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Virtual Reality Field Trips - Content Creation Via Immersive Learning

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Presented by Nicholas Clayton

@crikeypotter

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Presenter:

@crikeypotter

Puesta del Sol Elementary School

Apple Valley, California

4-6th grade Special Education Teacher

Tech Coach

IACUE Social Media Committee Member

nclayton@vesd.net

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What is immersive learning?

  • 3D content creation - CAD, models
  • xR - AR, VR, MR… all the Rs
  • Virtual field trips
  • Coding

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3D content creation

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How to teach in 3D?

  • TinkerCAD
  • Thingiverse
  • CoSpaces/Merge Cube
  • IRL - 3D Capture

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TinkerCAD

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3D Building Blocks

  • Free
  • All levels
  • 3D object building with graphic interface/3D printing
  • Integration with Arduino & Coding
  • Classroom
  • Lessons
  • Anyone can make: training presentation for teaching

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Thingiverse

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3D object search/upload/creation

  • Same as TinkerCAD - less user/education friendly
  • Upload/download/print 3D objects (basically anything) - teacher account in lower grades
  • Video tutorials
  • Examples by grade level
  • Makerbot owned - development in education imminent

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CoSpaces and Merge Cube

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The Wow Factor Show Stopper Worth Every Penny All-in-one-machine

  • Easy 3D building interface
  • User friendly
  • Device agnostic (except VR/AR - mobile device agnostic)
  • Coding
  • Classroom integration
  • Lessons
  • Tutorials
  • AR/VR immersive content for education - physics, esports, game development

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AR/VR immersion

3D mode

gyroscope mode (360° mode)

VR mode

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Lessons

  • All Subject Areas
  • Math - arrays, geometry, proportions, word problems come to life
  • ELA - settings, writing, storytelling, vocabulary, read aloud - voice integration, video integration
  • Science - models, physics, coding, engineering
  • Social Studies - 3D historical walkthroughs, cultural field trips in VR, create/find/hold any object from the past

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Merge Cube - AR/VR apps

  • Many free
  • Mr. Body
  • Explorer
  • Galactic Explorer
  • Object Viewer
  • Dino Digger
  • 3D Shapes
  • CoSpaces
  • View all in one place: Miniverse

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Virtual Field Trips

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VR(FT) integration soon

Follow @stevensato and @portsprogram

  • CoSpaces - multiple space walkthroughs
  • GeoShow
  • Explore by the Seat of Your Pants
  • PORTS - CA State Parks
  • Angari Foundation
  • 360 Video and Spaces
    • Capture your own
    • Round.me
    • Youtube
    • Google Poly
    • Expeditions
    • Street View
    • Apps
  • Historyview
  • Skype/Hangouts - Google+
  • Nepris
  • Discovery VR

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Google Poly - Google Expeditions - Google Arts & Culture

https://artsandculture.google.com/

https://poly.google.com/

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Demo Space & Free 360 Pictures

  • Link for demo space: https://edu.cospaces.io/BEZ-DSB

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Free 360 pictures

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Coding

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  • Code.org
  • Scratch
  • Codeacademy
  • Tynker

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Other resources

Facebook communities - Michael Fricano - ARVRinEDU Hub

Hall Davidson Handouts

Ford’s Theatre and Gilder Lehrman

Will add more as I remember them…!