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monty.graber@gmail.com
monty.graber@usd373.org
Twitter:  8bgraber
Instagram:
graberschool and monty.graber

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Flipgrid:  https://info.flipgrid.com/
Flipgrid from today: https://flipgrid.com/46n0fhd
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/monty.graber/
Padlet:  https://padlet.com/monty_graber1/xsswt8zoa8xj
Today's Meet:  https://todaysmeet.com/podstock2017Graber
WheelDecide:  http://wheeldecide.com/
Wheel Decide for today:
https://goo.gl/a2sz7q
Sutori for Today:
https://www.sutori.com/story/short-timeline-of-monty-l-graber-med
QR Code Generator
http://www.qr-code-generator.com/

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Discover recipes, home ideas, style inspiration and other ideas to try.

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These are a good start of places to join for questions and other information.

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Arts & Culture Expeditions - Google Arts & Culture

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Go on a virtual field trip with Google Arts & Culture

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[Expeditions] - List of Available Expeditions

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Dr. Alice Christie's Online Researching Resources: Virtual Field Trips

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Dr. Alice Christie's Web Site is an online resource for educators using technology to enhance teaching and learning in K-12 and university classrooms.

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uatim - Virtual Field Trips Clickable Handout

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Arrival & Welcome What is a Virtual Field Trip?

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CyArk is a non profit organization founded in 2003 to digitally record, archive and share the world's cultural heritage and ensure that these places continue to inspire wonder and curiosity for decades to come.

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VR in the Classroom request master sheet and information.

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Watching 3-D videos in Youtube - Google Cardboard.

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Watching 3-D videos in Youtube - Google Cardboard.

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Watch 360 degree videos in Cardboard - YouTube Help

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Google Cardboard lets you experience virtual reality in a simple and fun way. With Cardboard and the YouTube mobile app, you can even watch 360 degree videos for an immersive experience.

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360 Photo Database

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360 Degree View Stock Photos and Pictures | Getty Images

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Find the perfect 360 Degree View stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Download premium images you can't get anywhere else.

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Promotional and also User Created Gallery

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You can capture your entire surroundings with the simple press of the shutter button. Enjoy a new world of images you have never experienced before.

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Web Links - Before this will work you must have the following.

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1. A public Instagram account
You will need to create an account on Sketchfab BEFORE this will work.
https://sketchfab.com/

Sample:  https://skfb.ly/6spnV

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Instamuseum: Turn Your Instagram Pictures into a Virtual Museum

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Turn your Instagram pictures into a virtual museum in one click. Walk into your photo gallery in VR.

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How could you students or you use something like this?

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Many Options, but choose the free account.

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Stock 360° Panoramic Images and Videos for VR and More | 360Cities

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360Cities is the leading source of 360° panorama / VR media for education, publishing, advertising, film, and mobile apps & games. Become a 360Cities contributor and start creating, publishing, sharing, and earning money from your 360° panoramas and videos.

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How To Get Started on 360° Panoramic Photography - 360 Cities Help Guide

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The photos you take need to be joined (stitched/assembled) together with great precision on a computer. When the shooting and stitching is done properly the result is a completely seamless, smooth image (without borders between photos), which can be viewed in any direction.

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Upload virtual reality videos - YouTube Help

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Virtual reality (VR) videos are a new kind of video that make you feel like you're actually there. Using the same tricks that humans use to see the world, VR video gives you a sense of depth as you

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We care about your students' privacy. CoSpaces Edu takes student privacy very seriously and is COPPA and FERPA-compliant.

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CoSpaces Edu for kid-friendly 3D creation and coding

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Boost your kids' learning experience by letting them invent, build and code their own creations. Runs on mobile, tablet and desktop, including Chromebooks.

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When you use RoundMe's virtual reality app, mutual respect between users is key. We're all here to enjoy our favorite sports matches together. Let's be passionate, let's be competitive, but above all, let's be respectful. Together, we're building a strong, caring and passionate community.

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RoundMe ▷ A mobile app to watch sports in VR

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Download the RoundMe app: Dive into the action and experience your matches fully immersed from your living room with Virtual Reality!

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ThingLink: Create unique experiences with interactive images, videos & 360° media

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Basic Functions Free, but if you want to create and edit..it will cost you.

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Make your images come alive with private video, notes, or even music from YouTube.

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In addition our servers log information about each computer connecting with our site such as IP address, dates and times of each login, device characteristics, operating system, browser type, type of connection, page and image viewing statistics, and incoming and outgoing links. We also log the metadata associated with any images or videos you upload.

