Virtual Field Trips:Bringing the World Into the Classroom

By: Cynthia HarrisonEDUC -7101/8841-1

Diffusion and Integration of Technology in EducationInstructor: Dr. David Thornburg, Ph.D.

Stage One:The Need for Virtual Field Trips:

Budget cuts cause schools to seek other ways to experience culture.

(A video will be inserted here: The

link to this video and article is: http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2005/1011-virtual_reality_field_trips.htm)

Stage Two:Research

Organization, Findings, Lead Thinkers• Research Studies • Findings

Lead Thinkers/OrganizationVideo of Second Life virtual field trip will appear in the center of the screen. Slide will include several lead thinkers and explain which organizations are embracing virtual field trips. See my notes for links to references.

Stage Three:Development

Problems and AudienceWill use other references to create bullet points and pictures about problems

• Problems

Will use bullet points to create highlights of the audience

• Audience

Examples of Virtual Field Trips

• Video of another interactive virtual field trip will appear here with text. See notes for links.

Stage Four:Commercialization

• Bullet Points about commercialization with pictures on the right side of the screen

Ideas for integrating virtual field trips

• This will be a sample video of another virtual field trip site and its resources.This will list ideas and implementations

with pictures.

The Future and Virtual Field Trips

• Pictures of possibilities and text about virtual field trips.

• Pictures of possibilities and text about virtual field trips.

This will be the summary slide with the video imbedded in the screen. Video link is in the notes.

I will also have other pictures and music which will fly in and out of this screen.

References• http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2005/1011-• http://kcet.org/local/blogs/the_other_room/2009/01/the-virtual-field-trip.html• http://quest.nasa.gov/vft/• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfsSGBraUhc• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/index.html• http://books.google.com/books?id=dSATqILWWhwC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=co

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• http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic35.htm• http://www.internet4classrooms.com/vft.htm• http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/play/leonardo/index.html• http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/doi/10.1109/DIGITEL.2008.26• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDB2rDqfN4U• http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?d

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