{"id":6898,"date":"2022-03-04T06:31:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nearpod.com\/blog\/?p=6898"},"modified":"2024-05-17T12:23:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T16:23:39","slug":"el-newcomer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nearpod.com\/blog\/el-newcomer\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiential Learning for ELL Newcomers"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we started thinking about Nearpod for English learners<\/a>, we knew right away, we wanted to do something different<\/i>. With such powerful technology, we wanted to add a game-changing dimension to engaging newcomers in language and content. At first, we responded to the needs of schools and districts, using Nearpod to develop their parent engagement programs. As we found ourselves creating virtual reality school tours for parents<\/a>, we began to recognize the huge potential to also touch students through this type of innovative and immediately relevant content.<\/p>\n

These thoughts led our team to conceive of using Virtual Reality<\/a> (VR) in an augmented way to tackle the most challenging aspects of a newcomer\u2019s adjustment to life in U.S. which include understanding how to live and thrive in a community and culture vastly different from what they had previously experienced.<\/p>\n

Now, our team has ventured to create these Virtual Reality lessons rooted in common locations around the community. Take a look at this lesson, \u201cAt the Grocery Store\u201d (see slide 13 for the VR).<\/p>\n