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Virtual Reality in Physical Education

Virtual reality has become accessible through Google Cardboard (~$30), mobile apps, and Youtube 360 degree videos. Here are some ideas on how virtual reality can be implemented into a education program now and in the coming future:
  • Assessing your lessons with greater fields of view.
  • Watching demonstration videos that offer more viewing angles.
  • Taking students on virtual field trips to athletic events and sites.
  • Taking a guided tour of the human body and its inner systems.
  • Providing meditation and stress management type applications.
  • Social and emotional learning applications and teaching empathy.
  • Simulating teaching experiences in teacher education programs.
  • Helping students get over their fears (ie. fear of heights and other phobias).
  • Increasing motivation and performance during exercise.
  • Special Education applications.
  • Teambuilding apps.
  • Practicing presentations to a virtual audience.
  • Learning tactical decisions through simulations.
  • Using in driver's education (texting example and drunk driving example).
  • Taking a tour of the school facilities for students, parents, and teachers.
  • Creating recruitment videos for your program (example from a university).
Articles on Virtual Reality
How VR is Being Used
  • ​Drug and Alcohol Education in Schools using Virtual Reality Technology
  • ​Hockey Players Train Using Virtual Reality To Hone Skills
  • ​New Yale Lab Will Use Virtual Reality Games to Reduce Risks in Teens
  • ​​People Recall Information Better Through Virtual Reality​
  • Potential of Using VR Technology in Physical Activity Settings​
  • ​​Ripping Learning off the Page​
  • Students Use Virtual Reality for CPR Training
  • The Exercise Might Be Virtual, But the Sweat Is Real
  • The Use of Virtual Reality for Managing Psychological Distress in Adolescents: Systematic Review
  • ​​Using Virtual Reality to Prevent Drug and Alcohol Abuse in Teens
  • ​​Virtual Reality for QBs: Stanford Football at the Forefront
  • Virtual Reality Game Is an Effective Tool for Vaping Prevention Among Teens
  • Virtual Reality in Health Class
  • VR Avatars Increase Understanding of Health Risk, Study Shows
  • With a Virtual Reality Assist, Video Games Get K–12 Students Moving

Tips and Guidelines
  • ​​​5 Ways to Make the Most of Virtual Field Trips
  • 10 Simple Ways to Use Google Cardboard in the Class​
  • ​Get Into VR Fitness Now With This Starter Guide​​
  • How to Make VR Gaming More Wheelchair-Accessible
  • ​How Trainers Can Successfully Use VR With Clients
  • Is Virtual Reality Bad for Your Eyes?
  • Virtual Reality in Physical Education?
Examples from Twitter
Virtual/Augmented Reality - Curated tweets by supportREALtchr
RESOURCES FOR VIRTUAL REALITY
  • VR Activity Apps: Anatomyou, ​​Android VR Apps​, ​Beat Saber​, ​The Hidden Worlds of the National Parks, and VR Health Exercise Tracker.
  • VR Creation Tools: ​​CoSpaces​ (Sex Education Example), Expeditions Pro, Patches, and Sites in VR.
  • VR Information: ​​VR Fitness Insider and ​VR Health Institute.
  • VR Viewers: Apple Augmented Reality and Google Cardboard.
Example Videos
Virtual Reality Videos - Youtube Playlist
What Happens Inside Your Body?

Athlete's POV - Youtube Playlist
Winter Adventures - Youtube Playlist

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