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"Museums for Digital Learning" Website - Exploring a Collection of Museums Around the World

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A question on Twitter, inspired me to start exploring some virtual field trip resources and I discovered the Museums for Digital Learning Website. Today, I just wanted to share a quick introduction to the Museum for Digital Learning Website. 

“Museums for Digital Learning (MDL) is a unique learning platform that provides K-12 educators with authentic, curated museum collection resources to help inspire their students. MDL content and interactive features are developed by museum education and curatorial professionals in consultation with classroom educators and technology consultants. MDL Resource kits have multiple activities to engage learners and support national standards in different subjects. All content is free to use and can be shared to a learning management system or on social media.”

 

A few more virtual field trip resources to explore:

Explore the World with Google Arts & Culture8 Virtual Field Trip ResourcesGoogle Earth – Where in the World Activity

Do you have any favorite virtual field trip resources? Please share them in the comments below. #HappyLearning
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