Tag: field trips

How can Virtual Reality Experiences be used in the classroom?

Types of Virtual Reality:

Headset on and see environment (Virtual Reality)

• Virtual Reality: player puts on a headset and is fully immersed in the environment displayed by the headset

• Augmented reality: player puts on a headset/glasses and you see the data from the glasses overlaid over their normal surroundings
• Extended reality: merges the two realities. Unattainable for classroom use, currently for military accesses, pilots….

PlayStation Titanic VR:

Playstation is an example of a tethered VR as the processes are uploaded directly into the source!

What do you need? headset, led light remotes, camera on tv (track movements using light).

contains inside out tracking: cameras in headset tracking pieces of information (stand alone technology)

Learn history and physically BE A PART of the titanic

PROS: ENGAGING, new way to learn (novel), hands on, tech continues to advance and is only getting better!

CONS: outdated software (cost to update), set up time (can be complicated to set up the first time), limited educational software (lots of video games), motion sickness

Smart phone VR: Librarium, Hand Physics Lab, Nanome, Star Chart

What you need: contained devices (like a computer) with all the tech you will need!

These are great for free inquiry’s, creating a virtual study room, online notes and learning materials that may not be accessible in a classroom!

PROS: ENGAGING, hands on, novel, simple set up, portable, affordable (single cost to operate), open source activities (lots of options!), own browser in device, options for software support

CONS: you need to set up every time, gaming device bias, simplified graphics, you need to recharge device, students with physical disabilities may struggle with it (this is a project they are work on)

Overall VR is a way to get kids EXCITED for learning in a modern new way that is always growing and improving. It provides kids opportunities to explore tech and be a part of places they could only dream of seeing!

How can Virtual Fieldtrips be used in a classroom?

• take students on virtual tours from the comfort of the classroom
• supplement students learning using (jamboard, quizlet)
• engage students in opportunities they may not otherwise have
• motivate the students to learn

Kindergarten Virtual Field Trip

virtual trip to the zoo!

activity ideas: create their own habitat, field trip passport, teacher can create their own personalized virtual tour

make it special with costumes, decorations, art, make it feel like a field trip not just a video!

Grade 8 Virtual Field Trip

Mount St Helens

activiy ideas: jam board check ins, allow students to record questions on jamboard and after doing the research as a class create a YOUTUBE video to answer the students questions, student made quizzes

ethical note: be sure to demonstrate best practices and pay for the products you use, this is someone’s work!