Teachers and Virtual Reality

Designed by teachers for teachers, virtual reality empowers faculty. It helps to create an ideal learning environment where students explore and discover as teachers assist and guide.  It focuses on students rather than placing burdens on teachers.  Teachers’ time is freed up, allowing more time to be spent with students and supervising the learning environment.

It is a powerful new way for teachers to command student attention and present information.  Because the students are immersed in virtual reality with a headset, there are no distractions to learning.  Students are totally focused with no unruly behavior.

Teachers select virtual reality programs to complement existing curriculum plans.  virtual reality programs are always aligned to state and national standards, allowing teachers to easily integrate virtual reality into their curricula while keeping existing tools and frameworks.

Below are white papers, guides, and strategies about virtual reality and teaching.

Teaching Overview

Educator’s Guide to Learning in Virtual Reality

This white paper is an ideal starting point and comprehensive introduction to using virtual reality in schools.

Resources for Teachers

This white paper details the “engaged” learning model.  Engaged learning is inspiring greater performance in students, and VR is based around this model. At its core, the “engaged learning” model has student involvement in complex, meaningful projects through new learning technologies.

This white paper is an overview of teacher professional development programs.

Virtual Reality Program Learning Goals and Alignments

This document is a detailed listing of the learning goals and objectives of 20 VR programs.  It also includes target audiences for each program.

Part of the challenge inherent in using VR in education is integrating it with existing school culture.  This document is an example of how VR learning  is seamlessly into the curriculum, teacher lesson plans, and school culture.

Aligning virtual reality learning to standards helps to determine whether or not students are meeting important state standards.  Teachers can check progress in many ways.   This guide explains how VR alignments can also be an important influence for lesson plans, test items, scheduling methods, and technology plans.

Standardized Testing

This white paper includes a sample strategy for using VR to help increase standardized test scores among at-risk students.