2. What is a Virtual Field Trip?
A digital experience that
moves us through space
and time to events,
people and places
throughout human and
natural history.
Alix E. Peshette, Coordinator for Digital Learning, Placer County Office of Education apeshette@placercoe.k12.ca.us
3. Effective Virtual Field Trips…
• Provide inquiry-based learning
• Touch all learning modalities
• Can be accessed anytime
Alix E. Peshette, Coordinator for Digital Learning, Placer County Office of Education apeshette@placercoe.k12.ca.us
4. Go on a Virtual Field Trip!
• Ancient Civilizations
British Museum
• Blues Journey
The Kennedy Center Arts Edge
• Welcome to Ellis Island
Scholastic.com
• Mt. Saint Helens Crater Summit
Alix E. Peshette, Coordinator for Digital Learning, Placer County Office of Education apeshette@placercoe.k12.ca.us
5. Create a Great Virtual Field Trip
Essential Question & Learning Task
Why?
Develop questions
How? that require analysis,
Which? interpretation, inference
and synthesis
Alix E. Peshette, Coordinator for Digital Learning, Placer County Office of Education apeshette@placercoe.k12.ca.us
6. Elements of a Virtual Field Trip
Essential Question and Learning
Task
Information Resources
Student Activities
Assessment Activity and Rubric
Enrichment Activities
Instructor Support Materials
Alix E. Peshette, Coordinator for Digital Learning, Placer County Office of Education apeshette@placercoe.k12.ca.us
7. Media for Virtual Field Trips
• Primary Documents • Text
• Maps • Images
• Data • Video
• Interactive Activities • Audio
• Simulations • Narration
• 3D Panoramas • Live Web Cams
Alix E. Peshette, Coordinator for Digital Learning, Placer County Office of Education apeshette@placercoe.k12.ca.us
8. Packaging a Virtual Field Trip
• Think of this as the suitcase that holds all
the resources
• Lots of ways to “package” a virtual field
trip; depending on the tech skill level of
the instructor and students
Alix E. Peshette, Coordinator for Digital Learning, Placer County Office of Education apeshette@placercoe.k12.ca.us
9. Packaging a Virtual Field Trip
Easy Tech Skills
• Digital Word Doc or PDF with links
• PowerPoint with links
• Shared folder with web links
Alix E. Peshette, Coordinator for Digital Learning, Placer County Office of Education apeshette@placercoe.k12.ca.us
10. Packaging a Virtual Field Trip
Intermediate-to-Very Techie Skills
• Delicious • Google Maps
• Google Sites • Google Earth
• VoiceThread • Prezi
• MuseumBox
Alix E. Peshette, Coordinator for Digital Learning, Placer County Office of Education apeshette@placercoe.k12.ca.us
11. Evaluating a Virtual Field Trip
• Is this a quality presentation?
• Is information current and accurate?
• Are support materials appropriate?
• Is this a good use of the Web or
would a video, book, or other tool
be as effective?
Alix E. Peshette, Coordinator for Digital Learning, Placer County Office of Education apeshette@placercoe.k12.ca.us
12. Copyright-Free Resources
U.S. National Park Service
• Photos and Multimedia
• History and Culture
• For Teachers Section
• Podcasts
• Web Cams
Alix E. Peshette, Coordinator for Digital Learning, Placer County Office of Education apeshette@placercoe.k12.ca.us
13. Library of Congress
American Memory
Photographs
Video
Audio
Music
Interviews
San Francisco City Hall Documents
after the 1906 earthquake
Maps
Alix E. Peshette, Coordinator for Digital Learning, Placer County Office of Education apeshette@placercoe.k12.ca.us
14. National Science Foundation
• Multimedia Gallery
• Classroom Resources
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
• NOAA Central Library
• Education Resources
Alix E. Peshette, Coordinator for Digital Learning, Placer County Office of Education apeshette@placercoe.k12.ca.us
15. Panorama Resources
• The New Seven Wonders of the World
• Mt. Saint Helens
• Chichen Itza
• California Missions
• Stonehenge
• The Alhambra
• The Great Wall of China
Share your virtual field trip!
Alix E. Peshette, Coordinator for Digital Learning, Placer County Office of Education apeshette@placercoe.k12.ca.us