Let's say that the principal, of the school I teach at, has had to cut our field trip because of insufficient funds. After reading the article, Ten of the best virtual field trips, I have decided that, while field trips may be a lot of fun, virtual field trips can be just as fun when used correctly. But, to completely understand what a virtual field trip is and the differences between the conventional method and the virtual method, I found a video to really show you what a virtual field trip is.
In this article, there are so many great virtual field trip examples and walk-throughs. My favorite virtual field trip from this article was (Drum roll please!) Hershey's Virtual field Trip!! There are so many exciting things on the website, so many awesome videos that the kids love! And, often in field trips, students learn the most from the fun activities and videos, mostly when they don't think that they are learning. This website/virtual field trip is so much fun! In watching the videos and checking this site out for my "students", I got hooked in and couldn't stop watching. Not only was it so interesting, but it is over something every one in the world LOVES!
In the beginning, I was not looking forward to camping out in the computer lab for a day with all the kiddos and having to find something to entertain them, however, now I can not wait until they get to go interactive with this website and find out so much more!
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