Virtual Reality in the Classroom: My POV on VR

  Greetings,  While last week I focused on the current applications of VR in classrooms with examples such as Dr. King’s VR classroom (see previous entry), this week I want to look at feasibility of VR classroom employment, primarily cost and capability.  VR tech has grown in popularity over the past ten or so years as made evident by the countless videos of grandma falling out of her chair while wearing a VR headset that some jerk set to play a shark attack on.  With the popularity and the advancements in programming software, prices for this technology have decreased, but are still a huge factor when considering employment of VR tech in a classroom.  This week I decided to look at a couple of VR suites that are commercially available: Google Expeditions VR Classroom Kit https://www.eduporium.com/store/30-pack-vr-bundle-with-30-unit-vr-cart.html?utm_source=google_shopping Capacity:  30 students Cost:  $9,937.65 This unit com...

 Greetings to all on this fine morning. Thank you to all who responded to my 1st entry, I appreciate the feedback and the questions. This week I plan to dive a bit further into the idea of incorporating VR into the classroom by exploring some learning environments that are already utilizing this technology.  We all know that every state, district, school, and even classroom functions very differently. While my son, a high school sophomore, is currently on a full distance learning requirement, students from the neighboring district are in a blended format where they are in-class and online equally. My son was able to transition to online learning quite easily as his district issues laptops to all students, and he already had his. My brother, who works as a a principal in Las Vegas, faced much larger challenges as his students had no such luxury. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted our learning environments across the board. From preschool to terminal degree university programs, eve...