(fieldtripearth.org) at the North Carolina Zoo to find out. The following week, we vid- eoconferenced with Conservation Associate Mark MacAllister. Mark taught us about how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tracks and tags wild animals. He showed us a video that was taken from a helicopter using an infra- red camera as they pursued a red wolf. Infra- red cameras are used because the vegetative cover is so thick that animals are not visible. With the infrared camera, the heat from the red wolf’s body was picked up and we could see the animal clearly. We also saw pictures of animals captured in the wild, and research- ers recording their observations. Two weeks


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later, when we were inquiring about reptiles, Mark joined our class again to teach us about turtles. We were able to see a live box turtle up close and ask Mark all of our questions about reptiles. It was nothing short of amaz- ing. Did I mention that all of these incredible learning experiences were free? As my students and I continued to con-


nect with new learning partners around the world and my “human library” began to take form, the school year came to an end. The possibilities were endless. Later that summer I founded the Digital Human Library – a new kind of library designed for teaching and learning in the digital age.


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