Pack Your Bags!

We’re going on a trip

Virtual Field Trips

Best way to learn is to “experience” the content

Making connections leads to the “A-Ha” moment

Give learning a fighting chance

Build Background Knowledge (Marzano Research Lab)

Where, Why, Wow!

Choose Your Destination Wisely

Theteachersguide.com

efieldtrips.org

eduscapes.com

www.cesa10.k12.wi.us

Grab Your Passport

What was life like at the turn of the century?

What was it like to immigrate to the U.S. in 1916?

Tenement.org: http://www.tenement.org/

Just What’s Out There?

Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) http://www.cilc.org/

PBS webinars:http://www.pbs.org/teachers/webinar/index.html

Discovery Ed: WebEx

ePals: http://www.epals.com

Buffalo Zoo: buffalozoo.org

How Might We Get There?

Start with these three great resources:

Skype: www.skype.com

Tokbox: www.tokbox.com

Google Earth: earth.google.com

Web-based communication tool

FREE VIDEO CONFERENCING using Internet

Available to anyone with high speed connection

Let’s see who we can wake up!

The true vehicle for virtual tours

Downloaded application

Enables you to travel to any location in the world: Earth, Moon, Solar System, Oceans

View structures from above

Fly over your school

Online community continues to create academic support

http://www.gelessons.com/

http://www.google.com/educators/p_earth.html

Layers” and “overlays” available in .KML & .KMZ format

Big Deal!?

How does this impact instruction & comprehension?

What’s next?

Mobile video conferencing capabilities exist

So What?

What will you do with this resource at hand?

Develop your own “tour” for next week

Use any of the aforementioned tools to take us where we need to go to learn more about our topic.

Relate it to your teachable

Prepare to present it next class

HOW WILL YOU PROVIDE THE NECESSARY BACKGROUND?