Virtual Field Trips

Virtual field trips work well for various aspects in the classroom. I anticipate virtual tours/field trips becoming a normal things in my classroom. Students often lack the basic knowledge and background information about certain topics. Money is very tight in a small school making it difficult, and sometimes travel is very near impossible (as in my Outer Space Example).

• This tool would be amazing to use in the classroom after a lecture or to assign the virtual tour alongside with a scavenger hunt to the students before the actual class discussion. 
• To access my sample lesson:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxAQSocrxIHramVEdzVLcTlnUUE

• Teachers can create a Virtual Tours using various number of online tours! Various places have Virtual Tours available. Here are some of the ones I have personally toured: 
• www.discoveryeducation.com/Events/virtual-field-trips/.../index.cfm
• www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech071.shtml
• www.simplek12.com/virtual.../virtual-field-trips-every-teacher-ought-to- know-about/
• There are no costs associated with virtual field trips.
• ISTE Standards used by students:
• 1a
• 2b
• 3c
• 4a
• 4c
• 4d
• ISTE Standards used by teachers:
• 1b
• 1c
• 4b
• 3a
• References:

 http://nineplanets.org/tour/

www.discoveryeducation.com/Events/virtual-field-trips/.../index.cfm
www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech071.shtml
www.simplek12.com/virtual.../virtual-field-trips-every-teacher-ought-to- know-about/

http://www.iste.org/standards/standards/standards-for-students

http://www.iste.org/standards/standards-lp/standards-for-teachers