Outside the Walls
Virtual Worlds
Virtual Worlds: Best Practices in Education
NewWorlds - PAIUNET / CCIU - available to all districts for free in PA. A safe virtual world with only PA educators and students using the software on PAIUNET connected districts.
BUILDING YOUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY IN SL
Kathy Dryburgh's Guide to Second Life for K-12 Educators
Discovery Ed's Second Life Blog
Brain Nook - a virtual world in which students can practice their mathematics and English skills. Brain Nook provides students with a series of scenarios that they have to resolve by answering mathematics and language arts questions.
Game for Science - This virtual world is dedicated to getting kids excited about science and technology. Students can explore various virtual islands where they will learn about health, aeronautics, genomics, environment, engineering and more.
KindleLab - Open source virtual reality, virtual worlds, and advanced classroom visualization applications and consulting for the K-12 classroom.
Kerpoof - owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company. Kerpoof is all about having fun, discovering things, and being creative. Here are just a few ways that you can use Kerpoof:
Make artwork (even if you aren't good at drawing!)
Make an animated movie (really! it's easy!)
Earn Koins which you can trade for fun things in the Kerpoof Store
Make a printed card, t-shirt, or mug
Tell a story
Make a drawing
Vote on the movies, stories, and drawings that other people have made
Woogi World - safe and engaging virtual school for elementary-age children worldwide learn age-appropriate core educational content, essential 21st century skills, cyber safety and security, and responsible and ethical behavior that will yield academic success and the leaders of the future.
In English-Crazy China, 8D World Teaches Kids To Speak In Virtual Worlds; Lands A Deal With CCTV
Secret Builders - a safe, fun virtual world where kids live, learn and play in an interactive, educational setting.
Virtual Tours
Introduction to Virtual Field Trips
Examples of Virtual Tours and Electronic Field Trips
7 Virtual Field Trips Every Teacher Ought to Know About
Rome Reborn - an international initiative whose goal is the creation of 3D digital models illustrating the urban development of ancient Rome from the first settlement in the late Bronze Age (ca. 1000 B.C.) to the depopulation of the city in the early Middle Ages (ca. A.D. 550)
History Tours using Google Earth
25 Awesome Virtual Learning Experiences Online
100 Incredible & Educational Virtual Tours You Don’t Want to Miss
Utah's Education Network (UEN) Virtual Field Trips
Webcams in education
EarthCam - where the world watches the world
123 Cam - directory of thousands of live webcams on the Internet.
US National Park Services Web Cams