Title of Product:

Durham Cathedral: Interactive virtual tour

Image of the product:

Name of Author(s): Viking Studios

Name of Producer: Viking Studios

Language/s of Product: English

Website of the product: www.vikingstudios.co.uk/ipix_durham_cathedral.htm

Target Group: General public, teachers and students 11+

Overall Evaluation: excellent

Objectives & Structure:
Open site offering an interactive virtual tour of the Cathedral. The tour runs automatically until interrupted. You can click on the image at any time and drive it by dragging in any direction.

Description of contents:
This virtual tour begins looking east towards The High Altar at the bottom left and The Rose Window beyond. The initial view pans round, above The Bishop's Throne to the south, then through The Choir towards The West Window in the distance. To the north we pass Bishop Lightfoot's Memorial - we then return to The High Altar area.

Evaluation and Comments:

Description of how the website can be used with the students::
The site is an excellent introduction to encourage interest.
The site would allow teachers and students opportunities to study in detail parts of the Cathedral either prior to or after a visit but should not be seen as an alternative to an actual visit, if at all possible.

Comments::
This is a basic visual site that would support a student visit to the Cathedral.

Evaluation Date: 30.6.08

Name of teacher: Stef Gabrysch, Peter Hooper

Name of School: Queen Elizabeth School

Country: UK

Subjects Taught: Art