IN-HOUSE OUTINGS: VIRTUAL VISITS TO MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, GARDENS

AND OTHER LOCATIONS

Curators, Master Gardeners, Librarians, and other Ilk

• We all want to serve our patrons
• We all share similar issues and challenges
  • Classifying collections
  • Making holdings accessible
  • Reaching as many users as possible
  • Using Technology to achieve goals 

SURVEY REGARDING FIELD TRIPS: GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS...

• All results are available at:http://bit.ly/fieldtrpsurvey
• Survey results page
• About Actual Trips
  • Good news:
    • They still happen! 74% say their schools still offer field trips
    • Nearly half say they number of experiences remains the same
  • Bad news:
    • 34% report reductions
    • 9% say their schools do not offer any field trips
• About Virtual Field Trips
  • Only 20% reported participating
  • 65% did not know of any such experiences at their schools.
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Helpful Articles

• ESchoolNews--linked to one but do a search at the site for others about virtual trips: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=54518
• Eduscapes Article: http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic35.htm
• Internet4classrooms article: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/vft.htm 

TYPES OF VISITS

• Visits to augment real-time visits.
• Online visits --Asynchronous
• Online visits--Synchronous
• Virtual Worlds

Augmenting Real-Time Visits

• Before you go--Planning Your Visit
• Follow-up Activities for After You Visit

Online Visits--No Physical Visit Involved

• The BFP's--Big Friendly Museums
• Lesser Known Museums and Sites
• Videoconferencing

Virtual Worlds

• Environments at Museum Sites
• Second Life and Museums