Take a Field Trip Without Leaving the Classroom:Museums, Zoos, and Distance

Learning

What sort of distance learning do we mean?

There are obviously many forms of distance learning.

Today, we will look at resources available in the realm of interactive videoconferencing.

History of Educational Videoconferencing

Slow start

Burst of content providers

Collaboration

Distance Learning in Museums

Interactive videoconferences

Virtual tours

Designed to meet national and state standards

Why do field trips via distance learning?

Expense

Green

Experiences that would be inaccessible otherwise

What do you need?High-speed internet connection

H.323 compatible equipment OR

H.320 compatible equipment

Television or computer

Can cost as much as $10,000 or as little as a webcam and free software

Where can you find programs?

Noodletrip

TWICE (Two Way Interactive Connections in Education)

CILC

NoodletripSearchable site; lists videoconference program providers and programs

Provides contact information

http://www.noodletrip.com/

BCISD Directory (through TWICE)

Searchable site; lists videoconference program providers and their programs

Provides contact information

http://www.twice.cc/

CILCFull name – Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration

Searchable listing of content providers

Requests for booking programs available on the CILC website

CILC offers seminars for people becoming involved with IVC www.cilc.org

Content providers

Free programming

Highly rated programming

Free programmingSmithsonian American Art Museum

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Eli Lilly and Company

Library of Congress

Arizona Memorial

Smithsonian American Art Museum

• A House Divided: Civil War Images in the Classroom

!Come along with museum docents on a videoconference tour of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Civil War.

• Beating the Odds: African American Women Artists

!Learn stories of how eight African American women represented in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection "beat the odds" to become recognized and respected in the mostly male-dominated art world.

Smithsonian National Air and Space Center

• Kites, Wings & Flying Things

!The 30-minute lesson takes place in front of the original Wright Brothers Flyer on display at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC. It is designed for grades 3-5.

• To the Moon & Possibly Mars

!The 45-minute lesson features museum docents (volunteer tour guides). Two-way interaction is an integral part of the experience. The docents describe major achievements in getting to the moon, and identify obstacles and problems encountered in placing a person there.

Eli Lilly and Company• Brainlink: Memory and Learning !

!Amy Chappell, M.D., child neurologist and a physician working on one of Lilly's Product Teams, and experienced distance learning presenter, brings this interactive series of three events to your classroom.

• Chemistry is a Blast! !

!This is an exciting program of chemical demonstrations including explosions, colors, foams, fogs, and light. Your students will enjoy the demos as they observe and learn about the chemistry of combustion, phase changes, heat transfer, polymers, and many other aspects of chemistry.

Arizona Memorial Museum Association

• Inside the Vault: The Curators Series

!Inside the Vault: The Curators Series is a program that allows students to view artifacts that are currently not on display. Rare images from the 14th Naval District Historic Photo Collection are displayed.

• Pearl Harbor Survivor Series

!The Pearl Harbor Survivor series offers a distance learning opportunity like no other. Now, students have an alternative way to learn about our history. They get to experience a historical perspective from those who were there that fateful day.

Library of Congress• Gathering Community Stories

!Gain a unique perspective on your community’s history and cultural identity through oral history interviews. These generate first-hand documentation that can be used in myriad ways. Learn the process of collecting oral history and gain skill through practice.

• Library of Congress ONLINE!

!Take a guided tour of the Library of Congress Web site! Discover Edison's films; examine maps; explore photographs of home towns and exotic places; listen to America's songs, memories, and speeches; track legislation or contact Congress.

Highly ratedprogramming

The Mariners’ Museum

Mote Marine Laboratory

Indianapolis Zoo

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

Mote Marine Laboratory

The Mariners’ Museum

Indianapolis Zoo• Amazing Amazon!

!Tropical rainforests are the most biologically diverse places on Earth. Join us from our own Amazon rainforest exhibit as we move, layer by layer, through this amazing environment and meet several of its inhabitants.

• Ani-math

!How do numbers fit into a zoo environment? We'll talk about animal weights, heights, speeds, and other ways we use math at the zoo. And you won't believe how many pounds of fish we go through in a year!

Cleveland Museum of Art• Egyptomania! Series

!Discover the ingenuity of one of the world's earliest civilizations through this lively series of four videoconferences just for elementary students.

• Gods and Heroes of Greece and Rome Learn why Herakles, Athena, and Dionysus populate the CMA galleries in sculpture, coins, vases and a sarcophagus.

Mote Marine Laboratory

• SHARKS: Devouring the Myth

!Don't be afraid! See sharks up close and learn the truth about them! Find out why it's more dangerous to be at home than in the water with these fascinating creatures.

• Coral Reefs

!Why are coral reefs important? Discover the value of coral reefs to wildlife and how important they are to people too.

The Mariners’ Museum• Age of Exploration

This popular program takes students on an imaginative journey through time. They will explore an era when cartographers were still mapping the world and mariners were discovering new land masses, thus fueling the desire for knowledge and riches.

• 144 Days at Sea This program will take a close look at the long sea voyage that the first group of Jamestown settlers made from England to Virginia. Learn about the ships, the people, their jobs, what they ate on board, and what they did for fun.

The Mariners’ Museum • Captive Passage

!This interactive program will help students discover how the institution of black slavery shaped the history, culture, and commerce of four continents over the course of five centuries, and how its impact is still felt today.

• Clash of Armor

!The development of ironclad ships during the American Civil War was a technological advance that would forever change the face of naval warfare. Using artifacts from the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia, this program will introduce students to the development and use of ironclad warships.

The Mariners’ Museum (cont.)

• Pirates!

!This program introduces students to the lives and adventures of the pirates, both men and women, who raided the East Coast and the Chesapeake Bay. Students will examine some of the reasons for piracy, the myths and lore of pirates, and the history of piracy.

• Riding in a Log Canoe Before the English reached the shores of Virginia, the Jamestown area was inhabited by a thriving culture of Powhatan people. Students will examine the Powhatan methods of travel, trade, hunting, and fishing, and learn about the daily lives of men, women, and children.

State programming – How do I meet the learning standards?

The Mariners’ Museum: www.marinersmuseum.org/distancelearning

Search by standard topic: let’s see what we can find!

Math

Science

Reading www.cilc.org