Virtual Field Trips 

Virtual Field Trips

What is a Virtual Field Trip?  It is a place you can't visit in real life.  

Examples:

• The White House - http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/ 
  
  

• Interactive Tour of Ellis Island - http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/ 
  
  

Guidelines

• Virtual Field Trip Guidelines - http://surfaquarium.com/IT/vftguide.htm 
  
  

Other Resources:

• Virtual Field Trip Resources Online - http://surfaquarium.com/IT/vft.htm 
  
  

• Museums and Exibits - http://www.theteachersguide.com/virtualtours.html
  
  

• Digital and Virtual Fieldtrips - http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic35.htm 
  
  

• Virtual Field Trips - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/vft.htm 
  
  

• Virtual Field Trips:  Teacher's Guide - http://www.theteachersguide.com/virtualtours.html  - categorized by General, Museums, and Exhibits
  
  

• The Oops Virtual Field Trip Page - http://oops.bizland.com/vtours.htm  
  
  

• Tramline Virtual Field Trips - http://www.field-guides.com/trips.htm 

Internet Hunts - E-Sheets

What is a Internet Hunt and how do E-Sheets facilitate the process?  In the Internet Hunt activity, the students visit a web page that has been pre-selected by the teacher.  They use information literacy skills to answer research questions about the topic.   An E-sheet or electronic worksheet is a tool that teachers can use to focus their students' research on the Internet.  It is a one or two page worksheet that goes along with a web page.  

Examples:

• Ellis Island e-sheet - http://huntington.tce.schoolinsites.com/Common/Forms/
  FormBrowser.asp?iFormID=7795&SchoolID=%27160%27 

• Bottlenose Dolphins - http://www.lauriefowler.com/dolphinesheet.mht 

Other Hunt and e-sheet Resources:

• LT Technologies Internet Hunts  - Categorized by Subjects -- http://www.lttechno.com/links/hunts.html 
  
  
• E-Sheets - http://www.bama.ua.edu/~rmayben/tim/esheetsummer.htm 
  
  
• E-Sheets:  Research on the Web - http://lauriefowler.com/esheet.html

Resources to find topic websites:

• KidsClick! - http://www.kidsclick.org/ 
  
  

• Super Kids - http://www.super-kids.com/   
  
  

• Awesome Library - http://www.awesomelibrary.org/ 
  
  

• List of Search Engines and Directory for Kids - http://www.nabss.org/irsearch.htm

WebQuests 

What is a WebQuest?  A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet.  Typically, it is done in cooperative groups.

Examples:  Paper or Plastic? - http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/paper/ 

Background Information

• Some Thoughts About WebQuests - By Bernie Dodge
  http://webquest.sdsu.edu/about_webquests.html 
  Gives definition and critical attributes of WebQuests. 
  Example:  
  
  

• A WebQuest About WebQuests   
  http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/materials.htm 
  (scroll down to the 2nd one on the right side) - An exercise that's useful for 
  introducing the concept to educators. Working in teams they examine five WebQuests 
  from four different points of view. 
  
  

• Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests
  http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquestrubric.html 

WebQuest Examples

• WebQuest Portal 
  http://www.webquest.org/ 
  
  

• SESD Webquests - http://sesd.sk.ca/teacherresource/webquest/webquest.htm  
  Search for webquests by topic.  Excellent webquest tutorial.
  
  

• WebQuest Collections  
  http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest_collections.htm 
  Links to 20 other WebQuest Collection web sites
  
  

• Grade Level WebQuest Explorations - http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic4.htm#2 

WebQuest Templates

• WebQuest Training Materials:  Templates - http://webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html 
  
  
• Filamentalitity - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/ 

Resources for Skill Building

All Subjects

Grade Level Skills Help Pages - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm - K-8 Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies  

Reading

• Online Interactive Websites - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang.htm

Math

• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html 
  
  

• Everyday Math Resources: Interactive Manipulatives - http://www.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/everydaymath.htm 
  
  

• Online Interactive Websites - K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, other grade levels
  
  

• ikonwthat.com: Math - http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=L2_Math 
  
  

• Math Playground - http://mathplayground.com/ 
  
  

• Primary Games:  Math - http://www.primarygames.com/math.htm 
  
  

• That Quiz - http://www.thatquiz.com/ 

Rubrics for Evaluation

Background

• Creating Rubrics - http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-4521.html
  Five part series which includes:  The Advantages of Rubrics, Create an  Original Rubric, Analytic vs. Holistic Rubrics, How to Weight Rubrics, and Student-Generated  Rubrics.

  
  
  

• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Assessment Rubrics - Links to Web Page Rubrics,  General Rubrics,  Articles,  Portfolios, and Report Cards
  http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html
  
  

• Chicago Public Schools Performance Assessment Ideas and Rubrics
  http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/ideas_and_rubrics.html

Multiple Links

• Rubrics for Student Evaluation
  http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/rubrics/weblessons.htm
  
  
• Rubrics from the Staff Room of Ontario
  Links to many rubrics by category.
  http://www.harding.edu/USER/dlee/WWW/webquest/RUBRICBUILDING.HTM
  

Tools

• Rubistar - http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php 
  
  

• Rubric Builder - A tool by David Warlick of the Landmark Project that creates rubrics in web form.
   http://landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php