Instructional Designs for Technology Virtual Experiences Students are experiential learners. Given the chance, teachers take their students out of the classroom to visit lakes, rivers and rock formations, museums and zoos, historical sites and archeological digs.  The Internet offers classrooms additional possibilities for similar possibilities, including Virtual Field Trips and Museums, and Web Cams.   Virtual Field Trips and Museums Can't take the students there in person? Then visit it over the web!  Virtual field trips bring museum exhibits and famous places into the classroom.  Below are a sampling. Museum - School Connections in the Digital Age - Schools and museums are finding lively synergy as the collaborate to make learning happen in new ways. This article explains how with plenty of examples for each discipline. http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/ 200103/museum.html Virtual Field Trips - Can't take the students out of their home town? Then expand their world over the Internet. http://www.field-trips.org/ MUSÉE - An interactive directory to museums' collections including art, science, history, zoos, archaeology and aquariums, etc. providing links to their educational, entertainment, archive and shopping features. http://www.musee-online.org/ As Ben Franklin said, "The doors of wisdom are never shut." This is true at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, a premiere science museum. They have numerous online exhibits for students to experience. http://www.fi.edu/ Honolulu Community College Dinosaur Exhibit http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/dinos/dinos.1.html Exploratorium: ExploraNet http://www.exploratorium.edu/   Web Cams Web Cams allow students to see live images from all over the world (and beyond!). This list is a nice sampling. http://www.mathtrainer.com/global/c-webcams.htm Yahooligans list of web cams for kids. http://www.yahooligans.com/content/wc/ Web cams at the National Zoo. http://natzoo.si.edu/hilights/webcams/webcams.htm A World Map of live web cams http://dove.net.au/~punky/World.html DiscoveryCams from Discovery School http://dsc.discovery.com/cams/cams.html The HubbleSite give students access to images from the Hubble Telescope. http://hubble.stsci.edu/

Integrating Technology Home Overview of Integrating Technology into the Curriculum   Instructional Designs Making Media WebQuests Virtual Experiences Online Research   Educational Issues Around Technology Teacher Resources   Created by Mike Muir Last updated: October 3, 2001   The Maine Association for Middle Level Education is a Partner in this project.     Inservice Available