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Nearpod: Foster a love of learning in every student

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Create active learning experiences students can’t wait to be a part of.

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Exploring the World: Argumentative Writing

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Downloading Street View images.  Windows and OS only.

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Downloading Street View images.  Windows and OS only.

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Find and download the best Street View panoramas as JPG 360° spherical images easily! Random Street View, Import Panoramas from Google Maps, Favorite Panoramas, Panorama History and more.

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How to download 360° images from Street View

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Create something awesome while using maps!

Sample Map from my classroom:

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Use map layers - Computer - My Maps Help

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How Does Google Expeditions Teach History Without 360° Photos?

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The expansion of Google's VR education program could make classrooms more engaging, and also more just

smithsonian.com

Students in classrooms across the United States and parts of Europe will soon be able to go on field trips to Buckingham Palace, Machu Picchu and the Great Barrier Reef, but they'll be doing it through virtual reality.

Google recently announced that it is expanding its Expeditions Pioneer Program, which brings virtual reality field trips to classrooms using Google's cheap, smart phone-based VR viewer, Cardboard. The goal is to expose students to places they wouldn't be able to see otherwise.

The idea for Expeditions came from a hackathon in Google's education department. Given 36 hours to create a tool that would boost student engagement, Jen Holland, then a product manager at Google Apps for Education, drew on existing Google assets-the recently launched Cardboard, some teaching apps in development and a huge archive of 3D maps and photographs. She combined the three to make interactive virtual reality lessons, which she calls "experiences."

"It's a really practical application of VR and a way to use cutting edge tech for schools," says Holland, now the Expeditions product manager. "We're not just taking old tech and throwing it over the fence. We thought a lot about how this would be helpful."

Students can use Cardboard-an inexpensive pair of VR goggles made from a cardboard cutout, magnets, an Android phone and an app-to move through an experience that their teacher controls from a tablet. The Expeditions program has distributed the equipment to classrooms and worked with teachers to figure out lesson plans, but now, Holland says, they're opening it up, so any teacher with a tablet and access to VR viewers (Cardboard costs about $20) can use it. With lessons loaded on the tablets, teachers and students don't need to have internet access, which is important for low-resource classrooms.

Once students put on the VR headsets, they're immersed in a 3D version of Machu Picchu or the Smithsonian's National Museum ofNatural History. They can look around, and the teacher can share information about things they're seeing. Google built aGreat Wall of China experience for a fifth grade math class, to give the students a more tactile lesson about multiplication. The same experience has been the topic of conversation in a 10th grade Chinese language class, and it provided physical context for students in a 12th grade history class and an anthropology lecture at a Brazilian university.

"The imagery is the same, what changes is the particular engagement of the teacher," Holland says. "We wanted it to be super flexible."

Monica Burns, a fifth grade teacher and EdTech and curriculum consultant based in New York, focuses on bringing technology to classrooms. "I think it is so important that teachers are making sure that the learning activities they design with virtual reality are thoughtfully connected to learning objectives," she says. When it's executed properly, and not just used for fun, VR can be incredibly powerful.

Google is currently providing teachers with a baseline of content they can work with that's still flexible enough that they can mold it to their curriculum objectives. One of their newest lessons, a look at the Great Barrier Reef with English naturalist Sir David Attenborough, can be used to talk about the reef's ecosystem, on a base level, or climate change and coral bleaching, if that fits with the curriculum.

The Expeditions program levels the playing field for students who might not be able to travel due to economic or physical limitations, but Holland says Google is trying to break down other barriers too. She thinks the value of VR goes far beyond history lessons and that it's a tool for egalitarianism. "Accessibility is a really important thing for us," she says. Google is planning to offer VR college tours and day-in-the-life experiences at a range of different jobs, to help students who might not have access to college counselors or internships learn about options for their future. They're also going to dive into complicated social and environmental issues. Google has partnered with the UK's Department for International Development, for example, to build an experience about the eradication of Ebola. "You can't take a school into infections disease labs, but we should be talking about it," she says.

Holland is most excited about the chance, in the long term, to use VR as a platform for social justice, and to expose people, from school-aged kids on up, to large-scale, global issues that are hard to grasp if they can't see them for themselves. "VR is a really powerful empathy tool," she says.

