The latest news from our team, partners, and supporters.
We are excited to share that CrashCourse Football VR’s 360° technical video achievements, by our amazing partner Tectonic, beat out HBO’s Game of Thrones and others to secure the Webby Awards Nomination in the category of “360-Video: Branded, Video – Immersive and Mixed Reality“. The Webby Awards are the leading global awards program honoring excellence…
In these difficult times amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen inspiring acts of leadership and ingenuity that bring us closer together even when we are far apart. At Jesuit High School in Sacramento, CA, Assistant Principal Fadia Desmond demonstrates how to build community between students and coaches alike through spreading CrashCourse’s concussion education training…
TeachAids is proud to announce a partnership with USA Field Hockey, the National Governing Body responsible for the sport of field hockey in the United States. Together, we will work towards improving the safety of the sport for youth athletes and for generations to come. “We are proud to join forces with TeachAids to foster…
This winter quarter, students in three courses across Stanford University worked on projects to address the issue of concussions. Forty-eight undergraduate and graduate students across disciplines ranging from medicine, human biology, public health, education, engineering and computer science collectively poured more than a thousand hours into conducting primary and secondary research. Together, they worked to…
To commemorate Brain Injury Awareness Month, TeachAids is proud to announce a new partnership with Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA), the nation’s oldest and largest brain injury advocacy organization. Our combined resources, coupled with our existing collaborations, promise to have a profound impact on arming people across the nation with the latest concussion education. …
We are so proud to welcome Jordan Morris to our TeachAids ambassador team. As the forward for the Seattle Sounders, Morris has cemented himself as a member of the Major League Soccer elite. Since joining the Sounders in 2016, he has been named Sounders FC Team Most Valuable Player and Major League Soccer Comeback Player…
Less than a month after the national release of CrashCourse VR, Oculus highlighted it at their booth for the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization Symposium in Orlando, Florida. At the 2020 Annual Symposium held in February, Oculus provided guided demonstrations of the CrashCourse curriculum. Their goal was to demonstrate how VR programs, like…
USA Football announced that its nationally accredited Coach Certification curriculum for youth coaches will include CrashCourse by TeachAids. The concussion education module updates the certification’s concussion education for safer and smarter play. USA Football certifies the greatest number of coaches annually among U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee member organizations. The announcement was made at USA…
Photo Credit: Gary Reyes/Bay Area News Group We are excited to announce that Stanford’s Director of Men’s Basketball Jerod Haase has joined the TeachAids team as an athletic advisor! Haase has guided his team to a great season thus far. They return home to face off against Arizona State this evening, after playing five of…
TeachAids is honored to welcome Natalie Coughlin to our ambassador team. As a 3-time Olympian and 12-time Olympic medalist in swimming, Natalie Coughlin serves as a role model to youth athletes, and we are excited that she is joining in our efforts to teach them about head safety. Coughlin began swimming at the age of…
Congratulations to TeachAids ambassador and Los Angeles Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike for being re-elected as president of the Women’s National Basketball Association. First elected in 2016, Ogwumike and her vice president Laysha Clarendon are credited with increasing player engagement with the WNBA and creating a Board of Advocates full of successful business and entertainment professionals. …
Today, CrashCourse by TeachAids, Pop Warner Little Scholars, and USA Football launch an interactive virtual reality program to improve national education and youth safety around concussions in football and other sports. The CrashCourse VR interactive educational software, developed in collaboration between TeachAids and Stanford University, allows learners to feel completely immersed in a high school…
