Wolf Lake Elementary and Middle schools recently purchased Google Cardboard virtual reality (VR) devices for classroom use, and the schools are asking families to consider donating old Android smartphones for this technology.
With VR technology, the schools can offer students the “field trips of a life time — without every leaving the classroom,” according to a form to parents from Instructional Resource Teacher Jamie Dozier.
“Students can visit faraway places, travel to distant lands, see animals on safari or swim in deep water with sharks, fly through space to visit planets and galaxies, and zoom in inside a cell – learning in a manner like never before,” she wrote.
Android smartphones are the best fit to make the most of the Google Cardboard experience, the form explains.
The following is a list of smartphones compatible with Google Cardboard:
- Samsung Galaxy S II (i9100)
- Samsung Galaxy S III (i9300)
- Samsung Galaxy S4
- Samsung Galaxy S5
- Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is fully functional
- Samsung Galaxy R (i9103)
- Samsung Google Nexus S (i9020)
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus (i9250)
- Samsung Galaxy Note (n7000)
- Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Note 3, Note 4, Note 5 or newer
- Amazon Fire
- Droid Maxx/Ultra
- HTC Sensation
- HTC Sensation XL
- HTC Evo 3D
- HTC One S
- HTC One X
- Any recent HTC smartphone
- Huawei Ascend P1
- Huawei Ascend X (U9000)
- Huawei Honor (U8860)
- LG Nitro HD (P930)
- LG/Google Nexus 4
- LG/Google Nexus 5
- LG Optimus 2x (P990)
- LG Optimus 3D (P920)
- LG Optimus Black (P970)
- LG Optimus G
- Motorola Moto X 2014
- Nexus 7 (2012)
- OnePlus One
- OPPO Find
Here is that form to fill out and return along with the Android smartphone donations.
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