Creating Virtual Tours
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.
