Sentences with phrase «own virtual field»

This year's Southern Exposure sessions start with virtual field tours and end with one of the hottest trends in traceability — blockchain technology.

Dante Galeazzi from Crescent Fruit & Vegetables had this to say, «Being the first to introduce virtual field tours was exciting — we were able to bring the farm to the comfort of a hotel conference room.»

Second Life may have been a bust for politicos, but perhaps FarmVille will provide more - fertile opportunities for digital pioneers to cultivate votes in virtual fields.

Innovative new program, KAMP Kenan, enables students to embark on virtual field trips to reputed southern Florida reptile conservatory

«The hope is we verify that student geologists in the field and those surrounded by these virtual environments view formations the same way so we can use simulations to train novices on dozens of virtual field trips, cutting down on the costs of travel and equipment to make better use of actual trips,» says imaging scientist Mitchell R. Rosen of the Rochester Institute of Technology.

These videoconference programs are interactive science learning experiences that take you and your students on a virtual field trip to the Davis Mountains of west Texas.

This immersive «virtual field trip» is part of an exciting new in - classroom humane education program called «Meet the Animals: A -LSB-...]

Get Outta Class With Virtual Field Trips You look outside the classroom window and see yet another in a long string of gloomy days.

By e-trips, I am referring to any type of virtual field trip through space or time.

It also lets you organize a virtual field trip for your students.

Treat virtual field trips with the same amount of planning and consideration you devote to real field trips.

Porter talks with the director of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas, who explained that the museum has not moved forward with virtual field trips because the technology doesn't always work so well, and «something was so lost in the dialogue on camera.»

However, virtual field trips such as Google Expeditions offer one idea for bringing the trip to students and teachers.

REVIEW Take your children on a virtual field trip to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Now, at last, technology is catching up to virtual field trips» possibilities.

«One thing I look for is a purpose,» says Angie Haynes, a media specialist at Altamaha Elementary School, in Baxley, Georgia, who is a fan of virtual field trips.

This how - to article accompanies the feature «Internet Explorers: Virtual Field Trips Are More Than Just Money Savers.»

With an emphasis on kinaesthetic and project - based learning, students are using tech to design their own virtual field trips, build geographic and scientific models, and use social media to share and view their work.

It works, says Buettner: Last year, participants cut their screen time and upped their veggie intake by 80 percent each, making Blue Zones one of the only virtual field trips that urges kids to actually put down the mouse and go outside.

Another practical idea is to use a virtual field trip to ready students for a real visit to a similar locale, says Chris Dede, a professor of learning technologies at Harvard University (and a member of The George Lucas Educational Foundation's National Advisory Council).

Virtual field trips debuted in the early days of the Internet with an awesome promise: They'd take students to exotic places no school bus could, they'd be a boon to low - income classes without a travel budget, and nobody would get stuck in the car listening to the umpteenth verse of «99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall.»

Already, many NPS sites offer videoconferences and virtual field trips to students.

virtual field trip, students can follow the progress of a real - life dogsled journey.

Through the exchange of e-mail, photos, and multimedia reports, and by participating in virtual field trips, they can communicate with students and teachers in other countries.

Even better, have your students make their own virtual field trip videos of your hometown to share with kids in faraway places!

Through the Periscope app, students can take virtual field trips, observe demos, and collaborate.

Virtual Field Trips produces a number of slideshows about different destinations.

Whether you're a parent looking to entertain bored, overheated children, or a teacher already brainstorming ways to break down the four walls of your classroom in the fall, how about taking a virtual field trip?

Virtual field trips, face - to - face collaboration with the Subject Matter Experts, virtual classrooms, all these can be made possible through the effective use of a standardized video conferencing solutions built for the learning sector.

Moving to London, the virtual field trip will also explore Shakespeare's life in the Tudor capital, with a tour of some of the city's hidden Shakespeare locations, ending at the famous Globe Theatre.

Take it to the next level by filming your own virtual field trip next time you're in an interesting locale.

Discovery Education, one of the UK's leading providers of digital content to schools, is hosting a virtual field trip from Stratford - upon - Avon this afternoon, giving students worldwide the chance to explore the Bard's birthplace, school, and other historic locations without leaving their classrooms.

Beyond fun and games, virtual field trips can also help young people build empathy for their counterparts around the world.

A virtual field trip doesn't have to be totally digital.

Go on virtual field trips, view the universe at your leisure, or go to the depths of our oceans.

The product consists of a cardboard viewer that costs $ 15, which holds a smartphone and allows students access to more than 100 virtual field trips.

Virtual field trip marks 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare and is being broadcast to schools worldwide

It includes lesson plans, scientific data, visualizations, interactive computer models, virtual field trips, and more.

Developing a global perspective is of great importance in today's schools for connecting our classrooms with virtual field trips to other areas of the world.

The Manufacture Your Future Virtual Field Trip builds on the success of Discovery Education's 2015 Magna Carta and 2014 Remembrance Day live broadcasts to schools.

The virtual field trip was provided as part of Alcoa Foundation and Discovery Education's award - winning «Manufacture Your Future» programme and website, which provides teachers, pupils and families with resources and advice to build excitement around careers in advanced manufacturing.

The Manufacture Your Future Live Virtual Field Trip was organised by Alcoa Foundation and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development to schools.

Virtual field trips are a great way to engage and encourage interaction in the classroom.

Big Bend National Park Virtual Field Trip provides an opportunity for students to view in pictures the results of the shifting of Earth.

For more information about the virtual field trip visit: http://www.manufactureyourfuture.com/UKVirtualFieldTrip.

The idea is to provide a meaningful, skill - developing experience, not just a virtual field trip that is pleasant but not particularly deep or rigorous.

The Manufacture Your Future Live Virtual Field Trip is being organised by Alcoa Foundation and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development to schools.

The virtual field trip will enable our pupils to experience how STEM subjects and skills relate to real life apprenticeships and future careers.»

Technology, however, has much more to offer educators than WebQuests, virtual field trips, and online lessons and games.

I made a video of the bunkers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsXKBVzIBWo), and run free virtual field trips of the bunkers for schools through Skype in the Classroom.