Many of our students will never have the opportunity to travel beyond McKinney or Texas, so traveling to the Statue of Liberty, the Borneo Rainforest, or Antarctica would be impossible without Google Expeditions. Google Expedition is a virtual reality experience that allows students to leave the classroom to travel and discover the world and build background knowledge so valuable to learning.
Watch this introductory video as well as this video.
Q: How does it get set up?
A: Work with Laura Bates to find and schedule a Google Expedition for your class. Laura or Lori will get it set up for you. You just walk in with your class and get started! Remember that we have 10 headsets, so you will need to provide something for the rest of your students to work on independently.
Task 1: Take a look at this spreadsheet that is a shared list of Google Expeditions Content Connections that work with our TEKS and have been used in MISD. Make sure you notice the tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet. See something that you think would work for you? You can download Google Expedition to one of your iPads, or you can borrow one from the Makerspace to preview it. Click here to see another spreadsheet that is on the internet, but it can be a bit overwhelming with over 200 expeditions listed. You can also search for an expeditions with in the app.
Task 2: Schedule your Google Expedition through Laura Bates. She will give you a quick lesson on how to navigate the app and manage your students.
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