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A student from Beaconhouse Newlands school in Lahore, Pakistan enjoys a preview of the VR Field Trip<\/p><\/div> This latest grant reunites PenPal Schools and Mozilla at an exciting moment; enabling the globally successful learning platform to reach young people through their captivating Web technology. PenPal Schools\u2019 initial seed funding<\/a> actually came through a grant from Hive NYC<\/a> in 2012 for what was then called, PenPal News. On the invitation of the Pakistani Government, PenPal Schools has filmed Virtual Reality video content throughout the ancient city of Lahore, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Through incredibly immersive VR \u201cfield trips,\u201d students from around the world will experience the bustling streets, ancient forts, and stunning mosques of Lahore. They\u2019ll also get a glimpse of Pakistan\u2019s rich culture, arts, food, and traditions\u200a\u2014\u200aall while improving their reading, writing, and technology skills. Teachers can<\/b> sign up for the English version<\/b><\/a> of the course beginning on March 6<\/b> (the Urdu language version will be available this Spring). Teachers will even be able to order inexpensive cardboard VR headsets (pictured above) through the PenPal Schools website too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Authentic Cultural Experiences in Virtual Reality Classrooms To many Americans, Pakistan is one of the most misunderstood countries on Earth. We often form perceptions about Pakistan based on what we see in the evening news: a two dimensional filter offering … Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[378228],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPenPal Schools<\/a>\u2019 new course \u201cVR Field Trip to Pakistan\u201d will develop cultural competency for young learners worldwide by enabling them to explore Pakistan in 3D. Mozilla Hive Austin<\/a> is excited to support this next generation PenPal Schools experience with a grant from the Gigabit Community Fund<\/a>.
\nAre you an educator?<\/b> Sign up here today.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\nNYC to ATX: Mozilla & PenPal Schools Come Full Circle<\/h2>\n
\nToday, PenPal Schools calls Austin, TX home and while their mission is to reach students worldwide, they are especially committed to serving learners in their community. With support from Hive Austin, PenPal Schools is providing their service free of charge to educators and learners in the Austin area who sign up in 2017.
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\nA teaser trailer for the VR field trip experience, produced by Austin local, Chocolate Milk & Donuts<\/a><\/p>\nAustin to Lahore: Filming in Pakistan<\/h2>\n
\nOf course, no PenPal Schools course would be complete without PenPals, so they\u2019ve teamed up with the All Pakistan Private Schools Federation<\/a> so that students around the world can learn with PenPals from across Pakistan! The federation represents over 197,000 schools and 20 million students from every province in Pakistan, so there should be plenty of Pakistani PenPals to go around!<\/p>\nSign Up Your Class Today<\/h2>\n