![]() We are in the midst of very challenging times. A global pandemic, in-person school cancelled in many parts of the world through the end of the school year, stay-at-home orders for most of us. In the United States, we've been staying put for about five weeks now and teachers, students, and parents are still trying to figure out work, school, and life in general. At the Kilmer Library, we've working to create engaging content to keep our students interested and learning without our normal channels for classroom collaboration. One such activity has been our virtual vacations. I first saw virtual trips brought to life on the amazing Instagram account of Georgia school librarian Martha Bongiorno (an aside: she is a "must follow" for teachers and librarians everywhere). During her spring break, Martha rolled out four different virtual trips (and actually cited elementary librarian Sarah Curran on Facebook as her original source for the idea). I immediately loved the concept, asked permission to tweak it for my students and ran with it. Each trip that I put together includes: Sights to See -- links to famous attractions, a virtual video tour of a city or monument, tours of popular museums. STEAM Activities -- hands-on science experiments or building projects, relevant arts and crafts projects, anything that brings out the maker in my students Travel with a Book -- links to titles in our eBook or audio book collections that take place in the specific setting we are visiting ![]() I built six trips for our week long spring break and then decided to continue traveling, adding a new vacation spot each week on #TravelTuesday. We are now asking for student requests on our social media feeds to add some student voice into our trips! So far, we have visited: To hop aboard and start making your own trips, make a copy of my Google Docs trip template. And, you can easily view all of our trips on the Kilmer Library website. It has been so much fun for me to build each trip, but I also think this would make a fantastic student project. In a World Language class, students could be tasked with creating trips to cities or countries where that language is spoken. Beginning students could make them in English, but more advanced language speakers could develop these virtual vacations in another language. Creating a virtual trip could be a great way for students to focus on setting when reading a novel for English class or to focus on specific historical time periods in Social Studies. Imagine traveling to Tolkein's Middle Earth or to 1920s Harlem? What other ways could you incorporate virtual vacations into your instruction? And where do YOU want to go? -Gretchen You might also like:
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4/28/2020 02:57:29 pm
Project Virtual Vacation sounds like a great substitute to be able to travel during this pandemic. Being a traveler myself, it is a bummer that it may take months or even up to a year before we are able to travel again. But, I know that it is for the welfare of everyone, so I understand the reason why we cannot travel yet. This project of yours is amazing and helpful for those who love to go to different places. For people who are used to traveling, it can feel suffocating to have to stay at home for months, so this is a great alternative to still allow those people to experience traveling in the comfort of their homes.
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Every now and then we can’t travel the way we’d desire. Our agenda or budget may be extremely tight or due to this pandemic. We may have personal or family challenges keeping us at home. There might even be travel hindrances limiting our capability to travel as we generally would.
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