VR in the Classroom

Rosie Parmigiani

Ann Noonen

Rachelle Dene Poth

NOTE: Please download Google Cardboard and Google Expeditions to your device(s), if possible, prior to the session. Google Streetview, too, if you can.

Session Description:

Imagine being able to transport your students to a different place and time! Join us to learn how virtual reality, VR, can be used in powerful ways to enhance teaching and learning!

Session Outline:

• Three Realities
• Provide students with VR Headsets to experience VR.
• Share the experiences.
• Explore resources that Ann & Rosie & Rachelle have collected that enhance and extend different curriculum areas with the use of VR resources.
• KTI attendees will be given a chance to search for resources that align to their area of assignment.
• Attendees will share their findings.

Three Realities:

• Augmented Reality (AR): Digital content overlaid on a real-world environment. A person can see their physical surroundings, as well as computer-generated images. The recently popular game Pokemon Go is an example of augmented reality.
• Virtual Reality (VR): Immersion in a digitally created, simulated environment. A person can no longer see their actual physical surroundings, and instead sees and experiences images, sounds and, in some cases, tactile sensations generated by a computer. The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are two virtual reality systems.
• Mixed Reality: A merging of real and virtual worlds. A person sees their physical environment, as well as 3D digital objects that are anchored to points in the physical world. Microsoft Hololens is an example of a mixed reality system.

Fink, J. (2017, May 24). Virtual reality offers real rewards in education. Retrieved July 12, 2017,from

Resources:

• Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything Augmented and Virtual Reality - Web site
• Google Cardboard VR - Web site
• Google Expeditions iOS App User Guide - Web site
• Getting Started with Google Expeditions - ShakeUp Learning - Web site
• Spreadsheet of Available Expeditions - Google Doc
• Symbaloo - Google Cardboard - VR - Web site
• Discovery VR - Web site
• Augmented and Virtual in K12 Education - Web site
• Speak to Go with Google - Web site
• YouTube VR Videos - Web site
• Sample Student Work - Padlet
• Sample Student Work - Padlet
• 24 Resources for Bringing AR and VR to the Classroom - Web site
• DIY VR Viewer - Richard Byrne - Web site
• Hololens in action CoSN
• ProMark Virtual Reality Drone - Web site
• Jaime Donally - Web site
• Hallmark VR Greeting Card - Web site
• Virtual Reality: Low Cost Tools and Resources for the Classrrom - PDF
• Virtual Reality Lesson Plan - PDF