360 virtual tours are being created everywhere for tourism, marketing and most importantly education. Virtual tours are a medium to tell a story that informative and engaging. This is an authentic real world activity that will get students hands wet in designing immersive experiences while sharing a story. That story can be something personal or about a specific geographic area a time in history, information about a particular biosphere. Thinglink is a great site for students to create to create their own virtual experience and build their digital storytelling skills using a 360 camera checked out from the Media Commons or just using an image and overlaying a variety of media including text, images, videos to immersive experience. Thinglink promo video
360 Tour Examples:
Resources:
Center for Interactive Learning and collaboration: Database of Virtual Field Trips
Skype a Scientist: 30-60 minute Q and A session
Please let me know if you are interested in incorporating this into a lesson and I can help you work on the details to make this a fun and engaging learning experience.
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