What it is: Meet Me at the Corner is an inventive site that seeks to take students on virtual field trips through videos created by students. The site started with video podcasts of the history and people of New York City. As the site grows through student submissions, people and events of other towns, cities, and nations will be highlighted. Currently there are video podcasts from Colorado, California, North Carolina, Texas, and Maryland. Through the Meet Me at the Corner videos, students can learn about people, jobs, and places around the country and soon around the world. Students can also submit videos from their corner of the world. Meet Me at the Corner also has video book reviews that can motivate students to read books they may not have considered.
How to integrate Meet Me at the Corner into the classroom: Meet Me at the Corner is a great new resource for introducing your students to the wider world. Students can take a virtual field trip to different states through videos, learning about people, their jobs, and where they live. These videos give your students a better understanding of the world they live in. Meet Me at the Corner encourages student video submissions. Consider creating a class video about your city/state/school to submit to Meet Me at the Corner. It would be great for students to get a first hand look at schools and students from around the world.
Tips: Meet Me at the Corner has a contest section with contests that students can take part in. These contests are updated regularly so be sure to check them out.
Leave a comment and tell us how you are using Meet Me at the Corner in your classroom.
I have used this site for our emotional support students. They are in a segragated site with little to no chance for field trips or visitors. I have been able to have them view other students reading, located “talented people” that can provide me with the needed resources for a lesson or concept. My students have been able to see things they have never been exposed to and build that schema. I will continue to use the site and hopefully be able to add some of our own things eventually.
Sorry—should have said “segregated site”.
is anyone else in the same predicament with not being aboe to get out?
This is an awesome site for Social Studies teachers. I look forward to incorporating these virtual field trips made by students in my classroom. I think the students will relate to these videos much better because it made by students.