An Incredible Virtual Field Trip Experience at NMS
On Friday, March 11, all NMS students will get to experience Google Expeditions, a virtual field trip for the ages.
One way of describing this experience is a field trip without the bus rides to places students would never really have the chance to experience.
Here is the website, which explains what Google Expeditions is: Google Expeditions and the description from it:
"Expeditions teams will visit selected schools around the world, including the United States (as they come to Middleborough), Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, Singapore, Denmark and Mexico. Each team will bring a complete Expeditions kit with everything the teachers need to take their students on journeys anywhere. The team will show teachers how Expeditions works and help set it up before class.
Expeditions is a virtual reality platform built for the classroom. We worked with teachers and content partners from around the world to create more than 100 engaging journeys - making it easy to immerse students in entirely new experiences.
Expeditions are guided tours of places school buses can't go. They are comprised of virtual reality panoramas and are led by a guide or teacher.
Using a tablet, teachers can guide up to 50 students wearing virtual reality viewers, which look like fancy 'view-finders.'
Teachers can guide their class and point out highlights while referring to editable notes."
The Google Expeditions trainers and equipment will be here all day, doing half-hour presentations throughout the day, starting at 8 AM.
They will be here thanks to the work of Mr. Scott Redpath, NMS Science/Technology Department Leader, and Dr. Melanie Gates, STEM Coordinator Grades 6 through 12.
It should be another exciting day of learning here at NMS.
