Digital Field Trips

The goal of this learning activity is to engage students and teachers in hands-on activities before, during and after a field trip in order to heighten their learning with the use of both primary and secondary sources. The use of voice recorders allows for the capture of first-hand testimony from 'experts' in the field, such as local citizens of the urban and rural communities we visit. The use of digital cameras allows for the capture of images of the communities. The final product for students will be a slide show of their audiovisual documentation, a ‘Guided Tour’ saved on CD. Students will upload the digital data, sequence it in slide show software, edit and revise the slide show with added text and features to complete a documentary of their research findings. The student groups will share their slide shows with other members of the school community.