My advanced fast paced students need to be challenged with state of the art virtual reality technology to enhance their computer programming skills. These student will have the opportunity to take other Career and Technical Education (CTE) classes like industrial engineering or concurrent programming enrollment with a community college.
By providing my students with new necessary hardware then it will enable them to use our previously purchased oculus rift headset with sensors.
Our school software development teams placed 1st at the state competition two years in a row then competed at nationals. These students are brilliant and think outside of the box.
One of the best ways to introduce creativity and innovation is through the use of project-based Learning that can provide ancillary benefits such as improved student creativity, self-image, and motivation.
These projects show tremendous results for workforce preparation, job placement, academic program retention, and knowledge retention benefits.
My Project
It is clear from the major press coverage that Virtual Reality (VR) development is garnering, that there is a huge amount of software development interest in high school VR, including
video streaming, gaming and simulated learning.
Thus, my students need a high speed desktop computer with a capable graphics card that will allow my students to develop VR apps.
Students will benefit by creating educational value VR applications that will help their peers and new students expand their knowledge in a fun way.
Even though web and mobile are still the top platforms for software applications, it is important for high school computer science programs to expose students to VR as a development platform for competing in Technology Student Organizations events at the state and national level.
There is a huge amount of development interest in VR across multiple industries, including video streaming, gaming, entertainment and simulated learning.
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