Comments on: What is in a Field Trip? http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/04/14/what-is-in-a-fieldtrip/ The Magic of Learning Thu, 24 May 2012 03:28:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jacksonville Tour in Google Earth « http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/04/14/what-is-in-a-fieldtrip/comment-page-1/#comment-30893 Jacksonville Tour in Google Earth « Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:09:20 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=3774#comment-30893 [...] written a few days ago about What is in a Field Trip?, it was time to put the theory to [...] [...] written a few days ago about What is in a Field Trip?, it was time to put the theory to [...]

]]> By: What Do You Do To Keep Students (& You!) Focused Near The End Of The School Year? | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/04/14/what-is-in-a-fieldtrip/comment-page-1/#comment-29533 What Do You Do To Keep Students (& You!) Focused Near The End Of The School Year? | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:35:17 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=3774#comment-29533 [...] one day field trip to Yosemite National Park with 100 students.  Langwitches has a great post on What Is In A Field Trip? sharing ideas on how to maximize the learning experience for [...] [...] one day field trip to Yosemite National Park with 100 students.  Langwitches has a great post on What Is In A Field Trip? sharing ideas on how to maximize the learning experience for [...]

]]> By: Heather Davis http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/04/14/what-is-in-a-fieldtrip/comment-page-1/#comment-29497 Heather Davis Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:41:14 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=3774#comment-29497 Thanks for the wonderful ideas both from your original post and the comments by the teachers. While I don't have a field trip coming up until the end of May our Year 5/Grade4 students are going on a Chinese Culture field trip in a couple of weeks to the Temple of Heaven. Basically, I don't have any control over what happens on these trips as I am there as crowd control but as I read your email I got really excited and started talking to my Chinese co-teacher of how we could incorporate some of the ideas into this trip. She got excited also and will be sharing with the other teachers in the Year Level. We (Our Class) will definitely due a Voice Thread as it is technology our class is familiar with using and I may even try a podcast as this was one of my goals for this year. I will let you know how it all works out. I may also try to put a wiki together for this also. Again, not my trip but it got me thinking. Thanks I guess I should mention that I teach in Beijing so we will be doing an actual trip to the Temple of Heaven not a virtual one. Thanks for the wonderful ideas both from your original post and the comments by the teachers. While I don’t have a field trip coming up until the end of May our Year 5/Grade4 students are going on a Chinese Culture field trip in a couple of weeks to the Temple of Heaven.

Basically, I don’t have any control over what happens on these trips as I am there as crowd control but as I read your email I got really excited and started talking to my Chinese co-teacher of how we could incorporate some of the ideas into this trip. She got excited also and will be sharing with the other teachers in the Year Level.

We (Our Class) will definitely due a Voice Thread as it is technology our class is familiar with using and I may even try a podcast as this was one of my goals for this year.

I will let you know how it all works out. I may also try to put a wiki together for this also.

Again, not my trip but it got me thinking. Thanks

I guess I should mention that I teach in Beijing so we will be doing an actual trip to the Temple of Heaven not a virtual one.

]]> By: Langwitches » Framing a Field Trip with Google Earth http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/04/14/what-is-in-a-fieldtrip/comment-page-1/#comment-29490 Langwitches » Framing a Field Trip with Google Earth Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:22:39 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=3774#comment-29490 [...] What is in a Field Trip? [...] [...] What is in a Field Trip? [...]

]]> By: Steven Kimmi http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/04/14/what-is-in-a-fieldtrip/comment-page-1/#comment-29475 Steven Kimmi Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:27:42 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=3774#comment-29475 Last year was the first time I really tried to turn a field trip into a LEARNING trip. It came upon listening to an episode of Dan Schmit's Kidcast Podcast and blog post, Podcasting and Field Trips, http://www.intelligenic.com/blog/?p=126 . While the podcasting didn't turn out too great, it was extremely windy that day, we did come up with something else. Myself, two parents, and the kids, took a load of pictures throughout the day. When we came back we compiled them all, removed one's that were very similar, but then divided the rest among ourselves. We used PhotoStory to created a slideshow with narration and posted it online, I created a wiki page for the trip, http://millfest.wikispaces.com/ . You will also find there out attempts at podcasts (another issue was the district proxy not allowing us to upload the audio files to GCast), and one students essay. Did it make for work? Yes. Was it worth it? Yes. It was one of the first times I actually saw the majority of students engaged in the field trip the majority of the time. Plus, they felt super-cool walking around with digital cameras and mp3 players. I can't wait for this year, now I have a Flip (maybe even two). Also, on our last Science Day Camp I streamed the majority of the day via Mogulus. My idea was that parents could tune in and see what their kids were up to, as well as anyone else. While this won't work for every field trip it might for some. Thanks for the great post, will be forwarding to the teachers in my school. Last year was the first time I really tried to turn a field trip into a LEARNING trip. It came upon listening to an episode of Dan Schmit’s Kidcast Podcast and blog post, Podcasting and Field Trips, http://www.intelligenic.com/blog/?p=126 . While the podcasting didn’t turn out too great, it was extremely windy that day, we did come up with something else. Myself, two parents, and the kids, took a load of pictures throughout the day. When we came back we compiled them all, removed one’s that were very similar, but then divided the rest among ourselves. We used PhotoStory to created a slideshow with narration and posted it online, I created a wiki page for the trip, http://millfest.wikispaces.com/ . You will also find there out attempts at podcasts (another issue was the district proxy not allowing us to upload the audio files to GCast), and one students essay.

