My school is situated in the Borough of Brent - a vibrant and diverse part of North London. A short tube or bus ride from the heart of the capital, you’d imagine that my students see London’s landmarks every day. But despite living just a few miles away, the opposite is true.
I realised this during a school trip several years ago, when one of our students remarked, “I didn’t know London could look like this.” I knew in that moment that we needed to work harder to broaden their horizons: to help them to build aspirations beyond Cricklewood.
It was not long after this that we started experimenting with Immersive Learning – and in particular Augmented Reality (AR). Today it’s one of our go-to technologies and we use it to bring learning to life right across the curriculum.
Here are a few insights from our AR learning journey.
Technology with purpose