Virtual Field Trip A virtual field trip is an event where students can participate in looking at other environments and having the ability to explore that at the comfort of being in your own classroom with class mates or even at home. I think that any grade level is more than capable of conducting a virtual field trip from home on their laptops. There is different age ranges depending on the type of event you are looking at. For example their is a virtual field trip to the zoo that would be targeted towards younger students and a virtual field trip to the Great Wall of China that would be targeted towards older students. Zoo: Wild Meetingz - San Antonio Zoo (sazoo.org) Great Wall of China: Great Wall of China Travel Guide & Tours (thechinaguide.com) I think that this is important because it gives the students a different perspective and environment to somewhere new and somewhere where they can learn a lot more in “class”. I feel like thi...
A Day in My Life A day in my life video is a simple concept than can bring a group of people together of all ages. It is basically a video that the parent would take throughout the day that include snippets of what they do in their day of work. You can create this video through apps that can compile all of the small snippets into one video. The grade level that would probably work the best would be older elementary students or middle school students. This is important because you are creating a video that is short and sweet but it can connect the classroom because the students would be making one as well and then switching to show the different perspectives. I think the only thing that would be needed would be instructions to explain what is going on and what should and should not be in these videos. Maybe a release form to talk about privacy of students and home environments. My plan of action for this would be to introduce the idea of the parents and make sure they are on board,...