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Best Free Timeline Creation Tools

Timelines are an inarguably powerful visual tool that is widely used for educational purposes. You can use it to put emphasis on important aspects of a work process, explain it or present progress stages chronologically. Teachers often reap the benefits of timeline integration in their lessons. Timelines add to a lesson's interactivity and enable teachers to showcase how a concept has changed over time. So, let's take a closer look at some of the best free timeline creation tools out there.

One of the most professional looking free timeline creation tools on the Internet that you can also use to produce milestones and Gannt charts.

MS Powerpoint Integration
With its Powerpoint built-in feature it enables you to craft timelines and directly incorporate them into your Powerpoint slides.

File Import From Other Platforms
Office Timeline allows you to import files from Excel orProject Management tools like Microsoft Project, if you pay for a premium subscription.

Customization
It offers great space for customization and full modification of your designs to localize them for any audience.

Features And Plans

When we are talking about free timeline creation tools that make use of pictures and videos to produce powerful storytelling this is the king of kings.

Great Combination Of Text And Pictures
Particularly useful in the presentation of historical data or the succession of a series of events describing a specific era.

Social Media Sharing
Craft great timelines and share them directly with your network of friends on various social media such as Facebook, Pinterest,Twitter and Google Plus.

Audio And Video Embedding
Sutori allows users to include audio and video files in their timelines for a more engaging and interactive experience.

Features And Plans

One of the most innovative free timeline creation tools that can be used as a map creation platform. MyHistro could be also used for online training purposes. An example could be recently hired employees that need to be trained about the company's history and vision for the future.

Storytelling At Its Best
Not only can you include pictures, videos and text, but you can also specify their location on google maps and take storytelling to the next level.

Easy Social Media Sharing
Using MyHistro you are one click away from sharing all your meticulously put together timelines with your social media network on platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

iPhone Application Available
Busy iPhone users are also able to use MyHistro to create timelines on the go.

Features And Plans

4. OurStory

OurStory is mostly targeted towards personal use. However, this is one of the most functional free timeline creation tools that can certainly get the job done for teachers, if they are not in need of something too fancy.

Interactivity And Social Media Sharing
Users can interact in the comments section or share their creations on social media networks.

Media-Rich
Text, images, video comprise timelines that are interesting, descriptive and engaging.

Collaborative Timelines
Tag other people and go beyond personal timelines into making collaborative stories.

Features And Plans

Cnet gave this timeline maker a 5-star rating and with good reason. This is definitely one of the most efficient free timeline creation tools to be considered by teachers.

Ready-Made Templates
Great abundance in template variety to suit your students' needs.

Automatic Formatting
SmartDraw automatically realigns events every time you make changes to your timelines. All you have to do is provide the information.

Both Download And Online Editions
If you're a Windows user you can download the platform on your PC for ease of use. However, there is an online edition for use on computers and tablet devices as well.

Timeline Export To MS Office Platforms
With just one click you can integrate your timelines into MS Word or Powerpoint.

Features And Plans

Social media and social learning are widely used by both teachers and students, so why not use probably the best free timeline creation tool for Twitter out there?

All Tweets And Hashtags Put Together
Do you use Twitter as a tool in your lessons? Twitter Custom Timelines gives you the chance to craft a timeline of all tweets on a particular subject and showcase your students how their grasp of a subject has changed over time.

Timeline Sharing And Website Embedding
Twitter Custom Timelines enables students to share their timelines on Twitter or embed them on their website.

Features And Plans
Open-source timeline maker with lots of different features and highly regarded as one of the most interactive free timeline creation tools.

Ready-Made Templates
You don't have to be an expert as Timeline JS has you covered with some pre-made templates. However, more advanced users can go into further customizations to create more impressive timelines.

Media Sources
Users can incorporate media from a wide variety of sources such as Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Vimeo, Vine, Dailymotion, Google Maps, Wikipedia, SoundCloud, Document Cloud and many more.

Support For 40 Languages
Teachers can eliminate all space barriers by making use of this tool for multi-lingual projects.

Features And Plans

This platform's name is pretty indicative of what it offers as it is one of the truly functional free timeline creation tools.

No Sign-Up Required
This timeline maker does not require any registrations.

Easy-To-Use Interface
Drag and drop features make timeline creation a breeze.

Use On Various Devices
Free Timeline can be easily utilized from any desktop or tablet device.

Import Feature
Excel and Google Sheets CSV files can be directly imported into Free Timeline.

Features And Plans

TimeGlider has some very interesting features that make it one of the most distinctive free timeline creation tools on the Internet.

