Computing School Trips

Computing school trips are an extremely valuable way to show pupils the benefits of computer science on an international scale and to allow them to develop a deeper understanding of the subject’s many facets. The following list contains some of the more popular destinations for computing school trips, though if you have any specific destinations in mind, please do get in touch.

Geneva – This Swiss city is home of the ICT Discovery Museum (not yet renamed!), where students can learn about telecommunications development through the years. This interactive museum is very popular with school groups. While you are in town, you’d be daft not to pay a visit to the large hadron collider at CERN. This laboratory welcomes visitors, despite the fact that it is a working facility at the very cutting edge of science and technology.

USA – NYC, a major population centre on the East Coast of the United States of America, has long been associated with media and communications technology. On a computing school trip you can visit venues such as the Sony Wonder Tech Lab with its many floors of interactive exhibits, and the Samsung Experience Tour.

On the West Coast, any self respecting computing school trip has to pay a visit to Silicon Valley, home to many of the world’s leading computer companies, and a hot bed for computer science innovation and invention. There is a computer museum and a museum of technological innovation, plus plenty of educational tours at companies including Ebay, Paypal, and Google, to inspire your students.

Tokyo – Computer science is now visible in virtually every country, but going back just a couple of decades and it was Japan that was leading the way. If your school wishes to visit Tokyo on a computing trip, there are learning experiences everywhere you look. The places most schools visit include the Akihabara Electronic District, and the Sony Plaza.