Write your reflective piece about the virtual trip you took answering the following questions:

1. Was the virtual field trip up to expectations?

2. What impressed you the most/ the least?

3. What did you learn from the region, culture, and  architecture that is different from what you’ve seen in your life time?

4. If given the opportunity to experience this again would you participate in it?

5. In your opinion what are the pros and the cons of this experience? Explain in detail.

The virtual trip to the city of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo wasn't up to its expectations. Although it did walked us through some important places in those cities,it didn't provided detailed tour of the city. Due of the aireal view of the tour, details of those cities' other places didn't prevail. 

With so many improvements in visual technologies, image quality was poor which didn't impress me at all. Better image quality could have provided more enthusiastic view of those cities. The tour gave an insight of rising pollution in the city of São Paulo as it was covered with smog. Also, I was able to view the longest bridge in Brazil. If given another opportunity of a virtual field trip, I wold be glad to be a part of it as it allows us to visit places we have never been before.

Being able to visit places I have only dreamed to visiting was one of the advantages of this tour. This tour lets people visit various places around the globe. However, in this technology drivn world, it wasn't able to provide somewhat closer to realistic tour. Not being able to tour the cities in street view was a bit disappointing.

The virtual field trip was an amazing experience, it was way more than I had expected. the picture quality wasa crisp, accurate, and was more advanced than what I have experienced in the past. What impressed me the most was that it was all doner on a phone and cardboard box. What least impressed me was that i wanted to see more, and if we could've gotten less birds eye views, and more on the ground shots. Growing up in Houston I have seen alot of modern type buildings, but using this experience it has exposed me to the old type of architecture, in Rio and the Brazil area. It has showen me the imprint of time and the effects diffrent time eras had on the city of rio. If I could do it again then I would, and I am attepting to get one of the phone boxes to experience it again. One con was that I felt dizzy after using the box, but it the expeience made up for the dizziness.

The virtual field trip was a very exciting experience but it made me nauseous.The most thing that impressed me everytime i would look around it felt like i was in a helicopter and was looking at Brazil, but i was scared that i was going to fall. What I learned from this exprience is that there was many churches in Brazil. There was diffrent type of buildings. it was really cool how we could zoom in and out with the carboard box.

if there a apportunity to experience this again, i would love to participate because it very cool and learn alot of things that arent available in other set. The good thing about this experience is that it show the place 3D with 360. But the kinda bad part is that we cant be on the ground but on a plane.

i learn that brazil, Rio is much larger and is sorrunded with mountains, The only place i could compare it is mexico city wich is much smaller that Rio.If i could do another virtual field trip in another location all around the wrold ill defenetlly participate. The pros of this you feel your their and the cons you feel dizze and you cant move.

The virtual field trip was very educational. I didn't know much about Brazil. But after the field trip, I got to know how amazing Brazil was. It is very much different from all the places I've actually been to. Brazil values Christianity very much, which is really respectful. It has many different and beautiful Cathedrals. I didn't know that Brazil had Cathedrals as very important tourist spots. Brazil also has very large beaches, as I had expected. The cities are very busy and crowded. I loved the Jesus Christ statue. I've always heard about it, but never got to see it up so close, even it was just virtual. I also learnt that there was a pretty long bridge between Sao Paulo and Rio, called Ocriocco.

If I was given the opportunity to experience this again, I would participate in it. In my opinion there are many pros of this experience. It is very educational and it makes it more fun to learn about places in this way rather than learning from books. It makes it easier to comprehend and connect with the topicwe're learning about. I can't think of any cons of this experience. To me, it was a very good and fun experience.

I learned that the area is way smaller than what I had expected it to be, and that the buildings were built differently as well. I would participate in this field trip again as long as it is to a different place. I would like to see more places that I normally would not have been able to. The pros of this is that we are able to see the different parts of the city, and viewed it at different views that would not be possible even if we went there. Although this experience was fun and informative, it also took away some of the experiences that we normally have when we physically go on a field trip. Another con of the virtual field trip was that we were not able to zoom in more and examine more details.

If given the oppurtiity to experince this again i would definitely be up for it as long as I get to chose the location. I think a pro about this exprience was proably that it really does feel like your in a virtual realm and coming from someone who is stuck on her video games thats a big plus. Another pro would be that i can zoom in I found that helpful because I have very bad eyesights and I couldnt wear m glasses under the box. A negative about the invention is that I had to hold it the whole time and I can be pretty clumsy at times so I was afraid that I was going to drop it. Another negative would be the quality I would have liked it to look a bit more realistic but besides those two things everything else was perfectly fine. Thank you so much letting me experince it was so much fun, hope you have a nice day.

I'm really impressed of how it works. When I look inside the cardboard to see how the phone makes the view a reality (making us turn around to see the mountains, sea, bridge..), it was awsome! It does remind me of the perception view (if i spell it right) from the apple products. For example, in the apple's ipad, there's a star night background for the lock screen that can move when I lean the ipad to the left or the right. This "function" is very similar to the virtual field trip by using the google's satiate to make it seem real. However, I was really disappointed on the lenses from that cardboard thing. The lenses was really not clear enough, so I have to adjust to the angle where i can acutally see image clearly or else, it would just be a picture with no clarity. In addition, the lense just hurts my eyes like how being in the ipad too long hurts my eyes. I am really concern with how a person with glasses (near or far sighted) can see this. I am a person with glasses, though, it might be me who wants more quailty on the lenses, but I really want the lenses to adjust our eyes, so that we don't have to wear glasses under that cardboard thing.

