{"id":8038,"date":"2025-08-02T23:32:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T06:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/?p=8038"},"modified":"2025-08-02T23:57:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T06:57:45","slug":"a3-iplusone-glasses-smart-glasses-for-smarter-second-language-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2025\/08\/02\/a3-iplusone-glasses-smart-glasses-for-smarter-second-language-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"A3: iPlusOne Glasses&#8211;Smart Glasses for Smarter Second Language Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi everyone! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For my venture pitch, I\u2019m excited to introduce <strong>iPlusOne Glasses<\/strong>\u2014a pair of smart glasses designed to support second language learners in a whole new way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The glasses use <strong>eye-tracking<\/strong> to detect which words you pause on while reading authentic materials (like books, signs, menus). Based on your reading behavior, it figures out which words are just beyond your current level\u2014what Krashen calls <em>i+1<\/em>\u2014and sends those words to a connected app. The app then uses <strong>spaced repetition<\/strong> (thanks to Ebbinghaus!) to help you remember them over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s like learning without stopping, just read, and your glasses do the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elevator Pitch (1 min)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"480\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 854 \/ 480;\" width=\"854\" controls src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2025\/08\/copy_F85381C6-4872-4EE6-A80D-87158DCFB706.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Full Venture Pitch:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-genially wp-block-embed-genially\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"iPlusOne Glasses\" frameborder='0' width='1200' height='675' src='https:\/\/view.genially.com\/687cdb40307be4d9de45ffc2#?secret=SFKcApLqPI' data-secret='SFKcApLqPI' scrolling='yes'><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Would love your thoughts and feedback! ????<br>Thanks for watching! ????<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone! For my venture pitch, I\u2019m excited to introduce iPlusOne Glasses\u2014a pair of smart glasses designed to support second language learners in a whole&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2025\/08\/02\/a3-iplusone-glasses-smart-glasses-for-smarter-second-language-learning\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A3: iPlusOne Glasses&#8211;Smart Glasses for Smarter Second Language Learning<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":105144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-8038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a3-venture-pitch","tag-a3-venture-pitch","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8038"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8047,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8038\/revisions\/8047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}