Using ICE to aid transition

A number of sites have been created in the Warwickshire Learning Community to aid Year 6/7 transition. These “Moving to …” Interest Spaces have been set up with the help of Secondary Schools to give future students an insight into their new school.

One of the main features of these sites is the virtual tour, allowing visitors to see a map of the school and click on the rooms.

We have used Microsoft ICE to stitch together 360 degree photographs of rooms, exporting the images as a Deep Zoom Tileset and then uploading them into our Learning Platform. 

The images can be scrolled left and right and zoomed in or out.
The sites give students a real feel for the school they will be attending in the new school year.

Yr 6 pupils can also ask questions in the site which to be answered by the Secondary School Staff.

They can see what a typical day consists of

And check out what their new school uniform.

These Interest Spaces have been developed by the schools with the help of their E-learning advisers. Workshops were held where school staff could learn how to develop their site and incorporate the interactive school map and ICE images.