This week Google announced that they will be giving classroom sets of their Google cardboards to schools for free.
These things are a game changer. Imagine teaching about the heart and having a classroom of kids going on a virtual reality tour of the heart while you lead the tour in your own classroom, or a tour of Aztecs ruins, or the bottom of the ocean. The opportunities are endless and the engagement would be out of the world. I have one of these in my classroom and my kids love it.
Here is the catch they are doing this in cities that show a lot of interest so I am encouraging all teachers in the Grand Rapids area to sign up. Lets get Google to come to Grand Rapids to launch the Google cardboard revolution.
Info about the Google cardboard/expedition program: Google Expeditions
Article about Google cardboard and education: Article
Come on Grand Rapids educators sign up!
