Angela ~ Wearable technology in the classroom: what's available and what does it do?

     I am summarizing this article after finding additional information on a couple of the AR apps that I became interested in while summarizing "Wearable Tech In the Classroom: Taking The Education Industry By Storm". I mentioned that I would be doing further research on two items in particular; Google Expedition and the Brain AR App. Well, I struck oil! In this article, they actually provide a link for the Expedition site so I immediately clicked on it to investigate further. As I began my research, I was hoping to find a couple of virtual tours of medical facilities or museums within Expeditions that are available to the public. I am ecstatic! There is plenty of sites and virtual tours of the human body, medical facilities, and even one where a student can spend a day with a surgeon! Other examples of what is available now include books that come to life, virtual college tours, information on viruses and nature, state and national parks to explore, white water rafting, visit countries and learn about the customs, one can even visit Mars. I could go on and on. I can't wait to look into this app further. However, in order to stick with the wearable technology, and to enhance the Expedition site experience, one needs to have a virtual reality headset to truly experience the essence of the 360-degree features offered with the virtual touring. I figured this would be quite an expensive endeavor if I was to try and purchase even a couple of headsets for the students. As I continued reading, Expedition offers a kit to purchase for the classroom using cardboard headsets! Perhaps this is a more reasonable way to bring this virtual reality into the classroom. I will be taking the time to research the options and determine if this is something that I can access and purchase for the students. I will keep you posted. I have added the google URL that will take you to the google list of tours that are offered in Expedition. Check it out!     https://poly.google.com/view/6x_7e2e3CHb



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  1. Dom SApril 25, 2020 at 9:26 AM

    Did you happen to see how much the Expedition kit costs? I have read about this on several posts and the more I read the more I am interested in it. If the price point is reasonable I should be able to get my school to purchase one license to try out to see if its viable for the classroom.

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  2. Mrs. DiLossiApril 26, 2020 at 12:25 PM

    Angela, this would be an excellent resource for our Allied Health students. Thinking ahead to next year if we dont have access to the hospitals so students can shadow, this may be an option. Expensive, yes, but may be something to explore.

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  3. Jeannine RhaticanApril 30, 2020 at 5:15 PM

    Does the expedition kit come with that headsets and the electronic device? I'll have to read more into that. I'm really thinking about writing some kind of grant or something. If I only had a magic wand!

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  4. Peter CarozzaMay 4, 2020 at 6:25 PM

    Expedition kits sound great and from what I 've read seem to be a great thing to enhance learning in the classroom. As Dom said I 'd like to see if we could get a group of teachers to put in for these resources

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