Virtual Field Trips

A long, long time ago I picked up a HTML 4 for Dummies book so I could work on a web page and charge $15 an hour for it. I didn't know much about web design, but what that page needed was some updating and toubleshooting. So, for a ten dollar reference I made about seventy-five and headed out of town for the weekend.

That bit of HTML coding experience has served me very well over the years. However, it's hardly needed these days. If anyone wants to make a blog or a site, multiple sites will all but make it for you.

What I can't do is take my classes to the White House. Now, I don't need to.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about/inside-white-house/interactive-tour

I'm absolutely going to use this in my US History class. Set aside a class period, check out the laptops, and just let the students explore. They've had a number of questions about the White House already, so I know they are interested.


http://naturalhistory.si.edu/vtp/1-desktop/

Since I'll have the laptop cart anyway, might as well send the science classes on a virtual field trip as well.

I think it will also make a nice backup plan for upcoming testing. We have classes in the afternoon after they've tested all morning, and it would just be dumb to not take that into account. Good day for a virtual field trip, I think. Lots of options at: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech071.shtml

For science review, I like the looks of the Amusment Park Physics game at http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/

I'll have to explore that one more.