Assignment+Overview

=**Assignment Overview**=

**Go on a virtual field trip by sharing content about a learning center on a wiki.**
//Before the demonstration, please view the two short introductory videos on the wiki YouTube page!//

Choose a learning center that you have **actually visited**: a museum, monument, architectural site, aquarium, zoo, etc. It's a wide world- you are encouraged to pick sites you think are unique!

Please sign up for a learning center field trip by clicking "Edit" in the upper right corner to access this page, look for the row with your name, then click to fill in the blank cells. We will each review a **different location** for this exercise.

//ex. Rebecca Oxley | Nassau County Art Museum | Roslyn Harbor, NY//
 * ~ Name ||~ Learning Center ||~ Location ||
 * Amanda Waugh || Metropolitan Museum of Art || New York City ||
 * Deanna Carr || [|National Zoo] || Washington, DC ||
 * Elizabeth Melchor || National Aquarium of Baltimore || Baltimore, MD ||
 * Janice Strasser-King || Strathmore || North Bethesda, MD ||
 * Jewel Bryant || Air and Space Museum || Washington, DC ||
 * June Ahn ||  ||   ||
 * Katie Oskoui || National Museum of the American Indian || Washington, DC ||
 * Katie Winafeld || Air and Space Museum || Washington, DC ||
 * Margaret Buck || Spy Museum || Washington, DC ||
 * Mary Beth Kaplan || The Henry Ford Museum || Dearborn, Michigan ||
 * Nedelina Tchangalova || Bulgarian Festival of Roses || Bulgaria ||
 * Pam Hosimer || The Arch || St. Louis, MO ||
 * Rick Kahley || Acadia National Park || Bar Harbor, Maine ||
 * Sarah Stonesifer || Visionary Arts Museum || Baltimore, MD ||
 * Terri Bridges || West Side Market || Cleveland, OH ||

__In Class (4/411)__ Now that you've signed up for a location, it's time to build your field trip wiki page! Click on "New Page" in the top left-hand navigation and title your wiki with your field trip site.
 * Provide a link to the learning center web site, list 3 or more attractions or points of interest, and write 1-3 sentences about your experience visiting the learning center. Post 2 or more visual components: photo, video, map, tag cloud, etc. Feel free to additionally include any other related links of interest, including blogs, lesson plans, articles, etc. //If you are having difficulty with embedding, please feel free to just post links to resources.// //Please **complete this portion of the exercise by Friday** so that the class will have a few days to comment and reflect- thank you!//
 * //This section is now optional!// // **See more about widgets on the updated "How To Use A Wiki" page.** // Include a Web 2.0 component on your wiki page. Support bookmarking by tagging your page and embedding the Delicious widget, or add a customized widget from Share This. // ShareThis may be difficult to embed if you can't adjust the code of the page itself. //
 * **Homework:** Comment on other field trips: choose at least 2 and post on the "Discussion" tabs of their pages. Post a brief reflection of your experience using a wiki for this assignment on the "Discussion" tab of your own wiki page: can be 1-3 sentences, a short video, Prezi, Voki, Glog - go nuts! Please share your ideas on how wikis can be useful to teachers and learners!

If you need some guidance on how to build your wiki page, please visit the "How To Use a Wiki" link on the home page, or feel free to tweet or email me. Happy Wikiing!

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