Robotic camera technology inspires virtual exploration by students around the world

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 11:00 in Mathematics & Economics

In 2008, students at the private middle school Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School in Pittsburgh, Pa. exchanged high-resolution photographs of their city with shots taken by students from a school located in Soweto, South Africa. This intercontinental exchange was part of a global project that teaches students to capture and explore highly detailed digital images to raise their awareness of the environment while exposing them to other cultures.

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