Creating Virtual Tours

Submitted By: vmast
Co-Presenter: Beth Moore
Scheduled For: Tuesday @ 11:00 AM in Water Oaks III
Session Type: Session - Presentation (includes keynote & business mtg)
Target Audience: Originally designed for use by education professors teaching methods classes, it can be used effectivly in most majors.

Abstract:

How can teachers cope with the “do more with less” philosophy in a time of rising transportation costs and shrinking budgets, demanding curriculum that does not allow for extended time away from the classroom as well as unknown safety and security threats that can cause the closure of any venue at a moment’s notice? The Virtual Field Trip, while not the perfect answer, does give students an opportunity for experiences outside the classroom.

Gather valuable “teaching tools” while on your travels, document visual and audio reminders of a wide variety of subject matter to use in your courses. Have students capture visual/audio artifacts to share via this user-friendly inexpensive method of blended media creation.

With the use of free or low cost technology tools such as Windows Movie Maker, Nvu, Audacity and others, teachers and students need only be limited by their imaginations.

Presenter Bio: Vicki Mast, with a background in advertising and marketing, has worked in retail, heavy and light manufacturing and in developing promotional/teaching materials for several churches. She has created training materials and trained others first within the advertising field, then moved to other venues. She is now the Technology Trainer for Franklin College’s ITS, Academic Technology Services department. She creates, teaches and coordinates all employee technology training as well as course workshops to meet specific goals. Beth Moore received a bachelor's degree in accounting from IU, a master's in education K-6, 7-8 ND from IUPUI, a gifted and talented teaching endorsement from Purdue University, and her doctorate in educational leadership from IU. Before joining Franklin College faculty, she taught for 25 years in Clark-Pleasant Community Schools, and worked part-time for Renaissance Learning, training teachers to use techniques, strategies and software programs that enhance students' reading, math, test-taking and other skills.