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Virtual Reality: Enhance Your Classroom Learning

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Educators are avidly looking for innovative ways for learning to be transferred easier, swiftly, and effectively. In today’s digital world, we can adopt technologies into the classroom to help students grasp curriculums in engaging and imaginative ways.

Virtual reality can be used to positively enhance student learning and engagement. “VR education can transform the way educational content is delivered; it works on the premise of a virtual world – real or imagined – and allows users not only see it but interact with it. Being immersed in what you’re learning motivated you to fully understand it,” (Adobe, 2019). Virtual reality provides a hands-on, immersive learning experience while engaging all the senses: allowing a student to watch, listen and interact.

Top 10 reasons virtual reality will help enhance your classroom learning experience:

  1. Travel to and explore new places all over the world without leaving the classroom.
  2. Develop empathy for communities in crisis by stepping into their shoes.
  3. Experience different careers first-hand.
  4. Explore the depths of the ocean and the vastness of the space
  5. Time travel to key events and places from the past.
  6. Explore within the human body.
  7. Allow students to share their world with others by creating their own VR content.
  8. Discover how VR can be used in other industries like medicine, engineering, entertainment, and real estate.
  9. Explore how VR can be integrated into every subject area and curriculum.
  10. Promote curiosity and wonder!
Source: Maria Galanis & Andrea Trudeau

Create an Immersive Learning Experience with Vernon’s VR Rentals

Vernon provides a wide range of VR rental solutions to generate realistic images, sound and other sensations never experienced before. Get in touch with us today and create a true-to-life immersive experience in your classroom environment. Get a quote today!

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The Importance of Technology in Education

In today’s global marketplace, many jobs are technology-oriented. As technology is constantly advancing, this guides the push for globalization and digital transformation. Given that technology has become a staple in the business world, educators can help students to acquire the necessary tools and skills needed to succeed in future careers.

The COVID-19 pandemic has proven online education to be an essential component of learning environments. Constructive uses of digital learning tools can increase engagement among students, allow teachers to improve their lesson plans and provide opportunities for personalized learning options.

Virtual classrooms, video and other digital technology tools can provide students with an inclusive learning environment that promotes collaboration, out-of-the-box thinking and communication. For educators, e-learning provides flexibility, the ability to create engaging content with videos or podcasts, and offer additional assistance and support—anywhere, anytime.

The importance of technology in education weighs fairly high. At Vernon, we can equip your kids with the right tools to help them along their remote learning journey, along with providing valuable technical skills needed for future occupations.

Talk to one of our rental experts today to find the right remote learning solutions for you.