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Virtual Field Trips are
created and used by educators to arrange a series of pages from
one Internet website or selected sites into a guided and narrated
tour to motivate and enhance their students' learning. Virtual
Field Trips (VFT) can "take" students to nearby or faraway places
without actually leaving the classroom environment.
The goal of a VFT is
to increase the usefulness of Internet sources for students by
carefully selecting content embedded in website(s) to enhance
students' learning by using technology.
Please
click here to view VFT resources.
Please
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Assignment
description: You are asked to develop a Virtual Field Trip on
a social studies topic of your choice. Your task will be to
identify a social studies theme for your focus by reviewing the 10
National Council for the Social Studies themes (http://www.ncss.org/standards)
and then select a topic and grade level for your focus. You will
then review and gather appropriate Internet resources based on the
theme and topic you've chosen and combine them into a tour. Once
you have identified all of the resources you will use, you are to
then write a narrative that weaves all of the resources together.
The narrative is to be written in a PowerPoint slideshow with the
selected Internet sites embedded throughout your work. This
assignment is 10 points of your course grade.
Steps to complete
this project:
1.
Identify your student audience.
2.
Identify your social studies topic and related theme.
3.
Write clearly identified desired student outcomes for the
Virtual Field Trip (What do you want students to learn?)
4.
Search the Internet for reliable websites that offer
content that corresponds with the desired student outcomes that
you have established.
5.
Analyze the websites that you have identified, ensuring
that they are (1) safe for children, (2) reliable regarding
content, (3) easy to navigate, (4) correspond well to your theme,
topic AND desired student outcomes.
6.
Choose the websites and/or associated pages that you will
use for your Virtual Field Trip.
7.
Use PowerPoint to write words of welcome to your VFT and
include content you would like students to learn AND weave your
website addresses throughout your PowerPoint presentation (see
next page for PowerPoint slideshow content and outline).
8.
Print out a hard copy of your PowerPoint presentation (6
slides per page).
9.
Bring a copy of your PowerPoint show to class and present
your VFT to a small group of students in class on a date announced
in class and hand in your printed hard copy of your work
(including any student activities you have created to correspond
with the VFT.
Create a PowerPoint
presentation using the following outline:
1.
Provide an attractive and motivating initial slide
welcoming viewers to your Virtual Field Trip (be sure to identify
your targeted audience).
2.
Provide a brief explanation of the social studies theme and
topic for the VFT.
3.
List the desired student outcomes you've chosen for this
VFT.
4.
Provide an introduction to your content.
5.
Weave your selected websites into the PowerPoint
presentation, clearly identifying (1) what you want students to
focus on when going to the identified website, (2) why you chose
this particular site to have students visit, and (3) at least one
activity that students will complete while on the VFT that you
will collect and use for assessment.
6.
Provide, in your own words, additional information on your
topic throughout the PowerPoint show.
7.
Be sure to create a slide(s) that review the content you
wanted students to learn from experiencing the VFT.
8.
Provide a slide that identifies a closing time for
questions and answers.
9.
List all of the resources you used to create your VFT in
your PowerPoint show.
10.
Print a copy of your PowerPoint (6 slides per page) to hand
in on the day of your presentation.
Virtual Field Trip Assignment
Grading Rubric
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Target |
Acceptable |
Unacceptable |
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Content |
You clearly identified and
described the social studies theme, topic and desired
student outcomes.
(3 points) |
You clearly identified and
described the social studies theme and topic. Your desired
student outcomes were not well aligned to the theme and
topic.
(2 points) |
You identified the social
studies theme and topic. Your desired student outcomes did
not align to the theme and topic.
(1-0 points) |
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You selected Internet sites
as resources for your VFT that aligned well to your theme,
topic, desired student outcomes and targeted audience.
(2 points)
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You selected Internet sites
as resources for your VFT that aligned well to your theme,
topic and desired student outcomes. The selected sites were
not appropriate for the developmental levels of your
targeted audience.
(1 point) |
You selected Internet sites
as resources for your VFT that minimally aligned to your
theme, topic, and/or desired student outcomes. Your selected
Internet sites were not appropriate for the developmental
levels of your targeted audience.
(1-0 points) |
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You integrated your topic,
theme, desired student outcomes and Internet sites into a
PowerPoint slideshow that included all elements from the
PowerPoint outline provided in this document.
(2 points) |
You integrated your topic,
theme, desired student outcomes and Internet sites into a
PowerPoint slideshow that included most of the elements from
the PowerPoint outline provided in this document.
(1 point) |
You integrated your topic,
theme, desired student outcomes and Internet sites into a
PowerPoint slideshow that included some of the elements from
the PowerPoint outline provided in this document.
(0 points) |
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Visual Presentation
(PowerPoint Slideshow) |
Your visual display of
information enhanced the content of the VFT. It appeared
welcoming and motivational to your targeted audience and was
easy to read.
(1 points)
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Your visual display of
information accurately portrayed the content of the VFT.
(.5 point) |
Your visual display of
information distracted from the content and desired student
outcomes of the VFT.
(0 point) |
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Your visual display of
information clearly identified, described and encouraged the
targeted audience to visit the Internet websites of the VFT.
(1 points) |
Your visual display of
information clearly identified and described the Internet
websites of the VFT.
(.5 point) |
Your visual display of
information identified the Internet websites of the VFT.
(0 point) |
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Oral Presentation
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The oral presentation
consisted of reading the slides AND significantly
elaborating with interesting details AND guiding the
audience through the VFT.
(1 points)
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The oral presentation
consisted of reading the slides AND elaborating with details
AND guiding the audience through the VFT.
(.5 point) |
The oral presentation
consisted of reading the slides AND guiding the audience
through the VFT.
(0 point) |
Total Points: _______
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