Tech Tip - Discovery Virtual Field Trips

Discovery Virtual Field Trips
Take your students beyond the classroom walls and into some of the world's most iconic locations for rich and immersive learning experiences — no permission slips required, Tour the National Archives, see how an egg farm works, explore NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, or hear from the President of the United States. Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips are fun, educational, and free!

Browse the Discovery Education Events Calendar for upcoming experiences.

Experience Inauguration Day with your students.

Tech Tip - Google Expeditions Pioneer Program

Google Expeditions Pioneer Program

What is the program?
Expeditions teams will visit selected schools around the world, starting with the United States, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Brazil. Each team will bring a complete Expeditions kit with everything the teachers need to take their students on journeys anywhere. The team will show teachers how Expeditions works and help set it up before class.

There is no charge or cost involved in the program.

What are expeditions?

Expeditions is a virtual reality platform built for the classroom. We worked with teachers and content partners from around the world to create more than 100 engaging journeys - making it easy to immerse students in entirely new experiences.

What you need

A minimum of 6 interested teachers. In order to take as many students as possible on an Expedition, we'll visit schools showing the most interest first.

A committed point person to help schedule the school visit and coordinate the day of the experience.

You can sign up by filling out the Google Expeditions Pioneer Program form.

Skype in the Classroom

Skype
Have you ever wanted to bring an expert into your classroom, connect with another classroom on the other side of the country, or take a virtual field trip?  If so, check out Skype Education.  There is a whole community of people willing to connect with classrooms on a variety of topics.  This is a cheap, sometimes free, opportunity to connect with someone you normally wouldn't have the funds or ability to connect with.  All you need is a camera and an internet connection.  Google Hangouts for the classroom offers the same types of connections on a different platform.