Google Expedition

It was a normal Tuesday morning for the senior students, but there was one difference. The bell rang and I ran to class. As I walked into the street I saw little cardboard boxes that were glasses. When Miss Hockley was finished doing the notices the year 8’s had to go to technology. Once the year 8’s left Mrs Tele’a had to explain to the year 7’s what the google expedition was, but first we had to get into our maori groups. Once we were in our groups and Mrs Tele’a was finished group tahi (1) went to maori with Miss Tito’s Group rua (2) went to do their literacy work and Groups toru (3) which is my group had to stay in the street with Mrs Tele’a and Mrs Clark’s son, Mr Clark.

Group 3 got to be first because our group was bigger than the others. Mr Clark let each of us get the glasses. We all had to make sure that we were being careful and holding them with 2 hands so that we didn’t break them. In the tiny cardboard box there was a phone which was connected to Mr Clark’s Iipad. Mr Clark’s ipad had different locations that we got to see. When the teachers had picked a place we then had to look through the glasses to see where we were. When you looked through the glasses you could see everything and it felt like you were actually in the place. In most of the places there were things that we had to spot like animals, insects and people. Whenever the teachers wanted to ask us questions or needed to talk to us they paused our screens so that it says “Paused by teacher” or “Waiting for teacher”.

We saw a lot of different places and learnt more things about different animals and insects. Before they changed the places, we had to wait for the teachers and answer questions about the insects. Some people tried to touch it but they remembered that it was only a picture. When group one came out of maori we had to go to Miss Foamatu and write about what we did in the street. Group two went to maori with Miss Tito and then it was group threes turn in the street with Mrs Tele'a and Mr Clark.