This week I took a virtual trip to the famous hiding place of Anne Frank and her family during World War II. The tour starts at a small hallway that is accessed by a stair case. In this small hallway, there is a bookshelf with a bunch of other miscellaneous items. Behind the bookshelf hid…
Month: March 2021
Ellis Island Virtual tour
This week I took a virtual tour of Eilis Island. I did take an actual tour of Ellis Island many years ago with my family. I learned more in this virtual tour than I did went I went to the island. Even though the immigration process only took a few hours, parts of the process…
Virtual Field Trip: Ellis Island
Ellis Island was a immigrant stopping place where millions of people from Eastern and Southern Europe were able to be in the country of the United States. These people would be coming to this country to escape poverty as well as religious intolerance that had gone on in many of these peoples living areas. The…
A Virtual Tour of Ellis Island
I have always been so interested and fascinated by Ellis Island and the amount of people from all over the world who took the risk to voyage over to America for a better life. The trip was not a smooth, peaceful ride over, though. The ships were dirty and crowded which made the spread of…
Zoo Animal Virtual Field Trip
This week I researched using zoo’s live camera streaming as a virtual field trip aid. One of the trips I enjoyed most throughout school was going to the zoo. I think for children it is so important for them to explore how our world has so much to offer in terms of life. This website…
Virtual Trip to Amsterdam, Netherlands
I took a trip to Amsterdam in the Netherlands to visit Anne Frank’s house. The amazing thing is, I did not even have to leave my couch! I took a virtual field trip but it was so interactive and felt like I was actually there. The tour was a virtual reality place, so it looked…
Virtual Field Trip: Ellis Island
This week I took a virtual field trip to Ellis Island. This tour really interested me because I have learned about it in school, however, I only knew the basics and had much more to learn. The field trip began with a short story and photos to explain how more than 40 percent of family…
Pencil Of Promise’s New School
In Laos, one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia, 27% of people are illiterate. This is believed to be caused by a lack of infrastructure. Pencil of Promise works with communities in Laos to improve education, and has impacted over 13,000 students so far. Pencil of Promise, known as POP, has built over 104…
Virtual Field Trip to Mount Vernon
The virtual field trip to Mount Vernon was absolutely outstanding, the overview feels like you are actually visiting this place in person. The main parts of the virtual field trip consists of the mansion, outbuildings, gardens and landscapes, distillery and gristmill, and the library. The West Front The West Front is the first part of…
Africam Virtual Field Trip
The Africam Virtual Field Trip allows teachers and their students to take a wild ride through the African Safari. There are live cameras and channels that show a few areas of the safari, such as, Oliphant’s River, Rosie’s Pan, Tau, and Tembe. To add, there are highlighted clips that display a whole bunch of elephants…