What if the future of classroom travel was for Maine? Anyway, it looks like it is… The members of Laval Virtual and Canopé Educator Network went to 25 colleges in Maine to give students a virtual reality experience, the course they developed.
So what is virtual reality? With a helmet on the eyes, and a joystick in the hands, it allows the user to dive 100% in a virtual world. And when we turn our heads, our perspective changes, too.
Immerse yourself in the culture of Spain
At Mayenne, college students who have the opportunity to participate in the culture of another country are immersed in it. “It’s really cool, it’s my first time experiencing virtual reality”, Gallian, a student at Paul Emile Victor College in Château Gontier, was surprised. With her class, they were all able to test out this technology in their Spanish class, with their teacher Jessica Mistoflet “J.“I felt like I was in Spain”, she laughs. They meet in a virtual museum, with items reminiscent of Spanish culture.
25 colleges in Maine have been able to test this technology
In total, 25 colleges in Maine were able to test the experiment. The museum can be visited during English, Spanish, German, Italian and even Latin, for specific purposes for each country. The students stay there for ten minutes, which is the time to find out everything. Then they work in class on what they saw.
“Originally I wanted to take them with me to Spain this year, Their teacher explains. But with Covid, that cannot be possible. So when I heard about this initiative, I told myself it’s a good way to get them involved in the culture, even if it doesn’t replace a school trip experience. “
Learn while you have fun
In addition to the Lionel Messi, Paella and Salvador Dali board, users can also enter kinds of bubbles, where Discover the city in its true sizeThey can even hear people speaking in the language being studied around them. “For them, it has a tangible aspect, explains Jessica Mistoflet, who sees real educational interest in her. Because in class sometimes they talk, because what we do seems so far to them, painting Spain Nineteen, seems so far to them. There it is allowed to put them in the context that interests them most. “
40 thousand euros per section
It is the department that financed this experiment with an amount of 40,000 euros. This technology is not intended to survive in college, but the department is already thinking about how to include this technology in educational projects.
