Fieldtrip or Virtual Fieldtrip?

1. Fieldtrip or Virtual Fieldtrip? Timothy Johnson Monica Burgio Daigler NYSCATE 11/25/08 Erie 1 BOCES

2. Field Trip Clip

3. Fieldtrip or Virtual Fieldtrip? • Is there a time when a fieldtrip makes more sense than a virtual fieldtrip? • Is there a time when a virtual fieldtrip is more appropriate? • What about both!

4. Four Real Examples • Zoo • Farm • Baseball • Botanical Gardens

5. Buffalo Zoo • CILC (Buffalo Zoo) • http://www.cilc.org/search/content-provider.aspx?id=148 • Buffalo Zoo • http://www.buffalozoo.org/distance_learning.html

6. Becker Farms • CILC (The Farmers’ Museum) • http://www.cilc.org/search/content-provider.aspx?id=205 • The Farmers’ Museum • http://www.farmersmuseum.org/farmers/for_teachers/distance_learning • Becker Farms • http://www.beckerfarms.com/educators_school_field_tripsWNY.html

7. Baseball • CILC (National Baseball Hall of Fame) • http://www.cilc.org/search/content-provider.aspx?id=76 • National Baseball Hall of Fame • http://education.baseballhalloffame.org/experience/index.html • Buffalo Bisons • http://buffalo.bisons.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t422

8. Buffalo Botanical Gardens • CILC (Royal Botanical Gardens) • http://www.cilc.org/search/content-provider.aspx?id=206 • Royal Botanical Gardens • http://www.rbg.ca/pages/evirtualfieldtrips.html • Buffalo Botanical Gardens • http://www.buffalogardens.com/Classes_Tours/SchoolPrograms.aspx

9. Other Ideas • Darwin Martin House • http://www.darwinmartinhouse.org/ • http://www.thinkbright.org/teachers/viewResource.asp?ContentID=4523

10. Other Ideas • The Erie Canal – Lockport to Buffalo • http://www.eriecanal.org/ • http://www.buffaloah.com/h/erieC/percy/percy.html • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23GDoyaxIig

11. Your Ideas

12. Contact Info • Timothy Johnson • Distance Learning Coordinator • 716-821-7227 • tjohnson@e1b.org • Monica Burgio Daigler • Online Learning Coordinator • 716-821-7054 • mdaigler@e1b.org