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Imagine sitting in a kayak in Alaska and watching humpback whales bubble feed or walking on a beach with an Alaskan Native elder as you listen to them pass down important information to preserve their culture. Now imagine you did all this through virtual reality content created by elementary students with the simple use of a 360 camera. Virtual reality is becoming a very real thing for our children. I want to teach them to be more than just a consumer of VR content; I want my students to be producers. They are the global innovators, thinkers, and problem solvers of tomorrow. When learning is interwoven into creating and making, students become empowered and take ownership of their learning. When students create free Alaska VR content to share with the world they will be gaining important design thinking skills and will be learning the rich culture, history, and sciences of Alaska. To complete this project I have already purchased with personal funds an Oculus Go (VR Headset) but I still need to raise funds to purchase a 360 degree camera - the Ricoh Theta V4K 360 Spherical Camera. With the right focus, VR technology can reshape the learning environment and prepare our Alaskan students to be the global creators, problem-solvers, and leaders our future will need. Please consider partnering with my students, as we show the world that learning can be irresistible. Thank you.

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Imagine sitting in a kayak in Alaska and watching humpback whales bubble feed or walking on a beach with an Alaskan Native elder as you listen to them pass down important information to preserve their culture. Now imagine you did all this through virtual reality content created by elementary students with the simple use of a 360 camera. Virtual reality is becoming a very real thing for our children. I want to teach them to be more than just a consumer of VR content; I want my students to be producers. They are the global innovators, thinkers, and problem solvers of tomorrow. When learning is interwoven into creating and making, students become empowered and take ownership of their learning. When students create free Alaska VR content to share with the world they will be gaining important design thinking skills and will be learning the rich culture, history, and sciences of Alaska. To complete this project I have already purchased with personal funds an Oculus Go (VR Headset) but I still need to raise funds to purchase a 360 degree camera - the Ricoh Theta V4K 360 Spherical Camera. With the right focus, VR technology can reshape the learning environment and prepare our Alaskan students to be the global creators, problem-solvers, and leaders our future will need. Please consider partnering with my students, as we show the world that learning can be irresistible. Thank you.

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