Virtual Field Trips — No Permission Slips Needed

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Explore and create : Playground

This is presentation 3 of 3, at station "STATION 3 - Virtual Field Trips" within the playground "Let the Games Begin! Play With Interactive Videoconferencing PLN"; scroll down to see more details.

Other presentations in this group:

Presentation 1: An Ocean of STEM
Presentation 2: Bringing Space Science to Your Classroom

Tami Moehring
For 27 years, the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration has helped over 3.5 million students and teachers travel to places like Alaska, Mexico, Indonesia, national monuments and more without leaving their seats. Join us to discover how you can easily connect your students to the world in a matter of minutes while reaching educational goals.

Audience:	Library media specialists, Teachers, Technology coordinators/facilitators
Skill level:	Beginner
Attendee devices:	Devices useful
Attendee device specification:	Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
Topic:	Global collaboration
Grade level:	PK-12
Subject area:	Performing/visual arts, STEM/STEAM
ISTE Standards:	For Students: Global Collaborator Students use digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, engaging with them in ways that broaden mutual understanding and learning. For Educators: Collaborator Use collaborative tools to expand students' authentic, real-world learning experiences by engaging virtually with experts, teams and students, locally and globally.

Proposal summary

Purpose & objective

Participants will learn how real-time collaborative technologies are used to engage students across the globe. They will have an opportunity to hear experiences from various panel members about the impact of global collaborations on students' awareness, understanding and empathy of others. Session visitors will also be provided with information on how to participate in upcoming global events.

Outline

Introduction of Interactive Videoconferencing/CILC

Interactive Virtual Field Trips - searching, booking and integrating into classroom

Collaborations - 1 to 1, Global Events, and Matchup Collaborations

Q & A from the Audience

Supporting research

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Zanetis, Janet, “The Beginners Guide to Virtual Field trips,” Learning and Leading with Technology, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), March, 2010.

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https://thejournal.com/articles/2015/06/17/6-ways-videoconferencing-is-expanding-the-classroom.aspx

Greenberg, A. and Zanetis, J. (2012) The Impact of Broadcast and Streaming Video on Education. Cisco
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Presenters

Tami Moehring, CILC

Tami Moehring is currently the Content Provider Liaison at CILC where she provides support, training and mentoring to Content Providers. Before coming to CILC, she spent nine years in museum education working at the Minnesota Historical Society.