Want to move your lesson to the redefinition level of the SAMR model? Try taking your learners on field trips to places that once seemed impossible. I took my class to Lebanon this week thanks to the Google Expeditions app. In virtual reality, we explored the home, school, and work environments of Syrian refugee children now living and working in Lebanon. The "Out of Syria, Back into School" expedition served as a perfect guiding activity for our current CBL project that is focusing on child labor and the Syrian refugee crisis. I knew this expedition would help my learners connect to children living much different lives than them, but what surprised me was how much we learned about each other on the tour. The app provides the educator a script to lead participants through the journey with discussion questions that help connect learners to what they are seeing. We learned that we have first generation Americans in our class and students shared personal stories of friends and family members that can not go to school because they have to work.
The app has a robust library of expeditions. You can find something for every content area. I'm really looking forward to leading my iExplore learners through the Career Expedition series.
To see a short (under two minutes) tutorial on how to use the Google Expeditions app, check out my video below.
What is your favorite Google Expedition? Leave a comment below.
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