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Facilitator(s): Miguel Guhlin (@mglearn) | http://ly.tcea.org/dft
Session Description
Session Description
Digital field trips provide informal learning experiences for students that can connect their prior knowledge to on-the-go learning.
Digital field trips provide informal learning experiences for students that can connect their prior knowledge to on-the-go learning.
Virtual field trips can show us the world, can make us think, can help us to both question and understand others. And because there is little to no cost and no travel time required, our students can experience many more of them than they could in the old-fashioned way.
In addition, virtual field trips allow us to visit places that are impossible without the technology. Want to meet George Washington, walk across a glacier, follow a monarch butterfly migration, or see stops along the Silk Road? All easy to do with technology.
I really enjoyed today's virtual field trip lunch & learn. I've already shared with so many of my coworkers and family! Yes, I'm getting ready to go to Dallas or Houston Zoo - virtually!
I really enjoyed today's virtual field trip lunch & learn. I've already shared with so many of my coworkers and family! Yes, I'm getting ready to go to Dallas or Houston Zoo - virtually!
Thank you so very much!!!
Thank you so very much!!!
session outline
session outline
Oh, The Places You Can Go!
Oh, The Places You Can Go!
ZooCams, Field Trips, and Exhibits, Oh My!
ZooCams, Field Trips, and Exhibits, Oh My!
More Field Trips
More Field Trips
Space Trips, Anyone?
Space Trips, Anyone?
Planning a Successful Trip
Planning a Successful Trip
Resources
Resources
Links Shared via the Lunch and Learn Session
Links Shared via the Lunch and Learn Session
Oh, The Places You Can Go!
Oh, The Places You Can Go!
There are lots of trips available these days. Here are just a few, most of which are free:
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Exhibits including Fossils, African Voices, Geology Gems and Minerals, Mammal Hall, Bones, Mummies, Insect Zoo, Butterfly Exhibit and much more!
Visit with Authors: This webpage lists authors that will skype with your classes. Check it out!
Veteran’s Day: An interview with a Tuskegee Airman.
Meet Me at the Corner: Meet Me at the Corner is a website full of online videos and resources for all ages.
ZooCams, Field Trips, and Exhibits, Oh My!
ZooCams, Field Trips, and Exhibits, Oh My!
Visit the Houston Zoo live cams to see elephants, giraffes, rhinos, flamingos, and more. Every weekday at 11 a.m. CST, the zoo is hosting a Facebook Livestream, offering viewers a glimpse into the animals’ daily lives. A few more zoo cams:
Here’s a list of all the zoos with webcams to explore.
The Blanton Museum of Art is one of the foremost university art museums in the country and holds the largest public collection in Central Texas.
A few collections exhibited at the LBJ Presidential Library have been digitized. Photos, telephone conversations, oral histories, and more can be found in the collections.
Boeing and Discovery Education have partnered to give an exclusive virtual field trip to the historic Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Be sure to download the activity that goes along with the tour.
Check out Texas specific events via the Connect 2 Texas Events page. You can search and find a wide variety of events organized by grade level. Some recent events:
Check out Texas specific events via the Connect 2 Texas Events page. You can search and find a wide variety of events organized by grade level. Some recent events:
Mavericks, Dogies, and Drovers--Cattle Drives
Texas History Tuesdays Livestream: La Belle--The Ship that Changed History
The Museum Guide to the Pacific War
More Field Trips
More Field Trips
360Cities.net is a great resource for 360-degree videos or panoramic photos.
360Cities.net is a great resource for 360-degree videos or panoramic photos.
Inside a Red Apple Tree – Looking out from inside the tree covered in bright red apples.
The Big Apple Farm – Harvesting apples
Pumpkin on Vine – Foliage and a pumpkin still on the vine
Pumpkins Ready for Harvest – The foliage has died back and pumpkins are laying right where they grew
Halloween Hide and Seek – Over 30 Halloween-themed items are hidden in this panorama for your students to find. Don’t forget to look up!
YouTube 360 videos lets you search for a plethora of immersive videos on all different topics. They can be used with VR goggles or you can drag the screen on a laptop.
YouTube 360 videos lets you search for a plethora of immersive videos on all different topics. They can be used with VR goggles or you can drag the screen on a laptop.
New England Fall Foliage Fly Through at Bartlett Arboretum – Produced by NBC, beautiful views of fall foliage in all colors and an excellent explanation of how and why leaves change colors.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier – The Changing of the Guard (Veteran’s Day) is a great 360 video of Arlington cemetery and explanation of changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Dia de los Muertos – Explanation and short video of Dia de los Muertos in 360 video
Google Earth – Go anywhere in the world and chances are there is a 360 street view. Google also has Google Voyager, which showcases 360-degree pictures with a theme.
Google Earth – Go anywhere in the world and chances are there is a 360 street view. Google also has Google Voyager, which showcases 360-degree pictures with a theme.
Voyager – Thanksgiving Traditions – This tour takes you from Plymouth Rock to the Lincoln Memorial and explains how the Thanksgiving tradition evolved in America.
