1. Virtual Field Trips: Bringing the World Into the Classroom By: Cynthia Harrison EDUC -7101/8841-1 Diffusion and Integration of Technology in Education Instructor: Dr. David Thornburg, Ph.D.

2. Stage One: The Need for Virtual Field Trips: Budget cuts cause schools to seek other ways to experience culture. (A video will be inserted here: The link to this video and article is: http://www.sciencedaily.com/vi deos/2005/1011- virtual_reality_field_trips.htm)

3. Stage Two: Research Organization, Findings, Lead Thinkers Research Studies Findings

4. Lead Thinkers/Organization Video of Second Life virtual field trip will appear in the center of the screen. Slide will include several lead thinkers and explain which organizations are embracing virtual field trips. See my notes for links to references.

5. Stage Three: Development Problems and Audience Will use other references to create bullet points and pictures about problems Problems Will use bullet points to create highlights of the audience Audience

6. Examples of Virtual Field Trips Video of another interactive virtual field trip will appear here with text. See notes for links.

7. Stage Four: Commercialization Bullet Points about commercialization with pictures on the right side of the screen

8. Ideas for integrating virtual field trips This will be a sample video of another virtual field trip site and its resources. This will list ideas and implementations with pictures.

9. The Future and Virtual Field Trips Pictures of possibilities and text about virtual field trips.

10. This will be the summary slide with the video imbedded in the screen. Video link is in the notes. I will also have other pictures and music which will fly in and out of this screen.

11. References http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2005/1011- http://kcet.org/local/blogs/the_other_room/2009/01/the-virtual-field-trip.html http://quest.nasa.gov/vft/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfsSGBraUhc http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/index.html http://books.google.com/books?id=dSATqILWWhwC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=commer cialization+of+virtual+field+trips&source=bl&ots=wV7mOgm2Gc&sig=9T5IwaLnk- EMZIs0xlFaMWD2wH4&hl=en&ei=DCVESrfsEJSasgOA8dHZDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&c t=result&resnum=3 http://books.google.com/books?id=dSATqILWWhwC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=commer cialization+of+virtual+field+trips&source=bl&ots=wV7mOgm2Gc&sig=9T5IwaLnk- EMZIs0xlFaMWD2wH4&hl=en&ei=DCVESrfsEJSasgOA8dHZDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&c t=result&resnum=3 http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic35.htm http://www.internet4classrooms.com/vft.htm http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/play/leonardo/index.html http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/doi/10.1109/DIGITEL.2008.26 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDB2rDqfN4U http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct =true&db=aph&AN=36388662&site=ehost-live&scope=site http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct =true&db=aph&AN=36388662&site=ehost-live&scope=site http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct =true&db=aph&AN=36908845&site=ehost-live&scope=site