My name is John Drayton and I've been a secondary school teacher for the last thirty years. Like many of you here today, I've seen a lot of changes in teaching methods and teaching practices. I am here today to tell you about a major development that will change the nature of teaching forever. I'm talking about Virtual Interactive Reality, or V.I.R. I now use V.I.R. for about 50 per cent of my teaching assignments and I can honestly say the results have been incredible. V.I.R. can bring any world into the classroom, be it our solar system, life in the ocean or the internal workings of the human body. Previously we had to rely on books and photographs, but now students can experience these worlds in action-real, as it were- and they can interact with them. They can change various parts to see how that affects the whole system. Take history for example. Not a very exciting subject for many, but with V.I.R. students can see the pyramids being built or take part in a seventeenth-century battle, making history come alive. Another subject area students often find difficult is languages. They tend to feel embarrassed about making mistakes. With V.I.R. they can walk into a French café or an Italian household and converse with a virtual person. Then, they replay the scene and the system highlights any errors and offers correct alternatives. It's a completely new way to learn.