{"id":57051,"date":"2016-10-06T17:25:28","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T21:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=57051"},"modified":"2016-10-06T17:25:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T21:25:28","slug":"virtual-reality-in-the-classroom-sahm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2016\/10\/06\/virtual-reality-in-the-classroom-sahm\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Reality in the Classroom [Sahm]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/opinion\/articles\/2016-10-05\/can-virtual-reality-improve-education\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57052\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/VRinClassroom-USNews-Oct2016.jpg\" alt=\"vrinclassroom-usnews-oct2016\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/VRinClassroom-USNews-Oct2016.jpg 958w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/VRinClassroom-USNews-Oct2016-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/VRinClassroom-USNews-Oct2016-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/opinion\/articles\/2016-10-05\/can-virtual-reality-improve-education\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Virtual Reality in the Classroom<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from usnews.com by Charles Sahm<br \/>\n<em>Using virtual reality as an educational tool could transform the American high school experience.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Listening to Andrew describe the potential of virtual reality tools to improve education is thrilling. He talks about the evolution of a student reading about France in a textbook, to watching a YouTube video about France, to, via virtual reality, being able to walk the streets of Paris. He imagines students not only being able to read about the Constitutional Convention, but to actually be in &#8220;the room where it happens.&#8221; (Andrew, like many, is enamored of the musical &#8220;Hamilton.&#8221;)<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-in-text-target \">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Andrew acknowledges, however, that virtual reality as an educational tool is still in the very early stages. Washington Leadership Academy intends to develop a number of programs and then share them with other schools. It is exciting to consider what could be accomplished if the power of virtual reality were harnessed for education rather than gaming; if developers turned their resources away from creating games that teach children how to steal cars and kill people and toward allowing them to explore history, science, art and other subjects in innovative new ways.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Virtual Reality in the Classroom &#8212; from usnews.com by Charles Sahm Using virtual reality as an educational tool could transform the American high school experience. Excerpt: Listening to Andrew describe the potential of virtual reality tools to improve education is thrilling. 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