Alabama, Georgia And Florida Students To Get Real (And Virtual) Look At Careers At Southeast Worlds Of Work
By Linda Brannon
An exciting new dimension awaits eighth-graders set to converge on the National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds Feb. 20-21.
About 5,000 students from Alabama, Georgia and Florida are scheduled to attend the fourth annual Southeast Worlds of Work Career Experience, formerly Wiregrass WORKS. The career experience will provide fun, educational and hands-on experiences designed to guide students as they travel the career-choice path. This year, students will be able to experience three careers in virtual reality.
Southeast WOW general chairman Ryan Richards was searching for something fresh and different to enhance students’ experiences when he came across a Google Cardboard demonstration. Google Cardboard is a simple, inexpensive device that gives the user a virtual reality experience. He brought the idea to Southeast Alabama Works, one of seven regional workforce councils in Alabama, and the idea took hold.
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