ABOUT 20 pupils from Crescent Girls' School (CGS) sat at their desks on Tuesday decked out in red-rimmed 3D glasses.

On a screen in front of them, flashed images of a riverbed being whittled away by a torrent of water.

The girls then shared their thoughts about erosion with pupils in China during a videoconferencing session and exchanged video clips shot at local rivers over the Internet.

The initiative was part of a programme officially launched on Tuesday called i-Connect@Crescent, which aims to transform learning through the use of technology.

CGS will be one of six so-called 'future schools' that will be testing grounds for a host of new technologies through 2012.

In May, it was announced that the Government and four private companies will pump $80 million over the next four years into the Future Schools Programme. It will eventually see 15 schools tapping into new technology.

Through i-Connect @ Crescent, which was developed by a group of companies headed by Hewlett-Packard Singapore, CGS pupils will be exposed to a range of technology both in and out of the classroom.

Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.