Lettuce

How do you communicate a student travel experience "on the fly" with the home crowd? While on a trip take pictures and put on a blog. MKA Irish Studies program. Two-week field study to Ireland. Over 10 years he has built wesites. There was no audience. Ran it as a blog now. Posting photos to Flicker. They are using twitter updates that go with the trip. We do not want kids to call home so what they do is to Tweet about the entire trip. They are tweeting about the trip. Flicker photo stream
 * Lettuce Q**


 * Conversation Starters** - Use the following to help get the conversation started:
 * Where do teachers take students on field trips in your district? How far do they go? How long are they away from the district? Is it a day-trip or multiple days?
 * How can teachers and students share photos, videos, and the news of their trip with the rest of the school community at home?
 * What tools (tech and/or non-tech) are going to enable this to happen in an efficient, practical, and logical manner?
 * How often can information from the trip be updated?

Use the conversation starters as a a framework (or develop your own framework) to design a solution for your question. "Edit" this page and record your plan, actions, and results in the space below. Leverage your network to make this often talked about topic into an actionable item.
 * Make it Happen**

Create a Facebook page to update parents and the rest of the school on what is happening during the trip. Parents, students, teachers, etc... can add comments and ask questions.

If Facebook cannot be used in your district, a blog could be set up on a site such as Blogspot instead. Can use an RSS feed to let people know when there is a change or update made.

Items that could be included on blog: Pictures taken on the trip, videos, comments from students and chaperones, agendas for each day, contact information for chaperones.


 * Resources** - What resources did you use? List and Link here!

Internet, digital cameras, laptops, cell phones, video cameras, wireless networks


 * Group Reflections -** Take some time to respond to the following questions after completing your task.
 * What does the student experience in a classroom look like when the curriculum is integrated with technology that they use?
 * Becomes a multifunctional classroom. Teachers do not have to lead all the activities, students can access ancillary tools autonomously.
 * What support structures need to be in place for this classroom to exist, for the experiences to exist?
 * Funding must be available. Technology/IT coordinator must be available to help teachers. Reliable Internet connectivity, up-to-date equipment.
 * What is your ideal school look like where access to learning is not held in check by the classroom walls or the teacher itself?
 * 1 to 1 Initiatives, Learning not bound by 9:00-3:00
 * Where does learning happen in the schools of the future?
 * Happens everywhere! In school, at home, on-the-go.