Electronic Field Trips

Customized UN interactive video conference programs like this one, directly from the United Nations, are available for schools.

On Friday, March 24, Part 6 of the United Nations in Your World Series was held at the United Nations. This interactive video conferencing program was broadcast live for selected schools in the Partners in Distance Learning Consortium in the states of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. It was also shown live on cable television in Philadelphia, courtesy of the Philadelphia School District.

Olara Ottunu (r), Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for Children in Armed Conflict, as a guest speaker and Sara Kitchen of Chestnut Hill College moderating.