On Tuesday 28th March children from Primary 3 to Primary 7 took part in a fantastic Virtual Reality experience using Google Expeditions. This is a new app developed by Google to open up the classroom for an immersive learning experience and a new tool to help us demonstrate our teachings. Scott from Google brought 60 phones, 60 Google Cardboards and 2 tablets to run the Expeditions from. The teachers brought their children to the sessions so they could take their classes on virtual field trips, giving children a deeper understanding of the world beyond the classroom.
Expeditions is a revolutionary tool that teachers can use to make lessons truly immersive. With the use of Virtual Reality headsets; our children viewed an exciting variety of 360° photo spheres and 3D images including the Pyramids of Egypt, The Great Barrier Reef, the Amazon Forest, San Diego Zoo, Ocean world and even outer space. What a fun day!