This afternoon I worked on a VR headset with my daughter (I had promised her to make one together). After lunch we collected materials like cardboard, glues, lenses (you can use toy binocular lenses) and spent a couple of hours to build one. We used the following steps:
1.
Download the template
2.
Cut the images out
3.
Trace them on cardboard
(I printed some on cardstock paper but cardboard is a lot stronger)
4.
Cut the traced lines
5.
Assemble the pieces by glue/tape
6.
Go to CoSpaces (download required) and choose a space or create one
7.
Place your phone in the headset
8.
Explore the VR world
I thought about how this kind of experience could help students understand math (e.g. 3-D geometry) or science lessons.
This is a great idea! Virtual reality is becoming a big thing in this day and age. Being able to incorporate the new it technology into a lesson is a great way to keep students attention. Students will be excited to use the equipment and test out a virtual reality system that they won't even realize they are doing math. Also hands on learning for students is a great way to solidify knowledge. Students always seem to understand better when they can relate the information to real life things.
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What a great way to engage students into learning math without them realizing they are studying, they are just enjoying the virtual reality world. This technology would target a huge population of our students since many of them are visual learners - 65% of learners are visual learners (http://www.phschool.com/eteach/social_studies/2003_05/essay.html).
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