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First, virtual fieldtrips can be used to explore a destination that the class will actually explore in the next few weeks.

Inexpensive

Second, a classroom of elementary school students can take a virtual fieldtrip to a location that would otherwise be inaccessible to them. The virtual fieldtrip is useful for students of all ages, but elementary aged children can benefit even more from virtual field trips.

Advantages of Virtual Fieldtrips:

pensive.

I believe field trips, both real and virtual, should encourage students to socialize during the field trip.

Virtual fieldtrips are usually free of charge or very inexpensive.

Safety

Disadvantages of Virtual Field Trips:

Lack of Sensory Experience.

Inability to Ask Questions

Lack of an Updated Experience

Inex pensive

evaluation during the virtual fieldtrip.

sion of a worksheet

reinforces the educational element

follow up activities that add enrichment to their experience

submit questions to the makers of the virtual field trip, discuss the trip they took with their parents and siblings, and compare the information they learned from the field trip with information they read in magazines and books.

large degree of student flexibility and choice

Tips for Effective Implementation of Virtual Fieldtrips: