{"id":12713,"date":"2026-01-06T01:52:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T09:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/?p=12713"},"modified":"2026-01-06T02:02:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:02:03","slug":"thinglink-spotlight-lighting-up-immersive-learning-with-maria-grazia-giannoccaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/thinglink-spotlight-lighting-up-immersive-learning-with-maria-grazia-giannoccaro\/","title":{"rendered":"ThingLink Spotlight! Lighting Up Immersive Learning with Maria Grazia Giannoccaro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>ThingLink Luminaries<\/em>&nbsp;is a series of guest blog posts highlighting certified trainers who are creating interactive and immersive experiences to make learning more engaging, accessible, and meaningful. Our educators and learning designers bring a thoughtful approach to immersive learning, and their work reflects a deep commitment to creativity, pedagogy, and innovation.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In each profile post, we\u2019ll explore their background, teaching philosophy, and favorite ThingLink projects offering insight into how they\u2019re making a lasting impact in their classrooms, organizations and communities! Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"tl-cta-block\"><h3>Would you like to become a ThingLink Certified Trainer?<\/h3><p>If you\u2019d like to learn more about the benefits of being part of our global ThingLink Certified Trainer community, check our page!<\/p><button class=\"tl-button tl-button--white tl-button--small tl-cta-block__button\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/certified-trainers\">thinglink certified trainers information<\/button><\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introducing Maria Grazia!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello everyone. My name is Maria Grazia and I teach elementary school in Italy. I love engaging students in exciting experiences and giving them the opportunity to express themselves in their own intellectual and creative ways. Thanks to ThingLink, we can create immersive, interactive, gamified, and engaging experiences!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maria Grazia&#8217;s ThingLink Project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A virtual tour to discover the beauty of Alberobello, in Puglia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1000\" data-original-width=\"1920\" data-original-height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/view\/scene\/1671210055631896577\" type=\"text\/html\" style=\"border: none;\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.thinglink.me\/jse\/responsive.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What inspired you to create this project?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a project to enable students to know the town in detail. By using 360\u00b0 images, the project offers an interactive and immersive way to get to know the main attractions of a town located a short distance from our school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What would you like to create next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My goal is to create immersive virtual activities that actively engage primary school students in learning the different subjects I teach as they are so effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maria Grazia&#8217;s Fun Fact!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I value opportunities to collaborate with teachers from all over Italy and internationally, and I have visited the European Space Agency in Belgium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thank You Maria Grazia!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcbc Feel free to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/maria-grazia-giannoccaro-11b1b9279\">connect with Maria Grazia on LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong> to stay in touch and collaborate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ThingLink Luminaries&nbsp;is a series of guest blog posts highlighting certified trainers who are creating interactive and immersive experiences to make learning&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[575,644],"tags":[619,620],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12713"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12718,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12713\/revisions\/12718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}