Saturday, March 20, 2010
Virtual Field Trips and Mapping
Wow!!!!!! Virtual Field Trips for me did not turn out the way I expected it to. When I was first exposed to Virtual Field Trips I thought they were the coolest, most unique technology I have ever seen. Naturally I was searching for a Virtual Field Trip that was similar to what I had experienced earlier. I spent every night searching and researching something that would be appropriate for second graders because that is what I teach. Working all day with an extremely intense agenda which included publishing a book, preparing for open house and practicing for a dinosaur program, the week has been over the top busy..I spent every night and all day Saturday working on this assignment. My first web attempt was a failure. After completing this Virtual Field trip and Concept Web experience I discovered a very important insight. I will probably never use this technology in my classroom mainly because it requires to much time to plan and also because I don't have enough computers to facilitate it... Something work out and something don't... this one doesn't work for me but I bet it works great for middle school and high school..
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I too had a difficult time finding a virtual field trip that would be appropriate for health and physical education. Then I decided that I would have to design my own virtual field trip using web-site that would allow students to make connections and create opportunity to engage in critical thinking activities.
ReplyDeleteI also thought about trying to create a virtual field trip by using a digital camera to record video clips and pictures and then upload them to a site for students to use. I also thought it might be a good idea to allow the students to contribute to the virtual field trip. I feel that this would be a great way to spark their interest and motivate their learning in a specific area. This of course, would take a lot of time and work, but I think it would pay off in the future.
Wow I am impressed... that you designed your own virtual field trip... that is awesome!
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