Did it make for work? Yes. Was it worth it? Yes. It was one of the first times I actually saw the majority of students engaged in the field trip the majority of the time. Plus, they felt super-cool walking around with digital cameras and mp3 players. I can’t wait for this year, now I have a Flip (maybe even two).

Also, on our last Science Day Camp I streamed the majority of the day via Mogulus. My idea was that parents could tune in and see what their kids were up to, as well as anyone else. While this won’t work for every field trip it might for some. Thanks for the great post, will be forwarding to the teachers in my school.

]]> By: Paul Bogush http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/04/14/what-is-in-a-fieldtrip/comment-page-1/#comment-29470 Paul Bogush Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:11:50 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=3774#comment-29470 This past fall we created "virtual" trips for schools that could never consider visiting our destination in person. With all the tech available, I would love it for a class reading Moby Dick to give us a ring and order a virtual field trip of Old Mystic Village, or have other classes that study 19th Century US History to ask us to create a virtual field trip of Old Sturbridge Village for them after we visit. It really helped keep my kids focused on purpose and audience when they were there visiting. Of course, nothing is as motivational as creating a product for an authentic pre-determined audience. What is in a field trip? Learning...and sharing what you learned with others. This past fall we created “virtual” trips for schools that could never consider visiting our destination in person. With all the tech available, I would love it for a class reading Moby Dick to give us a ring and order a virtual field trip of Old Mystic Village, or have other classes that study 19th Century US History to ask us to create a virtual field trip of Old Sturbridge Village for them after we visit. It really helped keep my kids focused on purpose and audience when they were there visiting. Of course, nothing is as motivational as creating a product for an authentic pre-determined audience.
What is in a field trip?
Learning…and sharing what you learned with others.

]]> By: Kimberly http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/04/14/what-is-in-a-fieldtrip/comment-page-1/#comment-29468 Kimberly Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:20:57 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=3774#comment-29468 Next year when possible teachers are going to visit outside field trips with geocaching equipment ahead to time. On the field trip student groups will have written questions with Long/lat instead of numbers, map, voice recorder (MP3 hopefully) and cameras. At each stop, students will record observations both with the voice recorder and by photography and video. (Many places now ban writing instruments due to vandalism). Then the photographs, and voice recordings will be edited and added to to create a movie for the rest of the school. We were going to do it this year but Ike messed up our year and caused all field trips to be canceled to help make up days. Next year when possible teachers are going to visit outside field trips with geocaching equipment ahead to time.

On the field trip student groups will have written questions with Long/lat instead of numbers, map, voice recorder (MP3 hopefully) and cameras.

At each stop, students will record observations both with the voice recorder and by photography and video. (Many places now ban writing instruments due to vandalism).

Then the photographs, and voice recordings will be edited and added to to create a movie for the rest of the school.

We were going to do it this year but Ike messed up our year and caused all field trips to be canceled to help make up days.

]]> By: Chris Craft http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/04/14/what-is-in-a-fieldtrip/comment-page-1/#comment-29467 Chris Craft Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:07:59 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=3774#comment-29467 Hi Silvia, The link to Monster Milktruck is broken. I suspect it needed an http in front of it. Good work here on the post, I am going to explore some of these ideas! Chris Hi Silvia,

The link to Monster Milktruck is broken. I suspect it needed an http in front of it.

Good work here on the post, I am going to explore some of these ideas!

Chris

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