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TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS: Education
Distance Learning
The ability to offer specialized instruction to students in remote locations is possible over existing infrastructure.
In the Classroom
Through distance education, a teacher can introduce students to people, places, and experiences without the traditional restrictions of time limitations or geographical barriers. You can take your students around the world, but have them home in time for dinner and homework.
In Education Administration
Educational institutions can more efficiently conduct staff development for teachers and administrators by bringing together several districts, regions or even countries to discuss teaching methods, instructional projects and assessment strategies.
Virtual Field Trip Web Sites
Here is a small sampling of resources that currently offer programs available through videoconferencing. This is an extract from the SERESC Teaching American History website.
Search Engines for Videoconferencing Field Trips:
www.noodletrip.com (also has tips & troubleshooting on videoconferencing)
www.videoconferencing.org/videoorg.htm
www.kn.pacbell.com (click on Videoconferencing for Learning)
www.edtech.wednet.edu/Resources/videconferencing/content.shtml
www.education.nasa.gov/divisions/techprodoffice/programs/dln.html
Other Resources - websites that offer content, materials, classes or just reading:
Kurt Leichtle's Bibliography
List of Content Providers offering Virtual and Videoconferencing Field Trip
Albany Institute of History and Art www.albanyinstitute.org
Aquatic Research Institute www.arcec.org
Baseball Hall of Fame http://baseballhalloffame.org
Bronx Zoo www.bronxzoo.org
Brownsburg Challenger Learning Center www.brownsburgchallenger.com
Buffalo Zoo www.buffalozoo.org
California Science Center www.casciencectr.org
Cape May County Park and Zoo www.beachcomber.com/Capemay/zoo.html
Challenger Learning Center http://davern2.cotf.edu/clc
Center for Puppetry Arts www.puppet.org
Children's Museum of Indianapolis www.childrensmuseum.org
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden www.cincyzoo.org
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo www.clemetzoo.com
Cleveland Museum of Art http://clemusart.com
Clowes Memorial Hall of Butler University www.cloweshall.org/education
Coca-Cola Space Science Center www.ccssc.org
Columbus Zoo www.colszoo.org
Conner Prairie Museum www.connerprairie.org
COSI Columbus www.cosi.org
COSI Toledo http://cositoledo.org
Cumberland Science Museum www.cumberlandsciencemuseum.com
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art www.eiteljorg.org
Elephant Sanctuary www.elephants.com
Eli Lilly and Company www.lilly.com
Fort Ancient Museum www.fieldmuseum.org
Georgia Music Hall of Fame www.gamusichall.com
Hartness International http://hartness.com
Healesville Sanctuary www.zoo.org.au/
Health Museum of Cleveland www.healthmuseum.org
Independence National Historical Park www.nps.gov/inde
Indianapolis Museum of Art www.ima-art.org
Indianapolis Zoo www.indyzoo.com
Liberty Science Center www.lsc.org/eft.html
Library of Congress www.loc.gov
Los Angeles County Museum of Art www.lacma.org
Louisville Science Center www.lsclouienet.org
Louisville Zoo www.louisvillezoo.com
Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts www.capemaymac.org
Mote Marine Laboratory www.mote.org
Museum of Modern Art, New York www.moma.org
Museum of Television and Radio www.mtr.org
Museum of Tolerance www.wiesenthal.com
NASA Glenn Research Center www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k12/CoE
NASA Johnson Space Center http://learningoutpost.jsc.nasa.gov
National Museum of American Art http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu
National Museum and Galleries www.nmgm.org.uk
National Museum of Science and Industry www.nmsi.ac.uk
National Museum of Natural History www.mnh.si.edu
New York Hall of Science www.nyhallsci.org
New York Institute of Technology Culinary Arts Center http://iris.nyit.eud/culinary
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences www.naturalsciences.org
Oakland Museum of California www.museumca.org