Minnesota Historical Society

The Minnesota Historical Society, in partnership with four Minnesota schools, will create a new model for school field trips using mobile and Web technologies to capitalize on the natural behaviors and learning styles of twenty-first century learners and promoting the development of twenty-first century skills. “History in Our Hands: the Field Trip for the 21st Century Learner,” targeted at students in grades four through eight, will demonstrate how museums can use technology with large numbers of “digitally native” students to create self-directed, personalized, responsive field trip experiences that deepen student engagement with museum content and contribute directly to the development of twenty-first century skills.