Zooming And Panning
The company calls it "Google Maps but for time" and they are right. Zooming in allows you to further focus on parts of the timeline where many events are accumulated and must be emphasized. Specify the importance of the event and make it prominent on the timeline.

Sharing And Embedding
Unique timeline URLs give you the chance to share it on social media or embed it to a website.

Features And Plans

Another highly effective free timeline creation tool that gets the job done well. It doesn't have too many fancy features, so if your lesson is in need of basic designs, then look no further.

Pictures And Text
It doesn't get any simpler than that, but truth is, it works. No sophisticated features are available here.

Go Social
Students can easily share their creations on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google Plus or embed them on any website.

Features And Plans

Timelines are essential for teachers as they make content easy to follow and memorable. These 10 free timeline creation tools can help you generate both basic and sophisticated timelines depending on your lesson's needs.

Free timeline creation tools are a powerful tool for teachers. When used creatively they can contribute significantly to the comprehension of a subject without any extra expenses. Read the article 10 Creative Ways To Use Free Timeline Makers in eLearning and learn how you can use free timeline makers to produce compelling eLearning courses.

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Essentials of Teaching and Integrating Visual and Media Literacy

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This book focuses on how to effectively integrate the teaching and learning of visual and media literacies in K-12 and higher education. Not only does it address and review the elements and principles of visual design but also identifies, discusses and describes the value of media in learning diverse and challenging content across disciplines.

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RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics, but does not have the time to develop them from scratch.

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Virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, haptic feedback; the line between these and many other technological realities is becoming blurred and they are beginning to be grouped under one umbrella term: artificial reality. But what is artificial reality and how can it be used effectively in the classroom?

The Current technology landscape

With the launch of Google Cardboard Headset in 2014 at the Google I/O and the Oculus Rift taking Kickstarter by storm, the world suddenly started paying attention to this technology that had been around for decades yet had failed to be commercially viable.

As Google was breaking new ground and pioneering the Google Glass, an augmented reality solution, the Oculus Rift research and development team progressed to something quite special, releasing the Oculus Rift Headset. This was followed by the HTC Vive ,which uses the Steam platform, and by the Microsoft HoloLens. Who could forget the GearVR, Google Daydream headset and other cheaper headsets that allow you to use your mobile device to immerse yourself?!

In no time at all we have jumped from lots of failed pioneering attempts to penetrate the market, to a serious and arguably revolutionary step in technology provision that schools are now taking seriously as a classroom resource. Devices range from simple lumps of plastic with no electronics, to the more intricate and powerful home set-ups like PlayStation VR. You can even pick up a cheaper headset in supermarkets and mobile phone shops for around £70.

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How our school is using Virtual Reality to prepare pupils for a future dominated by technology

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Virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, haptic feedback; the line between these and many other technological realities is becoming blurred and they are beginning to be grouped under one umbrella term: artificial reality. But what is artificial reality and how can it be used effectively in the classroom?

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Virtual Reality (VR) could influence every industry within the next decade. Training, in particular, is poised for serious growth through transporting groups of learners to highly immersive experiences with a VR headset device. Medical residents can learn a new surgical procedure by observing in real time, welding students can become familiar with a hazardous job site before visiting or high school students can hear a native foreign language speaker. VR is a whole new way to interact with knowledge and on pace to be an effective, engaging, low-cost instructional solution for a range of subjects and grade levels. The iPad institutional initiatives of the past are akin to the VR headset initiatives of the future. One Laptop per Child could soon be one Mattel View-Master per child. The adoption of VR is becoming the consummate example of personalized learning and entertainment. Saschka Unseld, Creative Director of Oculus Story Studios, suggests, "In VR, if a story is told well it is actually all about you."

Confusingly, "VR" today is loosely defined by many types of videos and devices. Artists are using a host of technology solutions, hand controllers, coding languages and camera equipment to create said experiences. But there are ways to find simplicity in the chaos.

To help you create simple, impactful educational experiences, here are five steps to get you the momentum you need to start your own classroom beta. With proper planning, you will not need significant financial investment or skills to create experiences which could have a lasting impact on the future of practical classroom applications.

Create your own virtual reality in 5 easy steps!

1) Choose Your Topic

VR is proving itself to be an effective supplemental instructional tool acting as a "mental breathalyzer" which can be integrated between the lecture and the actual lab. To create a good instructional exercises consider these two points:

First, VR's greatest story-telling power is transporting empathy; putting someone behind the eyes of another person. There is no technological medium today that transfers empathy to the viewer like VR. Cinematic artists are already seeing success with this "empathy" pitch using 1st person documentaries like Clouds over Sidra of a girl living in a refugee camp.

