Recently, Yarmouth High School was invited to take part in the Google Expeditions Pioneer Program. This program uses virtual reality to take students on tours of different kinds of places they may never be able to visit in real life. There are hundreds of curriculum based “tours”. The Expeditions Team will be coming to YHS on Thursday, April 7th for the entire day.
Coincidentally, our Teacher Technology time on Wednesday March 30 will be about using virtual reality and having some time to try it out, so you can see what it’s like.
The idea is for a teacher to pick an expedition and then create a mini lesson around it. Many expeditions fit with what we are doing right now in our curricula. Google brings all of the equipment. The list of expeditions is here. There are over 180 options, so be prepared to browse! Use Command-F to search for keywords to see what is available (try World War, Rome, Asia, Biome, etc.).
You can read more about Expeditions here. We are very excited to be able to bring this opportunity to our students. Stay tuned!
The following week the Expeditions team is scheduled to visit YES with two rooms of devices used by all classses in the school.
The following week the Expeditions team is scheduled to visit YES with two rooms of devices used by all classses in the school.
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