and social media. Each video is quick, engaging, and fun!

Web 3-D Interactive Books

3-D LVM Augmented Reality

Eco Explorers 3D Interactive Games

Connect with the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum on Twitter and Instagram@Smithsonian_LVM and become a part of our growing online community. Follow us on Facebook!

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LVM Transmedia: The Magic of Multiplatform Experiences.

At LVM we believe in engaging students, parents, teachers and all audiences into our virtual interactive world. We provide different experiences so all types of learners have a space in the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum. We do this by using Transmedia. However, what does Transmedia mean? it means offering cross platform experiences and technologies to interpret a concept or a subject. Take our collection Smithsonian Eco Explorers: Mi Tierra Mi Mundo, My Land My World as a great sample. We explore current environmental issues and possible solutions through the lens of the Eco Explorers and a variety of experts. What technologies do we use? 3D simulations, Augmented reality and 3D viewers. We use avatar driven 3D experiences so we can all learn about relevant topics among STEAM (science, technology, arts and math) career paths.

The Eco Explorers: Mi Tierra Mi Mundo, My Land My World collection is featured as one of our modules in the LVM Teacher Training Tool Kit, with all kinds of fun activities and academic resources. Watch our Teacher Training Tool kit Tutorial to learn more about Transmedia. Visit the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum's collections on iTunes U to download the LVM Teacher Training Tool Kit it for a wide range of learning possibilities.

Related Topics & Educational Resources:

Web 3-D Interactive Books

3-D LVM Augmented Reality

Connect with the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum on Twitter and Instagram @Smithsonian_LVM and become a part of our growing online community. Follow us on Facebook!

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Expanding Access through Innovation

Coming up in the spring, the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum will launch its new and improved website offering the users an interactive and engaging access door to Latino Collections and digital academic resources through the lens of immersive education. New mobile friendly technologies, a refreshing interface, and an inviting new homepage are key to the concept of LVM as an innovative Transmedia hub offering an exciting selection of cross platform accessible experiences. It'll feature an interactive main portal that encourages participatory user engagement leveraging social media, avatar driven experiences and 3D virtual world immersion.

We can't wait to share with you the new surprises of our site!

To learn more about the current Latino Virtual Museum Resources visit us on our iTunes U page!

Connect with the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum on Twitter and Instagram @Smithsonian_LVM and become a part of our growing online community. Follow us on Facebook!

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Listen to poet Xanath Caraza read her short story “China Poblana” from her collection of short stories, Lo que trae la marea/ What the Tide Brings (Mouthfeel Press, 2013). Available in English and Spanish on the Smithsonian LVM Sound Cloud.

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Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @Smithsonian_LVM and share photos and stories with us from your Dia de los Muertos celebration.

Join us in-world at The Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum for our 3D Day of the Dead in Second Life experience!