Photo by Carrie Pryor-Newman

 

Katie Tatsch (left) from Robert E. Lee High School and Carol Colvin from Stephen F. Austin Elementary, take the “Escaping Boredom – Crushing Classrooms Using Google Forms” class during the recent techXpedition hosted by the GCCISD Educational Technology Department at IMPACT Early College High School. Teachers learned to take worksheets and reviews and create digital escape rooms.

 

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Julie Jackson from Highlands Junior School explores the use of Pear Deck as a Google Slides add-on to create interactive and engaging lessons for students at the GCCISD Educational Technology Department techXpedition event.

 

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Photo by Carrie Pryor-Newman

 

Lauren Mercer (left) and Lisa Gauthreaux, technology integration specialists, enjoy an augmented reality session using the Google Expeditions app, exploring distance locales in virtual reality and tiny structures in augmented reality.

 

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Photo by Carrie Pryor-Newman

 

Andrew Willis and Ian Sobczak from Stuart Career Tech High School discuss the virtual reality goggles which allowed them to ”visit” a space station during the recent techXpedition sessions, hosted by the GCCISD Educational Technology Department for teachers and librarians.

 

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