What I learn from this experience is that the structure of those countries/cities are really different from Houston. For example, the place where it has really tall building like the New York City. Woah. Those buildings are seriously tall and tightly compact right next to each other. I know some tall buildings in Houston area, but not that much tightly comapcted. Damn. This is from a person who never been out of Houston, except for band related trips.

If i have another opportunity to experience this again, i would gladly accepted, but not being in a helicopter/ plane again. It just boring to look from that angle. I really want to go to the muesem to view the Mayans anicent culture or a muesem for the Holocaust. That will be quite scary, but an interesting journey/adverture.

The virtual feild trip was to my expectation. I was very impressed that we can look al around but it suck that we couldnt get closer down. I got to see jesus . There was different kinds of building that were pretty cool.I would love to try that again. It look 3D and it suck that we aren't there in person.

The virtual field trip was up to there expectations, What had impress me the most was when we were up high and looking down at the people and the beaches and all the amazing things in Rio de Jineiro, the least was that it kinda made me dizy at the end by just looking down. I learn that not every place is the same. Everything looks different . there region is so different , there architecture is huge and amazing.  

If they were to tell me to take the virtual field trip again i would do it because it amazing to see those places , there so big and unique . never seen that before , the pros is that you feel that your right there in the place with it or with them , and one of the cons was that you have to be spinning around , looking down and getting dizy.

I learned about many tourist sites in a couple different counrties. I would attend this event again. It was fun and felt like an adventure. Some pros was that we got to experience these new goggles. There weren't any cons to paricipating in the event.

i learned a lot of new stuff like the architecture of the cathedral in Rio and how the geography is like in rio with mountains in the distance and a beach along the coast. I would totally do this again because it was fun to see Rio. the pros are the cool looks of panorama shots on rio and seeing things from a bird eye view but the con is that theirs no sound or animation to make it seem even more realistic.

From experincing that virtual field trip, ive learned that there is so much more to learn from on the outside world. Each and everyone have so different religion, they're all unigue in thier own ways. If i could experince this again, i dont think i would be excited about it but i will do it again because we didnt really get to explore it physically and i would like do it agian because it was kinda fun.

it was fun.

The virtual field hurt my eye alittle bit, i think because of me wearing glasses and the lens of my glasses reflect the light to my eye, even though it hurt my eye, i think technology has gone advance, that it impressive to see a hole 360 degree picture where you can look up and down and left to right

The most satisfying experience would be the high definition images we got to see. Clear, crisp, and ever most surprisingly. The ability to scan around the room, observing the three dimensional image at your leisure. Just incredible.

I learned that what some assume Rio (The presentation we chose,) was a lot more interesting "up close." Some may not have the money or time to see it, but got to get some important details by sight. To see locations up close, to see the culture of Rio, the building forms, the artistic designs of the city, and the bridge especially. I've been on bridges before, but have never seen a bridge from a distance like that.

I would definitely love to do this again, especially if it involves seeing our celestial bodies and the moon. Japan. Antarctica. All of it depends on how far we're willing to go to explore. That's what this program is, after all. Exploration.

The pros of this experience would be seeing this incredible, never before seen place as if you were standing there on a plane, observing it with a keen, watchful eye. The technology was incredible, the zoom button never changed the resolution of the picture, and all together, it was an incredible, new experience. The cons, however. Many people try this test, end up walking into each other. I was one of the unfortunate ones who got their toes stubbed by the tallest in the class, unaware of the situation and focusing on the image. Another major thing. It was just an image. The experience would be even more so fulling, magical, and informational if you could hear what was going on, if the light changed based upon where you were, night, day. Another thing was the inconvenience of the glasses. Think about the Oculus Rift, a gaming device coming out in 2016. The ability to go into virtual reality through a full screen, without having to hold it in your hands. That can be your new example of how to truly make the best experience with Google Expedition.

All together, i am very pleased. Continue doing your work, continue exploring new areas, and continue to improve technology. Thank you for letting me experience this.

Expriencing this trip was worth seeing , i felt comfortable and learning new things about their culture, region etc. i would definetely do this trip again i really did enjoy this and i think whoever hasn't exprienced this should really do it. you can this at home all you need is a cardboard box, two glasses, a cellphone and you've got yourself a 3D glasses.

My pros on this exprience is the presentation was interesting to see and viewing this pictures as if you in front on the place. My cons are the was presented it was a bit dull didnt show much excitment but overall it was great i give this a thumbs up

While i was participating in the expo, i found the new virtual learning techniqe facinating. It really felt like i was in a different place than where i was before. It had cool graphics and i could see evry thing clearly. I also liked the fact that i was able to turn around and look up and down while in the field trip.

I would like this to be apart of my learning in school. I can see new aspects in students evaluating lessons tuaght by teachers. Its great for students who really want to explore more of the world but arent able to. This gives students the window to seek more in learning.