Last Wednesday, SMS students in grades 2-5 were given a very special experience. Alex, a representative from Google, was here to promote their latest pioneering program: Google Expeditions. Expeditions is a virtual reality program built for the classroom. Using Google Cardboard and an app designed specifically for an educational, interactive tour, students got to experience an amazing "field trip" right from their seats in our Maker Space!
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| Google Cardboard viewing device. |
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| Teachers guide their class and point out highlights! |
The best thing about Google Expeditions is that we were able to tour places we couldn't get to by bus! Ms. Riley took some great pictures through the viewing device to give you a peek into some of the great sites we visited!
First up: The Lincoln Memorial in our front view, and when turning 180 degrees, seeing the Reflecting Pool and the Washington Monument. The beauty of panorama imaging!
Our National Monuments Tour continued as we visited Mount Rushmore and Half Dome next!
To get the FULL experience of all Google Expeditions has to offer, we headed to the depths of the ocean and to the top of Mount Everest. Alex (and I!) was thoroughly enjoying the excited buzz filling the room!
A HUGE thank you to Mr. Gagnon and Mrs. Wenthworth for contacting Google and giving SMS this wonderful experience! We hope to use Google Expeditions again soon!
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| Needless to say, Ms Riley and I had JUST as much fun as the kids!! :) |
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