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The Possibilities Are VIRTUALLY Endless at RFES

3/19/2018

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Submitted by Katie Schmidt 
5th Grade Teacher, Rodgers Forge Elementary
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This year, Rodgers Forge Elementary was the recipient of a 21st Century Enrichment Grant by way of a partnership between the BCPS Education Foundation and HotSpots Extended Care program.  The funding from this grant was used to purchase a unique learning platform and many resources, including a set of virtual reality goggles that allows students to go on virtual field trips.  These virtual field trips, powered by 360cities, can be used in a myriad of ways to increase student engagement in learning.
 
While the initiative is very new for us, we showcased the learning platform and virtual reality opportunities to parents and students recently at our school’s STEAM Night to allow interaction through the use of the goggles, our student 1:1 devices, and our large Promethean screens.  Several teachers at our school (who have volunteered to pilot this initiative) have gone through a training and are starting to incorporate components into their classrooms. We plan to open our doors to other BCPS employees in order to showcase our school’s use of this platform in May.
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