{"id":47043,"date":"2014-07-28T10:03:45","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T14:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=47043"},"modified":"2014-07-28T10:03:45","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T14:03:45","slug":"6-virtual-field-trips-to-give-lesson-plans-a-boost-allie-gross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2014\/07\/28\/6-virtual-field-trips-to-give-lesson-plans-a-boost-allie-gross\/","title":{"rendered":"6 virtual field trips to give lesson plans a boost [Allie Gross]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationdive.com\/news\/6-virtual-field-trips-to-give-lesson-plans-a-boost\/287583\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>6 virtual field trips to give lesson plans a boost<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from educationdive.com by Allie Gross<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpts:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">These resources can be used to take students on &#8220;virtual&#8221; field trips from the comfort of the classroom. For schools facing tight budgets, or just not feasibly close enough to a location of interest, these trips are valuable opportunities to expand students&#8217; horizons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Let&#8217;s check out some of our favorite trips that can be incorporated into curriculum for the upcoming school year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nineplanets.org\/tour\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47046\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VirtualFieldTrips-nineplanets-July2014.jpg\" alt=\"VirtualFieldTrips-nineplanets-July2014\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VirtualFieldTrips-nineplanets-July2014.jpg 939w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VirtualFieldTrips-nineplanets-July2014-150x82.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/about\/inside-white-house\/interactive-tour\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47050\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VirtualFieldTrips-WhiteHouse-July2014.jpg\" alt=\"VirtualFieldTrips-WhiteHouse-July2014\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VirtualFieldTrips-WhiteHouse-July2014.jpg 976w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VirtualFieldTrips-WhiteHouse-July2014-150x121.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.org\/history\/teaching\/eft\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47044\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VirtualFieldTrips-ColonialWilliamsburg-July2014.jpg\" alt=\"VirtualFieldTrips-ColonialWilliamsburg-July2014\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VirtualFieldTrips-ColonialWilliamsburg-July2014.jpg 725w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VirtualFieldTrips-ColonialWilliamsburg-July2014-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/teacher.scholastic.com\/activities\/globaltrek\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47045\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VirtualFieldTrips-GlobalTrek-May2014.jpg\" alt=\"VirtualFieldTrips-GlobalTrek-May2014\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VirtualFieldTrips-GlobalTrek-May2014.jpg 763w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/VirtualFieldTrips-GlobalTrek-May2014-150x115.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 virtual field trips to give lesson plans a boost &#8212; from educationdive.com by Allie Gross Excerpts: These resources can be used to take students on &#8220;virtual&#8221; field trips from the comfort of the classroom. For schools facing tight budgets, or just not feasibly close enough to a location of interest, these trips are valuable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,419,276,273],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engagement-engaging-students","category-ideas-teaching","category-interactivity","category-virtual-field-trips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47043"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47055,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47043\/revisions\/47055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}