Description
What is this opportunity?
Use place-based learning and technology to engage students in creating immersive Virtual Field Trips (VFTs) that showcase their science understanding and reasoning! Join the Stanford Accelerator for Learning in a one-day workshop to learn everything you need to know to launch a VFT creation project with your students next school year.
Choose a ready-made VFT project about the carbon cycle, ecosystem interactions, or climate change indicators – or create your own! No fancy tech required, all you need is a browser with an internet connection.
Watch a short overview of the workshop experience here.
See what students have made with this technology: Exploring SoCal Geology, Recycling Rascals, and All About Ecosystems: Maine Swamp
Workshop Details
- When: Saturday October 24, 10am-3pm (lunch provided)
- Where: Stanford University
- What: Learn everything you need to know to launch a virtual field trip project in your classroom next school year!
- Who: 5th-10th grade science educators interested in exploring new methods of teaching and learning
Benefits of Participation
- Receive free VFT platform accounts for you and your students.
- Get support building the skills needed to do a virtual field trip creation project.
- Deepen your learners’ science sensemaking and communication skills using innovative technology.
Commitment to Participation
- Attend the workshop on October 24th
- Implement an instructional unit (~5 hours of instructional time) in the fall with your learners to create their virtual field trips.
- Optional level up: Submit a sample of student VFT products to be featured on our VFT website!
Have questions?
Interested in participating and want to know more? Reach out to Kyla Cook (kdcook@stanford.edu) or Rachel Wolf (rcwolf@stanford.edu)