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(Noelia GARza) I love learning something new and so do my students, when you use VR you allow them to take a closer look into a space they may never have been able to travel to. I love using Nearpod to experience VR field trips. It's like diving into the pages of a book. 

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(Noelia GARza) I love learning something new and so do my students, when you use VR you allow them to take a closer look into a space they may never have been able to travel to. I love using Nearpod to experience VR field trips. It's like diving into the pages of a book. 

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https://share.nearpod.com/Dr2pI8ctYV

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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

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https://www.thealamo.org/visit/grounds/virtual-tour/alamo-vtour/index.html

With all the virtual tours available out there, I thought I would share one from right here in the great state of Texas!  Our very own - The Alamo!

The only drawback to this tour is that you have to manually click the drop down arrow at the top, each time you want to view a different section.

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Links to Virtual Tours and Field Trips
(Sara Wilson)

Some of the virtual field trip resources that I have used are:

Discovery Education Field Trips
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/events/virtual-field-trips/explore/index.cfm?campaign=flyout_teachers_virtual_field_trips

Virtual tour of Lascaux Cave in France
http://archeologie.culture.fr/lascaux/en/visit-cave

PBS Learning Media virtual tours 
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/search/?q=virtual%20tours

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Links to Virtual Tours and Field Trips
(Sara Wilson)

Some of the virtual field trip resources that I have used are:

Discovery Education Field Trips
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/events/virtual-field-trips/explore/index.cfm?campaign=flyout_teachers_virtual_field_trips

Virtual tour of Lascaux Cave in France
http://archeologie.culture.fr/lascaux/en/visit-cave

PBS Learning Media virtual tours 
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/search/?q=virtual%20tours

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Virtual field trips defy geography and time (Bobbie Livingston) 

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Virtual field trips defy geography and time (Bobbie Livingston) 

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Take a tour of the Mayflower and learn about what life was like for children during the early colonial time period.
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/webcast.htm

Learn all about volcanoes and actually view, in real time, what is happening at some of the active volcanoes in Hawaii.

http://www.tramline.com/tours/sci/volcano/_tourlaunch1.htm

http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/space/hawaii/vfts/pele/

https://www.nps.gov/havo/index.htm

Go on a virtual tour of the White House.
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-white-house

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Dulwich Picture Gallery
http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/explore-the-collection

UK National Gallery
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtualtour/

The Dali Museum
http://thedali.org/virtual-tour/index.html?gclid=CIO8nN7zotMCFYG4wAodUbIAKw

National Gallery of Art

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Browse exhibitions currently on view at the National Gallery of Art as well as upcoming and past exhibitions.

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Virtual tour for history and art (Christine Schexneider)

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Virtual tour for history and art (Christine Schexneider)

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Smithsonian
http://naturalhistory.si.edu/VT3/

Google Art&Culture
https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/u/0/

The Met
http://www.marchphoto.com/MetTour/index2.html

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Links to Virtual Tours (Kermeisha Patterson)

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Links to Virtual Tours (Kermeisha Patterson)

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Google’s New App Brings Hundreds of Museums to Your Phone | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2016/07/googles-new-app-brings-hundreds-museums-phone/?mbid=social_twitter

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Links to Virtual Tours Resources (Kermeisha Patterson)

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Links to Virtual Tours Resources (Kermeisha Patterson)

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This is an interesting write up on the pros and cons of virtual tours: http://www.otago.ac.nz/cdelt/otago067256.pdf

Mount Vernon Virtual Tour:
http://www.mountvernon.org/site/virtual-tour/?gclid=CIOS5YuVi84CFcSCfgodPI8GZg
(Absolutely breath taking and very interactive!)

Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam:
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/gogh/html/nonplug/room1-main.htm

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http://naturalhistory.si.edu/VT3/

http://www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/museum-virtual-tour

The first two go directly to a museum, this last one links you to multiple virtual tours.

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/01/20-wonderful-online-museums-and-sites.html

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Virtual Tour Field Trips (Stacey Edwards)

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Virtual Tour Field Trips (Stacey Edwards)

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http://nineplanets.org/tour/
tour of solar system

http://www.history.org/history/teaching/eft/index.cfm/
Colonial Williamsburg
http://bcove.me/3kta4q7t

http://www.eternalegypt.org/

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/america8/full/historytours.aspx
Uses Google Earth to map out historical sites; very cool

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http://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
Visit the museum's exhibition rooms and galleries of the Louvre.
Very user friendly.

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http://www.digintomining.com/virtualfieldtrips/archive
Morenci Copper Mines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBQRaUGfeHA&list=UUyfA7iVd5WdhPHqDW3XFU2A
Polar Bears by the Numbers + Math Challenge

http://www.teendrive365inschool.com/educators/field-trip?utm_source=DE&utm_medium=DE%20carousel&utm_campaign=VFT_Archive_carousel_spring2016
Toyota Motor Manufacturing

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Links to Virtual Art Tours (Doug Bowman)

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Links to Virtual Art Tours (Doug Bowman)

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The first one was more challenging to use, but the last two were easy and very interesting.

http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/webtours.htm
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtualtour/#/central-hall/

http://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne

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http://naturalhistory.si.edu/VT3/NMNH/z_NMNH-016.html

(Smithsonian)

http://musee.louvre.fr/visite-louvre/index.html?defaultView=rdc.s46.p01&lang=ENG

(Louvre)

https://education.microsoft.com/findalesson/virtualfieldtrip?

(microsoft education)

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/streetview/uffizi-gallery/1AEhLnfyQCV-DQ

Uffizi Gallery Florence, Italy

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/

Google Art

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Links to Virtual Tours (Michelle Atterson)

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Links to Virtual Tours (Michelle Atterson)

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Smithsonian Museum
http://naturalhistory.si.edu/panoramas/

Louvre Museum Paris
http://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne

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Links to Virtual Tours ( Michael Bergeron

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Links to Virtual Tours ( Michael Bergeron

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I found a few websites of science interest; some look like videos.

The museum of science
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/Live/mos.cfm

The Exploratorium website is loaded with information and videos and apps for live webcasting
http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/apps

This is the website for the amazing virtual field trips through Arizona State University
http://vft.asu.edu/

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Virtual tours provide a great way to see wonders of the world without buying a plane ticket! (Terri Roberts)

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Virtual tours provide a great way to see wonders of the world without buying a plane ticket! (Terri Roberts)

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http://www.youvisit.com/tour/louvremuseum

http://www.panoramas.dk/7-wonders/colosseum.html

http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen2/full24.html

http://www.airpano.com/seven-wonders-world.php

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Links to Virtual Tour Resources (Emily Norton)

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Links to Virtual Tour Resources (Emily Norton)

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I think that virtual tours of museums and other exhibits can be very enriching to the classroom as long as they are tied to learning standards. For example, in an Art classroom that is studying a particular period in Art history, a virtual trip to see pieces from that period can connect the learning to the real world. In any classroom, a virtual tour of a place related to content can enrich an activity.

I do not, however, believe that a virtual tour can necessarily supplant a physical field trip. I think that actual field trips are still necessary sometimes for the sake of students learning Social Skills through public outings and connecting to culture physically. Some students do not have the opportunity to experiences places like museums outside of school, and it is important to integrate field trips when possible. Obviously a field trip cannot happen for every unit, though. So videos of places and virtual tours are definitely a key resource for classrooms.

See my virtual tour resources on Padlet: http://padlet.com/Drsheramac/virtualtours

http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech071.shtml

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/Events/virtual-field-trips/explore/index.cfm