Second, the hardest part of filming is knowing who you want your students to be and where you want to take them. Do you want them to be a quarterback on a football field? Put the camera where the quarterback stands and hit record. Becoming a doctor, a CEO, miner, or archeologist is as simple as taking a camera and filming where that person works.

As a final note, game-based learning is destined to be huge, but creating a virtual reality game is anything but fast and simple. "Life-like capture" and the instructional VR route as outlined has its pros and cons, but most of all it is relatively inexpensive and easier to execute with a non-technical skillset.

2) Choose Your Audience

3) Choose Your Equipment -- GoPro Cameras vs. Ricoh Theta S

Continuing down the recommended path of recording supplemental instructional VR experiences, there are two panoramic video cameras which stand above the rest. The less expensive and most consumer friendly option is the Ricoh Theta S, coming out in early November. I give my highest recommendation to buy this camera as part of the "educational VR starter pack". For $350 you can take 14 megapixel 360° images or record 360° video (1920 x 1080 resolution; 30fps) good enough to view on a phone or desktop. The Ricoh Theta S handles all the stitching and allows easy social sharing to Youtube and Facebook. Setup is out of the box and there are no special skills to click and shoot.

To create a professional level video at good value choose a set of GoPro Hero 3+ or Hero 4 Blacks. With 6 - 12 cameras ($2k - $4k), Kolor stitching solutions ($700 - $800) and a 360° camera rig ($300 - $900), you can create quality experiences short of buying cameras and software 10x the price. Purple Pill and Udemy have partnered to create a "Cinematic Crash Course" for VR that I highly recommended for aspiring VR artists learning the basics of production. While the camera landscape will change significantly over the next year, if you are going to go for it in 2015 choose either of these camera sets and you will be on your way.

4) Choose Your Apps - Custom vs. Off the Shelf

Now you have your Virtual Reality video recorded and you are ready to share with your students! Creating a custom iPhone or Android app is impressive, but there are plenty of off the shelf options available to easily distribute to your learners. Here are my top picks:

Android app: Yes

iPhone app: Yes

Desktop: Yes

Gear VR app: No

Note: It is a great video solution which everybody recognizes, but it misses the functionality of other 360° video players. Youtube makes simple things hard like adding one extra step to upload a 360° video.

5) Choose Your Virtual Reality Device - Google Cardboard vs. Gear VR

It is not a question of "if" but "when" all students will have their own personal VR device much like cell phones. But even in ten years when students are equipped with "pocket VR," we will still be far away from the perfect learning environment. There is no silver bullet to a quality education. VR will never be the end-all be-all solution to fostering creativity, autonomy, grit and executive function skills, and that is why we need teachers to play an integral role in VR education and developing best practices. Don't be afraid to dive in and see what you can create!

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Five Easy Steps to Teach With Virtual Reality Now - EdSurge News

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Create or import 360 photos - Android - Google Maps Help

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You can create or import 360 photos using the Street View app. Create photos with a phone Open the Street View app .

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WONDER 360: Experience the Renwick Gallery Exhibition in Virtual Reality

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Using VR technology, you can now experience WONDER on your device! The free "WONDER 360" app captures the Renwick Gallery's WONDER exhibition as a moment in time, including detailed 360° 3D panoramic views of each gallery, enhanced by video interviews with many of the artists and the curator.

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Shop on Amazon - http://geni.us/xrt3 Product Overview for Instamuseum Instagram Virtual Museum This channel is aimed at the visually impaired who struggle to read lengthy product descriptions on shopping and manufacturer websites. By providing the product descriptions in audio form, the content can be consumed in a different way.

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How to create a 360 Image using Street View and your phone camera.

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How to create a 360 Image using Street View and your phone camera.

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How to Take and Edit 360° Photo Using Android Phone

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hey guys in this video I will show you how to take and edit 360 degree photos using your smartphone.

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Create your own virtual reality worlds with the CoSpaces web application and experience them with the CoSpaces mobile app. Fun, simple and free - get immersed into a virtual world now!

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Explore world landmarks, discover natural wonders, and step inside locations such as museums, event arenas, and small businesses with Street View.

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5th Grader....uhmmm. Yep.

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Publishing 360 Photos on Google Maps Using the Street View App

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Created by a Fifth Grader using the Google Street View App and Quicktime