Virtual Tours

As a future History teacher I would strive to make my lesson as interactive as possible. I recently came across Virtual Online tours hosted by BBC.com. The website offers a wide variety of different moments in history and presents them in an interactive tour. Some tours are comprised of 360 degree panoramic scenes that allow students to zoom in and out and rotate by using the keyboard or mouse. One prominent example was a WWI trench showing the conditions that the soldiers at the time had to endure. The website also has even more interactive tours that allow the students to navigate through a 3-D model interpretation of articular historical sites. I feel this would be more engaging for students to take part in because it allows them to examine details they could not have otherwise seen through an old picture.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/virtual_tours/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/virtual_tours/trench_life/index_embed.shtml