I read an article about virtual field trips. This article mentioned how easy it is for teachers to share science themes with students through the internet. A lot of national places are creating websites that have virtual field trips that share infomration with students. It allows for students to explore these places with out paying money to go visit them. What teacher would not be up for that, especially with all of the budget cuts we all face. They get to see photos, videos, interactive parts, listen to people talk, etc. Everything they would get if they actually visited the place.
By using this new type of technology students are able to just explore places and learn more then they would get out just reading a textbook. Teachers are also now having to always update their notes and information that they take from the textbook, because these virtual field trips are easy to update compared the the textbooks that always get out dated.
I think that this is a great new way to teacher students by using technology.
check out the link to the article and it also explains how teachers can modify these field trips for all ages.
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/42383/
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