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• Tips, Tools and Technology for Educators
  By - Amanda Kenuam  •  Jun 06, 2010   •  Read Article
  Coming across a great video that is appropriate for a classroom is sometimes like finding a needle in a haystack. Students love watching videos, whether it is to take a break from a lesson or to enforce what they have just learned. Fortunately, there are some useful resources that provide teachers and educators with some quality videos. neok12
  
  
• Tips, Tools and Technology for Educators Current Articles | RSS Feed RSS Feed Interactive Field Trips for Students
  By - Lauren Grossberg  •  Mar 03, 2010   •  Read Article
  Meet Me at the Corner, Virtual Field Trips for Kids is an interactive site encouraging students to express themselves through the use of videos. What is great about this site is that videos are submitted from children all over the world. Through these videos, children can learn the art of storytelling and self-expression.
  
  
• Web Report:Environment Fun on the Web
  By - Jessica Duff  •  Apr 24, 2010   •  Read Article
  Even though Earth Day was April 22nd, it seems more like "Earth Week" rather. THV's Jessica Duff has a look at a fun website where kids can take virtual field trips -- including a visit to colorado springs for a little earth day activity!
  
  
• Meet Me at the Corner visits Palomar Observatory
  By - Scott Kard  •  Apr 27, 2010   •  Read Article
  Meet Me at the Corner visits Palomar Observatory Last year Meet Me at the Corner, a website that offers virtual field trips for kids visited me at Palomar Observatory. The video is available on their website and is embedded below.
  
  
• PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS FOR KIDS
  By - ADministrator  •  Apr 23, 2010   •  Read Article
  A virtual field trip to New York City, This is an Interview with Photographer of Kids With Cameras. He offers photography Tips for Kids. For more Virtual Field Trips for Kids visit our website at www.meetmeatthecorner.org.
  
  
• KIDS CELEBRATE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH DAY : Kids Virtual Website
  By - EDUCATION NEWS  •  Apr 19, 2010   •  Read Article
  Font size: Decrease font Enlarge font KIDS CELEBRATE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH DAY Kids' Virtual Field Trip Web Site MeetMeAtTheCorner.org Observes with a Field Trip ,Interviews and Activities COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (April 13, 2010) -- April 22, 2010 marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the earth's environment. Meet Me At The Corner (MeetMeAtTheCorner.org), a kids' virtual field trip Web site, is celebrating with a pod cast about hiking and bird watching in Colorado Springs' Aiken Canyon Preserve. The episode also includes a variety of activities and interviews intended to promote environmental interest among kids all year long. MeetMeAtTheCorner.org combines the content that educators and parents trust with the delivery method that today's kids embrace. Led by 10-year-old reporter Benjy, the on-line video "field trip" introduces children to the 100+ species that inhabit the preserve, its unique ecosystem, and the history of ornithologist Charles Aiken. Rounding out the episode is an interview with Phil Kendall, the past chairman of the Nature Conservancy in Colorado, who shares how kids can get involved in hiking.
  
  
• Girls Rural Reviews MEET ME AT THE CORNER
  By - Girls Rural  •  Apr 21, 2010   •  Read Article
  pril 22, 2010, marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Earth Day began as a call to action for environmental causes after a series of environmental problems came to light. These included the effects of the industrial age, the 1969 oil spill on California’s coast, and the connection of several environmental toxins to birth defects. It began as a national holiday in 1970. Meet Me at the Corner, a kids’ virtual field trip web site, is celebrating Earth Day with a pod cast about hiking and bird watching in Colorado Springs’ Aiken Canyon Preserve. The episode also includes a variety of activities and interviews intended to promote environmental interest among kids all year long.
  
  
• EDge 21 Reviews MEET ME AT THE CORNEr
  By - Thomas Boito  •  Apr 21, 2010   •  Read Article
  Catch of the Day - Meet Me at the Corner - 21 Apr 10 Today's tasty catch is Meet Me at the Corner Meet Me at the Corner, Virtual Field Trips for Kids, is an interactive site which encourages individual expression and participation of children through video submissions.
  
  
• GATHER NEWS REPORTS ON MEET ME AT THE CORNER
  By - Matthew Reddin  •  Apr 22, 2010   •  Read Article
  Ever feel like your kids just don't care about the world around them? Earth Day's the perfect time to teach them to appreciate this wonderful world we're in, and these Earth Day videos for kids are just the way to do it! Meet Me at the Corner
  
  
• Kids - Paws for Poetry's sake!
  By - Roanoke.com  •  Apr 15, 2010   •  Read Article
  Paws for Poetry's sake! Kids are invited to wax poetic about their pets. April is National Poetry Month and www.pawsforpoetry.rog is holding its 3rd annual poetry contest. They want kids to write an ode to Odie, a sonnet to Spot, or a haiku to Ju-ju. To enter, children ages 5-12 are to write a poem to, and provide a photo of, their favorite animal friend. The contest is co-sponsored by kids' virtual field trip Web site Meet Me at the Corner (MeetMeAtTheCorner.org) and Flashlight Press (FlashlightPress.com).