In a classroom that is based around technology, students constantly have access to the world around them. They are able to use their iPads to search information and report out on it, but they need more! We need your help in having them see the historical sites of Greece and Rome. They need to see the faces of the Khampa Nomads of the Himalayas, the dwellings of ghettos of World War 2, and drought-stricken areas such as Cape Town, South Africa.
The donations to this project will help improve my students' understanding of the world around them and how the many faces around the world are just like theirs.
By using the Google Cardboard VRs in the classroom, students will use the technology of their phones and an app to learn further about themselves and the world. They will see first hand what they cannot and may not ever get to see. This project takes students out of the classroom and provides them first-hand learning about how different we can be but how similar we all are. These VRs provide students the opportunity to add another layer to our units and see what housing, clothing, religion, regions, and even crisis look like. It helps create talking points and a sense of empathy for what we have. If anything these VRs allow my students to become world travelers.
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In a classroom that is based around technology, students constantly have access to the world around them. They are able to use their iPads to search information and report out on it, but they need more! We need your help in having them see the historical sites of Greece and Rome. They need to see the faces of the Khampa Nomads of the Himalayas, the dwellings of ghettos of World War 2, and drought-stricken areas such as Cape Town, South Africa.
The donations to this project will help improve my students' understanding of the world around them and how the many faces around the world are just like theirs.
By using the Google Cardboard VRs in the classroom, students will use the technology of their phones and an app to learn further about themselves and the world. They will see first hand what they cannot and may not ever get to see. This project takes students out of the classroom and provides them first-hand learning about how different we can be but how similar we all are. These VRs provide students the opportunity to add another layer to our units and see what housing, clothing, religion, regions, and even crisis look like. It helps create talking points and a sense of empathy for what we have. If anything these VRs allow my students to become world travelers.