Tiya Clark

Making the Most Of Field Trips Virtual versus Actual Reality By: Robert. L. Stevens Robert with the help of his colleagues Jennifer Marie Bellan and Geoffery Scheurman gave a real good detail description about field- trips. Field trips can provide that rare instance when history or government comes close to being real for students. Most teachers have tales of field trips that ended up in disaster or were fun but nearly void of educational value. A popular new phenomenon in social studies classrooms is the virtual field trip. Despite their pitfalls there are potential strengths associated with both actual and virtual field trips . Actual Field trip teachers are temporary baby-sitter for bus loads of students in search of entertainment. Virtual field trip allows students to escape the classroom by using visual and auditory stimulation. California State University Northridge Play explores the challenges of teen life to tour local schools . This is another virtual field trip that the students from CSUN develop the opportunities for people of all ages to participate in the arts, help our communities to become more connected and foster healthy relationships among teenagers and parents,” said the play’s director, CSUN theater professor Shad Willingham."California State University, Northridge." California State University, Northridge. Web. 4 Oct. 2014. The idea of interviewing curriculum objectives with resources on the internet seems increasingly to be a goal of many educators . Perhaps more important , the use of this information can help students with the prior knowledge and questions that will help their conservations when they are actual sites. Finally , just as an actual site can bring the flavor of history to the past to the here and now ."Actual and Virtual Realtiy." HOMESPUN. Robert L . Stevens., 2001. Print. I think that virtual trips can help students reach into the past in a more meaningful way .