We are inspired by our Mount Vernon Community of students, families, and staff who are showing great resilience, determination, and creativity to stay connected with one another and to support student learning. Their efforts to continue to make Every Day Count during this unprecedented time are amazing! Teaching & Learning staff are excited to share resources and ideas for staying connected and supporting student learning. Students are likely to hear from their classmates, teachers, and school sites with ways to stay engaged. Maintaining our sense of community supports our social-emotional health and will help each of us to remain engaged in learning. We hope you engage with and enjoy the ideas we post on our Every Day Counts! student learning blog. Stay tuned--we plan to begin posting on Monday, March 23rd! Many of the resources we will be sharing are available to all students via the MV TECHSMART K-12 DIGITAL LITERACY site.


Friday, April 10, 2020

4-10-2020 Street View Treks

I once had the amazing opportunity to go on a ten day camel safari in Samburu National Park in Kenya.  We traveled through the desert by camel each day and then camped under the stars each night.  From our tents we could hear lions roaring in the night.  That was quite an adventure.

Although not like being there in person, going on virtual treks can be a really cool way to learn about a place.  Google Street View Treks lets you jump into the scene in places all over the world to explore and learn.  You can go scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef, soar through the air in the International Space Station or follow the paths of elephants in Samburu, Kenya.

Perhaps these virtual adventures will inspire you to travel there in person one day.

Go to Google Street View Treks and pick an adventure.
Read about the special places and be sure to click on the links to explore.  That will take you to a Google Street View Map where you can move the picture around and get a 360 degree view of the area.  Follow the arrows and you can travel even further into the picture.  Here is a street view picture from Samburu.  This trek takes you on an adventure with scientist who are working to protect the elephants from poachers.  Look around, what do you see?  What do you wonder? 

Martha Thornburgh: Mount Vernon Schools Teaching and Learning
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