Content Providers

Many institutions, organizations, and individuals offer virtual field trips via videoconferencing. A videoconference field trip gives you and your students an opportunity to visit a place you might not be able to otherwise, such as zoos, museums, NASA, U.S. Congress, and more. There is a fee for most of the field trips plus the off-site connection cost so consider coordinating with another classroom to share the expense. Contact your local ETSC Director for help.

Museums in the USA
http://www.museumca.org/usa/index.html
This is a listing of the best museum sites in the USA. Many of them offer virtual field trips.

SouthwestNet Distance Learning
http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/dl/fieldtrips.htm
This site hosted by Berrien County Intermediate SD in Michigan offers an extensive database of content providers. Washington educators should contact their ETSC Directors for help in connecting with these providers.

Videoconferencing Adventures
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/vidconf/adventures.html
Pacific Bell's site lists several popular videoconference content providers such as NASA and the San Diego Zoo.

Electronic Field Trips
http://www.cesa10.k12.wi.us/dl/trips/index.htm
A site managed by CESA 10 Distance Learning Cooperative in Michigan that compiles information regarding available videoconferencing events for K - 12 students.

Wired: Connecting Wisconsin to the World
http://www.swing.k12.wi.us/wired/
A partial listing of Wisconsin’s resources and educational partnerships to give you an idea of the kinds of content providers available within the state of Wisconsin.

Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration
http://www.cilc.org
Indiana's videoconferencing network for teaching and learning provides a site listing content providers. These providers develop programs focusing on a wide variety of content targeted toward K-12 students, teachers, and community members.