Imagine instead of merely talking about the constellations in a science class your students could open their Chromebooks, download an app, and simply by rotating around in their seats with their phone or Chromebook, be able to have a view of the location of the constellation and see it in the "sky."
Perhaps resources are limited and as a staff we cannot get a field trip organized to a location of great educational value. Now we can use virtual reality technology and take our students to the location through cyberspace. Now instead of just showing our students pictures of the Parthenon or the Pyramids of Giza, we can take them on a virtual walk-around of these amazing structures.
These and other apps like them can help us make history and science real at a minimal expense. We have a a large group of visual learners and now have the ability to take students all over the globe in ways that were not possible before.
Check out these and other great apps to see how we can incorporate this tech in our classrooms at
In my current Preclinical, my CT uses VR headsets for his Geography class. The students are always excited for the class because they can "see" the region they are learning about. It is so great to see how actively engaged they students are. I will definite will be using VR in my future classroom. Great post!
ReplyDeleteUsing virtual technology is such an important part of the classroom. I love the idea of going on a "virtual" field trip and not have to leave the classroom to do so.
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