Voyager – World War I Memorials around the world – With Veterans Day approaching, this is a great tour of ten different World War I memorials around the world.
Space TripS, anyone?
Space TripS, anyone?
“Traveling to Pluto” falls squarely into the “not physically possible” category of potential field trips. But as a virtual field trip? There’s no end to what you can do!
Here’s one exploring the International Space Station. It’s also available in 3D for a more immersive experience.
Take your own journey across Mars with these videos from the Curiosity rover.
This simulation lets you journey through the solar system and simulates the orbit of the different planets.
Planning a Successful Trip
Planning a Successful Trip
Align the trip to the content being studied.
Align the trip to the content being studied.
Although there are times when a just-for-fun field trip can be great (like visiting with Santa Claus at Christmas with TCEA or touring the Spy Museum), most of them should be tied to the curriculum to provide enrichment and depth to student learning.
Share the learning objectives with the students so that they are clear on the trip’s objectives.
Share the learning objectives with the students so that they are clear on the trip’s objectives.
Engage them with pre-trip activities.
Engage them with pre-trip activities.
Just as we ourselves might do some research before going on a trip overseas, plan activities that get the students thinking about who and what they will be meeting on their virtual experience. Have them jigsaw the answers to some questions that the students pose about the trip.
Just as we ourselves might do some research before going on a trip overseas, plan activities that get the students thinking about who and what they will be meeting on their virtual experience. Have them jigsaw the answers to some questions that the students pose about the trip.
Use a map to show students where they have been and where they will be going.
Use a map to show students where they have been and where they will be going.
Challenge them (and yourself) to see how many different states or countries they can visit this year.
Challenge them (and yourself) to see how many different states or countries they can visit this year.
US NATIONAL PARKS VIRTUAL TOURS
US NATIONAL PARKS VIRTUAL TOURS
Hidden World of National Parks by Google Art and Culture
Schedule them frequently as they fit the content.
Schedule them frequently as they fit the content.
One field trip a year doesn’t really broaden a student’s perspective. Instead, take time to set up a calendar with a virtual trip every month or six weeks at a minimum.
One field trip a year doesn’t really broaden a student’s perspective. Instead, take time to set up a calendar with a virtual trip every month or six weeks at a minimum.
Include discussion and reflection after the trip.
Include discussion and reflection after the trip.
To cement the learning from their voyage, make sure you have students discuss what they experienced with each other. Give them specific but open-ended questions to discuss in small groups and then ask them to write a short reflection on what they learned.
To cement the learning from their voyage, make sure you have students discuss what they experienced with each other. Give them specific but open-ended questions to discuss in small groups and then ask them to write a short reflection on what they learned.
Possible questions include:
Possible questions include:
What have you learned today?
What surprised you about today’s trip?
How are you and the people in the trip the same? How are you different?
What other questions do you have after the trip?)
Perhaps have them keep a field trip journal that might include a map of each place they visit along with how it impacted them.
Perhaps have them keep a field trip journal that might include a map of each place they visit along with how it impacted them.
More Exciting Resources
More Exciting Resources
To see more field trips, visit the list of Virtual Tours in Texas Google document and download it. If you know of a place that can be added to the list, make sure to mention it in the comments below.
To see more field trips, visit the list of Virtual Tours in Texas Google document and download it. If you know of a place that can be added to the list, make sure to mention it in the comments below.
For additional information about virtual field trips, read Exciting Students with Virtual Reality Field Trips and Taking the Learning Outside the Classroom.
For additional information about virtual field trips, read Exciting Students with Virtual Reality Field Trips and Taking the Learning Outside the Classroom.
Shared Links from the Audience
Shared Links from the Audience
Thanks to all who participated in the Lunch and Learn held live on May 13, 2020. Although we can't share everything that was discussed in the chat, you can find some of the links.
Thanks to all who participated in the Lunch and Learn held live on May 13, 2020. Although we can't share everything that was discussed in the chat, you can find some of the links.
TCEA Shared Links
TCEA Shared Links
Get Exam Preparation via the TCEA Google Educator Level 1 and 2 Certification Courses NOW AVAILABLE
Brown Bears of Alaska via Diana Benner
STEAM Activity for Those Who Watch Eagle Cams via Diana Benner
Use Wakelet.com to filter out YouTube advertising videos (for free)
Audience Member Links
Audience Member Links
Sonia Gamez shared her Houston Zoo VFT Slideshow and grants permission to copy, edit, make your own
"Places Around the World" lesson created by Chris Clementi
Get a monthly spreadsheet from Nikole L. via email to nlakusta@psd70.ab.ca
Some Ideas Shared in Chat
Some Ideas Shared in Chat
Flipgrid would make it easy for students to give voice to their planning and experiences.
Mardalee B: 8th grade used it for plate tectonics In math, you can use it for Pythagorean theorem and distance formulas
From Andrea H. : also a project with mapping out travel
From anntierno : The 360 site is very cool. I discovered the lighthouse in Maine where Forrest Gump filmed.
Make a digital passport with electronic stamps/badges that kids could use to keep track of their virtual travels.
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