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I (ClickSchooling.com) received an email from OpenRoad.TV, "The Traveler's Video Guide to the
American West." They suggested that their free, educational online videos
would be very useful for ClickScholars - especially those looking for real
time and virtual field trip ideas. I agree.

OpenRoad.TV was founded by television personality, Doug McConnell, who has
been the host of a San Francisco-based television program called "Bay Area
Backroads" for the past 15 years. Doug and his camera crew travel to
interesting places in the Western U.S. and film engaging stories that
educate viewers and inspire them to take a road trip too. McConnell is now
putting all of the best video content from "Bay Area Backroads" up on
OpenRoad.TV for free, organized geographically as well as by interest
category.

When you get to the site, look for 2 menus in the center of the screen:

*EXPLORE YOUR INTERESTS - Access the videos from specific-interest
categories such as:

History
Landmarks
Nature
Parks
Road Trips
Wildlife
...and more!

*EXPLORE THE TERRITORY - Access the videos based on geographic region in the
western U.S. such as:

Alaska
Arizona
California
Hawaii
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
...and other areas!

Click on any menu item to find links to the respective stories. You can
watch the video (be sure to turn on your speakers) and read the video
transcript. Some of the really amazing places archived here include:

-Alaska's Glacier Bay
-California's Gold Country
-Safari West African Adventure
-Lassen Volcanic National Park
-Yosemite National Park

There are over 180 travel videos live on the site now, with more going up
every week. Not only that, you can post your own stories along with video or
photos! For example, check out:

Gold Country Field Trip - The poster wrote, "I was lucky enough to be
selected as one of the drivers for my 4th grader's class trip to Gold
Country last year, and it was really something. I had never been to Gold
Country before, so while this was a learning experience for my son, I
learned a lot as well." If you decide to post one of your travel adventures
- please let ClickSchooling know!

This is a terrific website to take many virtual field trips - and to use as
a real-time travel guide if you plan on visiting the western U.S.