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Mr. Thigpen from Jackson MS is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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See The World/Virtual

Help me give my students Virtual reality as if they was seeing the world in real time.

  • $545 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My students are creative, thoughtful and full of questions! They absolutely love hands-on, active, engaging projects and challenges that allow them to think outside the box to find solutions! Unfortunately they are virtual. But the good news is there are amazing education tools available in virtual learning.

Our school is nestled in an At-Risk community where our Scholars(students) live.

But they are ambitious and visionaries. We as teachers need a variety of things to help them reach their full potential in education.

My Project

VR headsets are the most stimulating method of learning out there! But what makes VR such a vital tool for education is how it enhances learning and memory recall. Immersing in virtual locations helps us organize and remember information spatially. This is because you associate the information with visual features in the environment. We also require less cognitive load to process it all.

Unimersiv VR takes students on a journey back through time, helping them visualize the places they’re learning about – perfect for history lessons!

You can travel on-board the Titanic, the international space station or to ancient Rome. The visually appealing tours give students a better understanding of historical events/places in an effective and entertaining manner. It’s also a very useful tool for teachers when having to explain specific content that matches the experiences in the app

Interestingly ‘Unimersiv VR’ has a VR classroom where teachers can present their own courses via a virtual avatar using PowerPoint slides and audio recordings. Whether this part of the app is engaging enough for students is uncertain. This is as it’s essentially recreating traditional teaching methods in VR.

Mr. Thigpen
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Oculus - Quest 2 Advanced All-In-One Virtual Reality Headset - 256GB • Best Buy Education $399.00 1 $399.00

Materials cost

$399.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $27.93

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$462.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.69

Total project goal

$544.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $544.60

3 Donors

-$484.60

Donations toward project cost

-$411.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.69

match offer

-$60.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$51.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.00

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 $0.00

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