Children learn through experiences! Therefore, field trips need to be implemented in children's education journeys. But at times, organizing, planning, and executing field trips can be exhausting. Keeping track of 18 second-graders can be overwhelming. Virtual field trips provide experiences to children without leaving the school premises. YouTube and educational sites provide many different kinds of virtual field trips. Below are some examples of virtual field trips.
Virtual Field Trip: Washington D.C.
Virtual Field Trip: Amazon Rainforest
Virtual Field Trip: African Safari
Virtual Field Trip: Statue of Liberty
Virtual Field Trip: Paris, France
These virtual field trips are such an incredible opportunity for today's students! Have you seen the new Samsung VR Gear?
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I saw a commercial for them the other day and thought of the many ways these could be used in the classroom.
I do this all the time in my preschool class. We "flew" in our cardboard box airplanes from Ft. Myers, FL to NY city to see the Statue of Liberty. We used our imaginations to turn the airplane box into a boat box to take us to Ellis Island. Doing the virtual trip, we would pretend to take pictures and such. The children got so excited about the trip! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful way to use technology! I love to use my mimio to show this kind of thing to my students. And they eat it up!
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