Virtual Reality in Education

Some experiences from Virtual reality development project FinEduVR in four Finnish High Schools funded by Finland National Agency for Education.  

More information: 

FinEduVr Instagram
@fineduvr

Coordinators: 
@sormuju, @apuustin, @ilotimo
ArVR2020 Storify

Virtual Reality in Education from Jyväskylä Educational Consortium

Interactive video tools for teachers

Classroom Audio Tools

For next high school 6 week period we need some audio tools for different projects. I have use example Spreaker for student radio shows and book discussions.We have BYOD program going on and almost every high school first grader at Jyväskylä city, Finland  has their own device at school, mainly laptops. Also we have some iPads and Chromebooks from our school.  Most of students like to use audio apps from their smart phones.

Timeline tools for teachers

Next period i need timeline tools with my students. So here is a Storify collection for me and my students. 

Virtual Reality Presentation at Virtual learning days 8.12.

We had Virtual reality presentation 8.12. at National Virtual Learning Days arenged by National Board of Education Finland. Our topics were virtual reality, 360 video and photos, 360 cameras, Google cardboard, Samsung Gear Vr, Drones, Phantom 3, Webvr, Virtual environments. Even some material are in Finnish, lots of presentations are in video format. Check it out. Lots of things happening on the field of education and virtual reality here in Finland. 

Google Cardboard, Copter drone, Theta camera and 360 Youtube

Google Cardboard  and new Youtube 360 video feature are working well together. I predict it will be big thing next year in education, at least Finnish education,  because we start officially our Virtual reality glasses and learning project 2015 -2017. Google Cardboard is almost free, and school can buy good 360 camera amount of 300 €.  

Just order Google Cardboard, unbox like i my last Google Cardboard post, use Cardboard and Android app, go to 360 video channel, click Cardboard icon and just look over your shoulder. If you dont have Cardboard, you can see the video with Chrome Browser. On the left side of to video is a guide panel to look around. 

We started our project beforhand this summer with Ricoh Theta 360 camera. Kuopio classical school principal Jukka Sormunen with students printed in spring 3D copter with Minifactory 3D printer. Little practice and after five crash downs Principal himself taped Theta camera and flew and shoot 360 video. We will buy a few drones with video cameras during this project. 

Use Chrome browser or Google Cardboard to look this video. 

Google Cardboard v 2.0 unboxed

I ordered Google Cardboard v 2.0 from I AM CARDBOARD and package has arrived. So lets unbox. 

A Box

Cardboad headset 

Ready to use. Took about two minutes. 

Add your phone inside 

                 Tutorial from Kevin the Tech Ninja

 

Check our Virtual reality glasses and learning project 2015 - 2017 Start officially at August 2015