What does history look like when students step into the story?
Using ClassVR headsets from the Ignite Mobile Learning Lab, DHS students recently explored 360-degree views of famous monuments around the world. But they didn't just look — they analyzed the design, details, and intentional choices artists make to commemorate moments and preserve memories.
Then, it was time to move to the Impact Career Innovation Center's Maker Space and take on a challenge: What story of America do YOU want to tell?
Using low-tech prototyping tools like ChompSaw cardboard cutters, pipe cleaners, and hot glue alongside 3Doodler 3D printing pens, Tinkercad-fueled 3D printing, and laser cutters, students brought their original monument designs to life.
This was DSD's Portrait of a Graduate in action, as students used Agile Thinking and Creative Problem-Solving to prove that the most powerful way to understand the past is to help design the future.
School Storytellers: Thank you to District Technology and Media Support Specialist Nathan Van Arsdale, who took time out of his day to share these snapshots.
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