virtual reality

Embodied Learning: physical engagement and digital tech integration

Posted in Active Learning, Blog Posts, Not Subject Specific, sciSTEAM, Secondary | Tagged with active learning, augmented reality, embodied learning, interactivity, movement, virtual reality

Embodied, for our purposes, means that the learner has initiated a physical gesture or movement that is well-mapped or linked to the content to be learned.

Setting Our Sights on Virtual Reality

Posted in 8-12, AR & VR Tools, artSTEAM, English, engSTEAM, techSTEAM | Tagged with Google virtual reality tour, interactive, Language Arts, multimodal, STEAM, virtual reality

Virtual realities (VR) are computer-created environments in which people can interact with what has been programmed or, when linked to some kind of network or on-line access, with each other. Typically, users wear some kind of headset or goggles to facilitate their sensory experience, which is primarily visual (sometimes fully 360°) and perhaps aural and/or […]

VR Tours & Literacy

Posted in 4-7, 8-12, AR & VR Tools, Blog Posts, Digital & Media Literacy, Elementary & Middle Years, Learning Design & Planning, Resource | Tagged with 360 degree image, 360 images, AR, core competencies, Language Arts, literacy, multimodal, novel studies, real-world, virtual reality, vr

NOTE: As of June 2021, Google Tour Creator is being discontinued (and this post and accompanying video resources will be archived/removed) Have you considered how 360° video, images, Augmented and Virtual Reality might help spark your students’ creativity and, perhaps, engage them in the ‘place’ or setting of a novel? In the past, such technologies […]