Thanks to the VR feature in Nearpod (if you haven't used this awesome tool, then you MUST click on the link to read more about it), my third graders and I explored The Mall and focused on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The reason I chose to specifically explore this memorial is because we needed to build background knowledge to make inferences in The Wall by Eve Bunting, which we will read tomorrow. It is a challenging text and I know that my students need more background knowledge about this memorial and what it represents. With Veterans Day coming up the students were very interested in the topic. We got close to the wall and noticed the names engraved, then we read some facts about the memorial. We concluded the Nearpod lesson with a comprehension check. The students viewed pictures of people standing at the wall with different expressions on their faces. Students used the draw feature with Nearpod to circle clues in the pictures that helped them infer who the people were and why they were visiting the memorial. What a fun and successful lesson! Can't wait to use our background knowledge gained from this VR trip to help us comprehend our story tomorrow! Check out The Wall by Eve Bunting...GREAT story to read around Veterans Day.
Today we had a blast going on a virtual reality field trip to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. We didn't even have to leave our classroom! Thanks to the VR feature in Nearpod (if you haven't used this awesome tool, then you MUST click on the link to read more about it), my third graders and I explored The Mall and focused on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The reason I chose to specifically explore this memorial is because we needed to build background knowledge to make inferences in The Wall by Eve Bunting, which we will read tomorrow. It is a challenging text and I know that my students need more background knowledge about this memorial and what it represents. With Veterans Day coming up the students were very interested in the topic. We got close to the wall and noticed the names engraved, then we read some facts about the memorial. We concluded the Nearpod lesson with a comprehension check. The students viewed pictures of people standing at the wall with different expressions on their faces. Students used the draw feature with Nearpod to circle clues in the pictures that helped them infer who the people were and why they were visiting the memorial. What a fun and successful lesson! Can't wait to use our background knowledge gained from this VR trip to help us comprehend our story tomorrow! Check out The Wall by Eve Bunting...GREAT story to read around Veterans Day.
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Gary Bates
11/7/2016 05:50:48 pm
What a great lesson, Katey! I love the way you use new technology and how it all intertwines not only with the current lesson, but future lessons as well. That is a special skill that few teachers have the vision to use. Your students are so lucky. Nice job!
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Chad Wynn
12/1/2016 05:28:43 am
VR is going to be a major part of education. Thank you for making it a part of your classroom now!
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Kelle Rowan
2/25/2017 08:11:54 am
I so love this!!! You have inspired me to utilize VR in my classroom!!!
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4/28/2017 12:29:41 am
Well, everyone should have to know the fact that virtual reality is artificial environment which is created with software and presented to the user in such a way that the user beliefs and accepts it as a real environment. It can be experienced using 2 out of five senses that are sight and sound. I think three dimensional image is one of the simplest form of virtual reality which can be explored interactively at a personal computer. It can be of two types depending upon the use and requirement.
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